December 30, 2012
UFC 155 analysis: Velasquez's furious pace wilts dos Santos, earns heavyweight title back
Cain Velasquez weighs about double the size of the UFC’s flyweight fighters. Yet he was moving in the fifth round Saturday night as if he weighed 125 pounds – not...
GM: Nets will 'let P.J. coach' for time being
After seeing the Nets pick up a pair of victories over the hapless Bobcats and Cavaliers in their first two games with interim coach P.J. Carlesimo in charge, general manager...
Bears beat Lions 26-24 to end Giants' playoff hopes
DETROIT — Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears held on late against turnover-prone Detroit. Now, the waiting begins. Cutler threw for 257 yards and a touchdown and helped seal the...
VOTE: Who should the Giants bring back in 2013?
The Giants finished the season 9-7, but missed the playoffs after going 3-5 in the latter half of the season.Big Blue is just a year removed from winning the Super...
Giants rout Eagles, but miss playoffs as Bears beat Lions
Pride. Honor. Dignity. Elimination. Tom Coughlin wanted to see the attributes that forged a Super Bowl title last year come to the surface, even for only one last time, knowing...
VOTE: Who should the Jets bring back in 2013?
The Jets finished the season 6-10, and it is expected to be an offseason of change for the franchise.The moves could happen as soon as this week, but before they...
Sanchez turns it over twice, Jets end season getting routed by Bills
ORCHARD PARK — Woody Johnson could not even bear to watch. The Jets owner skipped his team’s season finale Sunday against the Bills — a 28-9 loss that gives them...
Stoudemire's status still up in the air for Knicks New Year's Day game
The hope is recent days was that Amar’e Stoudemire could play Tuesday for the Knicks.They’re still hoping.Stoudemire, admitting he is not 80 percent, went through a full practice with the...
Giants welcome 400 from Newtown tragedy at MetLife Stadium
They carried signs expressing gratitude and love. They exchanged high-fives with players and ringed the field during the national anthem. About 400 residents of Newtown, Conn., attended the New York...
Comedian Katt Williams arrested -- again -- on suspicion of child endangerment
LOS ANGELES — Katt Williams, the comedian who has repeatedly found himself on the wrong side of the law, is out on bail after being arrested in Los Angeles on...
MetroNorth train hits car in Connecticut, kills one
REDDING, Conn. — A Metro North train collided with a car on the Danbury line on Sunday, killing one person in the car and injuring three others, authorities said. The...
Police officers, firefighters mourn Lt. Michael Chiapperini, who was killed in Christmas Eve ambush
WEBSTER — Fellow police and firefighters choked back sobs as they described Lt. Michael Chiapperini as a friend, mentor and family man at a funeral attended by first responders from...
'The Hobbit' stays atop box office for third week
LOS ANGELES — "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third-straight week with nearly $33 million. The Warner...
Couple arrested after cops found explosive powder in Village apartment
A pregnant woman and her boyfriend were arrested after cops found an explosive white powder in their Greenwich Village apartment yesterday, police sources said. Morgan Gliedman, 27, was wanted for...
Follow Giants-Eagles with Post writers
The Post has you covered goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Giants need plenty of help to make the playoffs. The Bears, Vikings and...
Follow Jets-Bills with Post writers
The Post has you covered from goal line to goal line with the best writers in the business.The Jets meet the Bills in their season finale, and Mark Sanchez is...
Jets will not bring offensive coordinator Sparano back for second season: report
ORCHARD PARK – The Jets changes are about to begin, according to a report. ESPN reported Sunday morning that the Jets will not bring offensive coordinator Tony Sparano back for...
Violence in Afghanistan down in 2012; insider attacks up
KABUL, Afghanistan — Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics compiled by The...
Al Qaeda's Yemen branch offers bounty for US ambassador
SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has offered to pay tens of thousands of dollars to anyone who kills the U.S. ambassador in Sanaa or an American soldier in...
WATCH: Obama wants measures aimed at containing gun violence passed in 2013, puts pressure on Congress to strike deal to avert fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON – President Obama vowed yesterday to push a new legislative gun control package next year in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. shootings. “It’s not enough for us to...
Young mother dead, 3 others injured after car plunges into Jamaica Bay
A young mother was killed and three other people were injured after their car skidded off the road and plunged into shallow waters in Jamaica Bay, authorities said. The woman,...
2012 NY sports year in review: A title, Tebow, Linsanity and a Mets no-no
The New York sports year started with a Giants Super Bowl victory over the Patriots and a parade up the Canyon of Heroes. None of our other pro teams went...
2012 revenues flat in NYC restaurant industry
New York City’s restaurant industry slimmed down in 2012, ending the year with fewer openings and flat revenues, according to analysts and hospitality execs. “We had expected a better year...
Tim & Ben are the enablers
While most are chastising Congress for not coming to an agreement on the fiscal cliff as shirking its constitutional responsibilities, the real culprits in this macabre tableau go unmentioned. Let’s...
No AMT patch will hurt millions
Here’s a nasty bounce down the fiscal cliff that even pessimists haven’t mentioned. Millions more middle-class New York-New Jersey taxpayers would be socked with the dreaded alternative minimum tax (AMT)....
Got skin in the game
West Village cosmetic doctor Yelena Yeretsky usually works to make the power women of Wall Street look flawless. But now men are asking for her services. Yeretsky says, “The men...
OWS debt forgiveness may co$t
Strike Debt, a nonprofit offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, started a campaign last month to raise money for buying and abolishing the distressed debt of individual Americans. But while the...
Sign of the times: ATM alerts vanish
ATM customers: Beware when going to other banks’ ATMs for quick cash, now that a new law has been signed by the president. The bill — The Electronic Fund Transfer...
We’re cliff hanged
The new year is shaping up as a bad one, no matter what happens on Capitol Hill, a veteran financial planner warns. Ronald Rogé is warning his clients to prepare...
What to watch for in 2013
It wouldn’t be the holiday season without a few predictions for the year ahead. Still, making such a list is always risky. 2012 turned out to be a newsy year...
Property values for retirees
Dear John: I enjoy your column. However, I think you might be overlooking one thing. The housing market is artificial. There is a huge shadow inventory of foreclosed homes that...
Vintage search app
Looking for just the right wine to serve at your New Year’s Eve celebration but uncertain how to set about your search? The Blush mobile app will help you find...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS TOM JOYCE Knight Capital CEO gets $7.5 million retention payment tied to Getco acquisition of his firm. PETER MALKIN SEC OKs investor vote to move ahead on his plan...
Mayor Mike’s parting shots on reform
Mayor Bloomberg is planning a graceful exit from City Hall in 2014 and doesn’t intend to meddle in the next administration even if it tries to undo some of his...
India rape-slay rap on 6
NEW DELHI — Six men have been charged in the gang rape and murder of a medical student — a case that has sparked protests throughout India. The suspects, who...
Train ‘runover’ survivor
A man jumped in front of an oncoming uptown C local at Penn Station yesterday — but survived without a scratch by lying flat between the tracks as the train...
Yonkers native Bruno DiFabio aims to make the world's fastest pizza
He’s a twirling dervish — and wants a slice of history. Prize-winning pizza man Bruno DiFabio hopes to set the world record for fastest pie making next month when he...
Firefighters honor ambush vics
Hundreds of American and Canadian firefighters lined up in upstate Webster yesterday to pay their respects to the two volunteer firemen killed by a deranged gunman in a Christmas Eve...
Visitors pin their hopes for 2013 to Times Square’s NYE Wishing Wall
A new tooth, a God-fearing husband, babies and betrothal. These are just a few of the wishes New Year’s revelers have pinned to the Wishing Wall at the Times Square...
Cuckoo vultures
Everglades National Park workers are distributing tarpaulins and bungee cords to visitors — to help make their parked vehicles look less tasty to migrating vultures. The birds of late have...
Body-in-the-lake mystery
The body of an elderly woman was found floating in a Queens lake yesterday, police said. The 63-year-old was spotted in Kissena Lake near 164th Street at about 7:45 a.m.,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island *** A motorist died in a Port Richmond crash yesterday, police said. José Luis Arlequin, 21, of Elm Park lost control of his gray 1996 Honda and smashed...
West Village ‘bomb’ scare
Several buildings in the West Village were evacuated yesterday after cops picking up a suspect in an unrelated case discovered a white explosive powder, police sources said.The powder was found...
Sex secrets of NYC’s men
It’s a cliché — seen in shows from “Sex and the City” to “Girls” — that dating for women in New York City is rough. That men cheat and are...
Port Authority cop accused of owning 'Newtown'-style assault rifle
This gun lover carries a badge. Port Authority cop Jeffrey Haner was busted on possession of two illegal assault weapons, including the same type of Bushmaster rifle used in the...
Call for Afro-fone answered
It’s finally here: the first African-designed smartphone! Congolese inventor Verone Mankou said that the so-called Elikia, which means “hope” in the local language, went on sale this weekend in the...
Improving Bush Sr. exits ICU
HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush’s condition continued to improve yesterday, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care. “President Bush’s condition has improved, so he has been...
3 shot South Jersey officers on mend
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Two of the three police officers shot and wounded by a suspect inside a South Jersey police station have been released from the hospital.But authorities say...
NYC pension funds big Liu-sors
City taxpayers will have to foot a tab of more than $1.5 billion because pension-fund investments in 2012 fell on their face, experts told The Post. NYC’s $111 billion pension...
Top health-policy doc says city’s war on salt is misguided
Such salty language! City health czar Dr. Thomas Farley is warring with a noted scientist over sodium in the same medical journal where Farley trumpeted the city’s war on salt....
Shaken up at Shack
These aren’t the kind of dogs Shake Shack wants to be known for. A Manhattan woman claims the Upper East Side outlet of the famed burger and hot-dog chain was...
Priest and rabbi: Giants need an act of God
Keep the faith, Giants fans. With the team needing a win today and help from above to make the playoffs, Father Peter Colapietro and Rabbi Dovid Cohen are praying for...
Hotel’s fishy on porpoise
Flipper will flip for this flophouse. A British firm plans to open the world’s first sanctuary for captive dolphins that once entertained crowds in marine amusement parks and aquariums. Merlin...
Escalator fix an uphill job
Tempers are escalating over this broken stairway.With one escalator and both elevators at the Vesey Street overpass ruined by Hurricane Sandy, thousands of lower-Manhattan pedestrians have been hoofing it up...
Long Island airport used to store 15,000 vehicles damaged by Hurricane Sandy
Oh, the car-nage! A little-used Long Island airport has been turned into a massive parking lot for thousands of Hurricane Sandy-damaged cars. Roughly 15,000 storm-ravaged vehicles are parked bumper-to-bumper on...
Chuck pushes $torm bill
Sen. Charles Schumer wants New York to get its Hurricane Sandy money, fiscal cliff be damned.The Democrat demanded yesterday that House Republicans take up a Senate bill to provide billions...
B’klyn plunge injury lawsuit
A certified nurse’s assistant claims in a lawsuit that she was flattened by a man who fell into an atrium two floors below at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. Marie Daphnee...
Could you spend $500 on food at this bodega? A welfare recipient claimed to!
Most people run to the corner bodega for a gallon of milk or a loaf of bread, but some welfare recipients are plunking down $500 at a time in suspicious...
AK-47 shells found at scene of Queens teen slaying
A Queens teen was gunned down early yesterday by masked shooters in Far Rockaway — and cops found AK-47 shell casings at the scene, police sources said. Xavier Granville, 17,...
Crazed subway 'pusher' says she did so because she thought victim was Muslim
The crazed woman who shoved a Queens immigrant to his gruesome death in front of a subway train told cops yesterday that she did so because she thought he was...
Court nixes France gouge
Gerard Depardieu can go home now. A top French court put the kibosh yesterday on the government’s plan for a 75 percent marginal tax rate on the nation’s highest earners....
Fiscal cliff deadline two days away, and still no deal in sight
Just two more days until the federal government drives over the fiscal cliff — and there’s not a guardrail in sight. Congressional leaders worked behind closed doors yesterday to avert...
Beware: 11,000 psychotics on streets
The city streets are teeming with thousands of mentally ill homeless people capable of psychotic acts of random violence if left untreated, experts warned yesterday. As many as 11,000 of...
Teacher ‘Sleeping’ on the job
This teacher is rated X.When she was “too tired to teach,” Jill Borriello showed her sixth-grade class at JHS 78 in Brooklyn a violent movie: “Sleeping with the Enemy.”When her...
Gallery owner left 100-page manifesto detailing lost love and financial woes before she committed suicide
She just couldn’t let go. Lovesick Madison Avenue art-gallery owner Marijana Bego penned a 100-page manifesto before jumping from the building’s roof — and she called it the “most romantic...
O’s cloud over us all
Americans are in a panic. Crowds throng gun shows and shops. Blue-chip companies fast-forward next year’s dividends to this year. Investors cash out profits, estate planners report a rush of...
Afghan allies
“The fate of the Americans in Afghanistan will be worse than that of the Russians,” Mohammed Ismail Khan warned in 2009. The same Afghan is now vowing to drive all...
Dammit, I’m a doctor, not an iPhone!
Your iPhone now tells you when it’s time to visit the doctor. Soon it could save you the trip. In 2013, the biggest revolution in medicine will be in the...
Pension Pay Day
New York’s unions, which spend fortunes on pols, sure get their money’s worth; taxpayers, not so much — as a top-court ruling on benefits for 9/11 first responders made clear...
Pols Must Pony Up
Here’s a bright bit of news: Crooked Albany pols may be getting only one one shot at having taxpayers cover their legal bills when they’re caught with their hands in...
No free hunch
Calling the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program wildly successful in no way justifies tossing out the Fourth Amendment (“Cuffing the Cops, Again,” Editorial, Dec. 26). If I were a parent, I could...
Required reading
Tiger Rag by Nicholas Christopher (The Dial Pres) Based on a legend that jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden made a long-lost recording in 1904 New Orleans of a song that came...
Too broke girls
When Natalie and I first met, she talked a mile a minute. An overachiever in every sense of the word, she told me how she juggled water polo with student...
In my library: Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald will spend New Year’s Eve doing what comes naturally: singing. This time, the five-time Tony winner and “Live from Lincoln Center” host will perform with the New York...
Becoming Europe
It’s a fair bet that every American who’s travelled outside the United States has heard people complaining about their societies becoming “Americanized.” By this, they usually mean the proliferation of...
The hunt for the perfect serial killer
By last August, residents of Essex, Vermont — a small community of just 19,000 — had come to accept that their beloved neighbors, Bill and Lorraine Currier, would not be...
Bourne a star
"Promised Land” is the first Hollywood film to deal with the hot-button issue of fracking. Written by and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski as an energy executive and an...
Free birds
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s . . . hey, it is a bird, a parrot no less — in January! The Quaker parrots or monk parakeets,...
It's fur-eezing out there!
WITH every winter, New Yorkers must face inevitable dangers: ugly, puffy coats that add 10 inches to the waistline, overdoing it on eggnog at the office holiday party, insanity from...
Cyndi Lauper: My New York
You can take Cyndi Lauper out of Queens, but you can’t take the Queens out of Cyndi. The Ozone Park native shows her true New Yawk colors every time she...
Oops! Bobby again
‘A match between me and Britney Spears would be a fine business idea. A sort of Beauty and the Beast contest!” said Bobby Fischer. Before we close the books on...
Bridge
To evaluate a hand when they first see it, most players count their points.The 4-3-2-1 scale originated almost a century ago and is widely used still. Other scales, which claim...
Singing in the pain
Karaoke — always a favorite activity around New Year’s — is a way to live out rock ’n’ roll dreams while keeping a day job. It’s also used to beat...
You lose, you win!
While others were unbuttoning their pants during the holidays, these six New Yorkers were avoiding eggnog and losing weight thanks to four new diet plans. Want to pop the bubbly,...
Can’t knock Evans’ hustle for Nets
The good outweighed the not so good. By a lot. By a real lot. By virtue of the way Reggie Evans plays for the Nets — a cross between china-shop...
Serby’s Sunday Q & A with ... Mark Herzlich
Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich blocked off some time to field questions from Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Three dinner guests? A: Lawrence Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, Anne Frank. Q: Why Lawrence...
Cowboys boot up for Redskins showdown
LANDOVER, Md. — The stakes in tonight’s win-or-go-home showdown with the Redskins at FedEx Field are all too familiar for Tony Romo and the Cowboys. Painfully so. The Cowboys and...
Clarity hard to come by on PED Hall of Fame debate
My Hall of Fame ballot sits on my desk as I wait longer than ever to apply check marks, stalling for a clarity I know is never coming. I wish,...
Jets season finishes today, then the real action begins
BUFFALO — The Jets’ miserable 2012 season finally comes to an end today against the Bills. The game is like an appetizer for the main event, which could come as...
Pagano won’t rein in Colts in sideline return
Chuck Pagano’s mere presence coaching in practices this past week for the first time since he was forced to leave for leukemia treatments on Sept. 26 has been profound. Today,...
Departed pair inspired Lauria
This is one of the stories that kept coming back to Dan Lauria across the past couple of days: A few years back, he was doing a play in Toronto...
Playoff miracle not happening
TODAY Eagles (+7 1/2) over GIANTS: Big Blue need to take care of business, and for bad things to happen to the Bears, Vikings and Cowboys. It’s their tough luck...
Sunday's Best
The lineBRIANCOSTELLOSTEVESERBYMarkCannizzaroPAULSCHWARTZDREWLOFTISJUSTINTERRANOVAMS.CHARLEENBARTHUBBUCHRICODaveblezowhondoBILLS 3 1/2 (39 1/2) Jets (1:00, CBS)BillsJetsBills ★ BillsBillsJetsBillsBillsBillsJetsJetsGIANTS 7 1/2 (46) Eagles (1:00, FOX)GiantsEagles ★ GiantsEagles ★ Eagles ★ EaglesEaglesEaglesGiantsEaglesEaglesTITANS 4 (42) Jaguars (1:00)TitansJaguarsTitansTitansTitansTitansJaguarsJaguarsJaguarsJaguarsJaguarsTexans 7 (46 1/2)...
Striking the circus tents
* As the Jets’ 2012 season mercifully comes to an end, the Tim Tebow saga certainly becomes a lot clearer. It seems the only person who really wanted Tebow on...
Tebow’s time runs out today
BUFFALO — Tim Tebow’s bizarre, overhyped time with the Jets will come to an end today, barring some major change of heart from the player and organization. Tebow is expected...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Report: Browns to replace Shurmur, GM The Browns are expected to clean house tomorrow, letting go of both coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert, the Cleveland Plain...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $30,000; clm($15,000); 3upDAWLY needed his last start when dropped to this level; has beaten much better. TAZERED...
Big A racing canceled
Yesterday’s live racing card at Aqueduct was canceled because of the winter storm.
Parx Results
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $20,000; clm($7,500); 3up1a-Sammzll (Ellott)3.002.202.104Super Nov Dsrt (Montnz)3.602.402Sejano (Nguyen)2.80Scr: Rule the Day.* Exacta (1-4) $10.20 * Trifecta (1-4-2) $27.40Winner picked by Vic CSECOND-7 fur; $30,000; clm($25,0); 3,4&5YO5Cbn Dvl...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $56,000; alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 a-PearlofWsdm(L),120RDomingz1-2-4Rodrigez5-23 Isn'tlovejstgrnd(L),116W Garcia4-7-5Aquilino8-12 b-PreciousMetl(L),121J Alvarado4-1-7Jacobson3-12 b-So Scott(L),121A Lezcano2-3-7Jacobson3-14 What'stheRcrd(L),121CVelasquz2-3-1Rice5-15 Litigate(L),121R Maragh3-1-4Duggan8-16 Cap the Moment ,114K...
Vic Cangialosi at Parx Graded Entries
FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $26,000; clm($16,000); 3up6-ChiefBlackWter8-54-Offlee Clever 5-21-Light de Night 10-15-Quite a Legacy 7-22-GrecianPegss15-17-E. Espee 12-13-R Blackjack 6-1SECOND-1 mile; $19,000; clm($7,500); 3up7-Red Leader 5-24-One oftheBest12-11-Kudu 5-15-Battle Harbour 4-12-Food Rules 8-16-Famous...
Gulfstream Charts
December 29th, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $22,500; clm($10,000); 3upOff: 12:45. Good. vied, led, clearTime: 22.01, 45.27, 58., 1:11.85.Trainer: Kirk ZiadieWinner: GR/RO F, 3, by...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m. FIRST-1 mile; $17,500; clm($10,000); 3up ELISSASROYALIMAGE steps up after leading to deep stretch and holding second at Calder. WINNERS SECRET has run well over this track...
Bobcats’ skid hits 18 after Hornets rally
Eric Gordon, who hadn’t played since April 22 following arthroscopic right knee surgery, had 24 points and seven assists, helping the Hornets overcome a 21-point first-half deficit and extend the...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; pace; $10,000; cond 3 ThnksFrStppn(JCmpbll) 23.80 10.80 7.00 6 Lucky Land (Y Gingras) 8.20 4.60 8 Raymond J (R Pierce) 6.20 * Exacta (3-6) $241.60 * Trifecta (3-6-8) $1,948.40...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 30 MONDec. 31 TUEJan. 1 WEDJan. 2 THUJan. 3 FRIJan. 4 SATJan. 5 Knicks NOGAME NO GAME Port. 7:30 MSG ESPN NO GAME S.A.7:30 MSG ESPN NO GAME Orl....
The Post Line
NFLTodayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogBILLS33 1/2(39)JetsGIANTS9 1/27(46)EaglesPATRIOTS1110 1/2(46 1/2)DolphinsBENGALS32 1/2(41)RavensSTEELERS1010(34 1/2)BrownsTexans5 1/27(46 1/2)COLTSTITANS5 1/24 1/2(42)JaguarsREDSKINS3 1/23(48 1/2)CowboysBears33(45)LIONSPackers33 1/2(46)VIKINGSFALCONS65(45 1/2)BuccaneersSAINTS45(54)PanthersBRONCOS1616(42)ChiefsCHARGERS10 1/29 1/2(39 1/2)Raiders49ERS1516 1/2(39)CardinalsSEAHAWKS1010 1/2(41 1/2)RamsHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogIllinois St.3INDIANA ST.AKRON9 1/2PrincetonST. MARY'S (Ca.)22YaleALABAMA11TulaneWICHITA...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball6 p.m.Tulane at Alabama ESPNU7 p.m.Dayton at USC PAC12Football1 p.m.Jets at Bills CBS1 p.m.Eagles at Giants FOX4:25 p.m.Dolphins at Patriots CBS4:25 p.m.Packers at Vikings FOX8:20 p.m.Cowboys at Redskins FOXHockey3:30 p.m.Great...
Vick: I’m set to soar after long layoff
The great unknown going into Sunday’s Giants-Eagles game is Michael Vick, who has not taken a snap in a game since Nov. 11 and admitted he didn’t think he would...
Time’s come for No Honor League
Look, everyone needs to understand that it’s all within context. NHL players could have their pay slashed by 50 percent and lead marvelous lives. We get that. But at the...
Lopez pours in 35 as Nets clip Cavs
Brook Lopez is finally rounding back into form. The Nets got a third straight double-double from Lopez — a season-high 35 points to go along with 11 rebounds — to...
Cavaliers’ Scott feels Johnson's angst
When Avery Johnson was fired by the Nets on Thursday, the reasoning behind the move was dissected and examined from every angle. Among reasons A, B, C and on through...
Nets' Carlesimo takes Prokhorov’s title talk to heart
Two days after being named the interim head coach of the Nets, P.J. Carlesimo got a chance to sit down with owner Mikhail Prokhorov. The two men, among others, met...
Stoudemire set for long-awaited return to Knicks
The Knicks trudged off the Sacramento court late Friday night heads bowed — the 2012 portion of their schedule ending in heartbreaking, buzzer-beating defeat that ruined what would have been...
Knicks' Tyson not expecting to miss time with ankle injury
The scene was all too familiar. Another Knick holed up in the trainer’s room after a game, getting treated. This time, Tyson Chandler came out of the trainer’s room in...
Giants need to beat Eagles, then get lots of help to reach playoffs
He knows what he knows and he knows how it looks, which is why Chris Snee cannot fault anyone for giving up on the Giants. “I still believe we’re a...
Bitter NFC East rivalry goes way back
They never stopped inventing reasons to hate the Cowboys in the nation’s capital. The Cowboys were only three years old when Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy. “I...
Must show champs’ pride, then hope for a long shot
The Giants show up at MetLifeSupport Stadium today teetering on the physical cliff, the winter of their discontent awaiting their fall. Their Super Bowl defense could end by 4 p.m....
The Rumble
Crystal ball Fan predicts exact score of Smith Buzzer-beater Glen Noack is a 48-year-old principal of an elementary school in Bethlehem, Pa., but he may have a future as this...
Week 1 blowout of Bills proved to be fool’s gold
BUFFALO — Remember September? Remember Jets 48, Bills 28, in that glorious 2012 season opener at MetLife Stadium with the home crowd alive and buzzing with optimism and hope for...
Don't miss
She’s a maniac Everyone, watch out: Abby Lee’s back on “Dance Moms.” The hard-driving, hoarse, vitriolic Pittsburgh-based dance instructor screams at kids and then she screams at their mothers as...
Ringing in the New Year
Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve — and, if you’re going to be celebrating in front of the TV set, here’s a handy guide to where and when to watch all...
Five shows to watch in 2013
Make a resolution to catch up on these great series. “Scandal” (Thursdays, 10 p.m., ABC, returns Jan. 10) It was a mid-season replacement on the 2011-12 schedule, and you may...
Reel good
Love, Actually, 2003 Sunday, 4:35 a.m., Cinemax My favorite squishy, romantic Christmas comedy about eight London couples in the days leading up to the holidays. There are couples who fall...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Tuesday: Katie Holmes; Taylor Lautne; Amar’e Stoudmire. Wednesday: Matthew Morrison; Whitney Cummings. Thursday: Ben Affleck; Matt Damon; Victoria Justice. The View 11 a.m.,...
Wild winter preview
A decade ago, Fox began airing the biggest show on television, “American Idol,” in January. That scheduling move was unheard of — until then, the TV season strictly started in...
Meet Market: Southern gent aims to charm a New York belle
Lucky numbers The most embarrassing thing Jason has in his apartment is a collection of napkins with women’s digits, which he amassed during his bartending days. Family guy Jason says...
Top 5: Ways to get a kiss on New Year’s Eve
“Ask, ‘Do you like fireworks on New Year’s Eve? Then try kissing me!’ ” Mallory “Ask if they’ve ever heard of a Champagne kiss. Trust me, they’ll want to try...
All the right moves
Body language is something we all use, but when it comes to translating what it means, it might as well be Tagalog. Enter Blake Eastman, your human Rosetta Stone for...
This week's couple: Rocking out
THIS DATE had a rocky start — but that wasn’t a bad thing. We sent Ian, 23, and Arlen, 25, to a climbing class at Brooklyn Boulders, the Gowanus indoor...
Welcome to sext ed
Technology has bestowed many gifts — online dictionaries, fantasy football sites and the ability to make obligatory family phone calls while walking to work. But when it comes to dating,...
Weird but true
And they needed to research this why? Eighteen percent of female Macintosh computer users have unusually large heads, 29 percent wear blouses and 43 percent wear glasses, according to a...
Louisville holds off archrival Kentucky
Russ Smith scored 21 points and Chane Behanan had 20 and No. 4 Louisville ended a four-game losing streak against rival Kentucky with an up-and-down 80-77 victory yesterday in Louisville,...
Grid day at Stadium fulfills Boss’s dream
As Syracuse coach and Bronx native Doug Marrone lifted a sleek crystal trophy in the middle of snowy Yankee Stadium last night, the significance of the name staring back at...
’Cuse in control with big Pinstripe victory over ex-rival West Virginia
The sign in left field at snow-covered Yankee Stadium read: “Syracuse: New York’s College Team.” For at least one day, that was true. The Orange routed longtime-rival West Virginia yesterday,...
Te’o overcomes heartbreaking loss to help put Notre Dame one win from title
Manti Te’o’s parents were sitting across the table from their son earlier this month in a Charlotte, N.C., restaurant when they noticed something disconcerting, something they have not seen in...
Longhorns storm past Oregon St.
David Ash threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, the last a 36-yard strike to Marquise Goodwin with 2:24 left, to give Texas a 31-27 comeback win over No. 15 Oregon State...
Hofstra lands first recruit since burglary scandal
The ugly theft incident involving four Hofstra players hasn't hurt the Pride's recruiting.Hofstra is involved with several top prospects and landed its first recruit since police arrested four players for...
Syracuse plows through snow, West Virginia in Pinstripe Bowl
Prince-Tyson Gulley ran for a career-best 208 yards and had three touchdowns, Syracuse scored twice on safeties and the Orange bid a snow-covered farewell to the Big East with a...
Frankoski's 3s pace Columbia past Manhattan
Steve Frankoski came off the bench to score 18 points, leading Columbia to a 69-58 victory over Manhattan in a nonconference game Saturday. The sophomore guard scored all of his...