May 28, 2011
Ford sees comeback attempts foiled by Stepinac
Mike Hanrahan had asked just one thing of his Bishop Ford team each time it takes the field – Empty the tank. The coach felt his team lived up to...
Recovered DiFillipo shuts door on Ford, Stepinac advances
Danny DiFillipo couldn’t do much of anything the last few weeks of the regular season – let along pitch his team out of a game-saving jam. The Stepinac senior right-hander...
Mattsson's mad dash puts Tottenville back on top
Samantha Mattsson and Nicole Palase were talking in extra innings about just how nervous they were. The Tottenville teammates, two of the best players in the city, have played at...
Hill of an effort: Ace, Madison fall in 10 innings
Kayla Hill had just completed her own personal Houdini act, magically getting out of jam after jam against Tottenville, which boasts the city’s best lineup. She left the bases loaded...
Tottenville takes back city softball title in 10-inning, 1-0 thriller
It took 12 months and 10 long, grueling innings, but Tottenville finally got its title back. Sophomore pitcher Cheryl Lopez gave up just three hits in a complete-game gem and...
Barcelona beats Manchester United to win Champions League
LONDON -- History repeated itself at London's Wembley Stadium Saturday as Manchester United was left chasing Barcelona's shadow in a European Cup final, as Pep Guardiola's side reclaimed the UEFA...
Howard powers Phillies past Mets in 8th
Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and Cole Hamels finally beat a familiar nemesis, pitching the Philadelphia Phillies past the slumping New York Mets 5-2 on...
Barcelona beats Man United 3-1 for Champions League title
WEMBLEY, England — Lionel Messi scored one goal and created another Saturday, leading Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Manchester United and a third Champions League title in six years....
Street renamed for cop felled in friendly fire
An East Harlem street was renamed today for a fallen cop tragically killed in a friendly fire incident two years ago. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly helped unveil Detective Omar J....
'Godfather of rap' Gil Scott-Heron dead at 62
Musician Gil Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" but...
Owner bragged about dog that killed kid
The owner of a killer canine that left a 4-year-old Brooklyn boy a lifeless bleeding rag doll bragged to neighbors about his "monster dogs." "He would hang stuff on trees...
Tornadoes kill 520, most since 1950
JOPLIN, Mo. — The death toll from the monster tornado last week in Missouri has risen by seven to at least 139, city spokeswoman Lynn Onstot said today. That makes...
Top German commander in Afghanistan wounded in suicide attack
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up during a meeting at a provincial governor's compound Saturday in northern Afghanistan, killing two NATO troops and...
Egypt opens Gaza border crossing
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Egypt lifted a four-year-old blockade on the Gaza Strip's main link to the outside world Saturday, bringing relief to the crowded territory's 1.5 million Palestinians but...
Kroenke issues shareholder deadline after EPL approves Arsenal takeover
LONDON -- U.S. entrepreneur Stan Kroenke gave Arsenal's shareholders two weeks to accept his unconditional offer for their holdings after the English Premier League (EPL) ratified his controlling interest Saturday....
Blatter skips Champions League final as FIFA urged to halt presidential election
LONDON -- Under-pressure FIFA president Sepp Blatter will not be at London's Wembley Stadium for the UEFA Champions League final, Sky News reported Saturday, citing a spokesman for world soccer's...
Kirstie Alley staying next door to DSK
"Dancing With the Stars" celeb Kirstie Alley said today she’s crashing right next door to Parisian pariah Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s $50,000-a-month Tribeca pad — but won’t be joining him for any...
Met big's ed. boost
David Einhorn, the hedge-fund honcho hoping to save the struggling Mets, is also making a big pitch for city education reform. Einhorn — the Amazins’ new minority owner — is...
Judges memorable season ends, but future remains bright
The Cardozo dugout and home crowd was at a fever pitch, everyone offering Diego Gonzalez encouragement, hoping beyond hope for the junior third baseman to find a gap or a...
Roto owners try to catch break after Posey falls
The brutal home-plate collision Wednesday night that left the Giants’ Buster Posey with a broken leg reminded baseball fans how dangerous catching can be and how shallow the pool of...
New haven for Mets’ Havens
Ike Davis has established himself as the Mets’ first baseman of the future, and second baseman Reese Havens, whom the Mets drafted four picks after Davis in 2008, took a...
Bouts with abuse nothing new for boxing
Oscar De La Hoya didn’t look like someone on the cusp of entering rehab for drug abuse. At least not when we chatted in Las Vegas earlier this month at...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
LOUISVILLE HANDICAP Churchill Downs, 10th race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. Mile-and-a-half, turf, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 5:29 p.m. LOWDOWN: Top turf females have often stacked up well against males over...
CHSAA baseball playoff roundup: Thorgersen pitches Farrell over All Hallows
James Norwood came into the game with the Division I scholarship to St. Louis University and the attention of Major League scouts, but Monsignor Farrell senior Nick Thorgersen came away...
Making most of final year together, South Bronx shocks Monroe, reaches quarters
South Bronx is making the most of its final season together. With some of the schools inside South Bronx Campus moving to Mott Haven next fall, the majority of the...
Merchan, McClancy mauls St. Rays in CHSAA 'AA' second round victory
Anthony Merchan tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out six with one walk to lead Monsignor McClancy to a 6-0 win against St. Raymond in a CHSAA Class AA intersectional...
Xaverian seeding round win just what 'The Doctor' ordered
He is known as "The Doctor," though Bob McKenna doesn’t really want to elaborate on the nickname his friends gave him, except to say it has something to do with...
Same mistakes haunt Ravens in season-ending loss
St. Raymond’s troubles throughout the regular season were magnified in Friday’s 6-0 loss at Monsignor McClancy in a second round qualifying game for the CHSAA Class AA intersectional playoffs. “It’s...
Microsoft full-court press
While its own mobile software struggles to compete with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android, Microsoft may have found a far more effective strategy -- lawsuits. The mobile laggard has gotten...
Guilty pleas in illegal trading
A former hedge fund manager and a one-time Nvidia Corp. analyst yesterday admitted conspiring with a technology industry consultant who is set to stand trial in New York next week...
Sony hasn't identified its hackers
Sony said it is getting a clearer picture of how its security system was hacked last month but that it isn't ready to go public with the information while it...
Times Sq. deal for law firm
It looks like 11 Times Square is becoming the go-to building for law firms. While Proskauer Rose has already moved into its hefty 400,000 square feet at the base of...
Mortgagers want a deal
Big banks can pick their own punishment. That's one idea on the table in long-running, tumultuous negotiations playing out between state attorneys general and the country's largest mortgage servicers, which...
'X-Factor' helps Fox lead 'upfront' ad sales
Fox took the early lead in the annual "upfront" ad-sales market yesterday, lining up the first deals for commercial time for the coming TV season at prices estimated to be...
GM pulls plug on hybrid vehicle
General Motors has canceled plans to develop a plug-in hybrid vehicle based on the current Cadillac SRX crossover platform, deciding the project was not financially viable, three people with direct...
Business briefs
Home havoc The number of people who signed contracts to buy homes fell 11.6 per cent in April, hitting its lowest point since fall and renewing fears that a recovery...
Cable news brawl
Bloomberg LP is accusing Comcast of violating a condition of its merger with NBC Universal, claiming the cable giant is discriminating against Bloomberg Television by relegating the channel to the...
Epstein's mulligan
Americans like a redemptive story, but the president of Fila USA is making a comeback that is causing some to shake their heads in wonder. Fila Korea last week announced...
Blastoff to 'last off' shuttle
Look, up in the sky! NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel floats outside the International Space Station yesterday as part of the final space walk of the 30-year shuttle program. The no-gravity...
Lockheed hack attack
Hackers may have broken into the computer system at weapons maker Lockheed Martin. It wasn't clear if any sensitive information was stolen, but the company has beefed up security in...
NC 'argh'tifact
MOREHEAD CITY, NC -- An anchor from what's believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship was raised from the ocean floor yesterday. Archaeologists say the anchor is...
Cambridge one for the books
Cambridge, Mass., the home of Harvard and MIT, is the best-read city in the United States, according to a list released yesterday. The ranking, compiled by Amazon.com, used data based...
Campaign $$ law tossed
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A judge has ruled that the campaign-finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional, citing the Supreme Court's landmark Citizens United decision last...
Jail 'asylum'
A Rockland County man in the country illegally was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for blocking his deportation -- by refusing to sign paperwork. Joseph Kaluza was sentenced...
Japan's nuke delusion
TOKYO -- Nuclear regulators trusted that the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi complex were safe from the worst waves an earthquake could muster based on a one-page memo from the...
Tuna surprise
PORTLAND, Maine -- Federal officials have decided to keep bluefin tuna off the endangered-species list. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is turning down a...
Pentagon Papers 'lose' 11 words
WASHINGTON -- Forty years after hitting front pages, the Pentagon Papers are to be released by the feds next month. But wait -- 11 words of the finally declassified history...
Slap in the Facebook
Facebook attorneys are calling an upstate man's federal lawsuit claiming part ownership of the company "a fraud on the court." In their latest legal response, Facebook attorneys accuse Paul Ceglia...
Panel $laps ex-NJ mayor
The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission is going after former Newark Mayor Sharpe James for using campaign money to pay for his criminal defense. James ran Newark for 20...
2 Princetons' urge to merge
If New Jersey's Princeton Township and Princeton Borough merge, will they just be called Princeton? A commission wants to put the potential merger on November's ballots, The Times of Trenton...
Forest-ranger boom
ALBANY -- The state's forest rangers have more boots on the ground and paddles in the water as summer begins, thanks to a restored assistant-ranger program and several interns, the...
Vile LI 9/11 vandals
Long Island police are hunting for vandals who knocked over a 300-pound monument to 9/11 rescue dogs. The cement statue in a Lindenhurst park is modeled after Hansen, a German...
'Butcher' now frail lil' lamb
"Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic is fit to be extradited to a war-crimes tribunal, a Serbian judge ruled yesterday as new details emerged of his 16 years on the run....
London takes its toll
WASHINGTON -- "The Beast" is becoming a burden. President Obama's overloaded presidential limo -- nicknamed "The Beast" for all its armor and other defenses -- is facing a daily $16...
Pioneer for rappers dies
Gil Scott-Heron, writer of the song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" -- which helped pioneer sounds that would fuse to become rap -- died yesterday. He was 62. A...
Russia: C'mon, Mo, go!
Russia said yesterday it will try to broker Moammar Khadafy's exit, saying it has contacts close to the Libyan dictator who might coax him into exile. "He should leave," Russian...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens A 15-year-old boy was under arrest yesterday after taking a real-looking imitation Uzi (top photo) to Flushing HS, law-enforcement sources said. A classmate at the Union Street school called...
Cloud over SUNY big
ALBANY -- The State University official fighting an ethics charge runs a Connecticut-based consulting firm as part of his part-time roles in addition to his full-time SUNY job, officials said....
Slots and sluts
ATLANTIC CITY -- Resorts Casino Hotel held a grand reopening yesterday, unveiling the skimpy new flapper costumes that got them sued this year by female cocktail servers fired after allegedly...
Holiday will be rockin'
The heat is on -- and sizzling sirens Lady Gaga and Rihanna are turning it up a few notches just in time for the unofficial start of summer. "S&M" singer...
Another hotel maid ambush
A thug breached security at a Times Square hotel, sneaked into a room and had a terrifying encounter with a maid, sources told The Post yesterday. Cops said the incident...
Long-distance 'pen' pal
WASHINGTON -- President Obama put his John Hancock to the Patriot Act extension sitting on a desk in the US capital by using an "autopen" while traveling thousands of miles...
Three shot in Bx. building
A five-year-old girl was shot in the back and two others were wounded after an apparent shooting inside a Soundview building last night, authorities said. A 15-year-old male and a...
Brooklyn boy killed by family dog
A pet dog last night mauled a 4-year-old child to death in his family's Brooklyn home -- ripping open his neck as his mother screamed in horror, authorities said. Jayelin...
O takes a Lech-ing
WASHINGTON -- President Obama wraps up his European tour in Poland today, but he won't find any solidarity with the nation's one-time leader. Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and...
Miracle twister pup
There's no place like home for this brave little pooch! A miracle dog who was sucked away in a deadly Alabama tornado crawled back to the ruins of his owners'...
Cops slicker than ever
The NYPD fashion police have given a badly needed makeover to the department's raincoats. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday unveiled the sleek reversible slicker (right), which he said replaces the...
2½ brain cells: Bomb threat over 'Men' reruns
A Bronx man was arrested yesterday for threatening to blow up WPIX-11 headquarters if it kept airing reruns of the suspended "Two and a Half Men," sources said. Cops easily...
2 hero cops promoted
Two hero cops who survived gun battles last year were promoted yesterday to the rank of detective. Now Robert Salerno, 26, and Ricardo Ramirez, 29, have more in common than...
Jail in a 'snatch'
Two bungling Diamond District jewelers are heading to prison for a foiled plot that was right out of the Guy Ritchie movie "Snatch" -- hiring fake robbers to dress as...
Mike is so 'trust'ing
Mayor Bloomberg is speeding up the transfer of some of his immense wealth. Heavily redacted 2010 tax returns released by the mayor yesterday show he created four new grantor-retained annuity...
Eerie LI dock & drown
The body of an avid sailor was found on the Connecticut shoreline yesterday, hours after his yacht mysteriously turned up at a Long Island dock, authorities said. Frank Closter, 64,...
CityTime 'kickbacks'
The former project manager of the scandal-scarred CityTime payroll project was charged yesterday with intentionally delaying its completion and driving up its enormous costs in exchange for at least $5.6...
'Bad-tipper' Strauss-Kahn has food, patio furniture delivered; turns away balloons
Dominique Strauss-Kahn stocked up for a long Memorial Day weekend at "Chez Perv" yesterday -- receiving orders of water, food and patio furniture while stiffing one of the deliverymen. "They...
Ex-cops walk & talk trash
You gotta problem with us? A day after their bombshell acquittal on charges they raped an East Village woman, fired cops Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata yesterday returned to the...
Staten Island teens banned from prom after vandalizing school property
There hasn't been this much prom-night carnage since "Carrie." A Staten Island Catholic high school has pulled prom privileges for one-quarter of the graduating class after the pranksters Facebooked a...
Teacher gutter mouths
These teachers need to have their potty mouths washed out with soap. The city Department of Education's Office of Equal Opportunity found 10 teachers guilty of sexual harassment or verbal...
Tax pols eye condo-minimum
The city is going to undertake a sweeping review of how co-ops and condos are taxed following an outcry by owners in Queens who saw the assessed market value of...
Firefighter hit gramps: cop
A Staten Island firefighter was arrested for shoving down a 78-year-old man, cops said. Salvatore Dagostino, 43, was working his second job as a landscaper when he pushed around a...
LI pol & his judge wife split
The marriage of Long Island power couple Rep. Steve Israel and acting state Supreme Court Justice Marlene Budd is over. "Together we have made the difficult but amicable decision to...
PA drops 300G on 'safe' bet
Following a series of shocking security breaches, the Port Authority is overhauling its procedures from top to bottom. The agency has hired former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's consulting firm...
Rudy now ahead in GOP poll
Rudy Giuliani is leading the field of GOP presidential wannabes, a new poll shows. If the former mayor threw his hat in the ring, 16 percent of respondents indicated they'd...
Newark cop slay arrest
Newark police yesterday arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a pizzeria drive-by shooting that killed an off-duty cop in a hail of bullets -- though the suspected gunman remained...
Sonia's got write $tuff
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she received nearly $1.2 million to write a memoir of her rise from a South Bronx housing project to the nation's highest...
Mind-blowing
A receipt from a tire store in tornado-devastated Joplin, Mo., turned up 525 miles away on the front porch of a home in Indiana. The slip of paper made a...
Whole world pays if US doesn't lead
Is America's preeminent world role over? That's what a recent New Yorker essay, based on interviews with presidential advisers, claimed. It characterized the Obama foreign-relations style as "leading from behind"...
Stimulated scammers
When President Obama signed the trillion-dollar stimulus law in 2009, he said he was "keeping the American dream alive in our time." He failed to mention that billions would go...
Wage whoppers
*** Could Alison Badgett's article, "Housing-Killer," (PostOpinion, May 25) be more misleading? State legislation to require prevailing wages on large residential buildings that now get $930 million of tax breaks...
GOP's pitiful pool can still beat Bam
THE ISSUE: Whether the GOP has any strong contenders for the 2012 presidential election. *** I disagree with Rich Lowry on the potential field of GOP candidates ("Attack of the...
Oprah's best lesson
After 25 years, Oprah Winfrey this week dropped the curtain on the daily talk show that changed the national dialogue. And more than once. Beloved by millions, Oprah -- no...
Let 'em fight
It's time for New York to join the vast majority of other states and legalize ul timate fighting -- a k a mixed-martial arts, or MMA. The state Senate this...
Hope on pensions
Is sanity actually creeping in to the city's overly generous pension sys tem? Could very well be. Last Sunday, The Post's Dave Seifman reported that -- for the first time...
Holy ship!
Fleet Week is here! Sailors (along with Marines and Coast Guardsmen) stepped ashore to see the sights and show New Yorkers the might of the American military. Despite returning from...
Kid stuff
Today Out of Africa: BAM’s annual DanceAfrica celebration of African dance, music and culture will feature an outdoor bazaar offering crafts, food, fashion and performers. Perfect for Saturday strolling. Today,...
Power picnics
CHA-CHA-CHARCUTERIE Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, June 27 to July 16, 6:30 p.m.; Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center; 212-721-6500; $17. Pretend you’re on “Dancing With the Stars” at Damrosch Park,...
Monmouth Park Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:50 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $23,000; cl($12,50); 3upSPLENDORED THING fourth in last start on dirt. BOOM TOWN SALLY tired in mud at Parx. LONGLASTINGLOVE...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Super Eighty Eight (1st)FIRST-mile; pace; $11,250; conditional4SuperEightyEight(TTtrck)2-2-82-15Harrah's Best(P Hudon)6-2-210-17Froggy Turner(R Pierce)7-4-78-11Rucker Place(S Allard)1-5-74-12Rathbone N(A Miller)6-5-715-13Strong Signal(B Miller)7-9-46-16Lap Hanover(Y Gingras)4-6-610-18BewareOfDarkness(BSears)2-3-75-19KaufmanHanover(DMiller)8-1-115-110RedneckOutlaw(JCampbell)7-5-515-1SECOND-ml pc; $15,000; conditional7Roll With Joe(B Sears)1-2-35-24Real...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Expensive Toy (11th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $22,000; conditional6Tobago Cays(J Gregory)4-6-76-53LightningRidgeN(BHollnd)5-1-64-15MyTimeHanover(GBrennan)5-3-46-11BigPuffDoggie(JStratton)5-4-312-12Yes Hanover(S Smith)8-3-710-14King Of Kings(C Manzi)7-5-58-17RoxiesBigGuy(JPantaleno)3-1-68-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $22,000; cond4Eckstrom(B Holland)3-3-65-15Dr C's Z Tam(P Lachance)4-4-79-51TidewaterTomahwk(JGrgry)8-2-88-12Giacometti(G...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $45,000; hdcp; 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Temecula Creek(L),123CVelasquez2-3-6Rodriguz 6-12African Diamond(L),114J Sanchez2-2-2Chattrpl 20-13Spirit of Cochise(L),122JVelazquez1-1-2Levine 3-14Sun Dance Moon(L),120D Cohen2-1-2Jacobson...
Belmont Charts
May 27, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -7 fur; $33,000; clm; 3YO(f)Off: 1:00 p.m.St good, won drivingTime: 23.26, 47.24, 1:12.26, 1:23.12.Trainer: Charlton BakerWinner: DK...
The Post Line
UEFA Champions League Favorite Line Underdog Barcelona $160-200 Man. United NBA Tuesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog HEAT 4½ (187) Mavericks Odds to win series Favorite Line Underdog Heat $160-180 Mavericks...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing10 a.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Series, qualifyingESPN211:30 a.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceSPEED2:30 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Series, Top Gear 300ABCBaseball1 p.m.White Sox at Blue JaysWGN4 p.m.Giants at BrewersMLBN, ESPN (1050 AM)7 p.m.Phillies at MetsFOX,...
'90 percent' chance Mets great Carter's tumors are malignant, docs say
Gary Carter's battle with brain tumors took a serious turn for the worse today, when doctors told the ex-Met great that there was a "90 percent" chance they were malignant....
Barca-Man U has makings of an all-time special final
WEMBLEY, England -- Alex Ferguson believes the Champions League showdown between Manchester United and Barcelona could be the best final in the last 10 years. With Barcelona lauded as one...
Mets' Dickey day-to-day with partially torn plantar fascia
The Mets finally got some decent medical news, when they learned that R.A. Dickey is only expected to be out "day-to-day" with a partial tear of his plantar fascia of...
Mets bullpen flops in loss to Phillies
Francisco Rodriguez and Jason Isringhausen have been about as good a back-end of a bullpen in baseball, but when the Mets are playing the Phillies, nothing is a given. Isringhausen...
Bruins book trip back to Final
BOSTON -- Vezina Trophy finalist Tim Thomas stopped every shot and gave the Bruins a chance for the biggest prize of all -- the Stanley Cup. Forget their 20-year absence...
Teen makes cut at Byron Nelson
IRVING, Texas -- Jordan Spieth is going to be late for his high school graduation ceremony today, if he makes it at all. The teenager has another round of golf...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-5 ½ fur; $21,000; clm; 3YO3-RcngOffcJ 5-21-SptSptSpgh 7-22-Pitale 3-14-MediaCntct 3-15-Stake Out 5-16-HolyBllhv 10-1SECOND-5 fur(T); $33,000; clm; 3up5-IllusnfSpd 5-21-JustMemors 5-22-Ubettorubet 8-13-Midst 9-54-Miss Diane 6-16-All County 8-17-Like Candy 4-1THIRD-1...
FIFA president probed as election day nears
GENEVA -- FIFA placed its own president under investigation yesterday in a widening bribery scandal just days before Sepp Blatter faces re-election against Mohamed bin Hammam. With both candidates now...
Yankees face test of Mariners' King Felix
SEATTLE -- Last night, the Yankees got their first taste of Mariners rookie right-hander Michael Pineda. Tonight they face Felix Hernandez, the 2010 AL Cy Young winner. "You are talking...
Red Bulls turn to makeshift defense
Dragging a four-game winless skid into Vancouver tonight -- playing without Thierry Henry and five other veterans, and set to have seven players out for the following few games --...
Yankees GM says trade winds haven't begun stirring
SEATTLE -- Self-loathing Yankees fans who want replacements for slumping hitters and reinforcements on the mound shouldn't hold their breath. Though some personnel people across baseball believe trades will be...
Sports shorts
MLB: Red Sox keep rolling In Detroit, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carl Crawford homered in a five-run third inning to help the Red Sox beat the Tigers 6-3. Tim Wakefield picked...
Animal Kingdom to run in Belmont
Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, whose furious late rally fell a half-length short of catching Shackleford in the Preakness, is definite to run in the third jewel of the Triple...
Delivering football camp to the kids
Every spring and summer, Ray Lizzi would pile New York City high-school football players into a van and drive them to camps along the East Coast and in the Midwest....
Logan, Ayala can't hold lead for Yankees in loss to Mariners
SEATTLE -- Yankees relievers better get used to working without Rafael Soriano. With Soriano, who was inconsistent when not on the disabled list, gone for who knows how long, more...
No. 1 Wozniacki ousted
PARIS -- If Caroline Wozniacki truly was torn up inside about her latest loss at a Grand Slam tournament, she certainly hid it well. Wozniacki smiled and shrugged while deflecting...
Hondo goes for three
It turned into fun Citi for Hondo last night when the Phillies roughed up K-Rod to give His Aitchness a second straight triumph that reduced the deficit to 1,260 aguirres....
NFL tries to spike Super Bowl ticket suit
DALLAS -- The NFL and the Cowboys asked a federal court judge to dismiss the class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Super Bowl ticket holders who wound up with no...
Injury puts plate rules on agenda
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ray Fosse watched the crushing blow to Giants star Buster Posey and wondered why after all these years there are still few rules to protect catchers at...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1 Mile; pace; $15,000; cond3Lllybrkcrsr(Allrd) 4.402.602.108Ronettica (Sears)3.602.806Cat Cora (Smith)5.20* Exacta (3-8) $17.40 * Trifecta (3-8-6) $128.00Winner picked by SmithSECOND-1 Mile; trot; $17,500; cond5Charlie De Vie (Tetrick) 4.803.203.202Plan B In Hd...
LeBron wants to bury past
MIAMI -- Whenever he wants to feel humbled, LeBron James said, he pops in the tapes of the 2007 NBA Finals. No matter what, the outcome never changes. His team...
Pippen stirs up James vs. Jordan debate
As if the Bulls losing to Miami in the Eastern Conference finals wasn't enough, Hall-of-Famer Scottie Pippen has added to Chicago's pain by suggesting that LeBron James could be better...
Mets star claims everything all Wright
David Wright said yesterday he felt neither hurt nor betrayed by Fred Wilpon's criticism of him in an article that appeared in The New Yorker. And the Mets third baseman...
Jets WR keeps scholarship promise to Cleveland students
Braylon Edwards has made good on a promise he made a few years ago by sending 100 Cleveland-area students to college. The Jets wide receiver tweeted Thursday that "as the...
Slighted Mets star fails to speak his mind
Terry Collins called yesterday a "brighter day" for the Mets, and around this franchise that probably was accurate. But only in a less-miserable day is better than a miserable day...
Murphy's miscue costs Mets game
Daniel Murphy seemed distraught afterward. The Met first baseman, playing the position be cause Ike Davis is on the disabled list, was made the critical miscue in last night's 6-4...
Taft surges into quarters
we Taft's coach, Charis Britt, left in the fourth inning for undisclosed personal reasons, the 21st-seeded Eagles lost the lead in the sixth and their season was on the brink...
Wronged Wright great fit for Phillies
Consider this dooms day Mets scenario: David Wright leaves the Mets, becomes the Phillies third baseman after next season and he again finds his power stroke in Citizens Bank Park....
Home Team Lineups
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DeWyze thing to do?
Lee DeWyze, who won "American Idol" last year, has fired back at the show's executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe. DeWyze says he refused to present the winner's trophy to Scotty McCreery...
Conaway dead at 60
Former "Taxi" star Jeff Conaway died yester day after being taken off life support. Conaway, 60, had battled drug addiction for years and was found unconscious May 11 after an...
Prime time turns to the Armed Forces for inspiration
Military action is fast becoming the hot new TV trend. In the wake of Seal Team Six's historic killing of Osama bin Laden, networks are capitalizing on the resurgence of...
Weird but true
Here's come the bride -- and there goes the maid of honor to jail. A wedding in York, Maine, wound up in the annals of bad nuptials when maid of...
Mo & Mo hitches arise in recruiting
Title IX. Proposition 48. Scholarship limits. Partial qualifiers. Over the past 40 years, the implementation of those legislations changed the landscape of college basketball. Now there is another piece of...
PSAL Class A baseball playoff roundup: Cuas pitches Grand Street past Stuvyesant
Alex Cuas may be a freshman, but he doesn’t pitch like one – especially in big spots. Grand Street Campus’ young right-hander, who pitched the Wolves to their first Monroe...
Gowan's goal sparks Fordham Prep past Iona for NYCHSAA lax title
Conor Gowan kept looking and looking and saw nothing but green in front of him. As the Fordham Prep goalie ran up the middle of the field to the top...
Underdog Eagles soar to 'A' quarters, top Cardozo in extras
Taft’s coach, Charis Britt, left in the fourth inning for undisclosed personal reasons, the 21st-seeded Eagles lost the lead in the sixth and their season was on the brink in...
PSAL Class B softball championship game preview
btc365-futebol.com’s PSAL softball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class B championship game between No. 1 Telecommunications and No. 3 American Studies @ Lehman College, set for 2:30 p.m....
An in-depth look at the James Madison Knights
PSAL softball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the second-seeded James Madison Knights in advance of Saturday’s Class A championship game at St. John’s University. James Madison Nickname: Knights Head...
An in-depth look at the Tottenville Pirates
PSAL softball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the top-seeded Tottenville Pirates in advance of Saturday’s Class A championship game at St. John’s University. Tottenville Nickname: Pirates Head coach: Cathy...
First-annual showcase giving much-needed exposure to city footballers
Every spring and summer, Ray Lizzi would pile New York City high-school football players into a van and drive them to camps down the East Coast and in the Midwest....
PSAL Class B softball semifinals roundup: Paisner, Senators reach first finals
Chris Ballerini was having some flashbacks. Lab Museum United had a runner on second with one out in the seventh inning representing the tying run and the game was starting...
PSAL Class A softball championship game preview
btc365-futebol.com PSAL softball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class A championship game between No. 1 Tottenville and No. 2 James Madison set for 12 p.m. Saturday at St....
Mariners rally to top Yankees, 4-3
SEATTLE — Ichiro Suzuki and Brendan Ryan each hit run scoring grounders in the sixth inning, Franklin Gutierrez robbed Nick Swisher of a home run and the Seattle Mariners scored...
Mets great Carter likely has malignant brain tumors
Doctors have told former Mets great Gary Carter they are "90 percent certain" the tumors found on his brain are malignant. Carter's daughter Kimmy revealed the diagnosis on a family...
Ghost ship off Long Island: Connecticut sailor’s craft washes up without skipper
Its sails unfurled, booms secured, course plotted and marine radio turned on, a 34-foot sailboat drifted up to a Long Island dock at dawn today — its skipper nowhere to...