December 5, 2012
Chief's Belcher's daughter to receive $1M from NFL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The estate or guardian of the infant of the Chiefs player who killed her mother before turning a gun on himself will receive more than $1...
Become a straphanger to avoid newly pricey muni garages: DOT official
Motorists upset about price increases as high as 110 percent in municipal garages should consider hopping the subway, a Department of Transportation official said yesterday at a City Council hearing...
Four charged, three arrested in NY for Iran and China uranium scheme
Four men have been charged in New York with arranging to ship to China and Iran weapons or a substance that can be used in uranium enrichment. Three of the...
Rage with the machine: NYPD and Occupy Wall Street stop Red Hook crime
A surprising alliance of cops and activists in Red Hook pulverized crime and saved lives in the weeks after Superstorm Sandy devastated the waterfront Brooklyn neighborhood. In the first two...
TSA screener busted for stealing iPads, laptops from luggage
TSA screeners are doing their holiday shopping in your luggage. Port Authority cops on Tuesday busted a crooked 32-year-old TSA screener for stealing iPads and laptops from checked baggage at...
Newton targeted by AFC players during Pro Bowl after acting like diva: report
Cam Newton was enemy No.1 at the Pro Bowl last season.Newton played in the Pro Bowl last February in his rookie season and was targeted by veteran AFC players because...
DVD Extra: 'Where Do We Go From Here?'
I've been extremely busy with end-of-year screenings and writing up a storm before I leave for much-needed vacation on Nov. 14. But I did manage to take a look last...
Giants looking healthy as Coughlin insists on looking ahead
Tom Coughlin sounded somewhat incredulous on Wednesday that anyone would wonder why a day earlier he said he believes the Giants must win their final four games of the season...
Unidentified skeleton found on Jamaica Bay island
Skeletal remains that appear to belong to a teenage girl were discovered on an uninhabited island in Jamaica Bay, authorities said. A boater passing the Canarsie Pol, across from Canarsie...
Nets' Wallace fined $5,000 for flopping against Heat
Gerald Wallace was hit with a $5,000 fine by the NBA Wednesday afternoon for violating the league's new anti-flopping rules for a second time this season.The Nets' starting small forward...
Saints' Brees impressed with Eli, Giants offense
The Saints, who the Giants play Sunday at MetLife Stadium, are big fans of Giants quarterback Eli Manning.“There are guys (around the league) I follow and I like to watch...
Gov. Cuomo unveils leading contender for Tappan Zee Bridge replacement
The leading contender to replace the aging Tappan Zee Bridge is a futuristic, $3.142 billion design that came in over one billion dollars under budget. Gov. Cuomo unveiled the bridge...
WATCH: 'Ghost Girl' gets a zombie sequel
You just knew that the Brazilian pranksters behind the YouTube sensation "Ghost Girl" at "Programa Silvio Santos," were going to come up with a follow up. Just like in the...
Rutgers suing Big East over $10 million exit fee
Rutgers University is suing the Big East Conference, trying to avoid paying an exit fee.Rutgers is trying to avoid a $10 million hit for leaving en route to the Big...
'Dark Knight' shooter's school records released
The University of Colorado at Denver on Wednesday released thousands of documents that may relate to the man accused in the Colorado theater shootings, but much of the material appeared...
'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' reaches $1B in sales faster than 'Avatar'
Fans have answered the “Call of Duty” and have made the latest installment in the wildly-popular first-person shooter franchise one of the best-selling media releases of all time.Call of Duty:...
Obama plays hardball: fiscal cliff is 'not a game I will play'
WASHINGTON — Hewing to a hard line, President Barack Obama warned congressional Republicans on Wednesday not to inject the threat of a government default into complex fiscal cliff negotiations aimed...
Yankees free agent Chavez signs with Diamondbacks
The Yankees’ options to fill the void left by Alex Rodriguez are shrinking.Free agent third baseman Eric Chavez has signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks.Chavez, who...
WATCH: Rockets radio voice says Lakers 'pooped their big-boy pants'
One Houston sportscaster had some fun last night at the Lakers expense.Rockets radio voice Craig Ackerman, who was working Houston’s 107-105 win over the Lakers, giddily exclaimed that the Lakers...
Heat stars spotted at Washington club prior to loss to Wizards
The Heat may have partied a little too hard the night before losing to the Wizards.According to a series of photos posted on Reddit, several members of the Heat were...
Mt. Vernon man charged with murdering woman found fatally stabbed
A Mount Vernon man with a decades-long history of violence against women has admitted to three murders — one Tuesday and two nearly 20 years ago, authorities said today. Lucius...
Lyons sees 'similarities' between Jets' McElroy-Pats' Brady
There is some Tom Brady in Greg McElroy, Marty Lyons believes. The Jets radio analyst followed McElroy's career closely at Alabama and watched the Texan mature into a commanding general...
Jaguars QB Henne: Sparano recruited me for Jets
With the Jets embroiled in a full-blown quarterback controversy, Jaguars starter Chad Henne can relate. He’s been involved in his fair share, including supplanting Blaine Gabbert this year in Jacksonville....
NHL lockout optimism overblown
The word that came out of today’s NHL Board of Governors meeting is that optimism is overblown for a quick end to Owners’ Lockout III.One of the hard-liners insisted there...
Manager: Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies
HARTFORD, Conn. — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91....
From Denver days, Bobcats' Dunlap sees a new 'Melo with Knicks this season
Rookie Bobcats head coach Mike Dunlap, who ran St. John’s last year while Steve Lavin was being treated for cancer, coached Carmelo Anthony at Denver for two seasons as an...
Former Jets RB Tomlinson stunned Ryan sitting McElroy
Former Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson said it is "unbelievable" that coach Rex Ryan named Mark Sanchez his starting quarterback this morning over Greg McElroy.“This is unbelievable to me that...
WATCH: Mariah Carey, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots perform “All I Want For Christmas Is You”
If you’re not in the holiday spirit yet, just watch this clip of Mariah Carey performing “All I Want For Christmas Is You” last night with Jimmy Fallon and The...
VIDEO: Hubbuch expects Giants to bounce back
The Giants lost to the Redskins on Monday night shrinking their NFC East lead to one game over Washington and Dallas. But the Post’s NFL writer Bart Hubbuch tells CineSport’s...
VIDEO: Hubbuch on Jets going with Sanchez
The Post’s NFL writer Bart Hubbuch discusses the Jets decision to stick with Mark Sanchez as the Jets starting quarterback with CineSport’s Brian Clark. Hubbuch says Greg McElroy’s small sample...
FDNY safety inspector gets 2 1/2 years for pocketing bribes in day-care scam
A corrupt FDNY safety inspector was sentenced today to 2-1/2 years in the slammer for pocketing $61,000 in bribes to help a ring of crooked day-care center operators run a...
This week's calendar, Dec. 6 to 12
Through Dec. 22 Brooklyn Night Bazaar Inspired by the night markets across Asia, Brooklyn Night Bazaar brings together more than 200 of the borough's most creative independent vendors, musicians, chefs,...
Obama to ask Congress for $50 billion in Sandy aid: Democrats
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy, Democrats on Capitol Hill said Wednesday. House...
Former Mayor Ed Koch hospitalized with pneumonia
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has pneumonia and is expected to be in the hospital through the weekend. Koch's spokesman, George Arzt, said Wednesday that the 87-year-old former mayor...
POLL: What is your favorite NY show?
It’s a rare TV show set in New York City where the city itself is not the starring character. Look past the actors at the background. Say, isn’t that the...
Wright was 'all in' after hearing Alderson's plan for Mets
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ---- In the end, David Wright says he was convinced by general manager Sandy Alderson during an October golf visit the Mets are headed in the right direction....
39 people arrested in NY cocaine-trafficking operation
SYRACUSE — Authorities say they've arrested more than three dozen people in breaking up a drug trafficking operation that sent millions of dollars of cocaine from the New York City...
Knicks' Camby has plantar fasciitis; lack of playing time 'tough'
CHARLOTTE – Knicks backup center Marcus Camby confirmed he has plantar fasciitis of his left foot after taking an MRI exam on Sunday and admitted he has had an adjustment...
Judge extends protection order for alleged sex-assault victim against court shutterbugs
A Brooklyn judge today extended an order of protection against three men, accused of secretly photographing an alleged sex-assault victim in court and posting those images online. Prosecutors said the...
Carmel car service pulls ahead of rivals with new app
Forget about dialing six.Carmel Car and Limousine — known for its catchy ad jingle urging New Yorkers to dial “six, six, six, six, six, sixty-six” — has launched a new...
House would extend protection for past presidents
WASHINGTON — The House has voted to give former presidents and their wives lifetime Secret Service protection, arguing that terrorist threats and the comparative youth of recent presidents make such...
LI man shoots girlfriend in fight over zombies
A seething Long Island fan obsessed with “The Walking Dead” shot his girlfriend because she told him there’s no way a zombies apocalypse could happen, cops said today. Jared Gurman,...
Ryan Seacrest buys stake in marketing firm
Ryan Seacrest is expanding his growing media empire with his first acquisition in the marketing space. The “American Idol” host is buying a majority stake in New York’s Civic Entertainment...
Yankees should sign Chavez, Keppinger, Pierzynski to replace A-Rod, Martin
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —The first steps the Yankees should take to replace Alex Rodriguez are to sign Eric Chavez and Jeff Keppinger to platoon at third, and A.J. Pierzynski to catch....
Citigroup to cut more than 11,000 jobs
Citigroup said Wednesday that it will cut 11,000 jobs, a bold early move by new CEO Michael Corbat. The cuts amount to about 4 percent of Citi's workforce. The bulk...
OOOPS! 18th-century French chateau bulldozed 'by mistake'
PARIS — Residents of a sleepy French village in Bordeaux have been left dumbfounded after discovering their local 18th-century chateau was completely bulldozed "by mistake." The mayor's office in Yvrac...
Capitalism and socialism are Merriam-Webster's words of the year
Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster's most looked-up words of 2012. Traffic for the unlikely pair on the company's website about doubled this year...
Starbucks to open another 1,500 cafes in US
Another Starbucks may soon pop up around the corner, with the world's biggest coffee company planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the US over the next five years....
Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast-cancer deaths
Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years instead...
Red Sox, Rays moves leave Yankees with room for error
We’ve discussed this previously, and my suspicion is it will continue to be a source of conversation through the 2013 season.The AL East: No longer baseball’s best division. Therefore giving...
WATCH: Armed bandits rob Bronx deli
Two gun-toting thieves were caught on surveillance video robbing a deli in The Bronx, authorities said. The one suspect, with a handkerchief covering his face, can be seen waving his...
Iran has evidence it captured US drone
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft, a prominent lawmaker in Tehran said Wednesday, rejecting US Navy statements that none...
Belcher's mother begs dying girlfriend to stay alive on 911 call
The frantic mother of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher begged her son's mortally wounded girlfriend to survive in chilling 911 recordings released this morning. "Stay with me, the ambulance...
More than 280 people killed in Philippine typhoon
NEW BATAAN, Philippines — Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides Wednesday, a...
Two men arrested for allegedly stealing packages from LI doorsteps
BAY SHORE, NY — Two men are under arrest for allegedly stealing packages from the doorsteps of homes on Long Island. Police say the suspects followed a UPS truck around...
St. John's winning streak ends in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO -- It took a 3,000-mile road trip for St. John's to learn that talk is cheap. The Red Storm have been winning games of late despite a disturbing...
Sanchez named Jets starter, reflects on benching
Jets coach Rex Ryan is not ready to give up on quarterback Mark Sanchez. Ryan announced Wednesday that Sanchez will remain the team's starting quarterback Sunday against the Jaguars. Ryan...
Sandy victims will be given priority for vacant NYC apartments
Sandy victims will be given priority for about 2,500 vacant New York City apartments under a deal struck between property owners and government officials. The Wall Street Journal says the...
US tells allies to make good on Afghan pledges after international troops withdraw
BRUSSELS — The Obama administration is pressing its European allies to follow through on their pledges to Afghanistan's security after most international troops withdraw in 2014. Speaking at NATO headquarters,...
Majority of NYers think Hillary Clinton should run for prez in 2016
ALBANY — New York voters still love Gov. Cuomo — and want him to stay right where he is. But a new Siena College poll finds most Empire State voters...
Business briefs
Dot defenseEmbattled Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has started a website to refute allegations of accounting fraud before the company was acquired by Hewlett-Packard.Lots lookThe Securities and Exchange Commission launched an...
Netflix gets glitz: Lands Disney deal by ponying up $350M a year
Netflix scored an exclusive deal to stream Disney movies, marking the first time a major Hollywood studio has picked a Web upstart over an established pay-TV player like HBO. The...
Rochdale trader charged with fraud
The rogue trader who allegedly brought Rochdale Securities to its knees after an unauthorized and money-losing $1 billion Apple trade in October was arrested yesterday and charged with fraud. In...
Yahoo! in mobile deal
Yahoo! has bought Silicon Valley mobile startup OnTheAir, as CEO Marissa Mayer seeks to beef up the company’s mobile strategy and bring on new engineering talent. OnTheAir lets users hold...
FB cozies up to Madison Avenue
Facebook has some new designs on New York City. Mark Zuckerberg’s social network continued its push into the city yesterday by announcing that it will move part of its design...
‘Spy’ charges fly in Burch v. Burch
The plot has thickened in the Tory Burch legal battle — and it’s starting to read like a spy novel. The flaxen-haired designer has accused ex-husband Chris Burch of spying...
Whole Living bid lives with OpenGate backing
OpenGate Capital Partners is said to be providing the financial backing to former Hachette Filipacchi CEO Jack Kliger in his bid to buy Whole Living magazine from Martha Stewart Living...
Tiny SodaStream stealing Pepsi, Coke mojo
As Americans spend less on sugary drinks, investors betting on beverage giants Coke and Pepsi are finding their portfolios rather parched. During the last year, shares of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo...
Gupta to stay free for appeal
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta gets to delay going to prison — possibly for years. A two-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York...
Prosecutor wants Ganek, too
Another hedge-fund heavyweight may get slimed in Uncle Sam’s long-running insider-trading probe. The government is seeking permission to name Level Global co-founder David Ganek a co-conspirator in the unfolding insider-trading...
Fed filcher gets timeout
Bo Zhang, a Chinese-citizen computer programmer who worked for a contractor at the New York Fed, was sentenced to six months of home confinement for stealing Treasury Department software.
BofA boss: no stress
Bank of America CEO Brian T. Moynihan said the firm has plenty of capital and he’s confident it will pass the next US stress tests. “The question will be what...
Darden sees ’13 profit hit
Darden Restaurants cut its profit forecast for the 2013 fiscal year, with the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster blaming failed promotions and negative publicity generated by its tests...
Mad about NoMad
The Madison Belvedere has been sold to Invesco for a client of the firm for about $300 million. The 50-story tower with 404 residential apartments at 10 E. 29th St....
McAfee to seek asylum
Software company founder John McAfee has surfaced in public for the first time in weeks, saying yesterday that he plans to ask for asylum in Guatemala because he fears persecution...
No payback for Singer this year
Paul Singer’s last-ditch attempt to get cash from Argentina this year has failed. A motion by Singer’s hedge fund, Elliott Management, requesting that the South American country put up a...
FEMA chief says Sandy will wipe out all its remaining $4.9 billion in aid
WASHINGTON — The nation’s disaster-relief fund will run out of money by spring due to Hurricane Sandy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will need an infusion of cash to...
Sex-bust teach free
A Brooklyn teacher arrested for an alleged sexual relationship with a young female student was released yesterday as prosecutors decide if she’ll be charged. The Queens DA deferred on filing...
Far Rockaway line sets sale
The MTA released a limited run of Rockaways H train merchandise yesterday, with all proceeds going to the area’s storm victims. T-shirts and hoodies bearing the logo of the recently...
Crime soars in ’cane nabes
Crime rates in coastal communities socked by Hurricane Sandy soared in the days following the superstorm.The 100th Precinct, which covers the western Rockaways, including Breezy Point, had 56 thefts reported...
Hill & Mike both have a motive
For political pot-stirring, it’s hard to top the story that Mayor Bloomberg urged Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for mayor. It has all the elements that tickle New York’s erogenous...
Obama: GOP can take flying leap without tax hike on rich
WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday brushed aside a fiscal-cliff deal offered by House Speaker John Boehner, saying it was “not balanced” because it didn’t raise taxes on the wealthy. “We’re...
Public won’t pin ‘fail’ on the donkey: poll
WASHINGTON — Republicans are losing the fiscal-cliff blame game. A 53-percent majority of Americans think Republicans should get the blame if President Obama and Congress can’t reach a deal, while...
I’m nuts for you, too, Chris
He’s no two-timer. Mayor Bloomberg went out of his way yesterday to demonstrate he’s still politically enamored with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, despite a momentary politcal flirtation with Secretary...
Former ADA in pot bust
He used to put pot dealers in jail — but now he’s charged with dealing pot out of his car.Former Manhattan prosecutor David Leung, 44, was back in his old...
Morsi flees palace
CAIRO — Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohammed Morsi’s palace in Cairo yesterday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, two presidential sources said. Police fired...
10 years in temple bomb plot
He dreamed of blowing up 10 synagogues — simultaneously, on the same remote detonator — and grinned like a child when he bought what he thought was a live grenade....
Rapper fired up for Mozart
Big-talking rapper Ryan Leslie — who set fire to the front page of The Post for reporting on a $1 million jury verdict against him — is now likening himself...
Chiefs killer Belcher lamented lousy NFL team
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was drowning his sorrows over his team’s lousy NFL season while out with another woman just hours before he murdered his live-in girlfriend and...
Lindsay’s ‘victim’ meets DA
If looks could incriminate, Lindsay Lohan would be in big trouble right now. Lohan’s angry-eyed club-punch accuser, Palm Beach psychic Tiffany Eve Mitchell, spent more than two hours meeting with...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** This man is wanted for pulling heists — or trying to — at eight banks last month in Queens, The Bronx and Brooklyn, police said. Derek Colon, 24,...
Lawyer busted in ex-wife ‘shakedown’
Disgraced born-again lawyer Dominic Barbara tried to shake down his ex-wife for $200,000 — in exchange for not releasing dirty photos of her, prosecutors charged yesterday. The Nassau County DA...
‘Killer’ strikes as cold-case cops close in, confesses to 3 slays
They went to question him on two cold-case murders — and found a third body still warm. A Westchester County parolee is suspected of killing a woman yesterday, just hours...
Crazy Kramer is back
Giddy-up! Kramer’s back in the saddle. Controversial “Seinfeld” actor Michael Richards has been cast in a new sitcom on TV Land, the network announced yesterday. Richards, 63, nearly dropped out...
Boy, this ‘Girl’ is sizzlin’
News flash! “Girls” star Allison Williams, the daughter of NBC anchor Brian Williams, reveals her sexy side in the new issue of Page Six Magazine, free inside tomorrow’s New York...
Oldest person dies at 116
Bessie Cooper, the world’s oldest person, died yesterday in a Georgia nursing home at 116. Her son, Sidney Cooper, 77, said she had been ill recently with a stomach virus,...
Seasoned straphangers turning into wall huggers
He swears he isn’t nervous. After all, he’s from Bay Ridge, and he’s been taking the train since before he was old enough to put on his own pants. Still,...
‘Shaken up’ motorman hospitalized after Q train nightmare
The subway motorman helming the Q train that fatally hit a Queens dad was so traumatized after the horrific tragedy that he was rushed to the hospital. Terrence Legree, a...
Fiend watched his victim die: Homeless man arrested in Times Square subway murder
A homeless drifter was arrested and charged this morning for allegedly tossing a Queens dad onto a Times Square subway track, where he was fatally crushed by a Q train,...
Anguished fotog: Critics are unfair to condemn me
Post freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi captured the dramatic moments before Ki Suk Han was struck by a downtown Q train. A day after the pictures were published, a flurry...
Experts split on getting involved
Should — or even could — someone have done more to try to save subway victim Ki Suk Han? Even top ethics experts yesterday seemed split over the extent of...
A picture of controversy
The dramatic photo of a subway train bearing down on a doomed passenger became a story in its own right yesterday — and earned mixed reaction from scores of commentators....
LIRR-scam guilty pleas
Two more Long Island Rail Road retirees pleaded guilty yesterday to scamming disability pensions — and promised to pay back all the money they stole.Former conductor James Reiser, 59, also...
Anger at muni parking-rate rise
Drivers are fuming over a proposal to jack up parking rates at municipal garages.Motorists across the city have been sent letters from the Department of Transportation warning their rates will...
NY minimum-wage hike ‘would kill 22K jobs’
ALBANY — A proposal to hike the state’s minimum wage would kill 22,000 jobs over the next decade and cut economic output by $2.5 billion, New York’s small- business lobby...
Libs get ‘left’ out by GOP-Dem group
Republicans and five breakaway Democrats joined forces yesterday to run the state Senate next year in an unprecedented coalition that freezes out most of the chamber’s liberal-leaning Democrats. The unorthodox...
Age-old booze cheats
Let’s not drink to this. New York state is the easiest place for underage drinkers to illegally purchase booze, a new survey shows. About one in six New Yorkers under...
Hardhat crushed in Bronx horror
A construction worker was crushed to death in The Bronx yesterday by a giant refrigeration unit that slid off a flatbed truck trailer. A crane was hoisting the front of...
Two futures for NYC’S schools
Where will the next mayor take the city’s public schools? The candidates have said as little as possible on the subject. But recent news in two other cities reveals the...
The homeless plague
It hasn’t been a great week for the image of the city’s roving psychos. The shoeless guy who was gifted with a pair of boots by a sympathetic cop has...
Whatever you call it, Sandy wreaked havoc
The Issue: How Gov. Cuomo’s references to Superstorm Sandy changed in different circumstances. *** It seems to me that when Gov. Cuomo takes the side of the victims and not...
Mideast’s spreading disasters
The Issue: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s efforts to impose Sharia law and gain more power. *** It looks like we have another brutal dictator in Egypt (“Time To Let Go...
Here come the clowns
Albany sometimes beggars belief — and one of those times was yesterday, when five dissident Democrats hooked up with the state Senate’s fading Republican majority to form a governing coalition...
The devil you say
The Devil wears Prada and donates to Democrats — and it seems she’s come to collect her due. Vogue editor and Obama mega-donor Anna Wintour may be named the next...
A losing GOP hand
Republicans have a bad hand to play when it comes to the “fiscal cliff” coming up Jan. 1, when taxes will rise automatically on everyone and whopping defense cuts will...
The President’s fading red lines
Red lines aren’t what they used to be. President Obama warned beleaguered President Bashar al-Assad on Monday against using Syria’s chemical weapons. Problem is, Assad’s apparently already violated an earlier...
Glittering ‘Golden age’ is a diva-ine comedy
Opera has been very good to Terrence McNally. He scored one of his biggest hits with “Master Class,” inspired by Maria Callas’ infamous voice lessons. “Golden Age,” which opened last...
Bah! Humbug on B’way
It’s a jolly holiday all over the city — except on Broadway, where many of the theaters are stuffed with coal.What a dreadful fall theater season!The flops are piling up...
‘Civil War Christmas’ sets you free
Some Christmas tales are so straightforward and intimate, you can tell them around a fireplace with a cup of cocoa.“A Civil War Christmas” isn’t one of those stories. Set in...
Braylon: Don’t blame Sanchez for Jets problems
It doesn’t pay to stick up for Mark Sanchez these days. Former Jets receiver Braylon Edwards took to Twitter yesterday to say it’s not Sanchez’s fault he hasn’t played well....
Sanchez won’t lose his head if benched by Jets
During the great Jets quarterback debate this week, a popular theory has been if coach Rex Ryan sends Mark Sanchez to the bench, then the QB’s time as the Jets...
From Texas to Alabama to Jets, McElroy has always been a winner
The text was fired off soon after Greg McElroy threw his first NFL touchdown pass, the winning score Sunday in the Jets’ 7-6 victory over the Cardinals. It was from...
Nobody ever wins QB shuffle, like one Jets dealing with
The train meanders north through Baltimore, through Wilmington, through Philadelphia and Trenton. A businessman sitting to my left is snoring so loud that they’re complaining in the Quiet Car, and...
Affrunti at Tampa Bay Downs Graded Entries
FIRST-6f; $20,000; mdn spcl wt; 3up3-Benny Boy 9-52-Take Heed 8-15-Street Ballad 2-14-B Two Warrior20-17-AlfieComeHme7-26-Irishpeace 20-11-Stealth Steed 6-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $10,000; cl($8,000); 3up; (f&m)2-No Contest 7-26-Eye Can Roar 12-14-Speightslegcy15-17-Be Widgett 30-15-Thoarra 9-28-Dstnctvepckes15-11-Moms...
Gulfstream Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $23,750; cl($20,000); 3upSORGHO debuts for barn with excellent record with new acquisitions. REFLEJO drops in class after finishing second. SIGNOR MARTINI third in last two...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-1m; $5,700; cl($3,000); 3up; (f&m)6Pure Storm (Dguz)3.402.402.101Ghost Shadow (Vergara)3.802.603Whos Calling Now (Mitchell)2.60* $1 Exacta (6-1) $7.80 * $1 Quinella (1-6) $6.70 * $1 Trifecta (6-1-3) $22.90SECOND-5 1/2f; $6,400; mdn cl($8,000);...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6f; $28,000; cl($14,000); 3upSTARFORADAY in typical Jacobson fashion, he drops in class after an impressive victory in first off...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $41,000; mdn cl($50,000); 2YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Seven Again(L),113P Tomas7-x-xColetti8-12 Retired(L),120M Luzzi8-6-5B Brown10-13 O'Prado Ole(L),120A Arroyo7-x-xRomans9-54 Puget Sound ,115GRodriguz7-x-xAlbertrn10-15 Unbridled Logic(L),115J...
Parx Racing Charts
December 4th, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 1/2f; $20,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:26. Good. wide bid, ran down ldrTime: 22.93, 45.63, 1:11.16, 1:17.72.Trainer: Philip AristoneWinner: B G,...
The Post Line
NFLTomorrowFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogBroncos1010 1/2(48 1/2)RAIDERSSundayJets32 1/2(38 1/2)JAGUARSGIANTS65(53)SaintsREDSKINSPk2(47)RavensBROWNS55 1/2(37 1/2)ChiefsSTEELERSOFFOFF(OFF)ChargersCOLTS5 1/25 1/2(48)TitansBears33(39 1/2)VIKINGSFalcons3 1/23 1/2(47 1/2)PANTHERSBUCCANNEERS8 1/27(47)EaglesBILLS33(42)RamsBENGALS33(45 1/2)Cowboys49ERS10 1/210(39)DolphinsSEAHAWKS1010 1/2(34 1/2)CardinalsPACKERS6 1/27(52)LionsMondayPATRIOTS4 1/23 1/2(51 1/2)TexansHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballSaturdayFavoriteCurrent (O/U)Underdogx-Navy7 (56 1/2)Armyx-at PhiladelphiaNCAA...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Knicks at Bobcats MSG, ESPN (98.7 FM)7 p.m.Ohio at Memphis CBSSN7 p.m.Women: Baylor at Notre Dame ESPN27 p.m.Florida at Florida State ESPNU8 p.m.Nuggets at Hawks ESPN9 p.m.Temple at Villanova...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 5THUDec. 6FRIDec. 7SATDec. 8SUNDec. 9MONDec. 10TUEDec. 11KnicksCharlotte7:00MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMMia.8:00TNTESPNNOGAMEChi.8:00MSGESPNDen.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENets7:00MSGESPNNetsNOGAMENOGAMEG.S.7:30YESWBBRNOGAMEMIlw.6:00YESWBBRNOGAMEKnicks7:00YESWFANSt. John'sNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEFord.7:00MSG +WBBRNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Erasmus Hall nips Tottenville to win PSAL title
A year ago, Kahlil Lewin made a name for himself at Yankee Stadium when he ripped off a hard-to-believe 52-yard run, picked up by ESPN Sportscenter’s Top 10 plays in...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Bielema gets Arkansas job Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema is taking his brand of power football to Arkansas. Bielema agreed yesterday to become the new coach of the Razorbacks, according...
Camby may be unavailable on Knicks road trip
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Marcus Camby was on the plane for the Knicks’ three-game road trip, but when he will play again because of his sore left foot remains a mystery,...
NHL talks lurch on
A sense of what had been described by one source as “cautious optimism” during the midpoint of yesterday’s lengthy NHL owners-players meeting was markedly tempered when the session concluded around...
Giants lose Locklear for year with knee injury
The Giants signed Sean Locklear to provide depth on their offensive line, not expecting the 31-year old to play a prominent role. Instead, he started nine of the 12 games,...
Clutch Durant propels Thunder late
The Nets knew they would have their hands full with Kevin Durant but they still couldn’t stop him. Durant — who scored 32 points on 9-of-16 shooting and hit all...
Nets lose close one to Thunder
In the past, the Nets could have taken a lot of positives out of pushing the Thunder to the brink like they did last night at Barclays Center. But there...
Knicks’ Kidd, Felton to play vs. Bobcats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sorry, Miami, the surging Knicks aren’t coming to town tomorrow shorthanded. Banged up, but not shorthanded. As the Knicks (12-4) begin their three-game trip Wednesday night, the...
Prokhorov to attend Nets-Knicks game
Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov will get his chance to see the Knicks in person after all. Prokhorov’s publicist told The Post the Russian billionaire is scheduled to attend the next...
Yankees closer Rivera to reveal 2014 plans in spring training
Mariano Rivera is back for one more season — at least. The 43-year-old closer is returning for his 19th season with the Yankees after agreeing to a one-year, $10 million...
Lame-duck Yankees manager Girardi has bigger worries than new deal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Joe Girardi will start the season as a lame-duck manager and that’s the least of his worries. When Girardi spoke yesterday at the Winter Meetings his club...
Sveum shot accidently by Yount
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cubs manager Dale Sveum said he’s OK after former teammate Robin Yount accidentally shot him in the right ear and back with pellets during a recent quail...
In-a-hurry Swisher may benefit by showing patience
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — There are many adjectives one can use to describe Nick Swisher. “Patient,” however, is not one of them. Friends of the outfielder-first baseman say Swisher, after spending...
Mets hold cards, but unsure how Dickey saga will play out
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Mets have told R.A. Dickey what they are willing to do in a contract extension. They have told teams interested in acquiring Dickey the types of...
Mets GM Alderson in no hurry to deal Dickey
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This might be the holiday season, but the Mets aren’t about to gift wrap R.A. Dickey and donate him to another team. Underwhelmed by offers for the...
Mets confirm Wright deal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —David Wright’s new contract is official. The Mets third baseman passed his physical yesterday and is scheduled to be at the Winter Meetings today for a noon press...
Better ‘slate’ than never for Giants to start finishing off their foes
Now that their backs are pressed up against the playoff wall again, now that the Big Blue sky is falling again on the Giants, I have a message Tom Coughlin...
Giants wrong to lean on last year's success
The Giants are fools if they look at what they have unearthed, remember what they dug up last season and think to themselves, “We got this.’’ When Justin Tuck, after...
Coughlin says Giants need to win out
With their lead in the NFC East reduced to a single game, the Giants have margin for error — but it’s thinner than Tom Coughlin’s patience with all the penalties...
Twitter brings Jets' Tebow, teen together
Teenagers Matt Hardy and Bailey Wind survived a horrific car crash Saturday night in upstate New York that left two of their friends dead, according to the Albany Times Union....
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYELIJAH WOOD, PAULA DEEN - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4MIA HAMM, TYLER FLORENCE, GERARD BUTLER - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7ELIJAH WOOD, KATHERINE JENKINS - LIVE! with Kelly...
'Duck Dynasty' Christmas decor
It’s a Christmas celebration — “Duck Dynasty”-style. Tonight’s episode of A&E’s hit reality show features the Robertson family (that’s matriarch Miss Kay, left, with husband Phil) preparing for the holidays...
NBC to remake ‘Ironside’
Are they really that desperate? NBC is trying to revive “Ironside,” the old Raymond Burr-in-a-wheelchair series that ended its run in 1975. The pilot, if it gets the go-ahead, would...
Holiday looks for hire
Cashing in your 401(k) is no longer the quickest way to don designer threads. Over the past few years, an impressive number of fashion rental companies have sprung up from...
Whose favorites are these anyway?
Memo to the city’s hard-working waiters and sommeliers: Eating and drinking in your restaurants is about our “favorites,” not yours. You are working. We are paying. The year’s most irksome...
The supper class
What's the secret to a memorable New York dinner party? For Paul Wagtouicz, 39, and his boyfriend Noah Fecks, 38, it’s carefully choosing recipes from one of the 815 issues...
Weird but true
Toilets are for texting and tweeting. A new Nielsen study shows that almost one-third of Americans 18 to 24 spend part of their time on the throne using social media....
Hofstra loses fourth straight
It looks like it’s going to be a long season in Hempstead. Playing its second game since the suspensions of four players who were arrested on burglary charges, Hofstra lost...
N.C. State sinks teeth into UConn
It’s been a tough go of late in Storrs, Conn., from Jim Calhoun’s retirement to NCAA probation to Connecticut getting rejected by the ACC. And Tuesday night, a three-minute lapse...
New Jersey star Towns chooses Kentucky
At 7-foot-1 and blessed with the shooting range and athleticism of a guard, Karl Towns is unique. His college decision was not. The Piscataway, N.J., product out of St. Joseph’s...
Lavin pays tribute to dad in loss
SAN FRANCISCO — There have been moments — call them teaching moments, coaching moments, parenting moments — that have been seen and unseen which have served as the backbone for...
Homeless man who got boots from officer has arrest history stretching into 1980's
Homeless, shoeless Jeffrey Hillman was known to police long before a kind-hearted officer bought him a new pair of boots. Hillman’s arrest history in New York and Pennsylvania stretches back...
Nets defense can't slow down Thunder
The Nets put together a five-game winning streak last week by stringing together several quality defensive performances in a row. But their defense couldn’t contain one of the league’s best...
Queens ex-stripper busted in cold case murder of southern businessman
A stripper-centric cold case is heating up again. Cops on Monday arrested a pole dancer-turned-nurse from Queens and charged her with the decades-ago murder of a wealthy Louisiana businessman, saying...
Orthodox pre-teen allegedly sexually abused drew disapproval from sect leadership, says principal
She wasn’t like the other girls. The yeshiva principal who forced an Orthodox Jewish pre-teen to continue seeing the Hasidic counselor prosecutors say sexually abused her testified that her clothes...
Co-op wants to kick out resident's pooch
A Manhattan co-op has a bone to pick with one of its tenants over her dog — and they’re not about to roll over. Inwood Terrace Inc. already lost one...