November 8, 2009
Key Senator will block House health bill
November 8, 2009 | 10:15pmWASHINGTON — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the...
A vaseline martini
November 8, 2009 | 10:08pmStephon Marbury played his last regular-season game for the Knicks Jan. 11, 2008 vs. Toronto. He underwent ankle surgery soon after and missed the rest of the 2007-2008 season as...
HS football scores
November 8, 2009 | 10:07pmHere's a look at this weekend's football results: PSAL Fort Hamilton 42, Grand Street Campus 0 Sheepshead Bay 34, Susan Wagner 28 Tottenville 33, Port Richmond 30 Erasmus Hall 28,...
Box Office: 'Precious' averages 100K as 'Christmas Carol' opens soft
November 8, 2009 | 10:03pmOscar hopeful "Precious'' averaged a whopping $100,000 at 18 locations during its opening weekend. Variety claims this is a record, but the good folks at Box Office Mojo rank this...
Brady, Moss lead Patriots over Dolphins, 27-17
November 8, 2009 | 9:30pmFOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady and Randy Moss connected on two highlight-reel plays and the New England Patriots overcame the Miami Dolphins' revived wildcat offense for a 27-17 win Sunday....
Drummer 's elevator leap ends in death
November 8, 2009 | 9:29pmAn indie-band drummer from Brooklyn fell to his death today after trying to leap from a freight elevator at a tony Williamsburg fund-raiser, police said. Jerry Fuchs, 34, who drummed...
Gametracker: Big Blue tries to break three-game skid
November 8, 2009 | 9:18pmThe Giants look to head to their bye week on a good note as they take on San Diego in the Meadowlands. Brandon Jacobs and company are hoping to avoid...
Central Park perps mug three
November 8, 2009 | 9:08pmThree men were held up at gunpoint early this morning in Central Park — the third violent incident in the Manhattan oasis in the past 10 days, cops said. Police...
Blue Jays GM hints at Halladay trade; Mets should be involved
November 8, 2009 | 8:15pmNothing would remove the awful taste from Mets’ fans mouths after a 70-92 season then than the acquisition of Roy Halladay. Toronto’s new general manager, Alex Anthopoulos, said yesterday that...
O pushes health; GOP calls it 'dead'
November 8, 2009 | 8:07pmWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said today it was time for the Senate to "take the baton" on health care reform after the House passed its plan for overhauling the...
Report: Potential GMs avoiding Mangini
November 8, 2009 | 7:30pmGeorge Kokinis is out as Browns general manager and finding a replacement may not be that easy for owner Randy Lerner.The National Football Post’s Michael Lombardi reports that the potential...
Fort Hood mourners search for meaning
November 8, 2009 | 7:11pmFORT HODD, Texas -- Mourners were asked to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood and his family, and an Army chaplain exhorted...
Doc 'not surprised' about shrink's rampage
November 8, 2009 | 6:20pmFORT HOOD, Texas — In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried...
Central Park mugger holds up three
November 8, 2009 | 5:56pmPolice have arrested a man in a late-night gunpoint robbery in Central Park that targeted three men. Police say the 20-year-old Manhattan resident has been arrested on charges of robbery...
Sammy Sosa turning white?
November 8, 2009 | 5:42pmWhat's going on with Sammy Sosa's face? The former Cubs slugger's skin looks startlingly lighter in photographs that have been splashed around the Internet since Friday, but Sosa's people are...
Man dies in elevator shaft plunge
November 8, 2009 | 4:29pmNEW YORK — A 34-year-old man who tried to exit a stuck elevator died after falling five stories down a Brooklyn elevator shaft. Police say the man had been trying...
Yankees have issues to dodge in quest to repeat
November 8, 2009 | 8:37amBefore the confetti was even falling in the Canyon of Heroes, the subject already had switched to 2010. Could the Yankees become the first repeat champion since their 1998-2000 three-peat...
Yankees: Girardi was MVP
November 8, 2009 | 8:35amThe Yankee Stadium clubhouse was empty yesterday, except for a few reporters and clubhouse attendants. The only remnants of the World Series championship were the faint smell of champagne and...
No Papi jinx for Yankees
November 8, 2009 | 8:32amI’m in depths of a silent Yankee Stadium, standing by the hole where they dug up that David Ortiz “curse jersey” from out of the cement in April 2008, only...
Gilbride: Offense must start protecting the ball
November 8, 2009 | 8:31amIt might not seem like it’s the truth, but it is — the Giants lead the NFL with 38 offensive plays of 20 or more yards. They have 32 pass...
Time for Coughlin’s crew to make a stand
November 8, 2009 | 8:09amThe Giants have disgraced the uniform, and they know it. They may as well have showed up with a seltzer bottle wearing big, red bulbous noses and floppy shoes these...
Big Blue look to end 3-game skid
November 8, 2009 | 8:07amTacked on the right side of Antonio Pierce’s locker is a rumpled $5 bill, representing the five victories the Giants rang up to start their season. The bill with the...
Ranking the Yankees’ 27 titles
November 8, 2009 | 7:43amCHAMPIONSHIPS are like children: you’re supposed to love them all the same. Still, the Yankees have 27 of them, and every time they add to that pile it is a...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Michael Boley
November 8, 2009 | 7:35amThe Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the Giants linebacker about his admiration of Lawrence Taylor, his relationship with ex-teammate Michael Vick, his family life and more. Q: Linebackers you liked...
Lenn Robbins’ Sweet 16
November 8, 2009 | 7:30am1. TEXASLONGHORNS Last year: 23-12, lost to Duke in 2nd round. Star: G/F Damion James. The skinny: After winning 86 games in three seasons, the ’Horns “slipped” to 23 wins...
Villanova could use new formula to rule Big East
November 8, 2009 | 7:27amThere has been an indisputable truth that dates back to the dawn of the Big East: Teams with toughness and experience prevail. Remember that remarkably talented Seton Hall team of...
The Rumble
November 8, 2009 | 7:15amYou can go home Bon Jovi's Sambora helping in N.J. Richie Sambora may be rocking the world as lead guitarist for Bon Jovi, but he never has forgotten the ties...
Yankees' championship mix loaded with talent
November 8, 2009 | 6:38amTalent wins. When you look at the 2009 Yankees, start and stop at the exceptional talent level. You want to credit George Steinbrenner’s money for landing the best talent? Have...
After empty ’08, Yankees made all the right moves
November 8, 2009 | 6:32amAfter missing the playoffs for the first time since 1995, the Yankees spent last offseason ensuring they wouldn’t suffer the same fate in 2009. They upgraded their offense by trading...
Players, fans share joy of title
November 8, 2009 | 6:09amYou heard it, wave after wave of it Friday afternoon, a million voices scraping against each other, reaching for the sky, reaching out for the Yankees, serenading them, saluting them,...
PSAL Class B girls soccer final preview
November 8, 2009 | 6:07amNew York Post girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Sunday's PSAL Class B final. Who: No. 1 Flushing vs. No. 2 FDR When: Sunday, 10 a.m. Where: Randall’s...
PSAL Class A girls soccer final preview
November 8, 2009 | 5:57amNew York Post girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Sunday's PSAL Class A final. Who: No. 1 Bronx Science vs. No. 2 Beacon When: Sunday, 2 p.m. Where:...
Under the dome
November 8, 2009 | 5:51amStop me if you’ve heard this one before. A small town in Maine. Strange, perhaps supernatural, forces at work. A ragtag group of good-hearted people battle the forces of evil...
The intimate lives of the founding fathers
November 8, 2009 | 5:49amA history book often includes surprising discoveries. But none of my many books can compare to my experience in writing “The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers” (HarperCollins). From George...
In my library: Michael McKean
November 8, 2009 | 5:48amMichael McKean likes to share. In the 18 months he’s been in “Superior Donuts,” which moved from Chicago to Broadway, he’s brought both mix tapes and a mix of books...
High society
November 8, 2009 | 5:47am“Grace was a kind of American ideal: she had the manners, dress and diction of the social elite, but . . . she had a quick sense of fun and...
Towering figure: Winston Churchill
November 8, 2009 | 5:46amWinston Churchill liked to live large — the famed orator wore only silk next to his skin, began his whiskey consumption early in the morning and consumed vats of champagne...
Paper chase
November 8, 2009 | 5:43amSir Harold Evans, grand old man of journalism, media star and husband of Tina Brown, returns to his humble origins in the north of England — and the long journey...
Al Gore's "Our Choice"
November 8, 2009 | 5:42amWe’re about to launch a war on global warming that will involve, like all wars, sacrifice on the part of the citizens in the form of more regulations and higher...
Required reading
November 8, 2009 | 5:41amTo India With Love From New York to Mumbai edited by Waris Ahluwalia, Tina Bhojwani and Mortimer Singer (Assouline) It’s been a year since the shocking terrorist attacks on Mumbai....
Behind the high costs of health
November 8, 2009 | 5:39amTwo things are at issue in the health care debate: coverage and cost. But when cost is discussed, it’s typically in a singular context — i.e., what will it cost...
'Tear down this wall'
November 8, 2009 | 5:35amTwenty years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, as protestors on both sides began chipping away with sledgehammers, picks and hands. But the first crack in the...
Agenda: Appetite for destruction
November 8, 2009 | 5:32amAs you’ve no doubt heard, the ancient Mayans supposedly predicted the world will end in 2012. Somehow, it would be easier to put more stock in their prediction had they...
Southern accents
November 8, 2009 | 5:31amHere’s the pitch: Deep in the noble Old South, a civilization sustained by contented slaves is being destroyed by brutal, vindictive Yankees. The heroine, a selfish, manipulative tease, resists her...
Wild is the 'wind'
November 8, 2009 | 5:29am1.5 Billions of dollars’ worth of tickets sold in the US, adjusted for inflation — more than any other movie to date. The worldwide figure is $4 billion, versus $1.8...
Obama can't be bothered by Islamic terrorism
November 8, 2009 | 5:29amIn the wake of the terrorist strike on our soldiers at Fort Hood, one individual’s still missing in action: Our commander in chief. The massacre’s 51 casualties, including 13 dead,...
Seeing Scarlett
November 8, 2009 | 5:27amFor its Blu-ray debut, the original three black-and-white “Gone With the Wind” negatives — each capturing a different primary color — were scanned in ultra-high 8K resolution and electronically restored...
Rando hurt, Xaverian clipped by St. Anthony's
November 8, 2009 | 5:24amJoe DeSiena has seen Greg Rando take some heavy hits and then pop back up. The Xaverian coach watched his junior quarterback emerge from the St. Anthony’s line and scamper...
Dolan's Catholic crusade
November 8, 2009 | 5:22amTimothy Dolan came to town with a hammer in his hand. Of course, it wasn’t really much of hammer: just a little tappity-tap kind of thing, a tack hammer with...
Tellering tales
November 8, 2009 | 5:21amThe Marx Brothers may have been driven by Groucho’s brilliant wit, but their secret weapon was ever-silent Harpo, who brought coy physical humor and the mystery of his muteness to...
Gagging on Gaga
November 8, 2009 | 5:20amDavid Bowie. Cher. Bjork. Lady Gaga. Which one is not like the others? The blond, bewigged, neck-braced lady of the hour, that’s who. Unlike the other musical acts on that...
DWI injustices
November 8, 2009 | 5:19amAfter Police Officer Andrew Kelly and Detective Kevin Spellman refused to take breath tests following recent fatal car accidents, it took seven hours and 5 1?2 hours, respectively, for blood...
One New York small business' tax burden
November 8, 2009 | 5:16amExperts say the city’s rising levies and property taxes have taken their biggest toll on its nearly 200,000 small-business owners. “The city extracts a very high cost on small businesses,”...
My New York: Frederic Fekkai
November 8, 2009 | 5:15amStyle icon Frédéric Fekkai is best known for trimming the tresses of such celebrities as Heidi Klum, Beyoncé and Victoria Beckham, and leading a fast-paced glamorous lifestyle that includes jetting...
New York's finest
November 8, 2009 | 5:14amFirefighters aren’t the only New Yorkers hot enough to deserve their own calendar. Photographer Bob Johnson’s Sexy in the City 2010 calendar (available at SexyInTheCityCalendar.com) celebrates scantily clad men of...
One New Yorker's tax burden
November 8, 2009 | 5:12amWhile tax-paying New Yorkers are leaving the state in droves for cheaper pastures, Big Apple public-school teacher Katie Strauss (pictured ) is sticking it out for now — even though...
Calendar girl
November 8, 2009 | 5:02amLast year, weeks after my boyfriend and I dressed as Pete and Peggy from “Mad Men” for Halloween, visions of sugarplums and romantic holiday getaways began dancing in my head....
This week's couple: plate-sharing pair
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amAaron, a 24-year-old business associate, wowed Lindsay, a 22-year-old p.r. assistant, with his knowledge of wine and his insatiable appetite at Midtown’s Benjamin Steakhouse. In addition to sharing plates of...
'She' is one to see
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amI am a movie junkie, but there is still a limit to the number of films I can see at a festival; after all, I have to leave time to...
Bullet ricochets
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amAny new format for play ing chess inevitably creates new tricks -- and new blunders. This is shown by the souped-up Internet game, appropriately called "bullet chess," in which you're...
Swine-shot kids line up
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amMiddle- and high-school students got swine-flu shots yesterday as part of a five-week city Health Department effort to immunize students against the virus. Parents and students lined up at seven...
USS New York comes aboard
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amUSS New York, built with steel salvaged from the fallen Twin Towers, officially went into active duty yesterday in a somber but spirited ceremony on the West Side. Families who...
NYPD Daily Blotter
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amStaten Island * A man with a long rap sheet was shot dead in Mariners Harbor yesterday, police said. Police responded to gunshots at 4:50 a.m. and found Jermaine Dickerson,...
GWB leaper brain is OK
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amThe former Naval Academy water-polo player who miraculously survived a 212-foot suicide leap from the George Washington Bridge suffered no neurological damage from his ordeal. The family of Adrian Rawn,...
JFK jet comes back after wing trouble
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amA passenger plane was forced to return to JFK Airport 20 minutes into the flight because of a mechanical problem. The Brazilian airline TAM Linhas Aereas SA said in a...
'Chuck' bucks have run dry
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amDonors have contributed just $3,315 to the Rangel Center at City College since the Harlem congressman became enmeshed in scandal last fall. The center -- which critics have derided as...
America-hater in Qns. hails Hood massacre
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amThe soldiers at Fort Hood had it coming, says a radical Muslim in Queens who travels to mosques around the city spreading anti-American hate and has sent a "Get Well...
Macy's 'Mickey' trial balloons
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amA New Jersey town was full of hot air yesterday as Macy's unveiled four new giant balloon characters for its 83rd annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Pillsbury Doughboy, Ronald McDonald,...
Making sense of Mike's re-elex nonsense
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amIt doesn't make any sense. Mayor Bloomberg's campaign crew's excuses for his shockingly close 4.6 percentage-point win over Bill Thompson go something like this: * No matter that we consistently...
AmEx 'HIV sacking' suit
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amAn American Express executive was fired for being HIV-positive, he claims. Brett Knight, 41, had worked for American Express since 1990. Although he was HIV-positive throughout his employment, Knight said...
NYPD 'bite' suit from the horse's mouth
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amNo one messes with Mr. Biggs. A New Jersey woman claims she was menaced and attacked outside a Chelsea restaurant last summer by a huge and vicious assailant, who bit...
Feud made to go
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amEast Harlem is not on the menu. Area residents are outraged that some East Side restaurants refuse to deliver 15 blocks north to their predominantly minority neighborhood -- yet are...
LI cruelty bust for backyard dog hell
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amPolice arrested a Long Island woman for animal cruelty yesterday after finding five malnourished dogs and one carcass in the back yard. Sharon McDonough was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty...
NYPD takes on Indians to halt billion-$$ flow
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amMOHAWK NATION OF AKWESASNE -- The NYPD has gone on the reservation -- sending its drug czar upstate to try to help cut off a massive pipeline of pot and...
Ex vows to skip DC sniper execution
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amWhat started as a blissful romance will end in an execution chamber. John Muhammad, 48, the "DC Sniper" who terrorized the capital seven years ago with a Beltway shooting spree...
What is behind Buffett's Burlington buy
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amIf anyone's reputation sur vived the financial meltdown of the past two years, it has been Warren Buffett's. So it's no surprise that this week when Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway made...
NYC fights the hostel takeover
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amHoly hostel! The city's underground network of illegal hostels has exploded -- even cropping up in church-owned buildings and a battered women's shelter, according to the West Side Neighborhood Alliance,...
Foreclose $$ woes sock city & tenants
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amLandlords who snatched up apartment buildings in good times may be ready to ditch them and leave thousands of tenants in the lurch. The number of apartment buildings at risk...
O weighs war options
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amPresident Obama, expected to decide within weeks whether or not to bolster forces in Afghanistan, is considering a Pentagon option of adding 30,000 troops to help stabilize the region. That's...
At 60, Wintour is in her spring
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amLast week, Vogue editor Anna Wintour turned 60. JERRY OPPENHEIMER, author of "Front Row," her 2005 biography, takes a look behind the powerful fashionista's trademark sunglasses to see how she's...
Fans flee Brit's synching ship
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amOops, she faked it again! Hundreds of angry fans stormed out of a Britney Spears concert in Australia on Friday night, complaining that the singer lip-synched her way through a...
Fort cop recalls his 45 seconds of sheer terror
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amKILLEEN, Texas -- One of the two police officers who gunned down alleged Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Malik Hasan gave a chilling account yesterday of his harrowing confrontation with...
Me-ouch! Man says cat's bite sickened him
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amThat's some expensive cat nip! An East Harlem man wants a lot of scratch -- $5 million -- after a cat bite landed him in the hospital for a month,...
Bear's last supper
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amOn February 20, 2008, [John] Paulson received an invitation from Samuel Molinaro, Jr., the chief operating officer at Bear Stearns, inviting him to a lunch at the investment bank's executive...
Albany heat on hosp big
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amThe hospital CEO linked to an influence-peddling scandal has come under fire by state officials who question his leadership and whether to cut off Medicaid funds to the three hospitals...
House makes deal on abortion
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Last night's historic health-care legislation included a major compromise: a ban on federally funded abortion under a new government-run plan. Conservative Democrats proposed the amendment, which passed, 240-194,...
Health plan adds billions in fees, taxes
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amPresident Obama says his health-care overhaul -- which squeaked through the House last night -- won't hurt a bit, but taxpayers are going to feel it in their wallet. The...
SI Dem in the 'no' on party's bill
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amStaten Island Rep. Michael McMahon defiedhis Democratic colleagues last night, voting against President Obama's health-care reform bill. Before the vote, McMahon, citing the cost to taxpayers, announced that he intended...
Just call the CEO
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amDear John: I have a problem with my new Dell computer. I can't seem to get a human on the phone to help me resolve it. Can you provide more...
Green grocer's cash crop
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amPrivate-equity firm Leonard Green & Partners may have pulled off the impossible, checking out of Whole Foods with more dough than when it came in. The firm, whose three managing...
A fed takeover by any other name...
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amPresident Obama has gone to great pains to deny that his proposed health-care reform is a government takeover of the health-care system. "Nothing could be further from the truth," he...
911's 'fatal typo'
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amA tragic typo sent Queens firefighters barreling to a wrong address yesterday as three men died at the actual blaze three blocks away. While trapped residents tried to escape the...
Texting for dummies
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amMore than 300 football fans have sent text messages to a new emergency hot line set up at Giants Stadium to curb bad behavior in the stands -- but some...
Nixed nurse in 'con' job
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amA Staten Island nurse continued to care for kids for nearly a year after state authorities yanked her nursing license for allegedly stealing Demerol from a Brooklyn hospital, The Post...
Really Citi treatment
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amPenny-pinching Citibank will put the squeeze on small-fry customers, charging them up to $90 a year by demanding a fee every time their average monthly checking account balance sinks below...
Barack has a truth ache
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amAfter South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson shouted, "You lie!" as President Obama pitched health care to a joint session of Congress, even Republicans ran from their rude colleague. Two months...
Corzine recovering from loss in St. Barts
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amHe must love getting roasted. New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, seen here slouching on the healing sands of St. Barts, has retreated to the Caribbean to recover from his crushing...
Big-spending Malaysian is the mystery man of city club scene
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amA fleet of black Cadillac Escalades hums outside Chelsea hot spot Avenue -- the A-list watering hole of such celebrities as Justin Timberlake and Lindsay Lohan. As the car doors...
Aqueduct analysis
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amToday's analysis. 1.? 1 1/16m(T); $25,000; clm($16,000); 3up(f) MAY WE DANCE drew the rail and drops in class for local debut after closing to finish third in last three starts....
Head games: NHL must end hits to skull
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amCALGARY, Alberta -- The issue regarding hits to the head that will be among the topics raised this week at the GM's meetings in Toronto is a complex one, because...
Celtics hand Nets seventh straight loss
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amNets coach Lawrence Frank discussed his battered, ailing hurting Nets and got philosophical: "As Confucius said, 'Sometimes it's better to laugh than to cry.' " But last night, another philosophy...
Nets' Hassell 'always' prepared to play
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amThe Nets' Trenton Hassell does not have the All-Star talents that wow a crowd. The only way he gets on a poster is as the victim. Sales of his jersey...
'Dancing' wins in a photo stunner
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amARCADIA, Calif. -- In one of the greatest and closest finishes in Breeders' Cup history, four horses -- Dancing in Silks, Crown of Thorns, Cost of Freedom and Gayego --...
Bucks' Brandon Jennings: Knicks missed the point during draft
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE -- Bucks rookie point guard Brandon Jennings figured he would make the perfect Knicks tandem with LeBron James in 2010. So when the Knicks were at-bat with the eighth...
Nets' Douglas-Roberts tests positive for swine flu
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amBobby Simmons isn't going to lose sleep over the possibility of contracting swine flu from his teammate and locker neighbor Chris Douglas-Roberts. "I went to the grocery store [yesterday] morning...
Zenyatta's rally stuns the boys
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amARCADIA, Calif. -- Amazing! In a bravura performance that will burn brightly forever in the annals of thoroughbred racing, the undefeated mare Zenyatta soared past an international field of 11...
Historic day for 'Queen' of the track
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amARCADIA, Calif. -- She did it! Zenyatta, the big, beautiful ornament of American racing rocked southern California like an earthquake yesterday, when she came from dead last to storm her...
Islanders crush Thrasers, but lose Martinek for season
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amOn a day when the Islanders learned that they lost one of their top defenseman for the year, they put on their best offensive performance of the season. Getting goals...
Banged-up Devils stay road perfect (8-0)
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amOTTAWA -- The Devils keep losing players and winning games. Chasing a record looks good on them, no matter who's in the uniforms. Their 8-0 start away from home is...
LeBron will have better options than Knicks
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amBig ups to the Cavaliers, who came into New York and rode roughshod over it . . . you know, like Bloomberg. As usual, the Knicks' sorry showing against the...
Knicks blown out by Bucks, 102-87
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE -- Call it the LeBron James Hangover. Or maybe just call it the 2009-10 Knicks -- the NBA's worst team outside New Jersey. One night after James and the...
Rangers fall to Flames, 3-1
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amCALGARY, Alberta -- The Rangers were beaten 3-1 here last night by the Flames despite their gamest effort of the season, but that's not even a third of it as...
Ailing Lundqvist sits out Flames game
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amCALGARY, Alberta — The King is not Superman. Henrik Lundqvist, who on Friday had been named by head coach John Tortorella to start here last night after a one-game sabbatical...
Jets can make playoff run
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amAll the swaggerlicious big-talk bravado that began in the offseason with coach Rex Ryan's "kiss the rings" message for Bill Belichick and the rival Patriots that hasn't ceased. All the...
Come on, ESPN, these chats are ads
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amI'm not completely sure why ESPN chose to be come a bad-faith factory, why it decided to treat sports fans, of all people, as saps. But ESPN's bad-faith machinery hums...
It's cover by Jake in Big Easy
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amPanthers (+13?) over SAINTS: Off focused effort against Cardinals, Carolina graces Superdome, where John Fox and Jake Delhomme have exceeded expectations for years. Acknowledge Saints' sustained state of grace, but...
This map can help hunters
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amWATERFOWL hunt ers have been tak ing advantage of Ducks Unlimited's Migration Map which has helped them improve their success in the field. "We have created the 'ultimate waterfowl hunter's...
Weird but true
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amWhat was he smoking? A dopey 21-year-old Oregon man was arrested after calling 911 to report his pot had been stolen. Calvin Hoover told dispatchers that someone had broken into...
Wagner rallies in final minute
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amNick Doscher connected on a 15-yard touchdown pass to Lon Woods with 26 seconds remaining to give Wagner a 32-27 win over Central Connecticut State yesterday in Staten Island. Doscher,...
Fordham preview: Fontan returns to steer Rams
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amAfter all of the talk about Jio Fontan transferring from Fordham at the conclusion of last season, it comes as a bit of a surprise that the Rams' star guard...
Luck runs out for Iowa; Cal's Best carted off
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amNo. 8 Iowa finally ran out of time. Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another score, and Northwestern snapped the Hawkeyes' 13-game winning...
Ivy preview: veteran Columbia roarin' to go
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amThe Ivy League's preseason basketball poll ranks Columbia sixth out of eight teams, but Lions coach Joe Jones isn't fazed by the lack of respect. "I've never paid much attention...
CAA preview: Hofstra's Jenkins has star power
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amVirginia Commonwealth has the Colonial Athletic Association crown, and rival Old Dominion all the preseason accolades; but it's Hofstra that has the league's unquestioned star in Charles Jenkins. The junior...
MAAC preview: Loaded Siena chases three-peat
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amIt has been 19 years since any team managed to win three straight MAAC tiles, since La Salle rode Lionel "L-Train" Simmons to the 1990 crown. But Siena is a...
Pryor takes the lead as Buckeyes cruise over Penn State
November 8, 2009 | 5:00amSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- We saw the first signs yesterday of what happens when a superstar takes a fledgling star under his wing, as LeBron "King" James has done with...
Cannoli's cat snip
November 8, 2009 | 4:59amCannoli recently had his testicles removed — and he’s a better man for it. He’s a better man because now he’s not going to feel a crazy, hormone-driven urge to...
Keller for dummies
November 8, 2009 | 4:59amHigh-Class down-home cooking. That’s the best way to describe Thomas Keller’s new cookbook, “Ad Hoc at Home” (with Dave Cruz, Artisan Books, $50). Sound like an oxymoron? We thought so,...
Meet market: Phillies fan sks to score in New York
November 8, 2009 | 4:57amDerek Jeter fans need not apply: Eric, a 34-year-old public relations consultant, is a die-hard Philadelphia fan who needs a lady to console him after that World Series spanking. Aleeza,...
5 top worst substitutes for foreplay
November 8, 2009 | 4:56amAccording to randy rollers at Lucky Strike Lanes “Decoupage.” — Gus “Couples therapy.” — Lisa “Getting flu shots together.” — Mike “Participating in a charity walk.” — Abbe “Pottery —...
Celebs' best friend
November 8, 2009 | 4:54amCelebrities know they can count on pets to love them for richer or poorer, A-list or has-been. To celebrate this unconditional love, photographer Brian Nice has published a new book...
Crazy Lolo
November 8, 2009 | 4:47amCan’t anyone figure out that Lindsay Lohan is bipolar and stop writing about her (“Lilo Counterattacks on Tape,” Page Six, Nov. 6)? The girl takes antidepressants, which is bad, since...
Women's soccer thug suspended
November 8, 2009 | 1:54amI don't usually give the women's game much space here, and maybe I've been remiss. I've got a four-year-old girl and I'll probably end up a Soccer Dad someday. But...
PSAL Class B boys soccer final preview
November 8, 2009 | 12:55amNew York Post PSAL boys soccer beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Sunday’s PSAL Class B soccer final on Randall’s Island. Who: No. 2 Thomas Edison and No. 8 Queens...