April 24, 2011
Hijacker overpowered after attempting to divert Rome-bound flight to Tripoli
ROME -- Cabin crew overpowered a Kazakh man Sunday after he tried to hijack a Paris to Rome plane and divert it to Tripoli, Italy's ANSA news agency reported. Valeriy...
Knicks lose 101-89 to Celtics, swept out of playoffs
Thanks to a knee strain, a pulled back muscle and a lack of depth, the Knicks will still be working on their first playoff win in 10 years next season....
Yankees use 3-run 11th to beat Orioles 6-3
BALTIMORE — Russell Martin singled home the tiebreaking run in the 11th inning after Mariano Rivera gave up the lead in the ninth, and the New York Yankees beat the...
Kevin Mooney is dead; funeral for beloved barman is today
Kevin Mooney, the magnetic owner of a legendary old man bar in Park Slope, died last Monday after a five-year cancer battle. He was 76.His long-standing Mooney’s Pub was a...
Buy by! Brooklyn-only shop opens on Smith Street
Attention, local shoppers: your one-stop-shop for all your Brooklyn product needs is almost here.By Brooklyn, a new boutique opening in the old Stinky Brooklyn location on Smith Street this Saturday,...
Flea season is upon us — and so is Steven Alan
Spring’s in full swing, and so are flea markets, shopping parties and expansions in this week’s Market Watch.Spring Craft Market More than 60 craftspeople will descend on the Brooklyn Lyceum...
'Dirty, Rotten' good fun with the Strivelli Players
This show is dirty rotten fun.The Strivelli Players bring the laugh-a-minute, Tony Award-winning musical “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” to Gravesend this month in a production that might make you forget the...
Born on the bayou! Cajun music festival hits Jalopy next week
Bring on the gumbo, Creole and Cajun music — the Big Easy is coming to Jalopy.From May 6 to 7, the borough’s unofficial roots music home celebrates authentic Cajun, Zydeco...
Wright's homers propel Mets to 8-4 win
David Wright homered twice and Jason Pridie hit the first home run of his career in the New York Mets' 8-4 win Sunday over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The victory gave...
Knicks fall 101-89, swept by Celtics
Despite one last attempt to rally, the Knicks were beaten by the Knicks today 101-89. With the victory, the Celtics swept the Knicks, who were hobbled by injuries.
Stoudemire to play in Game 4
Knick forward Amar’e Stoudemire will play through his strained back muscle, starting today’s Eastern Conference Game 4 against Boston. He said he feels much better than he did Friday, when...
Met’s 'Die Walkure' is cursed
In "Die Walkure," the second installment of Wagner’s four-part "Ring" cycle, the god Wotan enlists his children to recover the stolen Ring of the Nibelung, a source of infinite power...
Crown prince of Bahrain says he won't make it to UK royal wedding
LONDON -- The Crown Prince of Bahrain said thanks, but no thanks Sunday to an invitation to the royal wedding, telling organizers he can't attend due to continued unrest in...
Yankees score 3 in extra innings to top Orioles
After the Orioles tied the game in the ninth, the Yankees scored three runs in the top of the 11th inning to take the game 6-3.
Arsenal EPL title dreams crushed in 2-1 loss to Bolton
BOLTON, England -- Arsenal saw its Premier League title hopes all but crushed Sunday after a last-gasp winner gave Bolton a 2-1 victory over the Gunners at the Reebok. Arsene...
Chelsea's Torres delighted after breaking goal drought
LONDON -- Striker Fernando Torres believes there is less pressure on him after he broke his goal duck for Chelsea on Saturday, Sky Sports reported. Torres transferred to the club...
Disabled fan celebrates Northampton Town's goal with pitch invasion in motorized wheelchair
NORTHAMPTON, England -- A disabled supporter of Northampton Town invaded the pitch in his motorized wheelchair in celebration of a crucial point during the English soccer team's 2-2 draw against...
Mets roll, top Diamondbacks 8-4
The Mets scored their season-high fourth straight victory today to sweep a home series from the Arizona Diamondbacks for the first time since 2000.
Sheen tells audience 'goddess' broke up with him ... via text message
The Malibu Messiah has lost his porn star "goddess" for good. At his stage show in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Saturday, Charlie Sheen revealed that porn star Bree Olson dumped him...
House explodes on LI, injuring 21
A massive explosion obliterated an empty house on Long Island this morning, blowing out the windows of neighborhing homes, sending 21 people to area hospitals and rocketting shoes, bedding and...
Bloomberg says it's not the time to raise taxes on wealthy Americans
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday that a rating agency's decision to downgrade the U.S. debt outlook sends a "warning" about the need to balance the budget. But...
Giffords standing on own, trying to improve gait
PHOENIX — Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk a little and is even trying to improve her gait. But the report Sunday in The Arizona Republic adds the congresswoman...
With future still uncertain, O'Hare shines in Rose Classic debut
There aren’t many gyms Jamie O’Hare walks into and isn’t immediately recognized. But the St. Peter’s star guard has never set foot in JHS 113 in Brooklyn, the home of...
Robinson works way into Positive Direction history
Playing time didn’t always come at a premium for Karin Robinson at Positive Direction. As a 6-year-old, the Mary Louis senior played on a travel team with girls two years...
Fairfield's Barrow honored by Positive Direction
Maurice Barrow could have played with any AAU team in the city. But the Christ the King grad, now a starting forward at Fairfield, stayed loyal to Positive Direction, where...
Former Edison star picks Wichita State, citing best fit
Ede Egharevba felt like a celebrity. Everywhere he went during his official visit to Wichita State this week – the school cafeteria, classes, when he walked around campus – students...
The butterfly effect
Winged Obsession The Pursuit of the World’s Most Notorious Butterfl y Smuggler by Jessica Speart William Morrow With $45,000 you could get a new car, place a down payment on...
Stoudemire may not play as Celtics look to sweep Knicks
The Knicks may face the end of their season today at the Garden, but Amar'e Stoudemire may decide his first season in New York already is over. With the Knicks...
Amar’e has nothing to prove
Everything in his being will tell Amar’e Stoudemire that he needs to play today. The Knicks face a must-win game against the Celtics at the Garden. Lose, and the Celtics...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Toney Douglas
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the 25-year-old Knicks guard who has been starting at the point in the absence of Chauncey Billups. Q: Your mentality on the court ....
Rangers eliminated from playoffs, but coach's contract extended
WASHINGTON — The process of building the Rangers so they aren’t left bringing knives to a gunfight, the way they were in this playoff confrontation with the Capitals, will continue...
Rangers sniper Gaborik fires too many blanks
WASHINGTON — If a team’s best players must be their best performers, Marian Gaborik fell short of playing his part. Gaborik had just two points in the Rangers’ five-game playoff...
Rangers' hard work can’t overcome lack of talent
WASHINGTON — No illusions, no delusions. This is the way it ends for the Black-and-Blueshirts. It ends in a five-game, first-round defeat to the superior Capitals two weeks to the...
Why baseball's extra playoff round should be best-of-3
Bud Selig publicly stated last week what has been expected for quite a while — that it is inevitable a second wild card in each league will be added as...
Sometimes, there’s no explaining injuries
The way Amar’e Stoudemire described it, you could see the pain etched on his face for two very different, very separate reasons. For one, well, back pain is brutal. You...
Greedy playoff plan latest Selig flim-flam
A man walks into Moe’s, the seedy bar owned and operated by Moe Szylak on “The Simpsons.” The man orders a scotch and water. “All our scotch,” growls Moe, “has...
Giants likely to focus on offensive line in Draft
The Giants might have a glaring need at defensive tackle if Barry Cofield goes elsewhere. They might be in the market for a new starting running back if Ahmad Bradshaw...
Jets may hold onto picks in this Draft
Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum — a/k/a “Trader Mike” for his active trigger finger when it comes to offseason transactions — was flanked on a dais by team VP of...
Turn-ons & turnips
Alma is a 15-year-old sex addict. The Norwegian movie "Turn Me On, G - - - - - - - -" -- unreeling at the Tribeca Film Festival -- opens...
Bridge
"IT was bad enough having Minnie and her glasses trounce me again," Cy the Cynic grumbled, "but then I had to listen to an explanation." Minnie Bottoms, my club's senior...
A rivals revival
When GMs Yasser Seira wan and Larry Chris tiansen sat down last week for their second-round game in the US Championship, they were extending one of America's longest-running rivalries. The...
Made in Moscow
When “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator Phil Rosenthal was invited to Moscow to consult on the creation of a Russian version of his show, he was advised to take out kidnapping...
Puttin’ on the Ditz
They come to Broadway’s “Born Yesterday” for its TV royalty: Jim Belushi (“According to Jim”), Robert Sean Leonard (“House”). They leave buzzing about a ditzy blonde named Billie Dawn. Billie’s...
'Sympathy' for Mark Ruffalo
"Life’s bulls - - t! There’s no way out!” So declares a paralyzed and homeless deejay, played by Christopher Thornton in “Sympathy for Delicious,” upon finding that everything he owns...
Rebel Yelle
That Kanye West — always with the opinions. During Paris fashion week last fall, French electro chanteuse Yelle’s sky-high footwear caught the hip-hop star’s attention. “Kanye was watching my feet...
Al Sharpton funked up for Brown
Imagine this Billboard Hot 100 chart: Rihanna, Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, Al Sharpton, Cee Lo Green. Wait. Al Sharpton? Could happen. The activist reverend, who we all know likes...
What your beautician really thinks about you
Think your personal trainer doesn’t notice the little bit of stubble sprouting on your leg? Think again. “I have a client that I’ve been training for nine years and I...
Going ape for apps
Last October, while out on tour, Gorillaz creator Damon Albarn recorded the band’s new album, “The Fall,” entirely on his iPad, using 20 different recording and effects apps, in addition...
Royal wedding fever
If your invitation to the royal wedding got lost in the mail, don’t sweat it. You can watch every second of “The Wedding of the Century” at home in your...
Don't miss
Exit interview There’s no one like Steve Carell of “The Office.” His last show is this week. Scenario: Michael Scott (Carell) is about to leave for Colorado and he wants...
‘Idol’s’ piano man
Ray Chew may not sit at the judges’ table on “American Idol,” but his imput with the contestants is almost as vital. In his first season as the show’s musical...
If I ran the nightly newscasts ...
Given that New York City’s six nightly commercial newscasts are all struggling for the affections of the same viewers — morons — and beating one another down in the process,...
Reel good
BARABBAS (1962) Sunday, 11 a.m., TCM An imaginative sword-and-sandals epic about what happened to Barabbas (Anthony Quinn – a big Easter ham), the thief who was set free instead of...
The royal countdown: a complete viewers' guide
TV network execs are betting on royal watchers being glued to the tube all week. So crank up those DVRs because the usual suspects (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN) are heading...
Thou shalt not tweet: royal wedding etiquette
A 32-page protocol guide was issued to each wedding guest. Public relations exec Catherine Saxton, who has worked with the royal family, deciphers the dos and don'ts for commoners: DO...
'Voice' lesson
I t's hard to imagine why anyone would bother to compete with "American Idol" by launching another singing competition during its amazing run, but NBC has the moxie to launch...
Meet owners who will stop at nothing to show they're crazy fur their pets!
Jenny Smith would do anything for her dog. Go ahead, dare her. In October, Smith, who works for a music school in West Harlem, learned her sweet Sophie (an 8-year-old...
Black sheep of Middleton family causing wedding-day jitters
If you're lucky enough to be invited to Friday's royal wedding, there's one guest you definitely want to be seated next to -- the bride's wild-man uncle, Gary Goldsmith. Sure...
It's the lease he can pay
He's got the cheapest rent around -- and the stress is making him crazy. Blind photographer John Dugdale pays $127 a month for a 1,000-square-foot apartment at 59 Morton St....
NYSE's Euro directors poison deal
On Tuesday Nasdaq and the In tercontinental Exchange upped the ante in their bid for the New York Stock Exchange. In addition to their superior offer of $11.1 billion vs....
Marts jittery before Bernanke Q&A
Ben Bernanke may announce this week at his first Fed press conference he is taking away the punch bowl of easy credit policy. The Fed has bailed out the ailing...
Moneymoon over for banquet foes
This bitter breakup just wasn't kosher, claims a Queens caterer who once worked with one of Long Island's most popular banquet halls. For 20 years, Leonard's of Great Neck had...
Shoe bigs as arch enemies
First, shoemaker Steven Madden dropped Steve Campbell's line of blinged-out sneakers because they weren't selling well. Now, Madden's suing. After being dumped, Campbell tried to cause problems with a vendor,...
Scars and stripes: French label's $1,400 flag top making waves
It's holed glory. In a fashion statement only the French would make, a Parisian designer is selling a $1,395 tank top made to look like a tattered American flag marred...
Fake-gun fool in weapons rap
The fake-gun-wielding man shot nine times by cops as he waved an all-too-real looking pellet gun at a Bronx nightclub has been charged. Mamadou Balde, 20, was hit with weapons...
Pope: People more than just an animal
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI used part of his Easter Vigil yesterday to emphasize that humanity isn't a "random product" of evolution. "If man were merely a random product...
Long live the king!
Reign is in the forecast for Wills and Kate -- and The Post is more than happy to give a glimpse of what it might look like. Brits are clinking...
$$-raiser has lots of bite
This Brooklyn barkeep never stops flapping his gums. And now toothless bartender Jamie Mandel, who lost his pearly whites in a car crash years ago, is talking up his promise...
Dollar to donut for greenback
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner doesn't get much respect these days -- especially on Main Street, where only 9 percent of all Americans have a great deal of faith in his...
$10M for Con man
When it comes to cashing big paychecks, Con Ed is "on it." The mammoth utility's honchos got a shocking windfall in compensation last year -- just as they socked electricity-bill...
MTV teen dad: Gal got me in parent trap
They're a match made in hell. A forever-fighting Florida couple on the MTV reality show "16 and Pregnant" have stooped to new lows in their mudslinging, with 19-year-old dad Joshua...
'No-vote' flap for the Donald
Donald Trump skipped voting in New York City primary elections for more than two decades, the city Board of Elections says. The board says the possible presidential candidate voted in...
No quick gas-pain relief: O
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday there is no "silver bullet" to bring down gasoline prices. "Now whenever gas prices shoot up, like clockwork, you see politicians racing to the...
TV shrink: I'm rentally challenged
No amount of therapy has been able to fix "In Treatment" actress Dianne Wiest's apartment troubles. The stage and screen star -- who most recently played a psychologist in the...
Nonprofit bailed out
The taxpayer-funded Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone forgave a $2.75 million loan to troubled nonprofit Alianza Dominicana for construction of its long-stalled headquarters building. Although Alianza had been making payments on...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx Cops are looking for the person who punctuated a violent early-morning confrontation in Tremont yesterday by fatally stabbing a 17- year-old boy. Officers responding to a report of...
Fix is in at St. Louis airport
ST. LOUIS -- A 1,000-member cleanup crew worked nonstop yesterday to get St. Louis' Lambert Airport ready to reopen today after it was battered by a roaring Good Friday storm...
Easter rain eggs-pected
Here comes Peter Cottontail, sweatin' and getting soaked as he hops down the bunny trail. Forecasters are predicting summer-like temperatures today, coupled with a threat of rain and strong storms,...
Asking for MERS-y
The $2 billion battle has begun. When the Suffolk County Legislature meets again next week, the county's share of an estimated $2 billion in fees big banks saved with their...
City flubs $600M special-ed fed funding
The city has failed to collect nearly $600 million in federal reimbursement for special-education services such as speech, physical therapy and counseling over the last six years, The Post has...
Generation$ gap
The Me Generation is living up to its name, and its sons and daughters may certainly pay the price. Generation Xers, those born to the Baby Boomers between 1960 and...
Cops' bid to scam scanners
Cops determined to fix tickets found ways around a new computer system designed to thwart their scheming, The Post has learned. Police Internal Affairs investigators caught officers on wiretaps several...
You'll get back to this flack!
She's a model flack. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's press secretary, Audrey Gelman, 23, is a political wonk by day and a budding star by night. Gelman, a petite beauty...
Two-timing Chilean miner's dire illness
SANTIAGO, Chile -- The rescued Chilean miner who gained notoriety because he had a wife and mistress waiting on the surface said yesterday he's suffering from an incurable lung disease....
GI from Jersey is killed in Iraq: kin
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, NJ -- A soldier from this Mercer County town has been killed in southern Iraq, relatives said. Lt. Omar Vazquez, 25, was one of two soldiers killed Friday...
Pizza 'slicer' in fed lockup
The ex-con who allegedly slashed a famed Brooklyn pizzeria owner in a knife fight over a love triangle is now cooling his heels in federal prison. A judge parked Benny...
Don't use 401(k) to pay mortgage
Dear John: I love your idea about using 401(k) retirement money to buy real estate. How about extending that to using it to pay off existing mortgages? B.B. Dear B.B....
Deadly funeral
Syrian security forces killed at least a dozen people yesterday, increasing their bloody crackdown against pro-democracy activists and adding to the worst violence since the beginning of the 5-week-old uprising....
Russian suspected in B'klyn stabbing told sis: 'You will never see me again'
A new photo offers a haunting first look at the bearded butcher wanted in the horrific slashing deaths of his wife and stepdaughter -- even as the fugitive's family fears...
Women get the biz
Linda Passante is part of the fastest-growing segment of businesses -- companies owned by women. Passante, an award-winning businesswoman, runs a profitable 35-person advertising and marketing company in Chelsea. Called...
Restaurant owner puts the 'buff' in buffet
She's the hottest welterweight on Wall Street. Mona Muresan, 35, a Romanian beauty and owner of a popular Financial District steakhouse, is also catching fire on the female-bodybuilding circuit, winning...
CityTime scandal lobby twist
The city's top lobbyist has been retained to restore the battered reputation of a national company at the center of the CityTime scandal, one of the biggest rip-offs in municipal...
Tow king hooks up $5M pay
There's a new millionaire marshal in town. Ronald Moses became Gotham's richest repo man last year, pocketing $5 million from deadbeats who stiffed the city, utilities, landlords and civil litigants,...
Gramps stomped to death
A 61-year-old Bronx man was stomped to death in front of his home early yesterday when he got mixed up in a fight between a crazed man and a woman,...
How Jeter put A-Rod in the Yankees' 'snubhouse'
It was a true bromance -- until it went foul. Frenemies Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez have spent the past decade taking swings at each other, according to a new...
Mac calendar app
Entering a new event on your computer's calendar usually involves so many steps (opening the program, finding the correct calendar, date and time, etc.) that if you're particularly busy, you...
Worker axed over fight tape
The owner of a suburban-Baltimore McDonald's where two teenage girls savagely beat a transgender woman waiting to use the bathroom has reportedly fired an employee who taped the attack instead...
Lindsay puts a curse on jail
At least she didn't write it on her nails this time. Lindsay Lohan reportedly described her brief prison sentence as being "f- -ked up" and "ridiculous." Lohan, 24, told pals...
Charters 'nix 23%' of kids
He called a classmate a "spaghetti noodle" because she was skinny. And he led the "Rubberband Gang" that launched pellets of paper across the classroom. But now sixth-grader Tyrique Royal,...
Dog-nap family's tail of woe
A Staten Island family is distraught after a thief stole their beloved Yorkshire terrier-poodle mix during a burglary, police said. The thief grabbed 5-year-old Pookie -- along with three rings...
Wife 'stabs' Dolphins' wide receiver Marshall in stomach
She didn't just squish her fish -- she nearly gutted him, said cops. Miami Dolphins bad boy Brandon Marshall left a Fort Lauderdale hospital yesterday less than 24 hours after...
Can't reverse bank's thought on co-ops
Thousands of New York City apartment owners are sitting on gold mines -- but the banks won't give them access to even a nugget. You've heard about reverse mortgages, which...
What a R.I.P.-off!
Her grave was robbed. A Brooklyn family was devastated to find their long-dead father lying next to a stranger at Washington Cemetery -- in the same plot their mother purchased...
Inflation worries choke spending: study
People are growing more fearful that higher prices, including what they pay at the gas pump, are squeezing them out of normal purchases. That's according to March's monthly report from...
Man run down by ME truck
A disturbed Brooklyn man was injured in Williamsburg early this morning when an SUV from the Medical Examiner's office ran him over, according to witnesses. The wreck happened at about...
Kimmel a hit as city 'Cab Guy'
He used to be known as a late-night TV talk-show host. Now he's "that guy from the back of the cab." Jimmy Kimmel, whose ABC show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is...
Brucie book
After reading Bruce Morrow’s “In My Library” (PostScript, April 17), I wanted to let Cousin Brucie know that one of his favorite books by Jack Finney, “Time and Again,” has...
Arts critic
Oliver Aldon James took the once-moribund National Arts Club and turned it into a glittering cultural oasis (“It’s Highway Snobbery,” April 17). He has worked tirelessly and creatively — and...
Holocaust hero ... or hoax?
The idea, he says today, was to tell the world of these atrocities. So, as a British prisoner of war, Denis Avey snuck into a concentration camp in the middle...
You're not as kinky as you think
A Billion Wicked Thoughts What the World’s Largest Experiment Reveals About Human Desire by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam Dutton Upon leaving his work as a biodefense researcher at MIT...
In my library: Gilbert Gottfried
What a difference a few days make. Just ask Gilbert Gottfried, who lost his talking-duck gig for Aflac after some tasteless tweets about the tragedy in Japan. “It certainly got...
Libyan lose-lose
Sen. John McCain visited Libya’s rebel capital at week’s end, embracing the makeshift army battling Moammar Khadafy as “patriots” and “heroes.” But the visit served mostly to deflect attention from...
Life less 'Ordinary'
Maureen Callahan’s review of Robert Redford’s biography states that Redford, as a director, made “one very good movie,” that being “Quiz Show” in 1994 (“The Great Pretender,” PostScript, April 17)....
Protect the rent!
Nearly one-quarter of rent-stabilized tenants make more than $70,000 a year (“Wrong on Rent,” Nicole Gelinas, PostScript, April 17)? That means three-quarters make under $70,000 (and $70,000 isn’t much for...
Required reading
Who Shot the Water Buffalo? by Ken Babbs (Overlook) The back story of Babbs, a first-time novelist at 75, would make a good novel itself. A Marine helicopter pilot in...
ACLU gets one right
The American Civil Liberties Union’s New Jersey affiliate did its historic mission proud last week — standing tall for free, if problematic, speech. The chapter last fall took up the...
The 'Royal' treatment
On The Money spies were scratching their heads this week when an army of florists were seen wrapping silk flowers onto the sidewalk trees out on the East End. The...
Rules don’t apply
Carl Lewis doesn’t have to worry about living in New Jersey for four years. (“GOP Tries To Trip up Track Star,” April 19). If he has a chance of winning,...
Soap bubble
Like sands through the hourglass, so go the soaps of our lives. This month ABC killed off “One Life to Live” and “All My Children.” All eyes were on the...
Ticket fixing and the public trust
Traffic and parking tickets make life in the fast lane of New York a real pain, so news of a police ticket fixing scheme is sure to make many Big...
Resurrecting the mystery of the Shroud of Turin
Like it has so many times in its long, tortured history, the Shroud of Turin is again, this Easter 2011, resurrected. I don’t use resurrected lightly. If authentic, the ancient...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST5 ½ fur; $23,000; clm($7,500); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Sunshine Radiance(L),119J Bisono4-5-10Hedus 9-22Ben's Boots(L),116R Montanez2-6-7LeBarron 2-13Silly Dove(L),112E Rivera1-5-5Jenkins 6-14Sweet Isabella(L),121C...
Gulfstream Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 7 fur; $19,800; clm($12,500); 3upIMA STORMIN HAZE fourth going shorter in debut. INDIAN SUGAR finished second in debut. SHARP IMAGE drops in class for dirt debut.PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Shotgun Harrietsue(L),116M...
Doc has Rx to top Mike
* It doesn't take a genius to see why Celtics coach Doc Rivers plays his defenders off Jared Jeffries. He, like every other coach in the league, knows Jeffries isn't...
Yankees' Martin ticked off after plunking
BALTIMORE -- Russell Martin went directly to the weight room after last night's 15-3 Yankees victory over the Orioles. Maybe he's getting ready for a fight. Martin was not pleased...
This game character test for Knicks
The Knicks have plenty of reasons to pack it in today, if that's what they're inclined to do. Yes, a Boston team is up three games to none in a...
Amar'e to Knicks fans: Future looking bright
Though the Knicks are trailing the Celtics 3-0 in their best-of-seven series, Amar'e Stoudemire said there now is the potential for bigger things at Madison Square Garden in the future....
Teixeira, Andino let incident 'slide'
BALTIMORE -- Long before Josh Rupe drilled Russell Martin in the back, Mark Teixeira and Orioles shortstop Robert Andino got cranky with each other. According to Andino, Teixeira's slide into...
Hondo makes move
Hard as it may be to believe, Hondo gained some ground yesterday when his lone loss with the Mets was offset and then some by winners with the Cubs, Rockies...
Dice-K on roll for Red Sox
Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed one hit and struck out nine over eight innings, Kevin Youkilis homered and the Red Sox beat the Angels 5-0 last night in Anaheim, Calif., for their...
Aging Celtics aim to finish off Knicks
A team never wants to extend a playoff series and give any hope, belief, confidence to the downtrodden team. And that applies to the Celtics, up 3-0 against the Knicks...
Williams rebuilding his career with Knicks
Without question, Shawne Williams wants to return to the Knicks next year. Williams will be a free agent this summer, and the valuable forward was perhaps the Knicks' most pleasant...
Aqueduct Charts
April 23, 2011 Showery And Sloppy. Turf: Soft. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -6 ½ fur; $18,000; clm; 3upOff: 1:00 p.m.St.good, won drivingTime: 22.75, 45.74, 1:11.75, 1:18.80.Trainer: Jeff OdintzWinner: CH...
We realize it's our last chance to step up
Landry Fields is keeping a daily playoff diary for The Post, as the 22-year-old rookie shoot ing guard chronicles his first postseason series, the Knicks' first- round battle with the...
Knicks president says his future won't be settled soon
Knicks team president Donnie Walsh would not give a straight answer yesterday on whether he wants to return next season, but he said the April 30 deadline for owner James...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Donald close to No. 1 In Hilton Head Island, S.C., Luke Donald is a round away from owning golf's No. 1 ranking after a 1-under 70 left him one...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball1 p.m.Diamondbacks at MetsSNY, WFAN (660 AM)1 p.m.White Sox at TigersWGN1:30 p.m.Yankees at OriolesYES, WCBS (880 AM)2:15 p.m.Dodgers at CubsTBS3 p.m.LSU at VanderbiltESPN28 p.m.Reds at CardinalsESPN, ESPN (1050 AM)Basketball1 p.m.Eastern...
Answers? D'Antoni comes up empty
Given the physical and emotional condition of An thony and the Immaterials coming into Game 3, was there really any doubt Knicks fans would wake up yesterday with tears on...
Resurgent Mets win third straight
Until a few days ago, Francisco Rodriguez was a closer on a team that hardly needed one. After all, what good is a closer if there are no leads to...
Rangers' Girardi plays hurt through bitter end
When it was over, Rangers coach John Tortorella saluted Dan Girardi, the warrior of a defenseman who, the coach revealed last week, he had once called "Joe" Girardi through a...
Mets finally get relief from bullpen
After being one of many weak spots earlier in the season, the Mets' bullpen may be righting itself. With three shutout innings in yesterday's 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks, the...
Floundering foes offer an opening for Mets
There is hope for the Mets, partly because so many teams are hopeless. The Mets are 3-0 since the return of Jason Bay, who has found success going back to...
Gee whiz: Not king of Queens yet
After winning both of his starts for the Mets since being called up to replace injured Chris Young -- the latest yesterday's 6-4 victory over the Diamondbacks at Citi Field...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogCeltics 3 (195) KNICKSHeat 6 (188) SIXERSMagic 2 (179) HAWKSLakers 5½ (183) HORNETSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogSABRES$105-125FlyersB'HAWKS$105-125CanucksPREDATORS$125-145DucksHome team in CAPS
Furious rally pushes Blazers past Mavs
Brandon Roy's go-ahead bank shot with 39.2 seconds left capped a 23-point second half comeback and the Blazers beat the Mavericks 84-82 last night in Portland, evening the first-round playoff...
Ovechkin finishes off Rangers in style
WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scores like a record-threatening playoff beast, and he hasn't even gone anywhere in postseason yet. "It's my job," Ovechkin said. Ovechkin had three goals and three...
Estuaries bountiful with early stripers
The best early-season striper fishing always has been in the estuaries in the New York metro area. The first stripers to come down the Hudson are generally the smaller fish,...
Bruins nip Canadiens in 2nd OT
Nathan Horton scored at 9:03 of the second overtime to give the Bruins a 2-1 win over the Canadiens last night in Boston, giving them a 3-2 lead in the...
Yankees' bats erupt for CC's first win
BALTIMORE -- When the big ticket arm hurls a gem and the muscular cleanup hitter flexes thick muscles, the results are staggering. With CC Sabathia dominating the Orioles as usual...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 24MONApr. 25TUEApr. 26WEDApr. 27THUApr. 28FRIApr. 29SATApr. 30YankeesBaltimore1:35TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMChi.7:05YESWCBSChi.7:05WWORWCBSChi.7:05YESWCBSChi.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSTor.4:05YESWCBSMetsArizona1:10TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMNOGAMEWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANPhil.7:05SNYWFANPhil.1:10FOXWFANKnicksBoston3:30TV -- ABCRadio--ESPN 1050 AMNOGAME&Bos.TBDMSGESPNNOGAMENOGAME&Bos.TBDMSGESPNNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEK.C.7:30MSGEQBU
The Rumble
Everlasting power Gies brothers never will forget Piazza homer, gift It will be Giants-Redskins in Landover, Md., and Cowboys at Jets when the locals open the 2011 NFL season on...
NHL takes backward stance on brutal hits
Maybe next year the diagram of the rink in the NHL rulebook will be updated to include designations for the offensive zone, the defensive zone, the neutral zone ... and...
Ask Ashley: She's phoning it in? hang up!
I dated this girl for three years, and then we broke up. When we were apart, she found a new boyfriend, while I just dated a few girls casually. For...
Meet market: Studio stud wants a gal to make beautiful music with
Jeff, a 24-year-old video editor, spends his days with pop stars in the studio of the online music video company where he works. Yet, he’s still lookin’ for a lady...
Top 5 ways to hunt for a honey like the Easter Bunny
According to spring shoppers near the rabbit aisle of Petco “Ask if they’ve gotten any tail lately.” — Will “Say, ‘Spend the night and I’ll leave lots of sweet things...
This week's couple: Movie along
When Rebecca, a 22-year-old fashion blogger, shared dinner with Ben, 25, at the Kips Bay Modern American restaurant Riverpark, she tried to impress the filmmaker with her cinematic knowledge. But...
Sun-sational!
If this were Mexico, Ana de la Reguera might have been swarmed by fans and photographers like Brooklynites on bespoke cheese. Instead, the sexy actress took these swimsuit shots on...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS DOV CHARNEY American Apparel boss gets new life after lining up $15M financing deal. TIM COOK Apple COO reports stellar second-quarter results with profits up 95%. IVAN SEIDENBERG Verizon...
5 females found with throats slashed in Acapulco
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Police in Acapulco say four women and a teenage girl have been found with their throats cut in the Mexican resort city. All appear to have been...
Texas deputy killed in the line of duty, gunman also dead
DALLAS -- A deputy with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Texas was killed in the line of duty Saturday while responding to an armed domestic disturbance call near a...
Victim of vicious Baltimore McDonald's transgender beat-down says it was a hate crime
BALTIMORE -- A transgender woman who was brutally attacked inside a Baltimore-area McDonald's broke her silence Saturday on the taped incident that became a viral sensation. Chrissy Lee Polis, 22,...