January 23, 2010
Red Bulls talk new braintrust
New Red Bull sporting director Erik Soler has had just a few weeks to learn MLS and his team, while coach Hans Backe has had even less, just a handful...
Red Bull Notes: (no) reserve team, links to RB Salzburg's Zickler
Wrapping up some Red Bull notes for my Tweeps, from Hot Stove rumors to the new NPSL team. First off, they're fielding an Under-23 team in the National Premier Soccer...
TSA worker's sick terror prank
PHILADELPHIA — A college student returning to school after the winter break fell victim to a prank at Philadelphia's airport by a Transportation Security Administration worker who pretended to plant...
Underwear nut's ploy: 'I've hidden another bomb'
WASHINGTON — Badly burned and bleeding, the suspect in the Christmas Day flight to Detroit tried one last gambit as he was led away: He claimed there was another bomb...
Horror in B'klyn -- boyfriend charged in kid slay
A New York City man faces charges that he slaughtered his girlfriend and her two young children in a frenzy at their Brooklyn home. Jermaine Ruiz was charged today with...
NYPD's long arm of the law
Between 2002 and 2003, the NYPD and FBI arrested and deported six Iranian diplomats in New York for photographing infrastructure and rail lines. The busts set off an alarming scenario...
Haiti miracle -- man found alive after 11 days
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A French official says a 23-year-old man has been found alive and in good condition beneath the rubble of a fruit and vegetable shop in Haiti, 11...
Sundance 2010: Downsize this with 'Company Men'
How big is the corporate-layoff dramedy "The Company Men" going to be? I think it'll be very large indeed. It's commercial, it's warm and funny in parts, it has "great...
Nate doubtful for tomorrow
According to Mike D'Antoni, Nate Robinson is "doubtful'' for tomorrow's game when Jason Kidd and the Mavericks invade the Garden for a 1 p.m. tip-off.Robinson didn't practice today and got...
One dead in fiery LIE gas tanker explosion
A guardian angel in the guise of a passing motorist saved Marie Stephanie Medina’s life today, yanking her from a howling highway gasoline inferno on the Long Island Expressway. Medina,...
Molina still doesn't understand why Mets failed to sign him
Bengie Molina says he's happy to be staying in San Francisco, but the Giants catcher sure sounds like he would have come to New York if given the chance.The Associated...
Andy Dick arrested for sex abuse in W. Va.: reports
This time it was a guy. Trouble-prone comedian Andy Dick -- who was arrested in 2008 for pulling down a teenage girl's top -- was busted for sexual abuse in...
Deadly melee outside China Club
One man was stabbed to death and two others were wounded during a bloody, early morning brawl outside a Times Square nightclub, police said. Cops were called to a report...
Talking with the Sundance kid
In today's Post, don't miss my talk with Robert Redford about indie cinema, where the Sundance Film Festival is heading and memories of Paul Newman.
UN: Haiti government calls off earthquake search and rescue
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations said Saturday, saying there was little hope of finding...
Obama blasts Supreme Court campaign-finance ruling
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, saying he couldn’t “think of anything more...
Trendsetters: conference championships
JETS (+71⁄2) AT INDIANAPOLIS Gang Green have covered four straight vs. winning teams, five in a row on the road, five straight in conference, six of seven in January and...
Amaker making the grade at Harvard
When Tommy Amaker left Seton Hall after what was a bitter 2001 divorce, it was just assumed there was more to the situation than the fame and fortune that came...
Saints will be too much for Vikings
A month or so ago there was great anticipation that the two dominant teams in the NFC would meet in the title game. The Saints and Vikings both swooned a...
MSG doubleheader
BOXING is off to a wobbly start in 2010. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao couldn’t agree on terms for their much-anticipated bout, and now the welterweight unification fight scheduled for...
Meet a Colt: Jeff Saturday
NFL fans know about the Colts’ big guns: Manning, Wayne, Freeney and Clark. Each day leading up to the AFC title game, The Post will introduce you to a lesser...
Caldwell quietly getting job done
INDIANAPOLIS — If you think Jim Caldwell believes any less in his Colts than Rex Ryan believes in his Jets just because he doesn’t proclaim their brilliance to anyone who...
Manning brings the brain
INDIANAPOLIS — It will be the ultimate game of chicken: Peyton Manning versus a Jets defense bent on disguising its coverages and blitzes throughout four quarters of organized chaos. Carson...
Jets take in Knicks-Lakers game
When five Jets — (from left) Kerry Rhodes, Wallace Wright, Dustin Keller, Thomas Jones and Damien Woody — seated in the front row were introduced at halftime of last night’s...
Robinson clears the air with Hilltoppers
There was a hint of a smile on Karin Robinson’s face.The Mary Louis star guard, who rarely cracks a full grin on the court, showed a look of happiness and...
Christ the King rips Holy Cross, 67-34
Corey Edwards isn’t worried about Christ the King’s versatile offense. “We know we can score points,” the Royals junior point guard said. “Anyone on our team on any given day...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: Mount defeats Fordham Prep in four OTs
With his team down by two points, Gary Acquah scored on a putback while getting fouled and buried the free throw with 2.9 seconds left to lift Mount St. Michael...
Horace Mann upsets Collegiate, picks up first Ivy League win
Horace Mann picked up its biggest win of the season on Friday, knocking off Collegiate, 58-55, for its first league win of the young season. Jordan Federer scored 21 points...
Lakers beat Knicks, 115-105
Those dazzling scoring shows Kobe Bryant often puts on at Madison Square Garden were nowhere to be found — until the end. He had other priorities for most of the...
Girls basketball roundup: Royals get by Archbishop Molloy
Bob Mackey was having trouble explaining what happened in his team’s game against Archbishop Molloy. The Christ the King girls basketball coach felt like his team couldn’t catch a break...
Conan O'Brien thanks NBC, fans in final 'Tonight Show'
Conan O’Brien ended his brief stint as host of the “The Tonight Show” on Friday, taking shots at NBC but ultimately taking the high road and thanking his former employer...
A star is worn
PARK CITY, Utah — Robert Redford ambles into the Sundance Film Festival in a backward newsboy cap like something he might have worn in “The Sting,” a light-blue cotton work...
Shake it up, baby!
Your daughter’s just hung up her tutu; your son announced that he’s over bending it like Beckham. OK, now that dance and soccer are out — what’s next? Plenty. The...
The best films from Sundance 2010?
PARK CITY, Utah — Which two or three films will define Sundance 2010? Here are some prospects generating the most advance buzz: “Buried” — A selection of the Midnight program...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Westinghouse nips Grand Street, returns to top of division
George Westinghouse moved into a first-place tie atop Brooklyn A West after nipping Grand Street Campus, 62-61, Friday night at home. Jai Kellman had 20 points, 11 assists and five...
Kid stuff
TODAY GARDEN PARTY: She may sing about rubber duckies, but folk/pop songstress Bari Koral’s voice is very parent-friendly — think Norah Jones meets Jewel. 11 a.m., $15 for kids, $18...
Rob Lowe leaving 'Brothers & Sisters'
Rob Lowe is leaving ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" -- the second time he's exited a drama after four seasons. Lowe joined the family drama shortly after it premiered in the...
Jay Leno's Oprah sitdown to air Thursday
Jay Leno's sitdown on "Oprah" will air Thursday. The Post's Page Six broke the news, which Winfrey confirmed yesterday on her show. Leno is trying to rehabilitate his image in...
'Spartacus' stars dish the naked truth
'Spartacus" is this year's most notorious flesh-and-blood series. And you won't have to wait long for that; the flesh arrives six minutes into the first of the Starz drama's 13...
A NY GOP surprise?
What about Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, a Democrat, run ning for governor as a Republican? Hey, stranger things have happened in politics -- like Scott Brown's winning the late...
Airlines on board with O
GENEVA -- A day after pressing European governments, the Obama administration yesterday gained the support of the world's airlines for its goal of ramping up aviation security. Industry leaders promised...
38 years in gangsta slay
A Brooklyn federal judge sentenced an unrepentant MS-13 street gang member to 38 years in prison for murdering the wrong man in a 2006 Christmas Eve revenge killing in Flushing,...
US sits on its asteroid
WASHINGTON -- The United States is doing little to defend the planet against potentially devastating asteroids, and is not doing the basic searches that Congress has ordered, according to a...
Flood steals boy, 6
MAYER, Ariz. -- A 6-year-old boy swept away by a Northern Arizona flood is presumed dead, authorities said yesterday. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said his parents were taking the...
D-n-neigh lab a winning bet
A speed gene in horses is enabling thoroughbred owners to sort would-be sprinters from plodders from just a teaspoonful of the galloper's blood. Scientists at University College in Dublin, Ireland,...
Par for the course: Woods' stint in rehab
* Addiction is addiction, whether it involves a substance or compulsive behaviors ("Tiger Hoods: First Photos at Rehab Center for Sex Addicts," Jan. 21). Sex and love addiction is often...
Off-duty firefighter saves pair
An off-duty city firefighter rescued a disabled boy and his caregiver from a burning home in Westchester yesterday, authorities said. Christopher Murray, 25, assigned to Engine 88, in The Bronx,...
The role of Islamic moderates
* Adam Brodsky's article "Muslim Groups Still MIA on Terror" (PostOpinion, Jan. 19) is excellent and makes many salient points. However, I believe that one of the reasons moderate Muslims...
9/11 shrine's cascade of grief begins flowing
The waterfalls meant to evoke memories of the 9/11 dead stand three stories high in a field at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, spilling down into a pool. Four large American...
'Sex fiend' bail to the tune of $3M
"You Light Up My Life" writer Joseph Brooks has a week to come up with a $3 million bond -- or $1.5 million in cash -- to stay out of...
Upstate murder by margarita
FARMINGTON, NY -- They met in a Veterans Affairs hospital, a former airman with bipolar disorder who drank too much and a clerical assistant struggling to cope with her teenage...
Dad burned in Jacko $$ grab
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's estate has opposed a bid by the late singer's father to receive a monthly allowance, saying it would take money away from the singer's kids....
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan--He should have worn gloves. A bank robber was caught after leaving fingerprints behind at the scene of several stickups, cops said. Terrance Gibson, 32, allegedly slipped a demand note...
Burger King of beers
Have it your way -- with a tall, frosty brewski on the side. Burger King announced yesterday that it will offer beer at a new twist of its traditional restaurant...
That's high tech
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space station finally has Internet access. Astronaut T.J. Creamer had been working with flight controllers to establish 'Net access from his orbital post ever since...
Conan O'Brien thanks NBC, fans as he exits 'Tonight Show'
Conan O'Brien took the high road as his seven-month run hosting "The Tonight Show" came to an end last night -- offering some kind words for the network that gave...
Killing Muslims
AL Qaeda does one thing ex tremely well: killing Muslims. Between 2006 and 2008, only 2 percent of the terror multinational's victims were Westerners. The rest were citizens of Muslim...
Gov's top election mouthpiece quits
ALBANY -- The Washington-based strategist and chief spokeswoman for Gov. Paterson's troubled election campaign abruptly resigned yesterday, insisting, "My decision is a business one." Tracy Sefl said in a statement...
The nation's schools are failing boys
The headline from The Washington Post cele brates yet another milestone: "University of Virginia picks its first female president." Meantime, the data continues to mount that our educational system is...
Celebs unite to $ave Haiti
The stars came out last night for Haiti. Scores of the top names in the music biz joined forces with a gaggle of celebs in a worldwide telethon to raise...
Biz to pols: $top calling!
WASHINGTON -- Dozens of current and former corporate executives have a message for Congress: Quit hitting us up for campaign cash. Roughly 40 executives from companies including Playboy Enterprises, ice...
Business briefs
Gorman gets James Gorman, who became Morgan Stan ley's CEO at the start of this year, was awarded deferred stock grants valued at about $8.6 million for his perform ance...
JFK moron's joke bombs
A California man was busted after he jokingly told an airline employee at JFK that he was hauling a bomb in his luggage, cops said. Youval Geringer-Ganor, 56, of Beverly...
A coco nutty arrest
Two Bronx men were locked up and left to rot in a filthy jail cell for nearly a week after a pair of bumbling cops mistook their candy for a...
Da phony da Vinci up for bid
A painting that once triggered a major art-world argument after being mistakenly identified as the work of Leonardo da Vinci will go on auction in the city next week, Agence...
Anti-terror $$ for city
The Department of Homeland Security has approved funding for a program to protect New York City against a "dirty bomb" or nuclear attack, Sen. Charles Schumer announced yesterday. Schumer (D-NY)...
Queens 'terrorist' spilled his guts: feds
The Queens man accused of training with al Qaeda to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan willingly spilled his guts to the FBI after crashing his car on the Whitestone Expressway...
UBS client wins data release case
A client of Swiss bank UBS won an appeal to prevent her account data from being given to the United States as part of a US probe into possible tax...
Lender tries to boot Tishman out of StuyTown
One of New York's biggest apartment complexes could slip from real-estate mogul Jerry Speyer's grasp. A disgruntled lender for Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village is trying to have Tishman Speyer canned...
Geithner on the outs with Obama
Call him "Tiny" Tim. As President Obama turns up the heat on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appears to have a diminished role in shaping policies pertaining to the...
MTA throws subway riders under the bus
The MTA revealed yesterday a sweeping overhaul of its money-saving service cuts -- sparing thousands of bus riders who would have been stranded under the original plan while killing off...
Fans' angry stampede at Indy's motormouth mayor
What a horse's ass! Jet backers had strong words yesterday for the Colts' top fan -- Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard -- after he taunted the Gang Green faithful by declaring,...
Rex Ryan's wife leads a charmed life
Michelle Ryan is so superstitious that about the only lucky charm the Jet coach's wife won't have with her for tomorrow's big game against the Colts is a horseshoe. The...
Don't kill our local farms
The Legislature is debating a farmworker labor bill in Albany that will cost New York's family farmers millions a year and surely shutter farms across Upstate and Long Island. The...
Jets fans to toast great Green day
Raucous rounds of Big Apple booze bashes will leave Jet fans -- whose team is thisclose to the Super Bowl -- flying high tomorrow. "Both the true and the new...
Bam plays offense
WASHINGTON -- President Obama was presented with a shiny new football helmet in Ohio yesterday -- but he may want to suit up in full pads and get a mouth...
Ford homage to 'Boss Vito'
Harold Ford Jr. met yesterday with Assemblyman Vito Lopez, and the chairman of the Democratic Party's Executive Committee for Brooklyn said he walked away "impressed." Lopez is also open to...
Hustle gets muscled out of Times Square
Pushy, annoying CD vendors have gotten the hook in Midtown, with cops arresting 45 in the six weeks since one of them got into a deadly Times Square shootout with...
GE loses Peacock pride
General Electric boss Jeff Immelt is probably glad NBC Universal could soon be someone else's problem. The entertainment giant was again the outlier within the giant company, posting a 28...
Chuck ducks bank shot
Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday ducked taking a position on President Obama's controversial plan to restrict the activities of Wall Street banks. Schumer also declined comment on Mayor Bloomberg's criticism that...
Panting for 'rip-off' suit
"General" Larry Platt is tired of everyone's ripping off his pants. The "American Idol" sensation says he may sue imitators doing their own renditions of his viral hit "Pants on...
Marts in 2-day rout; banks tank
US stocks sank, capping the market's biggest three-day tumble since March, as financial shares slumped on President Barack Obama's plan to rein in banks and results at Google disappointed investors....
Judge: Butler to serve 5 years
Government prosecutors finally scored their first lockup tied to the financial meltdown yesterday. Eric Butler, an ex-Credit Suisse broker, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $5 million...
Helmsley brokerage shut
The brokerage arm of Helmsley Spear, the real estate business founded by the late Harry Helmsley, has been shuttered by Kent Swig, who will buy investment properties using the venerable...
Billboard mistress was duped: kin
It wasn't his mistress that tech titan Charles Phillips was keeping secret -- it was his wife! YaVaughnie Wilkins -- the Oracle president's gal pal who plastered billboard ads across...
Prince's deep purple dream
Prince is dreaming of a "Purple Reign." The sprightly rock superstar -- who is probably the most famous person in Minneapolis -- has become such a huge Minnesota Viking fan...
Bernanke likely to survive close vote
You can breathe easy, Ben. One of the chief architects of rescue efforts during the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is looking at one of the closest...
Brooklyn bldgs. near collapse
A building-renovation mishap has left two 100-year-old Stuyvesant Heights landmark brownstones on the brink of collapse and their residents homeless, with just the clothes on their backs, perhaps never to...
Google guys to sell stock
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin each plan to sell 5 million shares of their company stock periodically during the next five years, according to regulatory...
The Republicans' secret weapon
GOPers celebrating Tuesday's Bay State Blowout got more good news Thurs day: President Obama is going to Las Vegas next month to stump for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Should...
Making license plates and terrorists
It should come as no surprise that up to three dozen American Islamists re vealed this week to have skipped off to terror training camps in Yemen were radicalized in...
Obama targets New York
President Obama seems intent on de stroying Wall Street -- and, with it, New York. Amazingly, the state's congressional delegation appears quite happy to let him. What else to conclude...
Correx hire just criminal
A man who served time two decades ago for a sensational robbery spree that left a prep-school pal dead somehow managed to become a Correction Department firearms instructor -- and...
Grade-A terror ma's new rant
Accused terror mom Aafia Siddiqui earned a near-perfect academic record as a grad student at Brandeis University, according to a transcript introduced into evidence at her attempted-murder trial yesterday. Siddiqui,...
Brooklyn mom, two daughters stabbed to death
A Brooklyn mother and her 2- and 5-year-old daughters were found stabbed to death in their apartment yesterday -- and the man who answered the door when cops arrived was...
Naughty hottie beats lap rap
One lap dancer over the fence! A Manhattan judge has dismissed the charges against one of two strippers embroiled in a salacious and wacky Manhattan prostitution trial, saying the DA...
'Gal suicide bomber' alert
Government officials have been told that female suicide bombers may be trying to enter the United States, according to a published report. At least two of them may have ties...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $20,000; clm($25,000); 4upRAMBLINGAMBLINMAN faces conditioned claimers for the first time after tiring in first start since May. HONEST WILDCAT cuts back to sprint and drops in class...
Knicks hang with Lakers until fourth quarter
As Kobe Bryant stepped out of the interview room late last night, he stumbled upon a group of young fans looking for his signature. "Some nights," Bryant told them, "you...
Big bettors down on Vikings ...
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP VIKINGS-SAINTS Saints -3½: MGM Mirage race and sports book director Jay Rood opened at 3½ before moving quickly to 4, then back to 3½. "We took early money...
Prospecting Yankees and Mets
YANKEES Triple-A first baseman Juan Miranda, who went from general manager's Brian Cashman's bluff DH to Nick Johnson's backup this offseason, added more consistent offensive production to his resume for...
Devils get dropped, now they might shop
The trade market finally is open, but these Devils need not worry. They're safe unless someone wants players who don't score. They Devils have managed 10 regulation goals, including an...
Rangers don't seem 'desperate' to trade for Phaneuf
MONTREAL -- Despite Calgary general manager Darryl Sutter's adamant denial that Dion Phaneuf is on the trade market, another NHL GM yesterday told The Post that the Flames are "desperate"...
Islanders' DiPietro learning to share
Rick DiPietro was an All-Star in 2008 and remains the Islanders' franchise goaltender, but he also recognizes the fact that it will take time before he is treated like that...
Lakers road reversal
Kobe Bryant, sug gesting he can put more than one broken finger on the problem, threatened Thursday night in Cleveland to use both hands to "strangle every single one" of...
Jets inspired by watching Yankees conquer 'World'
Before the Jets' championship dreams seemed realistic, a group of players watched another New York team win a title. Several Jets players were frequent fans at Yankees playoff games in...
Headaches hampering Vikings' Harvin
Minnesota's Percy Harvin, the reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, is questionable for the NFC Championship game in New Orleans. Harvin missed his second straight practice yesterday because of...
After many stumbles, Sanchez, Ryan can craft Super ending
The Jets have taught us first-hand what an optical illusion the NFL season can be, that it can be both marathon and sprint, that it can seem longer than Johnny...
The Post Line
NFLTomorrowFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogCOLTS 7 7½(39) JetsSAINTS 4½ 3½(53) VikingsHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballFavoriteLineUnderdogEast-West Shrine GameAt Orlando, Fla.West4 (43½) EastNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogMINNESOTA3Michigan St.Villanova5ST. JOHN'SG'TOWN20RutgersDREXEL5½HofstraKENT ST.1½AkronMississippi St.1ALABAMAW. KENT.7Middle Tenn.Temple19½FORDHAMTEXAS A&M9½ColoradoVA.TECH4Bos. Coll.VANDERBILT12AuburnMississippi6LSUCALIFORNIA14½Oregon St.Kansas11IOWA...
Ex-Ravens follow coach, help Jets defense succeed
When Rex Ryan got the Jets coaching job last January, the Ravens players about to be free agents all smiled. They knew where they might have a new home a...
Saints' Reggie Bush eyes being playmaker, not decoy
NEW ORLEANS -- If the breathtaking Saints' offense is the Louvre of the NFL, then for the first 13 weeks of the season Reggie Bush was just another tiny impressionist...
Jets' Ellis plans to play despite broken hand
Shaun Ellis said he is planning to play despite having a broken left hand but will pull himself from tomorrow's AFC Championship game against the Colts if he is incapable...
Mets get Matthews in trade with Angels
Someone else's headache has a chance to be the Mets' aspirin. The Angels were so eager to dump Gary Matthews Jr., they agreed yesterday to pay the Mets $21.5 million...
Sanchez has what it takes to become Superman
Mark Sanchez was wearing a black shirt with the word "Wonderboy" in gold lettering underneath a gray sweatshirt yesterday. Tomorrow, Wonderboy tries to become Superman. As the games get bigger,...
Jets' 'Wonderboy' won't crack under pressure
Call it a subliminal message. Call it fashion with a purpose. Call it quiet confidence. Call it whatever you want, because really it was all of the above. Mark Sanchez...
Gang Green's cry: Let's get physical
Much the way the Jets did a week ago before they went to San Diego to play the Chargers, they believe they can physically beat the Colts in tomorrow's AFC...
Jets' Rhodes goes from Gates to Clark
Kerry Rhodes said he is glad Antonio Gates was the Jets' opponent last week. Gates, the Chargers' all-world tight end, caught eight passes for 93 yards in the Jets' 17-14...
Lakers coach Jackson to miss 40th anniversary for 1969-70 Knicks team
Although Lakers coach Phil Jackson never played a game for the Knicks' 1969-70 championship team because he was on injured reserve with a back injury, the Zen Master said it...
McGwire supplier: 'Roids to get 'bigger'
A trainer who previously admitted supplying Jose Canseco with steroids now says he also gave performance-enhancing drugs to Mark McGwire. Curtis Wenzlaff, arrested in 1992 for steroids distribution, told ESPN's...
Sports shorts
AUSSIE OPEN: Serena, Roger into final 16 In Melbourne, Australia, Serena Williams moved a step closer to successfully defending her Australian Open title with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Carla...
Harris hurts wrist as Nets fall again
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Devin Harris, who had landed hard and sprained his right wrist just three seconds before halftime, stood in the Nets' locker room making the act of putting...
Weird but true
Who's the bigger rat here? A preteen snitch sent his mom to jail in Georgia for forcing him to kill his beloved pet hamster with a hammer after he got...
St. John's must be on guard vs. Villanova
Another Big East opponent, another unique style. Three days after getting dropped 75-59 by Connecticut, a team with outstanding size, St. John's today in the Garden plays host to Villanova...
In his return, Pierce makes up for lost time
Jeffrey Short was preparing to reprise his role as John F. Kennedy’s leading scorer, rebounder, top defender and playmaker Friday afternoon when he saw an old familiar face in a...
Romero, fourth-quarter run propel TMLA past Kearney
It has become a matter of if not when for The Mary Louis Academy. The Hilltoppers have made long scoring runs off their fullcourt press and trapping defense a norm...
Tigers tamed by yet another contender
For six weeks, everything went right for the Wadleigh boys basketball team. The Tigers won 12 straight games. Senior Karim Rowson accepted his role as a sixth man. David Burgos...
Win not pretty, but effective for Lewis against South Shore
By looking at Steve Tsai’s face afterward, you would have guessed Francis Lewis got blown out. The coach used the word “horrendous” – and worse – to describe his team’s...
Vikings get after it despite absence of Odom
For Anwar Gladden, there was one major difference between his team’s losses to Midwood and Francis Lewis – and it had nothing to do with the absence of star guard...
Google owners to sell 10 million shares
The two billionaire co-founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, will each sell five million of their Google shares, website Mashable.com reported on Friday night (EST). Page and Brin...
Stars flock to telethon to raise money for Haiti quake victims
Millions of people around the world have tuned in to the "Hope for Haiti Now" two-hour telethon as more than 130 celebrities have come together to raise funds for the...
Sundance 2010: Breakin' the law! Breakin' the law!
You know those Sundance movies about achy-breaky families that either heal or don't, and you couldn't much care either way? Imagine one of those rewritten by Beavis & Butt-head.The hilarious...
Sundance 2010: Nothankyoucrappysitcommovie
A blandly ingratiating sitcom actor named Josh Radnor -- the kind of guy who makes Zach Braff looks like Marlon Brando -- stars in, writes and directs a movie I...
Pols rally to fight Brooklyn bus cuts
Gowanus resident Betty Lester isn’t ready for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s version of doomsday — no matter what form it might take. On Friday, Lester joined elected officials for a...
Two Bronx men free after 'drugs' turn out to be candy
Two Bronx men were locked up and left to rot in a filthy jail cell for nearly a week after a pair of cops mistook their candy for a bag...
Mike Vaccaro's Jets chat rewind
Post columnist Mike Vaccaro took all your questions before the AFC Championship game between the Jets and Colts. See what Mike had to say about Gang Green's chances of making...
Out on Bail, Raj Eats Expensively
Bloomberg has footage of Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of hedge fund Galleon Group who is accused of leading a $50 million insider trading ring, walking out of Tao – one...
To cheat or not to cheat
Graceline Court wants you to keep your New Year's resolutions. At least that's the takeaway from the 16-story, 32-unit Harlem condo's event tomorrow afternoon -- a combination yoga session and...