December 26, 2012
Cruz, Pierre-Paul, Snee make Pro Bowl from Giants
Despite the recent slide by the Giants, three of their players – Victor Cruz, Chris Snee and Jason Pierre Paul – were selected to the 2012 NFC Pro Bowl team.This...
Boley 'surprised' with limited role vs. Ravens, wants to return to Giants
Michael Boley wants to return in 2013 to play out the final year on his contract and then wants to remain even longer. A starting outside linebacker on last year’s...
D-Will sits out Nets loss to Bucks
MILWAUKEE – A Nets team that has been battered and bruised in the win-loss column this month took another blow before last night’s game against the Bucks when Nets coach...
WATCH: Tebow addresses media Wednesday after Jets practice
Tim Tebow said Wednesday that he never asked coach Rex Ryan to remove him from the wildcat package Sunday against the Chargers despite reports saying the opposite earlier this week.The...
VIDEO: Costello talks Jets' season finale with Bills
After all the drama this season with Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow, there’s still one more game left on the schedule for the Jets and it’s against the division rival...
Mariners officially announce signing of ex-Yankee Ibanez
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners officially announced their $2.75 million, one-year deal with outfielder Raul Ibanez on Wednesday, returning the veteran to where he began his major league career in...
Repairs underway for collapsed wall in Chelsea building
Repairs are underway on a landmarked Chelsea building that was evacuated when part of a structural wall fell to the sidewalk. The seven-story building at 655 Sixth Avenue was emptied...
Jets' Tebow denies he told Rex he wouldn't play wildcat vs. Chargers
Tim Tebow denied that he ever told Jets coach Rex Ryan he would not play in the wildcat last week.The Jets quarterback met with reporters Wednesday for the first time...
Cowboys' Brent indicted in crash killing teammate
DALLAS — A grand jury in Texas has formally indicted Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter.Brent is charged in connection with a Dec. 8...
From 'end of the world' to winning streak, UFC's Philippou ready for biggest challenge yet
Costa Philippou thought it was all over, like everything he had worked for had gone up in a puff of smoke.Given a chance to be a cast member on “The...
DC police investigating 'Meet the Press' incident
WASHINGTON - District of Columbia police say they are investigating an incident in which NBC News journalist David Gregory displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine on "Meet...
Russian parliament endorses anti-US adoption bill
MOSCOW — Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament's upper house voted unanimously Wednesday in favor...
My Top 3 Games of the Year (2012)
THE WALKING DEAD No game made me wipe away tears this year except the masterful The Walking Dead game from Telltale Games. I’m not sure if that should be the...
Three things to watch for in Nets-Bucks
MILWAUKEE – Fresh off their ninth loss in December on Christmas Day in Brooklyn against the Celtics, the Nets flew to Milwaukee for Wednesday night’s game against the Bucks.Here are...
Marvel's Peter Parker in perilous predicament
PHILADELPHIA — After 50 years of spinning webs and catching a who's who of criminals, Peter Parker is out of the hero game. But Spider-Man is still slinging from building...
POSTING UP: NCAA should punish coaches the same way as players
Don’t lie to the NCAA. That was the message sent again last week when Texas guard Myck Kabongo was suspended 23 games over a discrepancy about how he paid for...
Red Sox acquire closer Hanrahan from Pirates
BOSTON -- The Red Sox have acquired All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a six-player deal. Boston completed the trade Wednesday, also receiving infielder Brock Holt. The...
This week's calendar, Dec. 27 to Jan. 2
SALES ABC CARPET & HOME 888 and 881 Broadway, 212-473-3000 Hours: Mon-Wed, Fri-Sat, 10-7; Thurs, 10-8, Sun, 11-6:30 Sale: Through Jan. 27 At this annual winter sale, everything in the...
Small fire reported at WTC site
FDNY crews have responded to a report of a small fire at the World Trade Center site. The report of a fire in a tool shed came in at about...
WATCH: Son surprises dad with tickets to Notre Dame-Alabama BCS title game
Here's one Christmas gift that definitely won't be returned.In a heartwarming video posted to YouTube on Tuesday, an Alabama fan is seen getting tickets to next month's National Championship game...
Starbucks cups to come with a political message
Starbucks is using its coffee cups to jump into the political fray in Washington. The world's biggest coffee chain is asking employees at cafes in the Washington, D.C., area to...
Wilkerson has concussion, won't practice with Jets
Jets defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson suffered a concussion in Sunday's loss to the Chargers and will not practice Wednesday.Wilkerson played every snap of the Chargers game. He suffered the injury...
Rescue crews race to rescue whale beached in Queens
Rescue crews raced against the clock to save a beached whale in Queens Wednesday. A resident reported the stranded sea mammal just before 9 a.m., a security staffer for the...
Coughlin looking for 'pride, honor, dignity' from Giants
Tom Coughlin dropped the “P’’ word on the Giants on Wednesday, plus a few other motivational buzzwords heading into the regular-season finale and most likely a 2012 season without any...
Looking back: Nets slide continues with Christmas Day loss to Celtics
The Nets continued their miserable December run in a 93-76 loss to the Celtics in a noon matinee inside Barclays Center.Here are some of my thoughts on the game, and...
Storm delays thousands of fliers — tips to get home
A massive winter storm is disrupting travel plans for tens of thousands of fliers trying to get home after Christmas. Snow, thunderstorms, sleet, tornados and high winds have grounded planes...
Ex-Yankees OF Jones accused of assaulting, threatening to kill wife
ATLANTA — The wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying wanted to kill her, according to...
Ex-Knicks coach Brown fitting in well at SMU
DALLAS -- Larry Brown was a young assistant on coach Dean Smith’s staff at North Carolina in the mid-1960s when he turned down his first head coaching offer. At the...
Lions’ Brown ‘reprehensible’ for intentionally missing block so QB would get hurt
One of the rare positive seasons in the Lions’ recent history is tainted. In a recent ESPN Radio interview (via Pro Football Talk), offensive lineman Lomas Brown admitted that he...
See how the fiscal cliff will affect YOU
The edge of the fiscal cliff is in sight, but the White House and Congress are no closer to a deal to stop America from taking the plunge. If there...
Afghan bomber kills self, 3 others at gate of major US base near Khost
KABUL, Afghanistan — A vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the gate of a major US military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing the attacker and three...
Lady Gaga heel, Michael Jackson hat on auction in Paris
PARIS — A silver platform shoe tossed to the audience by Lady Gaga and a felt hat custom-made for Michael Jackson are among celebrity memorabilia up for sale in Paris,...
Syracuse suspends two for Pinstripe Bowl
Syracuse has suspended sophomore tailback Adonis Ameen-Moore and reserve tight end Max Beaulieu for the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday for violating athletic department rules.Head coach Doug Marrone announced the suspensions...
He couldn't wait! Baby born just outside Holland Tunnel
This was one rushed commuter. A New Jersey woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy just outside the Holland Tunnel in New York this morning, authorities said. Soukaina Nekhlaoui,...
Lindsay's big payoff - takes care of '09 taxes with Charlie Sheen's cash: report
Lindsay Lohan will be heading into the new year on a good note - at least as far as the IRS is concerned. The troubled starlet, who may be staring...
Monster storm blows into NY, NJ; travelers delayed
A significant winter storm slammed into the tristate region, disrupting travel plans and lashing the Northeast with high winds, snow and sleet. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm...
Swift’s big diss: Snubs streaming music services with ‘Red’ debut
Like one of her famous break-up ballads, Taylor Swift has a message for streaming music services: “We are never ever getting together... Like ever.” Taylor’s record label, Big Machine, spurned...
Business briefs
Marts closed Markets were closed yesterday in observance of Christmas. Ho-Ho-Hum Holiday sales growth slowed by more than half this year after gridlock in Washington soured consumers’ moods and Hurricane...
Facebook Pokes rivals with mobile apps
Facebook has poked its way into the top ranks of mobile apps yet again.The social-media company put smaller developers on notice last week with the launch of its new Poke...
Matador charging into Miami Beach
Superstar French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is expanding in Miami with The Matador, an oceanfront supper club in Ian Schraeger’s new Miami Beach Edition Hotel and residences, Side Dish has learned....
For sale: ‘Freedom’
The Freedom Tower site is for sale. No, it is not the land under the yet-to-be-completed skyscraper, but the website domain — FreedomTower.com — that is being offered for sale....
Faster traders take all
In a new study, Andrei Kirilenko, the chief economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, along with researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington, examined high-frequency trading in...
New pawn shops court high-end borrowers
Looking for a quick $1 million? Help is here for Big Apple high rollers: a new breed of upscale pawn shops is willing to trade cash for pricey personal items...
Report: Hedgies prime for comeback
Hedge funds are on track to close out another poor year in 2012 — but investors shouldn’t give up on them just yet.Banking giant UBS says so-called active investing could...
Bordeaux not good bet
Wine sales at auction houses were flat to lower in 2012, with lower prices for the top Bordeaux weighing on results. Values for Burgundies vaulted to new peaks. But Burgundies...
Netflix Xmas Eve outage
An outage at one of Amazon’s web service centers hit users of Netflix’s streaming video service on Christmas Eve and was not fully resolved until Christmas Day, a spokesman for...
Bond rating rout seen
Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service are cutting corporate debt ratings at the fastest pace since 2009. The ratio of ratings downgrades to upgrades worldwide climbed to 1.85 this...
$wells take Bowery
If you need final confirmation that the gritty, old industrial-era Bowery was being swept away for good, consider this just-completed deal:Acadia Realty Trust has snatched up four-story 210 Bowery for...
A nation of ‘cliff’ dwellers
WASHINGTON — The edge of the fiscal cliff is in sight, but the White House and Congress are no closer to a deal to stop America from taking the plunge....
Ring in the new taxes
Five new taxes kick in on New Year’s Day, when we start paying for ObamaCare. * A 3.8 percent surtax on investment income for individuals making more than $200,000 or...
Some character – Durning dies
Charles Durning, a World War II hero who became the king of the character actors, died Monday at his Manhattan home. He was 89. Durning appeared in more than 100...
Islamists claim win in Egyptian election
CAIRO — Egyptians voted in favor of a disputed constitution in a referendum that has pitted Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi against secularists, official results show. The charter, which...
Chelsea building facade crumbles
Several families in a seven-story Manhattan apartment building were ordered to evacuate last night after pieces of the building’s facade fell off, officials said. No injuries were reported in the...
Cross-dressing bank robber kills friend and hides him in his closet: cops
A loony part-time chef — who once robbed a bank dressed in his mom’s clothes — strangled his Long Island neighbor and then nearly decapitated the corpse before stuffing it...
Livery hack gropes rider
A lecherous livery driver molested a drunken female passenger in Midtown yesterday morning. The 26-year-old victim flagged down cops at East 39th Street and Lexington Avenue shortly after 8 a.m....
Love eternal: Conn. teacher killed in Newtown buried with engagement ring
A heroic teacher’s aide who died shielding a student during the Sandy Hook school massacre was buried wearing the engagement ring she was supposed to get for Christmas, her grieving...
All we want for Christmas: peace on earth
Churchgoers in New York City and around the world flocked to Christmas Day services yesterday, seeking a spiritual boost in the wake of violent tragedies at home and abroad.Timothy Cardinal...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn***A Bushwick teen was was shot early yesterday, sources said. The 14-year-old boy took a bullet in the shoulder at about 12:15 a.m. on Jefferson Street near Cypress Avenue. He...
NYU student stole an Apple a day: cops
An NYU student has been charged with stealing at least five Apple computers from his classmates, police sources said yesterday. Christian Windley, 20, of Texas, went on a five-day rip-off...
Good Sam helps reunite girl, 7, with stolen dog
A 7-year-old girl got the best present ever yesterday — she was reunited with her best friend, who’d been dognapped by a coldhearted thief the day before. “I couldn’t sleep...
Grad tidings are sad tidings at CUNY
Graduation rates at CUNY’s two-year-colleges fell last year, despite increased efforts by the schools to combat perennially poor results. The rates, which calculate the percentage of students earning an associate’s...
NY return$ to vendor
Hundreds of city street vendors who sued the Bloomberg administration for its improper overticketing will be getting a lot of dough back. After a lengthy court battle, red-faced city officials...
Murder-rate plunge
New York could end 2012 with the lowest number of murders in the last 50 years, police said yesterday. The city recorded 414 murders through Dec. 23, 94 fewer than...
Set up ‘shop’ today: Sales (& returns) galore
Christmas was a time for giving — and now is the time for giving back all the stuff we don’t want. Today will be a huge shopping day as consumers...
Here’s the skinny on preschoolers
The trend of rising obesity rates in the past decade may be reversing among US preschoolers, according to the first national study to report a decline in the condition among...
Green for green energy
ALBANY — New York state is providing $250 million for renewable-energy-generation projects.The funding is available through a competitive process overseen by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority....
Chris-Rihanna court date
Chris Brown and Rihanna made sweet music yesterday in their own version of “Love & Basketball.” The on-again, off-again, on-again lovebirds were seated courtside at Staples Center in downtown Los...
Fire mom: ‘I can’t stop crying’ one year later
DOI SAKET, Thailand — She traveled half the world in search of some peace — but still hasn’t found it. Madonna Badger, whose three young daughters died in last year’s...
Girls’ refuge from hate & sex trade
DOI SAKET, Thailand — The orphanage that Madonna Badger chose to visit was founded in 2004 by Colorado missionaries Bill and Mary Lee Moritz, who tragically lost their own youngest...
Grieving where little ones died
Several dozen people yesterday visited the site of last year’s fatal house fire in Stamford, Conn., to light candles and leave flowers in memory of the three little sisters who...
Picture-perfect! Good Sam restores SI couple's Sandy-damaged photos
Sandy washed away their treasured memories — but a wave of kindness brought them back. A Staten Island couple was convinced they had lost a lot more than furniture when...
Gal stole from disabled
QUEENSBURY, NY — An upstate woman who was an administrator for an agency that served disabled people was convicted of stealing thousands of dollars from the agency’s clients.According to the...
Benghazi penalties are bogus
The four officials supposedly out of jobs because of their blunders in the run-up to the deadly Benghazi terror attack remain on the State Department payroll — and will all...
Children get visit from ‘Sandy’ Claus
Kids in storm-battered Red Hook got a huge helping of Christmas joy yesterday, thanks to a holiday toy drive. More than 100 kids whose families were impacted by Hurricane Sandy...
Sandy-struck Staten Island family gets ornaments from White House — 1000s still powerless
Most Christmas tree lights blink on and off — but incredibly, thousands of New Yorkers are still stuck completely in “off” since Hurricane Sandy. But in the areas hardest hit,...
‘Killing people is what I like best’: Firefighter-slay lunatic's suicide screed
The homicidal maniac who torched his upstate neighborhood and gunned down two responding firefighters in an elaborate ambush left behind a twisted suicide note that revealed his bloodlust, authorities said...
Son hears via police radio of dad death
WEBSTER, NY — The son of one of the volunteer firefighters killed Monday learned that his father had been killed via emergency-radio chatter as the horrifying attack was in progress....
Really alternative schools rising
‘Nobody ever got shot or knocked up in an online school.” That’s the comment offered by a friend when my daughter — in search of more AP classes than her...
Cuffing the cops, again
Maybe the city should save itself $5 billion and scrap the NYPD altogether. Sure, that would endanger lives. But why spend money on police if critics — from the City...
OTB, still dead
Gov. Cuomo last week shot down another effort to resurrect New York City’s patronage-mill, money-pit Off-Track Betting operation. Good for the governor, who vetoed a bill that would have allowed...
Judge’s complex legacy: History unjust toward Bork
The Issue: The passing of Judge Robert Bork, who was infamously denied a seat on the Supreme Court. *** Judge Robert Bork, who recently passed away, will forever be known...
Time’s conventional choice
The Issue: Time Magazine’s naming President Obama as Person of the Year for the second time. *** Time Magazine has chosen President Obama as its person of the year for...
Port strike ahead
It’s not about jobs. It’s not about safety. It’s not about improving dockworkers’ living standards. The looming, long-planned East and Gulf Coast port strikes are about protecting Big Labor’s archaic...
‘Leading’ the nation over the cliff
Last week, Republicans proved they are not a governing party. Now we’ll see whether Democrats are. A governing party would have, reluctantly, passed Speaker John Boehner's Plan B, which would...
The great bake-off
When the sun sets on 2012, the citizens of this great country will remember it as the year of the tan. Mitt Romney sported a near-nuclear shade when he appeared...
Trock be a lady tonight
Since opening at the Joyce last week, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has had a surfeit of swans: white, black and even dying ones. Those birds of a feather...
New Year, new B’way
IT’S Boxing Day, when one typically returns the gifts you don’t want for things you do. Isn’t it a shame you can’t get the same deal at the theater? If...
Hard to find Giant who had an up year
Even in bad seasons, there are good players. Even when expectations are not met, there are those who rise above the expectations. A study of the Giants’ roster, though, reveals...
D’Antoni’s Lakers get better of Melo, Knicks
LOS ANGELES — The Lakers stole the fourth quarter and Carmelo Anthony’s late mojo, and Mike D’Antoni became The Grinch who stole Christmas from the Knicks. In a dramatic duel...
Knicks' Amar’e hoping for New Year’s debut
LOS ANGELES — Amar’e Stoudemire said it’s disappointing to be missing tonight’s clash in Phoenix, but he sounded optimistic his season debut will take place when the Knicks return home...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogBILLS33 1/2(40)JetsGIANTS9 1/27 1/2(47)EaglesPATRIOTS1110(48)DolphinsBENGALS33(41)RavensSTEELERSOFFOFF(OFF)BrownsTexans5 1/26 1/2(46 1/2)COLTSTITANS5 1/24(42)JaguarsREDSKINS3 1/23(50)CowboysBears33(44 1/2)LIONSPackers33(46 1/2)VIKINGSFALCONSOFFOFF(OFF)BuccaneersSAINTS45(54)PanthersBRONCOS1616(42)ChiefsCHARGERSOFFOFF(OFF)Raiders49ERS1516 1/2(39)CardinalsSEAHAWKS1010 1/2(41)RamsCleveland and Pittsburgh QBs questionableAtlanta may rest players for the playoffsOakland QB questionableHome team in CAPSNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogKnicks5SUNSBUCKS2NetsWIZARDS1CavaliersHeat10 1/2BOBCATSMAGIC4HornetsPACERS4BullsHAWKS7PistonsGRIZZLIES976ersT’WOLVES3 1/2RocketsSPURS13...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball8 p.m.Nets at Bucks YES, WFAN (660 AM/101.9 FM)9 p.m.Knicks at Suns MSG, ESPN (98.7 FM)Football7:30 p.m.Little Caesars Bowl: Western Kentucky at Central Michigan ESPNSoccer9:55 a.m.Newcastle Utd. at Manchester Utd....
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70y; $40,000; cl($30,000); 3upROMANCING THE GOLD drops in class for local return while seeking his third consecutive victory. SUMO...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70y; $29,000; cl($15,000); 3up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Mon Rose(L),120M Studart6-5-10Persaud6-12 Carrot Thief(L),116J Ortiz1-4-4Quick15-13 Luck in the City(L),121A Smith5-4-6SJerkes20-14 Newtie(L),122RDomingz1-2-2Englehart5-25 Annelle(L),115W Garcia2-2-10B Brown3-16...
Affrunti at Tampa Bay Downs Graded Entries
FIRST-1m&40y; $20,000; mdn spcl wt; 2YO5-Xavi 9-51-J T Jett 15-16-Country Lyric 4-12-Preponderate 5-13-Midnite Poppa 7-54-Carni 20-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $13,500; Soc($50,000); 3up1a-Graysonia 1-11-DzzlnDrClgne1-12-MoreThanResn3-14-Onesteptogo 15-17-DreamofAtlants5-15-Franks Reward 6-13-Conqueror Jak30-16-LonesomeStrm8-1THIRD-7f; $14,700; cl($16,000); 3up2-Africanist 2-13-GibsonCntyLne4-15-SapphireConty5-24-FrenchHoliday15-17-DancetotheRor5-16-PepermntPrnce6-11-WillRunfrBeer12-1FOURTH-5 1/2f;...
Gulfstream Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1m; $18,750; cl($8,000); 3up; (f&m)WITCH’S ORCHARD goes turf to dirt and drops in class. HEAR HER ROAR cuts back in distance for local debut. MOPLEASANT closed to...
Santa Anita Park Graded Entries
Post Time: 3:30 p.m.FIRST-$1m; 58,000; alw; 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3 Tribal Jewel(L),121RBejrn3-1-37-25 PatriotsVoyagL120MGarci4-2-25-11 Groovin'Solo(L),117GGomz4-6-820-12 Bobby Flay(L),117CNaktn3-1-48-14 Dramedy(L),117T Baze1-x-x8-16 UnstopperTpprL124EMldnd1-8-58-17 Sir Bond(L),117JLeparx4-2-15-28 Got Even(L),117JRosari3-2-45-19 MachoDorado(L120JTalam2-2-56-1SECOND-6 1/2f(T); $32,000; cl($25,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast...
Sports Shorts
Ncaa: Orange bans pair for Pinstripe BowlSyracuse announced sophomore running back Adonis Ameen-Moore and junior tight end Max Beaulieu will not play in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday against West...
Va. Tech to honor Newtown victims
ROANOKE, Va. — The Virginia Tech football team is honoring the Connecticut school shooting victims and the similar tragedy on its own campus in 2007 with a helmet decal. The...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 26THUDec. 27FRIDec. 28SATDec. 29SUNDec. 30MONDec. 31TUEJan. 1KnicksPhoenix 9:00 MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMESac. 10:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMEPort. 7:30 MSG ESPNMilwaukee8:00YES NetworkWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMNO GAMEChar.7:30YESWFANCleve.7:30YESWFANNO GAMES.A.7:00YESWFANNOGAMESt. John'sNOGAMENO...
Heat make statement in Finals rematch
MIAMI — LeBron James and Kevin Durant exchanged words. Dwyane Wade and Serge Ibaka did a little shoving. Five technical fouls were called, and Russell Westbrook punched a table in...
Clippers win 14th straight
LOS ANGELES — Jamal Crawford led a dominant performance by the reserves with 22 points and the Clippers defeated the Nuggets 112-100 last night, extending their franchise-record winning streak to...
Nets' Humphries sits, maybe for a while
Kris Humphries wasn’t around to engage in the latest round of hostilities with the Celtics in yesterday’s 93-76 loss, as the Nets power forward remained sidelined by a late-breaking “mild”...
Pinkie sprain may shelve Knicks' Felton
LOS ANGELES — Raymond Felton’s hand injuries may finally force the Knicks guard to take a night off. Felton sprained his right pinkie yesterday in the third quarter of the...
Comebacks abound and astound in NFL
DENVER — From Peyton Manning overcoming four neck surgeries to Adrian Peterson’s rebound from a shredded knee to Chuck Pagano’s fight with leukemia, this has been the Year of the...
Former Yankees OF Jones arrested in Atlanta
Former Yankees outfielder Andruw Jones is free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta on a battery charge. Gwinnett County Detention Center records say Jones was booked into the...
Celtics ruin Nets' holiday with rout in Brooklyn
Santa brought the Nets a hi-def TV appointment, sleek all-black uniforms, an alarm clock (with snooze button) and a Kevin Garnett dartboard. Brooklyn’s nationally televised noon Christmas Day showcase went...
Nets out to recapture early success
This was supposed to be a showcase for these new-look Nets, a noon matinee on Christmas Day in their palatial new home in Brooklyn against one of the league’s marquee...
Parcells ideal man to assist Woody in choosing next Jets GM
Woody Johnson is about to enter his most important month as the owner of the Jets. The team is at a crossroads, and deciding which direction to go is not...
Walking tall
‘30 Rock” co-star Grizz Chapman knows that he’s hard to ignore. He is 7 feet tall, after all, but Chapman believes that industry types will see more than just his...
‘666’ finale to air in summer
Fans of “666 Park Avenue” — and we know you’re out there — will now have to wait a while to see the show’s finale. ABC has rejiggered its schedule...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYBOB GREENE - Rachael Ray, 7 a.m., (OWN)BRADLEY COOPER, RICKY MARTIN - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7PAULA ABDUL, ANGELINA JOLIE, DENISE RICHARDS - The Doctors, 9...
Singing out loud
'American Idol' is coming out of the closet for this season. An eccentric, transgender singer is one of the show’s top hopefuls this year — advancing past the show’s famous...
Vinny ready for office
Now that “Jersey Shore” has ended its three-year run, Vinny Guadagnino is ready to leave reality TV behind — for a career in politics. Guadagnino told TMZ (as he was...
Foodies take the Fifth (Ave.)
There is no breakfast at Tiffany’s. But there’s lunch and dinner worth your time on Fifth Avenue’s prime shopping stretch from 42nd to 59th Street. Not in tourist-trap TGI Friday’s...
Vermouth is couth!
A lawyer by trade, Adam Ford was launched into the booze business by a single, beguiling drink, served neat, that he was poured in an Italian mountain town. “It blew...
Weird but true
Ypsilanti Township in Michigan doesn’t want its way of life to go to pot. The township filed suit against residents of perpetually hazy homes for allegedly smoking so much marijuana...
Penn State stays home, but looks ahead
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Star linebacker Michael Mauti’s college football career had just come to an end in November when he spotted the next generation of Penn State football players....
PG Mack becoming leader for Rutgers
The volatility of suspended coach Mike Rice has dominated headlines in Piscataway, N.J., in recent weeks. The emergence of Myles Mack, however, could be the story line soon. After an...
Petrino’s return looms over Western Kentucky's bowl
DETROIT — Before the Bobby Petrino era begins at Western Kentucky, there’s a bowl game to play — the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl against Central Michigan. The game at Ford...
Chelsea building evacuated after facade fall
Residents have been ordered out of a landmark New York City building on Christmas after pieces of its facade fell off. The Fire Department says no one has been injured,...
Lin, Harden lead Rockets to rout of Bulls
CHICAGO — James Harden scored 26 points and Jeremy Lin added 20 points and 11 assists to lead the Houston Rockets to a 120-97 win over the Chicago Bulls on...
Christmas tornado causes damage from Louisiana to Alabama
NEW ORLEANS -- A Christmas Day twister outbreak left behind damage from Louisiana to Alabama while holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled sometimes treacherous driving conditions from...
Knicks’ Felton could miss Suns game with pinkie sprain
LOS ANGELES – The hand injuries may finally force Raymond Felton to take a night off.Felton sprained his left pinkie Tuesday in the third quarter in a scramble for the...
Nets' Humphries out with abdominal strain
Kris Humphries wasn't around to engage in the latest round of hostilities with the Celtics in Tuesday's 93-76 loss, as the Nets power forward remained sidelined by a late-breaking "mild"...
Former Yankees OF Jones arrested on battery charge
ATLANTA -- Jail records show that former Yankees center fielder Andruw Jones is free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta on a battery charge.Gwinnett County Detention Center records...