October 21, 2012
Fan critical after escalator fall following Giants game at MetLife Stadium
A 42-year-old football fan was critically injured when he plunged 30 feet from the side of an escalator after today’s Giants game at MetLife Satdium in East Rutherford, NJ, police...
'Drunk driving' mom — with 3 kids in car — crashes on LI, then flees on foot: cops
A Long Island mom was busted for drunk driving with three kids in her car late Saturday night after she crashed into another vehicle and fled the scene, Suffolk cops...
Hasselbeck seals Titans' wild 35-34 win over Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Chris Johnson finally hit the gas. And Matt Hasselbeck delivered in the clutch for a second straight week. And together, they appear to have the sputtering...
Queens massage-parlor 'rapist' cuffed
A Crime Stoppers tip helped lead to the arrest of a sicko who was wanted for a rape in Flushing, authorities said. Zhordrack Blodywon, 40, was collared Saturday in Nassau...
Livery cab kills man in Brooklyn, speeds off
A livery cab fatally mowed down a pedestrian in Brooklyn this afternoon and then fled the scene, police said. Witnesses said the white Lincoln Town car was traveling westbound on...
Redskins TE Davis tears ACL, out for season
Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis tore his left Achilles tendon Sunday and will miss the rest of the season. Davis was injured in the first half of the Redskins’...
Texans dominate Ravens, 43-13
HOUSTON — Terrell Suggs was back, but the Baltimore Ravens were no match for the Houston Texans without Ray Lewis and Lardarius Webb. Matt Schaub threw for two touchdowns, Arian...
Brees throws four touchdowns, Saints hang on to beat Buccaneers
TAMPA, Fla. — Jonathan Vilma played for the first time while appealing a season-long suspension for his role in the Saints bounty program and Drew Brees threw for 377 yards...
Bailey's four FGs lead Cowboys over Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Romo knows how to win a close game, something Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers still haven’t figured out. Romo led the Cowboys into field-goal range...
Yankees GM Cashman: 'I am not trading' A-Rod
Brian Cashman watched Alex Rodriguez' stumble through the postseason like everybody else. Right-handers baffled the man with the fifth highest homer total in history. Getting dropped in the lineup didn't...
Manning's last-minute 77-yard TD to Cruz sends Giants past Washington
While Robert Griffin III is quickly becoming the NFL’s most exciting quarterback, there’s none better than Eli Manning with the game on the line. Manning one-upped the Washington Redskins’ rookie...
Vikings hold off Cardinals for fifth win
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings are going to have to surpass 58 yards passing to stay in the playoff chase. For now Adrian Peterson and a relentless pass rush were...
Rodgers sharp, Packers beat Rams
ST. LOUIS — The Green Bay Packers were on their way to the team hotel the day before the game when the cheesehead factor popped up again. Coach Mike McCarthy...
Luck helps Colts run past Browns
INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck gave Indianapolis coach Chuck Pagano another reason to celebrate. Hours after Pagano was sent home from the hospital, Luck became the first Colts quarterback to run...
Follow Jets-Patriots with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Jets are coming off an impressive win over the Colts and are now...
It's over! Dish, AMC agree to settlement, bringing 'The Walking Dead' back today
Cablevision’s AMC Networks and Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network have ended their nasty legal feud, The Post has learned. The two companies today have agreed to a settlement, with Ergen agreeing...
Amar'e absence could pose problem for Nets vs. Knicks
The big news of the day is Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire ias all but assured of missing the season opener against the Nets because of a ruptured cyst in his...
2 men killed in small plane crash off Long Island identified
FIRE ISLAND — Authorities have identified two New York men who were killed after a small plane crashed into an inlet on Long Island. Suffolk County police today said the...
Gunman kills 3, then self in Wisconsin spa shooting
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — A man police suspected of killing three and wounding four by opening fire at a tranquil day spa was found dead Sunday afternoon following a six-hour manhunt...
Red Sox make trade for Blue Jays manager Farrell
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox are hoping that two big trades will help them get back to the playoffs after missing out three years in a row. The first...
Jets reach out to NFL about legality of Patriots' up-tempo offense: report
The Jets have contacted the NFL regarding the legality of the Patriots’ hurry-up offense in advance of Sunday’s game, according to a report by ESPN.Gang Green is concerned about their...
Jordan says it foiled al Qaeda-linked terror plot
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan says authorities have arrested 11 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants for allegedly planning to attack shopping malls and Western diplomatic missions in the country. Government spokesman Sameeh...
Man stabbed to death after trying to break up fight in Bronx
A man was fatally stabbed this morning after trying to break up a fight between two people in The Bronx, authorities said. The fight, between a man and a woman,...
'Paranormal Activity 4' tops weekend box office with estimated $30.2 million
Scary movie fans are still into "Paranormal Activity," though the horror franchise looks as though it's starting to run out of steam at the box office. Paramount's "Paranormal Activity 4"...
Fidel Castro makes public appearance: hotel exec
HAVANA — Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, a top hotel executive told The Associated Press on Sunday, challenging persistent rumors that the aging...
Stoudemire to miss Knicks season opener vs. Nets with ruptured cyst
SYRACUSE -- Amar’e Stoudemire left the Knicks on Sunday to get an MRI that revealed a ruptured cyst on the back of his left knee. The affliction is known as...
Follow Giants-Redskins with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Giants posted their most impressive victory of the season last week against the...
Romney and Obama are tied among likely voters: poll
A late surge in support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has put him in a dead heat with President Obama with just over two weeks to go before the...
Brooklyn bouncer killed after he was shot several times trying to break up gunfight
A bouncer trying to break up a gunfight at a Brooklyn nightclub was killed this morning, authorities said. The melee between two rival groups started inside of Pat’s Palm Tree...
Pope names seven more saints, including two Americans
VATICAN CITY — Some 80,000 pilgrims in flowered lei, feathered headdresses and other traditional garb flooded St. Peter's Square on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI added seven more saints onto...
Argentina orders evacuation of ship seized by hedgie Paul Singer as collateral for unpaid bonds
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina announced the immediate evacuation Saturday of about 300 crew members from the ARA Libertad, a navy training ship seized in Africa nearly three weeks ago...
Former presidential nominee and Sen. George McGovern dead at 90
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a...
WATCH: Bruno Mars sings his way to 'SNL' success
The insecurities poured out of Bruno Mars. He stuffed his hands in his pockets. He grabbed for an imaginary blazer button. The singer’s voice wavered as he delivered the monologue...
Big D waits for Romo to deliver
You fumble a field goal snap in the playoffs, and that’s all anyone remembers. You go to Cabo with Jessica Simpson once, and you might as well have well asked...
5-1 Ravens on cusp of a fall
Rarely has a 5-1 record in the NFL felt so fragile. The Ravens might be off to a flying start, but there are a lot of ominous signs that Baltimore...
Chargers find ways to short-circuit
Is there a more maddening tease in the NFL than the San Diego Chargers? Never has there been a more perfect microcosm of the plight of the franchise as there...
Honest mistakes easy to make under NFL policy
Tyler Sash was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, a town of around 11,000 residents, most of whom probably consider Des Moines, over an hour northwest, a real city. Now Sash lives...
Voters’ states of mind
What will perhaps go down as the most important economic number before Election Day was released on Friday to little fanfare. The number — announced by the US Labor Department...
‘Molest cover-up’ probe snares new NY Times CEO
A burgeoning molestation scandal across the pond may have New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. wishing he had looked closer to home to fill the CEO spot. Mark Thompson,...
New magazine iRack
One of the most heavily attended sessions during the MPA, the Association of Magazine Media, conference in San Francisco last week was by Morgan Guenther, the CEO of Next Issue...
More than a third of 4,000 US hedge funds now registered with SEC only did so after Dodd-Frank requirement
More than 4,000 US hedge funds are now registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency said Friday. But more than a third of them — 1,504 — only...
In a partnership add, MSG has a new Kia pet
Now it won’t be just the Knicks motoring at the Garden. Madison Square Garden and Kia Motors just announced that Kia will be a “Signature Partner” of MSG. As a...
Middle class poorer than a few years ago: study
The middle is not holding, based on the latest economic numbers coming from Uncle Sam. In fact, the middle class is becoming the minority. Middle-class America is poorer today than...
Thar’s gold in them thar used iPhones
It’s only been a year since the release of the iPhone 4S, but that hasn’t stopped users who aren’t eligible for an upgrade from shelling out hundreds on the newest...
Citi loses Geithner’s shackles
Last week the handpicked golden boy tapped by Treasury chief Tim Geithner to run Citigroup was shown the door. He may have walked out, but he was led to the...
Degree in red ink
Parents, don’t let your babies grow up to be financially illiterate. That’s the take-away from a new study by the financial-services company PNC, which shows that twentysomethings are saddled with...
Labor stats are hard work
Dear John: There has got to be an easier, more effective and more honest way to compile employment statistics.How about this: The government demands that companies who hire, fire, lay...
Here’s a hard-charging app
If you frequently use your smartphone or tablet to do business while you’re out of the office, it can be hard to sense exactly how much longer you’ll be able...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS MICHAEL CORBAT Vikram Pandit out as CEO, Corbat in, markets cheer. This Citi may not sleep. MICHAEL ALBANESE Former Spin publisher pumps up volume and is named president of...
New DNA database helps NYers find out where they're really from
Call it a genetic GPS. Researchers at UCLA have created software that locates where in the world people ultimately came from — just by looking at their DNA. The technology,...
Former Goldman Sachs exec Greg Smith claims to be a hero of the 99% in new tell-all book
After the financial crash of 2008, Goldman Sachs trader Greg Smith realized he had to make some sacrifices. His friend Adam was having a birthday party on the Lower East...
Critter in cuteness protection
He got busted by the fuzz! A tiny hamster was taken into “protective custody” by Oregon cops this week after its owner was caught driving it around while allegedly drunk....
Adele has baby boy
Grammy Award-winning singer Adele has given birth to a boy, a London newspaper reports. The 24-year-old “Rolling in the Deep” songstress delivered her son Friday, The Daily Mail wrote yesterday....
HHC prober’s files pried open
The Post’s exposure of a huge backlog of cases gathering dust in the Inspector General’s Office of the municipal-hospital system has led to an unprecedented decision to open some records...
JFK and La Guardia getting body scanners that show more cartoonlike pictures
Some airport body-scanner pictures are going from R-rated to PG-13. Scanners that create creepily clear images of travelers’ naked bodies are being swapped out of big airports in favor of...
Occupy elementary! UES school name ire
Reading, writing, rabble-rousing. A bold new elementary school on the Upper East Side will teach the wealthy a thing or two about the have-nots — even if stodgy neighbors blast...
NY lawmakers get taxpayer funds to sleep in second homes in Albany
When politicians snooze, taxpayers don’t just lose — their cash goes to support legislators’ real-estate investments. New York lawmakers who sleep over in their own Albany-area second homes rake in...
Metro PCS employee found slain at store
A Metro PCS employee was found dead with blunt trauma to his head in his workplace’s storage room in Manhattan, police said yesterday. Francisco Pinzon-Martinez, 30, of Hamilton Heights, was...
Bar bouncer mauls mugger
A West Village lesbian bar’s bouncer yesterday rescued a woman from a homeless mugger, cops said.Vinny Barbieri, 38, of The Bronx, was closing the bar, Henrietta Hudson, at 4:15 a.m....
Resurrected!
After a 14-century-long lapse, today a small congregation of Christians will attend a special Mass in Hira in southern Iraq on the edge of the great Arabian desert. Located south...
2 dead after plane goes down off Long Island
Two men were killed when their small plane crashed off eastern Long Island yesterday afternoon, authorities said. The Globe Swift plane took off from nearby Spadaro Airport and went down...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A man is fighting for his life after being assaulted in Washington Heights yesterday, cops said. He was found lying in a pool of blood at about 5...
Beaten bag-grab victim near death
A cold-hearted Queens purse-snatcher punched his victim in the head so hard yesterday that she’s unlikely to survive, police sources said.The woman was on 41st Avenue in Flushing at 1:37...
Arrest in Queens hit-run slaying
A Queens man was arrested after killing an elderly man in a hit-and-run accident yesterday, police said.Shiwoo Lee, 22, of Oakland Gardens, allegedly struck Vito Florio, 76, with his green...
Landmark bid for historic LES bldg.
An iconic piece of Jewish history on the Lower East Side may go the way of pushcarts and tenements.The Bialystoker Nursing Home, with its distinctive orange brick and Art Deco...
Majority of NYC parents opposed to high schools giving students the 'morning after' pill: poll
More than half of city parents think the Department of Education should abstain from giving their daughters the Plan B “morning after” pill, a poll commissioned by a conservative group...
Gators ‘overrun’ LI
Leapin’ Lizards! Another alligator turned up on Long Island yesterday. Suffolk County SCPA chief Roy Gross said it’s the seventh gator and tenth reptile his department has caught this month....
No more Miss Nice Girls
What would Justin Bieber think?! Selena Gomez (second from left), sweetie of the Biebs, sheds her Disney image — along with a few layers of clothes — to join castmates...
Manhattan man booted from public library for body odor sues for $5.5M
It’s the pits! An Upper West Sider with heinous body odor claims the New York Public Library has unfairly washed its hands of him — booting him from one of...
E = screw it! Don’t think, just drink!
This equation could have more impact than E = mc2. British researchers — who just may have had one too many themselves — have come up with a formula for...
Kids suing 9/11 advocate dad over unpaid child support
An outspoken 9/11 advocate is a hero to everyone — except his own kids. T.J. Gilmartin has fought for the rights of Ground Zero first responders and received thousands of...
Growing push for ‘landmark’ tree
A landmark-worthy tree grows in . . . Queens? Grassroots preservationists aim to petition the city to add a Woodside hardwood that dates to the Revolutionary War to a list...
Battered Bx. girl, 3, found dead
A 3-year-old girl was found dead in her Bronx bedroom, parts of her body covered with bruises, police said yesterday. Stepdad Hilton Acevedo found Cristal Sanchez unconscious Friday in the...
DUMBO restaurant The River Cafe discriminates against Jews: workers
It’s unortho-docks! The iconic River Café on the Brooklyn waterfront in DUMBO — famous for its floating-barge dining room that offers sweeping views of lower Manhattan — discriminates against Jews...
82-year-old woman suing Trader Joe's after a can of tuna hit her in head
An 82-year-old longtime customer is suing her Upper West Side Trader Joe’s, charging that two staff members callously ignored her after a falling can of tuna left her bleeding from...
'Trick or treat, motherf--ker!' Halloween hellion busted in bank-rob spree
A Halloween-loving bank bandit just got a new costume — a jailhouse jumpsuit. A terrifying robber dressed in a red skeleton mask and black gloves burst into a Brooklyn bank...
Obama campaign accepted foreign Web donation -- and may be hiding more
The Obama re-election campaign has accepted at least one foreign donation in violation of the law — and does nothing to check on the provenance of millions of dollars in...
Surging Romney tide rolling over Ohio
Mitt Romney’s surge continues.He has narrowed the gap against President Obama to a single point in the critical swing state of Ohio, with the president clinging to a one-point lead,...
US ‘too slow’ to act as drone’s cam captured Libya horror
The United States had an unmanned Predator drone over its consulate in Benghazi during the attack that slaughtered four Americans — which should have led to a quicker military response,...
Pols giving him an opti-mauling
President Obama’s Benghazi gaffe continued to haunt him yesterday. Local lawmakers hammered him over his Thursday “Daily Show” appearance, in which he called the murder of Americans at the US...
Subletters sued over TriBeCa ‘trash’ pad
They took this pad from posh to “putrid.”A Manhattan couple who rented out their three-bedroom luxury condo claims it was trashed by tenants whose method of decorating included painting everything...
Pregnant mother of four stabbed to death a day before her wedding
A pregnant Brooklyn mother of four was butchered in her apartment yesterday — a day before her wedding and two weeks ahead of her due date, cops and friends said....
No Iran nuclear talks set
The White House has not agreed to direct, one-on-one talks with Iran over its nuclear program, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said late last night. Responding to an online...
Crane big kid in drug bust
The son of crane magnate James Lomma was busted for having a slew of drugs in his Staten Island home, authorities said yesterday. Cops arrested James Lomma, Jr., 21, Friday...
Mitt refuses to lose
On Oct. 3, I raised a question here that reflected President Obama’s strong momentum and Mitt Romney’s apparent readiness to accept defeat. “Are you a good loser, Mitt?” I wrote....
Lost in space
The familiar symbols of the post-9/11 renaissance of Downtown Manhattan, the new skyscrapers, transit hubs and apartment buildings, may soon be replaced by a new symbol — hundreds of preschool...
Mossad’s greatest hits
In 1964, West Germany was considering adopting a statute of limitations on war crimes, meaning that, if passed, any living Nazi war criminals not yet caught could never be brought...
Hillary’s tough love
Score one for Hillary Clinton. We’ve had our share of differences with the secretary of State over the course of her two decades in the national spotlight. But occasionally, it...
SUNY flim-flam
It looks like state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is about to rip the State University’s Research Foundation for misspending millions. Including that $913,000 no-bid contract to former New York Chief Judge...
Gomer vile
Where does military judge Col. James Pohl find his reasoning for permitting Khalid Sheik Mohammed to wear American-issue camouflage instead of standard-issue prison orange (“KSM’s Camo Slammo,” Oct. 18)? Why...
Required reading
Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe (Little, Brown) Twenty-five years after Wolfe’s fictional take on New York in the 1980s with “Bonfire of the Vanities,” he’s turned his attention to...
Hostess with the mostest
Inventing Elsa Maxwell by Sam Staggs St. Martin’s Press One of the most widely successful high-society hostesses in the world has been described as: “The ugliest woman I’ve ever seen.”...
In my library Ned Vizzini
What made a Park Slope prodigy like Ned Vizzini — a New York Press columnist at age 15 — go Hollywood? To cop one of his book titles, it’s kind...
Rise of the a-hole
On the night John Edwards first bedded Rielle Hunter in 2006, the former vice presidential candidate, father, self-styled crusader for the poor and husband of a woman dying from breast...
Height of cinema glory?
Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,’’ recently named the best film of all time in a prestigious international poll of movie experts, wasn’t always held in such high regard. The 1958 thriller starring...
Kathie Lee's NY
Most people think of Kathie Lee Gifford as the boisterous, on-air “Today” show host who enjoys the occasional early morning libation, along with co-host Hoda Kotb. The feisty redhead can...
Ephron’s family films on DVD
When the beloved humorist and filmmaker Nora Ephron died in June, many of her fans were surprised to learn that her directing debut, 1992’s “This Is My Life,’’ hadn’t been...
Nobody bites for Oscar bait
Dozens of Nobel Laureates working for decades in a secure underground bunker couldn’t have cooked up a more awards-friendly trailer than the one released a few weeks ago for “Lincoln.”...
Do's and don'ts for Halloween hounds
Yesterday, hundreds of owners dressed up their pups and paraded them around Tompkins Square Park for the city’s largest and most famous Halloween costume contest for dogs. If you and...
Adjusting the rules
Everyone who takes chess seriously has a pet peeve about annoying opponents — the ones who noisily open candy wrappers or slurp their coffee while you’re trying to think.High on...
Bridge
Bridge has its chicken-or-egg questions: matters of contention among theorists. Some players willingly open 1NT with a hand containing a five-card major suit; others would never do so.If you opened...
Agyness Deyns to dance
At least one good thing — aside from the absurd catchphrase “Release the Kraken!” — came out of 2010’s “Clash of the Titans.” That’d be Agyness Deyn, the English model,...
Big Blue ‘D’ must give RG3 harsh introduction to division
Give Robert Griffin III his props. The young rookie has been impressive during his first six games in the NFL. He beat the Saints in the season opener, and since...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with... Bryan Thomas
Linebacker Bryan Thomas, the longest tenured Jet, took a timeout to chat with post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What’s it feel like being the longest-tenured Jet? A: When I first...
Book: Stats say Patriots’ antics haven’t stopped after Spygate
The NFL might have long since moved on from the 2007 Spygate scandal, but at least one extremely determined fan has not — and he’s claiming Bill Belichick and the...
Giants seek first division win, revenge for 2011 sweep
Come off a big win on the road, return home for a step down in class to face the Redskins. It was nearly a scenario last season that doomed the...
Control of AFC East on line today in Foxborough
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Jets coach Rex Ryan admitted this week that he never stops thinking about the Patriots. Everything in the Jets universe is centered around the two weeks every...
Landry: I’ll make it full season for Jets
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Jets safety LaRon Landry has not played a full 16-game season since 2008. He has ended the past two seasons on injured reserve, never making it past...
First-year QBs have yet to cover
Today Browns (+2 1/2) over COLTS: Hellfire-raw emotion can work for even marginally competitive teams a couple of times a year ... but Indy used up one of those adrenaline...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMARKCANNIZZAROPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICODave BlezowHondo49ERS 7 (37 1/2) Seahawks (49ers, 13-6)49ers (T) ★ Seahawks (T)49ers (T)49ers (T)49ers (T)49ers (T)Seahawks (T)Seahawks (T)49ers (T)49ers (T)49ers (T)GIANTS 5 1/2 (50) Redskins (Today, 1:00, FOX) ★...
Red Bulls clinch playoffs
The Red Bulls backed in to the MLS playoffs last night, and with one game remaining they tied — with an asterisk — their franchise record for most points in...
Vic C.’s Calder Grade
FIRST-5 fur; $16,000; clm($25,000); 2YO1-a-Perfect Solo 2-15-Capital Hall 5-12-Day Drunk 4-16-Wrol Up 4-13-Derby Watch 8-11-a-Jacksalildevil 2-14-Song Forever 3-1SECOND-5 1/2 fur; $32,000; mdn; 2YO(f)6-Heressfthecrw4-14-Tiz Mariand 8-11-Gimme Sugar 3-15-Dreamlicious 5-22-Wildcat Lily 8-17-Paraguana...
Yonkers Results Friday
FIRST-mile pace; $11,500; claimingOFF: 7:15 TIME-27.2; 55.3; 1:23.2; 1:52.0 4ShrkDrssdMn(BHllnd)5.603.102.201Kamanche Sun(LStalbaum)7.302.303Allamerican Inca (G Brennan)2.10* Exacta (4-1) $25.20 * Triple (4-1-3) $70.50SECOND-mile trot; $23,000; condOFF: 7:35 TIME-28.3; 57.4; 1:27.2; 1:56.3 3AltrntThrsdys(GBrnnn)6.103.202.806Pio...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1m(T); $14,000; clm($20,000); 2YO 6 Jn's Surprs (Frgos) 21.00 10.20 6.40 8 Double the Led (Mnglee) 6.80 4.20 2 Shesapridefulone (Rivera,Jr.) 16.40 Scr: Magical Powder. * Exacta (6-8) $153.20 *...
Yankees' Jeter has surgery
The Yankees stopped describing surgeries to their players as “successful” years ago. Instead, they simply give the bare facts of an operation. Saturday, the team sent out an update on...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Saints add Vilma to active roster The Saints have moved linebacker Jonathan Vilma from their physically unable to perform list to the active roster, meaning he could play for...
Source: Bosox to hire Farrell as manager
BOSTON — The Red Sox are preparing to announce that John Farrell will be their new manager, according to a baseball official with knowledge of the deal to bring the...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70yds; $34,000; clm($40,000); 3,4&5YOPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Singavictrysng(L),118FPnnngtn7-7-xA Dutrow8-13 Insincerity(L),118A Arroyo3-3-6Linder3-14 Holiday Belle(L),122PHrnndzO10-5-4Jeannont5-15 Gift Wrap(L),114S Elliott2-5-4Brennan4-11 a-Fit to Jump(L),118O Castillo4-x-xCastillo12-16 What'sminsmn(L),118L Mawing2-2-3LeBarron2-11 a-Romolo'sJulit(L),118J Flores3-8-11Castillo12-17...
Belmont Charts
October 20th, 2012 Clear and Muddy Turf Yielding ©2012 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-6 fur; $52,000; mdn; 2YO(f) Off: 12:51. Good. bump st,press by trio Time: 22.53, 46.81, 59.31, 1:12.58....
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogGIANTS6 1/26(51)RedskinsPATRIOTS1110 1/2(47 1/2)JetsBILLS3 1/23 1/2(46 1/2)TitansVIKINGS46 1/2(40 1/2)CardinalsCOLTS31 1/2(46)BrownsTEXANS4 1/27(48 1/2)RavensPackers45(45 1/2)RAMSCowboys22(46)PANTHERSSaints32(49 1/2)BUCCANEERSRAIDERS56(44)JaguarsSteelers1 1/21(45)BENGALSTomorrowBEARS66 1/2(47 1/2)LionsHome team in CAPS
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing2 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Hollywood Casino 400 ESPNBaseball7:30 p.m.NLCS, Game 6: Cardinals at Giants FOX,ESPN (98.7 FM)Basketball6 p.m.Preseason: Spurs at Magic NBATV8 p.m.WNBA Finals Game 4: Minnesota at Indiana...
This Bronx Zoo stinks
* I have never been more embarrassed in my life to be a Yankees fan. I can only hope the Steinbrenners and Randy Levine issue a public apology to the...
Giants' Brown back to spell Bradshaw
Ahmad Bradshaw never will say he is carrying too much of a load in the Giants running game, but his body may have chimed in about the subject, as he...
Garcia, Brooklyn’s Jacobs win in Barclays boxing debut
Brooklyn middleweight Danny Jacobs stood atop a rope in the corner of the ring with his right arm raised high and facing the crowd. “I’m back,” he declared. Back indeed....
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 21 MONOct. 22 TUEOct. 23 WEDOct. 24 THUOct. 25 FRIOct. 26 SATOct. 27 Red Bulls NOGAME NOGAME NOGAME NOGAME NOGAME NOGAME Phil.1:30NBCWPAT Knicks NOGAME &Phil.7:00MSG NOGAME &Nets7:30MSG NOGAME NOGAME...
Hondo alive with five
It was three up and three down yesterday for Hondo, who won with Rutgers, Alabama and Oregon State and lost with South Carolina, Louisville and Iowa to bump up the...
’72 team may yet have golden moment
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — You know how listening to a song can transport you at lightning speed to a specific place in your life? Just a few opening notes of a...
Don’t Bett on deal
Understand this. Gary Bettman is huffing, puffing and threatening to blow all of the NHL houses down over a difference of about $3 million per team per season over the...
Brooklyn looking forward to Net-ting practice time
Thanks to having five games in seven days, it’s been over a week since the Nets have been able to get in a full practice. Today, the Nets will get...
Mullin: Melo-Amar’e chemistry key
Hall of Famer Chris Mullin said the Amar’e Stoudemire-Carmelo Anthony dynamic is the overriding key to the Knicks season, but said he believes the Heat have widened the gap.Mullin, in...
Rook scores 34 as Knicks stars sit
ALBANY — For a coach who says his first unit needs to spend more time on the court together, it wasn’t here last night that Mike Woodson decided that process...
Wagner soars to win
Nick Doscher threw three touchdown passes to lead Wagner to a 31-24 victory over St. Francis yesterday in Loretto, Pa. After John Kelly found A.J. Alexander for a 60-yard strike...
Woody aims to get Brewer in practice with Knicks
ALBANY, N.Y. — For the benefit of reserve guard Ronnie Brewer, the Knicks changed today’s optional practice to a more official affair. Brewer is recovering from a torn meniscus in...
K-States its case
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The two teams edged toward each other in a menacing fashion. Trash talk was unleashed in spews of venom. Fingers were pointed. Coaches and officials, trying to...
TBS shows fans watching what viewers want to see
Given what we’re often shown — or not shown — during events’ biggest moments, ever wonder what the same TV directors would choose to shoot for their home videos? Perhaps,...
Meet the cast of Survivor: SF
SAN FRANCISCO — There is a lesson the Giants are again teaching us, and hopefully some Yankees are watching. There is much more to baseball than just numbers and empty...
Champs raise gloves for another slugfest
SAN FRANCISCO — They wouldn’t be the Cardinals if winning a postseason series came easily. David Freese, Matt Holliday, Yadier Molina and the other members of last year’s championship team...
Yankees lefty Sabathia’s elbow has 2013 outlook already in doubt
CC Sabathia is from the Derek Jeter School of injury admittance, which is to say you can imagine him giving you the PIN to his bank account before conceding he...
Yankees sending CC to see Dr. Andrews
Previous MRI exams on CC Sabathia’s valuable left elbow have not discovered ligament damage that would necessitate Tommy John surgery. However, the Yankees’ ace will visit noted surgeon Dr. James...
Yankees pitchers vouch for free-agent Martin
Two Yankees pitchers voiced their support yesterday for free-agent catcher Russell Martin. “I think it’s important. He’s been a great addition to our team, on and off the field,” CC...
The Rumble
A very Lombardi Xmas B’way star to narrate ‘Story’ Dan Lauria charmed thousands as Vince Lombardi on Broadway two years ago, and now Lauria is back in another project, as...
Time for team left for dead to show some life
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — This must be an optical illusion. These can’t possibly be Rex Ryan’s Jets playing the Patriots for first place Sunday. But yessir, that’s Rex Ryan stepping off...
Beauty & the zombies
For fans of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” the graphic-novel fantasy is about to get real. The katana-wielding, zombie-slicing Michonne is finally on the scene. Even though the series hasn’t closely...
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‘Village’ people Could children really control the Earth? In the classic 1960 British horror film “Village of the Damned,” they come pretty close. The action takes place in the village...
Fall's surprise hits & misses
When Dakota Johnson was a mere 16 years old, in 2006, she was asked by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to be a Miss Golden Globe. Anyone who’s watched the...
Halloween guest stars shine
The (guest) stars come out this week to add a little shine to their shows: “Treme” (Tonight, 10 p.m., HBO) Forget Halloween, it’s Christmas in the bayou this week as...
No warning on outrageous ‘Wife’
Every now and then, on radio or TV, we bump into a cheery social scientist or urban studies academician who tells us that America’s moral alarmists are all wet —...
Reel good
Beetlejuice, 1988 Sunday, 8:02 p.m., ABC Family A very funny, sometimes scary and totally bizarre Tim Burton classic. A couple (Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis) who have recently died return as...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Elisha Cuthbert; Victoria Justice. Tuesday: Gerard Butler; Krysten Ritter. Wednesday: Ted Danson; Jack McBrayer. Thursday: Snooki. Friday: Adam Levine. The View 11...
Spy who came in from the cold
On the new Cinemax original series “Hunted,” globe-trotting spy Sam Hunter has a lot on her plate: deceiving bad men, killing some of them, and after she’s left for dead...
Icons exposed
Markus and Indrani are some of the hottest photographers to shoot the celebrity world since David LaChapelle first trained his lens on Madonna. They even had their own reality show:...
Luxe lunch, for less
From Blanca to Per Se, the city is rife with top chefs and $200-plus tasting menus few can afford — if you can even score a reservation. Thankfully, many of...
Meet Market: Stylish gent seeks a girl that’s tailor-made for him
He be jammin’ One of Fola’s favorite places in NYC is the SoHo Jamaican eatery Miss Lily’s (left). “This place is chill, just like me,” says Fola. Gettin’ it on...
When cupid can’t hide
When Lesley Workman decided to meet up with a prospective Romeo from OkCupid, the 30-something Internet entrepreneur noticed something wrong on first sight. “He looked at least 10 years older...
Top 5: Best couples Halloween costumes
“Honey Boo Boo and her mom.” Cheri “Clint Eastwood and a chair.” Jamie “Big Bird and Mitt Romney.” Eric “Naked Prince Harry and a naked Vegas girl.” Karyn “Lady Gaga...
This week's couple: Meat up
AMBER, 28, chose Nate, 29, because like her, he’s a cycling enthusiast. But no sooner did they sit down for their date at Via Tribunali in the Lower East Side...
Weird but true
A Virginia grandmom is battling for her right to fight. Six-foot-5 Khandace Cossitt, 56, says she wants to duke it out with a man in a cage fight and has...
Irish roll over stingy BYU defense
Theo Riddick pounded his way for a career-high 143 yards and Cierre Wood added 114 yards as fifth-ranked Notre Dame overpowered a Brigham Young defense that entered the game third...
Rutgers rallies, improves to 7-0
PHILADELPHIA — Whatever Rutgers coach Kyle Flood does during halftime, he should keep doing it. Whatever alchemy he brews up for adjustments, he should keep making them. Awful in the...
Red Bulls back into postseason
The Red Bulls backed in to the MLS playoffs last night, but with one game remaining, they tied – with an asterisk - their franchise record for most points in...
Red Bulls tie nemesis Sporting KC, earn third straight playoff bid
The Red Bulls left points out on the field, settling for a scoreless tie with Sporting KC in a game they should’ve won. But that point they got – combined...
White House prepared to meet one-on-one with Iran over nukes: report
WASHINGTON — The White House says it is prepared to talk one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over Tehran's reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but...