April 17, 2011
Fill-in Chavez lifts Yankees over Rangers
Eric Chavez has 230 home runs and a wealth of experience obtained during 13 major league seasons. That's not a bad bat to have ready on the bench. Chavez, filling...
Dubinsky's late goal pushes Rangers back into series with Capitals
Brandon Dubinsky's goal with 1:39 left snapped a tie, and the Rangers' struggling offense woke up enough to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Sunday and get them back in...
Referee forced out of Rangers-Capitals game with injury
The playoff game between the Washington Capitals and Rangers has been delayed by about 10 minutes after referee Chris Rooney was injured in the second period. Rooney skated backward behind...
Randolph helps Grizzlies upset Spurs; earn franchise's first playoff win
SAN ANTONIO -- The Memphis Grizzlies own the first upset of the NBA playoffs, and they made history in the process. Zach Randolph had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and...
A-Rod out of Yankees lineup with stiff back
The Yankees will finish their series with the Rangers without Alex Rodriguez. The third baseman was not healthy enough to return for the Sunday night game after leaving Saturday’s win...
Pizza slice guy claims self-defense
The mob-linked ex-con who allegedly sliced up celebrity pizza twirler Mark Iacono was arraigned today in Brooklyn Criminal Court on attempted-murder charges. Benny Geritano — who has been connected to...
Man gunned down in Fordham Heights
A man was killed after a gunman opened fire on a street in Fordham Heights in broad daylight, cops said today. The shots rang out at the corner of Creston...
Teens arrested in West Bank family slay, as another boy dies in bus attack
JERUSALEM — A 16-year-old Israeli boy wounded when an anti-tank rocket fired from Gaza hit a school bus 10 days ago died today, as authorities said they arrested a pair...
Dumadag leads MSIT to Cardozo tournament title
Senior setter Justin Dumadag was named most valuable player, leading McKee/Staten Island Tech to a victory in the Cardozo boys volleyball tournament Saturday in Bayside. MSIT defeated Chaminade (L.I.), 25-18,...
Prayers for new schools chancellor
Heaven help him! After the disastrously brief stint of ousted Cathie Black, teachers this morning implored the Almighty to watch over the city’s new school chancellor Dennis Walcott, who officially...
Knicks' Stoudemire fires back at Celtics' Davis
BOSTON – Amar’e Stoudemire is a $100 million superstar who led the Knicks back to relevance, owns arguably the best body in basketball and appears regularly on the national talk...
Geithner confident on borrowing limit increase
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Republican leaders have privately assured the Obama administration that Congress will raise the government's borrowing limit in time to prevent an unprecedented default...
Mets halt streak at seven with win over Braves
ATLANTA — The Mets' new No. 2 hitter Josh Thole had two run-scoring singles, Dillon Gee came up from the minors to earn the win and the Mets beat the...
Storm leaves 40 dead across 6 states
RALEIGH, N.C. — A furious storm system that kicked up tornadoes, flash floods and hail as big as softballs has left at least 40 people dead on a rampage that...
Calif. GOP official emails Obama ape 'joke,' says it's not racist
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California Republican Party official was under fire yesterday after allegations she sent an email that included an altered photo depicting President Barack Obama as an...
Mayweather may wait on Ortiz-Berto rematch
MASHANTUCKET, Conn.--Floyd Mayweather was at ringside Saturday Night at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, presumably to scout a future opponent in Andre Berto or Victor Ortiz. But the crowd...
63-year-old Long Island woman dies after being hit by police car
BELLMORE, N.Y. — A Long Island woman has died after she was struck by a police car. Nassau County police say the accident happened at 11:41 p.m. Saturday in Bellmore....
Thierry Henry's slumpbuster
Thierry Henry and the Red Bulls can insist all their want his scoring drought was no big deal, but the sights and sounds last night told a different story. The...
The Post's All-City girls basketball Player of the Year
Bria Smith, Christ the King Bria Smith etched her name into Christ the King and New York City royalty throughout her four years at the Middle Village school. After leading...
The Post's All-City girls basketball honors
It was a season filled with intriguing stories. A new program rose from the ashes, an all-time team sustained its greatness in the face of adversity and another legendary one...
The Post's All-City girls basketball Coach of the Year
Ed Grezinsky, Murry Bergtraum There was never any doubt as to why Murry Bergtraum was one of the top teams in New York City -- and the country for that...
Vecsey’s picks to advance in postseason
While gathering insight, information and irony from my column contributors for this NBA playoff preview, it occurs to me that Cathie Black lasted longer in the classroom than I did....
Confident Knicks geared to upset Celtics
BOSTON -- There is a reason why Carmelo Anthony breaks into a big smile after he hits a big shot late in the game. "Because I'm happy," he deadpanned. Tonight,...
Knicks, fans should embrace the playoff nerves
BOSTON — You would think the butterflies go away, but they never do. Not now. Not in the run-up to the most important basketball games of the year. Today Chauncey...
Newton theories abound in NFL Draft
Cam Newton is this year’s great unknown, a gifted athlete who remains something of a mystery to most NFL teams despite winning the Heisman Trophy and a BCS title in...
The Post's All-City boys basketball Coach of the Year
Ray Voelkel, Collegiate Basketball talent flocks to the PSAL and CHSAA Class AA divisions, to schools like Christ the King, Rice, Lincoln and Boys & Girls. That’s where the Division...
The Post's All-City boys basketball Player of the Year
Omar Calhoun, Christ the King He can score the ball better than almost anyone in the country, but that’s not just what makes Omar Calhoun a special player. This year,...
Why we love the rat race
Be honest. You’re a control freak. You’re in a rat race. You’re trapped on the hedonic treadmill, you’re surfing the info tsunami and you’re mainlining off your Crackberry. Gonna have...
How Swede she is
If you know Ingrid Berg man mainly for "Casa blanca" or, perhaps, "Gaslight" and "Notorious," you have a treat -- and surprise -- in store courtesy of Kino International. The...
Bridge
"Girls grow up to be women," Wendy, my club's feminist, growled. "Boys grow up to be bigger boys. They still play kids' games, but instead of trying to pin a...
He's a loser in life
'I never seem to learn," wrote Bobby Fischer. "That's why I'm such a loser in the game of life." Embarrassing letters, in Fischer's fourth-grade-like handwriting, sold for nearly $10,000 in...
'Win' winning!
At the heart of the popular indie movie “Win Win” — which expands to additional cities this weekend — is a freckled, slight, charming monster of a talent named Alex...
He's 'into the groove'
It's a tale as old as time: b-boy meets Material Girl. In this case, the boy is a 24-year-old French break dancer who grew up in public housing, and the...
Mad man
Even selling out isn’t as easy as it looks. Morgan Spurlock discovered this the hard way when he cold-called some 600 companies to sponsor his film about product placement, Friday’s...
Punch trunk love
There’s a ton of buzz about Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson’s chemistry in their new film, “Water for Elephants,” out Friday. But if you’re under the impression this is “The...
Best of the fest
Battery Park City will be fully powered up by the voltage of two superstars — Elton John and Cameron Crowe — as the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival kicks off...
Red, White & 'Who'
He’s been around longer than Captain Kirk, has met more robots than Will Robinson and has a ship at least as cool as the Millennium Falcon. Yet many Americans —...
Don't miss
Connected women Welcome to Staten Island, the land of fierce women who never admit to being allegedly “connected” — until now. Renee, Carla and Drita are no strangers to the...
'Burn Notice' movie spotlights sidekick
Guys living off the residuals of that iconic, big-screen role are all over the dial this week: “Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe” (Sunday, 9 p.m., USA) Bruce Campbell...
Loud and proud
Many viewers would be surprised to learn, or be reminded, that the beast known as reality TV, which has spawned everything from “The Real World” to “Jersey Shore,” actually started...
Double up that entendre, will you?
One can imagine how it must’ve gone down in the office of the Disney/ABC TV executive who had the final word in the matter: “That’s the best you can do?...
Reel good
CROCODILE DUNDEE (1986) Monday, 10 a.m., TV Land A newspaper reporter (Linda Kozlowski), drags a crocodile hunter, Dundee (Paul Hogan), from the Australian Outback to NYC, and finds that he...
Shotgun wedding
The avalanche of television coverage of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton begins Monday night with a Lifetime movie about the royal romance. “William & Kate,” starring two...
Alpha-bite city
1. Affaire Bistro & Lounge 50 Avenue B, between Third and Fourth streets *Opened: Jan. 2011 Owner Andrew Krauss, who is half-French, says he “wanted to go back to his...
Ruff day at the office
No one likes a cubicle lurker or close talker at the office. But, with more businesses getting hip to telecommuting and the fact that more than half of all US...
Home office pet supplies
* Sticky Sheets, from $19.95 a pack at stickysheets.com Good for de-fuzzing your couch, not to mention your suit before you head out for that lunch meeting. * The Kitt...
Crowning boost for royal girls
LONDON -- Britain's government said yesterday it has begun reviewing the ancient rules of royal succession, so that if Prince William and Kate Middleton's first child is a girl, she...
Syria ends 48-yr. 'emergency'
Pressured to respond to unprecedented protests, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said yesterday that the country's 48-year-old emergency law will be abolished within a week. But the leader ignored popular demands...
AG having 'nun' of bogus church
The lying nun refuses to confess her sins. Eight months after The Post exposed phony sister Melindia LeGrand as a fraud, the habit-wearing grifter insisted she and her fake Brooklyn...
5th air-tower napper nailed
Maybe they need a nap commission. A Miami air-traffic controller was caught napping on the job just after he and colleagues were briefed on the importance of showing up to...
New RSS feed application for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Comprehensive RSS aggregators like Google Reader are useful for following a multitude of news feeds covering everything from politics to sports to celebrity gossip. But if you just want to...
WiFi is not safe
Dear John: You recently wrote about the dangers of using public WiFi Internet networks. I sometimes go to the library with my laptop and join the NYPL -- New York...
Boyfriend details plunge ma's hell
The deadbeat dad of the three drowned Hudson River kids subjected their mother to a campaign of torment that included spying on her and forbidding her from having friends or...
'Candidate' Trump at Fla. Tea
Donald Trump called himself a "candidate" for the first time yesterday -- but didn't say he was running for president. "I am the strongest candidate on military spending," Trump said...
Inmate Hevesi in infirmary
Maybe he's depressed? Disgraced former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi spent his first full day in lockup in the prison infirmary. State correction officials confirmed that Hevesi, who was sentenced to...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan The fiend pictured here (top image) is wanted for two knifepoint sex assaults in a lower Manhattan housing project. The pervert followed his victims into the elevators of the...
Gas close to a gallin' $5 a gallon
Statewide gas prices are soaring to an average $4 per gallon -- but city residents are already feeling the heartburn, with some prices rocketing in the direction of $5. One...
Countdown for the GDP projections
Wall Street's Fed watchers are sounding more like NASA's Mission Control during a launch when it comes to first quarter GDP growth expectations: 4 percent, 3 percent, 2 percent. ....
$72M Mega score on SI
The winning ticket in Friday's $72 million Mega Millions lottery drawing was sold at a Staten Island supermarket. "We've been hearing about it all day, but we don't know who...
Un-Caged Nic's wife-slap rap
Nicolas Cage didn't look like much of a national treasure in New Orleans yesterday. The bad-boy actor was busted on a Big Easy street after a drunken shouting match and...
Jailhou$e mitzvah chutzpah
A jailhouse bar-mitzvah bash cost the city thousands of shekels, a scathing city report concluded. New details have emerged revealing that taxpayers were on the hook for an estimated $2,800...
Mob's pizza the action
Lucali is a real mob scene -- and it's not just because of the crowds. Pizza twirler Mark Iacono -- who's facing his own assault rap for the Brooklyn knife...
New schools boss: Layoffs may come
In his first major speech, new Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott called for a spirit of "listening and working together" to improve education, but afterward said he's sticking by Mayor Bloomberg's...
Holland Tunnel car crash leaves 5 hurt
Five people were injured in a four-car accident in the Holland Tunnel early yesterday, a Port Authority spokesman said. It's unclear what sparked the pile-up, at about 1 a.m. in...
Judge in 'double' trouble
There may be another ethical breach in Judge Luis Gonzalez's court. The presiding justice of the Appellate Division's First Department, already under investigation by a state oversight panel, has employed...
Cops find body in car trunk
Long Island cops investigating a stolen car made a shocking discovery yesterday when they popped open the trunk: the body of a slain Brooklyn man. Nassau County police said Daniel...
Reddit co-founder sees tech stampede
Alexis Ohanian, 27, isn't a billionaire (yet), but the Brooklyn resident is doing quite nicely for himself. He's one of the co-founders of reddit.com, a social-news Web site that was...
Used-car prices accelerate
Have you priced a used car lately? According to online automotive market Cars.com, the average price of a 2008 Chevy Impala with 45,000 miles was $13,101 in April of last...
Tragic teach is all 'class'
She had dressed up that day -- putting on makeup, fixing her hair, picking a pretty dress. After four years of being a substitute, Lissedia Batista had achieved her dream,...
Libya 'bomb' shell
More misery was thrust on the embattled Libyan city of Misrata yesterday, with reports surfacing that Moammar Khadafy's forces were using illegal cluster bombs against rebel fighters and they were...
Cop drills 2 thugs
A heroic off-duty Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority cop got into a Wild West-style shootout yesterday with four armed thugs who tried to rob a Brooklyn auto-body shop -- blasting...
Heartland storm toll now at 24
The killer storm ravaging the South and Midwest claimed at least eleven more lives yesterday, bringing the death toll to at least 24. Seven of the latest deaths, in Alabama,...
Web tax on tap
The e-tax man cometh. As early as this week, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told The Post he will propose sweeping legislation to tax all online purchases -- in a move...
Horse bigs wore blinders over illegal staff: suit
A former New York Racing Association employee claims she was pressured to issue work credentials for dozens of illegal immigrants employed at the racetracks, and was forced out after refusing...
Condo board cooks up suit vs. owner
When is a man's home not his castle? When he lives in a Manhattan co-op or condo. Powerful building-management boards seem to micromanage almost everything residents do in their own...
It's highway 'snobbery'
It’s a storied New York institution for the arts — but its current drama is more TV soap opera than Masterpiece Theater. Since it was founded in 1898, the National...
The Face(s) rings a bell
They thought they were "Waiting On a Friend," but instead they'll settle for $80,000 in attorneys' fees. Early last year, a trio of California art galleries got sued for selling...
Bam too invested in Buffett
There's an old adage on Wall Street that an investor should never fall in love with a stock, lest he be too emotionally invested to throw it out when all...
Sweden, writin' & 'rithmetic
The Swedish are getting into the charter-school act. The Big Apple expects 16 new charters to launch in September, and close to 60 in 2012 in the wake of a...
NJ 'Volt' pioneer is all charged up
New Jersey Realtor Jeffrey Kaffee couldn't care less about gouging gas prices at the pump -- he's bought only 8 gallons since December for his fuel-stingy ride. "I love it....
400 cops could be charged for getting rid of tickets
As many as 400 cops could face disciplinary charges for fixing tickets in a widening corruption scandal, The Post has learned. Two NYPD lawyers were recently transferred from the department's...
Holder's 4G tax lax
US Attorney General Eric Holder and his brother failed to pay the property taxes on their childhood home in Queens, which they inherited last August after their mother died, The...
O's in fiscal fantasyland
Elections have conse quences, we are told, but the admonition usually refers to how results shape subsequent events. Yet as last week's huge battle over puny budget trims proved, America...
High-rising tensions over developers' levies
Another group is grumbling about the city's flawed property-tax system -- big-time real-estate developers with close ties to Mayor Bloomberg. The immediate issue on the table is a request from...
Rev. Al's debt duty
The Rev. Al Sharpton's nonprofit has vowed to clean up its tax debt, but it's unclear whether the charity's funds will be used to pay the activist's private liabilities. The...
'Idol' castoff Pia Toscano boots beau for 'Dancing' dreamboat
It's another shocking elimination. "American Idol" castoff Pia Toscano, 22, is saying ciao to her longtime boyfriend, Queens caterer Carlos Nunez, while swooning over "Dancing With the Stars" salsa shaker...
'Cheat' is on in the city’s naughtiest neighborhood
Looking for a mistress? Check out Chelsea. Freewheeling philanderers who live and work in the 10001 ZIP code lead the city in accounts on Ashley Madison, the online dating site...
Next step for police -- predicting crime
It was an unseasonably warm day in Camden, NJ, two weeks ago when a group of police honchos huddled to watch the latest crime-fighting tool in action. A new data-crunching...
Cut quickly to stop tax increase
This week President Barack Obama is offering his plan to solve America’s debt problem. The president’s approach will include tax increases. Republicans will huff that the Grand Old Party will...
Daring to demonize
President Obama was the spirit of full bipartisan cooperation in discussing Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to reform Medicare and other fiscally challenged entitlement programs. Fifteen months ago, that is. “We’re...
Fighting ladies
“Flight of the Dudettes” (Maureen Callahan, PostScript, April 11) is a good article and accurate, right up until the “ground combat” subject came up. It’s a given that there are...
How Teddy Roosevelt saved football
Nobody knows when the NFL will play its next game. The owners have locked out the players, and part or all of the 2011 season could be lost. We have...
Ike’s intervention
I believe Dwight Eisenhower to have been one our great presidents (“What Would Ike Do?” Peggy Noonan, PostScript, April 11). However, outside of appointing Earl Warren and William Brennan to...
Bloomberg's junk data
Mike Bloomberg and Bill Clinton made quite the pair last week, announcing the merger of their respective climate-change initiatives. Clinton cheered a city Health Department study trumpeting the “fact” that...
In my library: Bruce Morrow
Elvis called him “Sir.” John Lennon called him “coo-zin.” But to most of us, Bruce Morrow will always be “Cousin Brucie.” These are boom times for the Baby Boomers’ favorite...
The Libya-rators
BENGHAZI, LIBYA — Ask the women here whom they most admire, and you get mostly shrugs. One teacher said, “No woman is famous in Libya. Only Aisha.” That’s Aisha Khadafy,...
Land of a madman
Dictator nuggets from “Seeking Gaddafi,” a new analysis by UK conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski. Khadafy’s famous all-female guard are called the al-Rahibat al-Thawriyat, or “Revolutionary Nuns.” They promise to devote...
What’s wrong with her face?
These celebs need a cosmetic intervention. Meg Ryan’s trout lips, Kim Kardashian’s pillow face, and Daryl Hannah’s bat brows are prime examples of how over-injected plastic surgery has gone overboard....
Prof knows squat
Chris Robbins of SUNY Purchase is teaching his students to squat illegally in properties owned by third parties (“His Students Know Squat,” April 11). Why? “So they will learn to...
Required reading
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips (Random House) In today’s world, where writers feel free to peddle their memoirs complete with made-up stories, Phillips (“Prague”) has come up with...
The great pretender
Robert Redford: The Biography by Michael Feeney Callan Knopf Very few are left, those iconic American movie stars who hold the public’s imagination and affection for decades, the ones whose...
Atlas, shrugged
Please tell me how an unreleased movie can already be labeled a flop (“A Pinch of Galt,” Kyle Smith, PostScript, April 10)? In the next breath, Kyle Smith says it’ll...
Silver's wrong on rent
New York’s rent laws expire in June. In pushing to “renew and strengthen” them, Democratic lawmakers are seizing the opportunity to show they care about tenants. Gov. Cuomo, too, has...
Sorry state
In her article about the Civil War and the new book, “Brady’s Civil War,” Maureen Callahan mentions that the transcontinental telegraph helped Nebraska get statehood in 1864 in time to...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JAMES DOLAN Garden boss has both Rangers and Knicks in playoffs for first time under his watch. SCOTT GRIFFITH Zipcar boss sees IPO soar 67 percent on the Nasdaq....
Tomorrow's Parx Racing Entries
Post Time:12:25 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m; $26,000; cl($15,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds1Crafty Peace(L),119JHpshre 4-12Tiger Grr(L),119A Arroyo 2-13Benevolent Nate(L),111AGonzalez 6-14Marine Major(L),119J Bisono 5-15Secondthat Emotion(L),104K Frey 3-16Torro Mia(L),119V...
XXXXX Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 3:30 pm.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 1/2f; $30,000; cl($25,000); 4upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds8One Union(L),121VEspna8-7-48-16CaughtaFlyr(L),119KStra1-9-730-11LeaseofLife(L),121MPdrza3-1-44-12Catastaire(L),119EMldna7-4-820-13GallantGent(L),121MGarca4-1-68-14Achak(L),121JRosro5-5-22-15GalltMnstro(L),121RBjrno4-4-34-17Exclamation(L),121ASngni6-1-33-1SECOND-1m(T); $30,000; cl($25,000); 4up; (f&m)PNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3Bella Roja(L),121MPdrza5-2-33-11Rollerskats(L),121RBjrno3-2-39-22Van Brit(L),121EMldna7-1-65-24ShesLckyWgr(L),121CNktni8-4-415-15Hameildaeme(L),121PVlnza3-1-43-16Prytania(L),121JRosro4-8-56-17LivingOrDrm(L),121CSthrd1-6-58-1THIRD-5 1/2f; $54,000; mdn spcl wt; 3YOPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds2JackReacher(L),121PVlnza3-3-86-17LordVronsky(L),121CSthrdx-x-x15-11Clinton(L),121RBjrnox-x-x8-13Dubber(L),121JRosro6-x-x9-24Tokubetsu(L),121MGarca2-2-26-55Meadow...
No playing out string in honor-rich NHL
The NHL wants to be like the NFL, and I guess which league wouldn't aspire to be granted the kind of sacred cow status pro football has mysteriously and regrettably...
Affrunti's Gulfstream Grade
Post Time: 12:50 pm.FIRST-5f; $36,300; cl($30,000); 3up3-Thmnnthgls 6-12-SpartnGnrl 15-17-Ctzn'sArrs 5-11-Plsndthnk 4-11A-a-Tripski 4-14-Wise Option 10-15-D' Dream 8-16-Dixie Slam 15-18-Sliding In 5-29-ImGodAtTht 8-110-Willie's Way 20-1SECOND-2 1/2f; $52,500; mdn spcl; 2YO1-a-Firefall 5-25-Bellavini 4-12-b-Nonn'sBy...
Oaklawn Results
FIRST- 1 mile; $19,800; cl; 3,4&5YO1MyPaigesJwel (Jbrt) 8.806.005.005Lost Account (Rocco, Jr.)6.204.2012DvineRtrbution (SntnaJr.)3.80 Scr: Lucy's Coming. * D., Meafarel's Reward, Cryptologist, Unspoken Code. Exacta (1-5) $77.80 * $1 Trifecta (1-5-12) $171.70SECOND-...
Hughes-less move
* Putting Phil Hughes on the disabled list is a panic move by the Yankees. It sends the message to a very thin pitching staff that they have no margin...
It's Knicks' time to grab the torch
When the Knicks and the Celtics square off tonight in the first game of the first round of the NBA Playoffs, it will conjure memories of past postseason series between...
Baltimore chops Hondo
Hondo gave some back last night as his victory with the Giants was overwhelmed by his losses with the Orioles and Tigers, leaving him with IOUs total ing 190 gantners....
Yankees' Hughes decided DL was better choice than minors
The Yankees' plan to send Phil Hughes to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to build arm strength changed abruptly Friday afternoon when the pitcher didn't answer a question with enough conviction. "I was...
Celtics without Shaq for Game 1
WALTHAM, Mass. -- This is why Doc Rivers had Plan A and Plan B at practices all week, why Boston signed not one, but two O'Neals, and probably would have...
First playoffs for ex-Net Murphy
WALTHAM, Mass. -- After a season of utter frustration, Troy Murphy is experiencing what he sought for 10 seasons. The playoffs. Murphy started with the Nets and that was a...
Rangers must get offensive -- now
The only back against the wall at the Rangers' prac tice facility yesterday was John Tortorella's, when the coach interacted pleasantly with the press in the building's interview room. That's...
Douglas X-factor for Knicks
Coach Mike D'Antoni says Toney Douglas' performance often is a telling way to determine the Knicks' performance. There certainly has been truth to that assessment. Douglas, the Knicks' energetic sixth...
Capitals vow to avoid another playoff choke vs. Rangers
Fresh nightmares are not quickly forgotten. If the Capitals don't put the Rangers right away, they'll start to relive the choke horrors of their past two springs. The last time...
Garcia leads Yankees over Rangers
Earlier this week, a talent evaluator described the Yankees' habit of collecting suspect pitching projects this way: "They are digging up all the warm bodies." Yesterday at a rainy and...
Rangers ready to put more pressure on Capitals goalie
The Rangers have vowed to make life miserable for goaltender Michal Neuvirth when they face the Caps at the Garden this afternoon in Game 3 of the first-round series they...
Stiff back puts A-Rod on Yankees bench
It's time to find out if Cameron Diaz gives a good back massage. Her boyfriend, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, left yesterday's 5-2 win over the Rangers after the sixth...
Garcia works magic on Yankees rotation woes
No one studies pitchers like Alex Rodriguez, and this is what he told the Post about Freddy Garcia after yesterday's impressive and diversified performance from the veteran right-hander. "The catcher...
Celtics' Davis says it's not 'hard' to guard Knicks' Stoudemire
Glen Davis acknowledged the skills of Amar'e Stoudemire. But the Celtics' power forward said guarding the Knicks' All-Star is no big deal. "It's really not that hard," Davis said. "I...
'Arch' wins Arkansas Derby
Archarcharch stormed home to win the $1 million Arkansas Derby at 25-1 yesterday in Hot Springs, Ark. The colt trailed with a second group for much of the race before...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogCELTICS 6 (197½)KnicksSPURS 6 (194) GrizzliesLAKERS10 (183) HornetsTHUNDER 5½ (200) NuggetsOdds to Win SeriesCeltics$300-360KnicksSpurs$330-400GrizzliesLakers$1250-2100HornetsThunder$180-220NuggetsNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogRANGERS$110-130CapitalsPREDATORS$120-140DucksB'HAWKS$105-125CanucksHome team in CAPS
Today's Sports on Air
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Canadiens topple Bruins
Michael Cammalleri and Mathieu Darche scored in the first 2:20 of the game, and Carey Price stopped 34 shots last night to lead Montreal to a 3-1 victory over the...
Knicks' Fields fighting off the jitters as tip-off gets closer
Landry Fields will be keeping a daily playoff diary for The Post, as the 22-year-old rookie shooting guard chronicles his first postseason series, the Knicks' opening-round battle with the Celtics....
Rodgers stars for Red Bulls in win over Earthquakes
The Red Bulls were looking for payback against San Jose for last year's first-round playoff upset, and they got it. Newcomer Luke Rodgers -- making his second start and first...
Surprise! Mets put Young on DL
ATLANTA -- The Mets' disabled list grew by 6 feet, 10 inches yesterday. Chris Young became the latest casualty, after team brass decided it wasn't worth the risk in sending...
Sports shorts
AUTO: Talladega pole makes 70 for Gordon In Talladega, Jeff Gordon won his 70th career pole to lead a Hendrick Motorsports sweep of the top four spots for the Aaron's...
Ortiz bests Berto for welterweight title
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- When the press conference was held to announce Victor Ortiz would challenge Andre Berto for the WBC welterweight championship, Ortiz vowed to erase any notion that he...
Wade ices win in Heat opener
Chris Bosh and LeBron James watched from afar when Dwyane Wade controlled the final portions of games during the Heat's championship run in 2006. They got a closer look yesterday,...
Beckett sharp as Red Sox snap skid
Josh Beckett had his second straight strong start, holding the Blue Jays to one run over seven innings, and Jed Lowrie provided a spark at the top of Boston's lineup...
Catch shares blocked
The hated catch shares programs the National Marine Fisheries Service had pushed for in 2011 that would have cost many coastal fishing jobs is dead. The new budget included an...
Play-by-play man Johnson missed Knicks revival
Gus Johnson toiled 13 seasons as the Knicks' radio broadcaster before being replaced this season by Mike Crispino because of a contract dispute. After calling nine straight losing seasons, Johnson...
Twin-killing bumps Mets' skid to seven games
ATLANTA -- The commissioner's office should lodge a complaint against the Mets for impersonating a major league baseball team. Nothing quite says "bush league" like Daniel Murphy getting nailed attempting...
Why Bonds belongs in Cooperstown
Championing Barry Bonds for the Hall of Fame feels a little like endorsing Bernie Madoff for Financier of the Year. But I believe Bonds should be enshrined in Cooperstown; even...
YES scores with replay of Joba play at the plate
Despite all my whining and griping, TV, on one hand, never has been better. With technology placed in the right hands, TV now provides sensational in-game sights and sounds. Best-seat-in-the-house...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 17MONApr. 18TUEApr. 19WEDApr. 20THUApr. 21FRIApr. 22SATApr. 23YankeesTexas8:05TV -- ESPN NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMNOGAMETor.7:07WWORWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSNOGAMEBalt.7:05YESWCBSBalt.7:05YESWCBSMetsAtlanta1:35TV -- WPIXRadio--WFAN 660 AMNOGAMEHou.7:10SNYWFANHou.7:10SNYWFANHou.7:10SNYWFANAri.7:10SNYWFANAri.1:10WPIXWFANKnicksBoston7:00TV -- *MSG NetworkRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEBos.7:00*MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEBos.7:00#MSGESPNNOGAMERangersWashington3:00TV -- NBCTBDNOGAMENOGAMEWash.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAME*Wash.3:00NBCESPNRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMED.C.8:00ESPN2WADONOGAMENOGAME
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Carmelo Anthony
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the Knicks’ superstar forward in the lead-up to the first-round series vs. the Celtics, which begins tonight in Boston. Q: Define swag for me....
Cause of dead arm troubling mystery
This is the worst kind of in-between. What do you root for? On the one hand, there seems to be a logical reason to believe Phil Hughes is hurt, because...
The Rumble
Playoff payoffs Knicks and Rangers pick top postseason moments Some of the Garden’s marquee performers reminisced this week about their most memorable playoff moments: Allan Houston (Knicks) — “My greatest...
Ask Ashley: 'practice makes perfect'
I’ve been married for almost 10 years and love my wife dearly; however, I like being dominated, and she won’t give it a shot. This has forced me to go...
Meet market: Fashionista shopping for stylish stud
Rebecca, a 22-year-old editor of the blog STYLUSTE, loves her clothes. But, while her closet is filled with the latest fashions, she still needs the perfect man to accessorize her...
Top 5 ways to get a royal date before Prince William’s wedding
According to amorous Anglophiles at the London Hotel “Steal a carriage from Central Park and drive it to the supermarket.”— Nicole “Say, ‘I have a stiff upper lip and a...
This week's couple: A row-mantic evening
When Nick, a 27-year-old financial analyst, met Erica, a 25-year-old ESL teacher, they were both a little timid about testing the waters. But while sharing a meal at the Theater...
Jean therapy
Hipster guys, take note: Eliza Doolittle — the UK’s newest pop import — really doesn’t like your skinny jeans. “I’m just not into the so-tight-your-[package]-can’t-breathe-look!” says the cheeky brown-eyed Brit,...
Weird but true
They're going hog wild upstate. An exploding population of wild boars -- cunning beasts that weigh up to 400 pounds and reproduce several times a year -- has escaped from...
Spellman's Ngaba works way from lax novice to budding star
Germain Ngaba is a multi-sport athlete at Cardinal Spellman. He is a soccer and football star at the Bronx school, but lacrosse was still foreign to him as a sophomore....
PSAL baseball roundup: Lehman gets off to fast start in Monroe Tournament
Lehman seems to like playing in the Monroe Tournament. Two years ago, the Lions won the crown and last spring, they reached the final of the prestigious holiday tournament, now...
CHSAA/Private baseball roundup: Xaverian tops St. Francis Prep, improves to 5-0
Alex Bautista drove in the game’s only two runs and Anthony Pastrana tossed four shutout innings as Xaverian held off St. Francis Prep, 2-1, in Bay Ridge on Saturday to...
Inconsistent Clinton still looking to find itself
Dennis D’Alessandro smiled and shook his head at the question. It was rather simple – Why is your team so inconsistent? – and one the second-year DeWitt Clinton baseball coach...
Luke Rodgers brace, assist leads 3-0 Red Bull rout of San Jose
The Red Bulls that were still around from last year’s first-round upset loss to San Jose were still seething and looking for payback. But it was newcomer Luke Rodgers that gave...
Tunnel cop shot in gun battle with four thugs
An off-duty Triboro-Bridge and Tunnel officer was shot and wounded in a wild gunfight at a Brooklyn car stereo shop with a group of four armed thugs who tried to...