July 26, 2013
Losing Saks appeal: Sternlicht on the brink of dropping bid
Barry Sternlicht’s bid for Saks has fizzled. The New York real-estate tycoon has all but dropped out of the auction for the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, after his bidding...
Splitting headache: Harvey gem wasted after Mejia dominates
WASHINGTON — Split happens. LaTroy Hawkins could only think in those terms as he watched Ryan Zimmerman crush a fastball over the right-field fence in the ninth inning, ending the...
CC rocked as Yanks welcome Soriano back with Rays loss
The Yankees got Alfonso Soriano back Friday night and hoped to get Derek Jeter back Saturday. Curtis Granderson is getting closer and even the Yankees admit Alex Rodriguez is making...
KKR draws healthy skeptics after co-head collapses during investor meeting
The graying Masters of the Universe at KKR could use some help with succession planning. Investors are concerned about who will replace aging private-equity titans Henry Kravis and George Roberts...
WATCH: FedEx employee carelessly throws boxes into back of truck while laughing
FedEx is giving the heave-ho to the worker caught on camera gleefully throwing delivery boxes into her truck in Manhattan, according to Gawker. A viral video from Wednesday shows a...
'We're better than that': Giants' Coughlin wants to erase memory of last year's disappointing finish
Tom Coughlin isn’t harping on the dreadful way his Giants closed out the 2012 season but he does hope the shoddy display of football triggers a desire for improvement. That...
SEE IT: Good Samaritans help rescue baby girl who crawled onto Bensonhurst awning
Good Samaritans helped rescue a baby girl who fell onto an awning in Bensonhurst this afternoon, authorities said. The 18 month old girl was spotted on the awning at 8015...
Five players start Giants training camp on PUP list
Five players will start Giants training camp on the physically unable to perform list and none of the five come as a surprise: DE Jason Pierre-Paul (back), FB Henry Hynoski...
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: Bronx star chooses St. Joseph's
Shavar Newkirk had a future in the Big East if he wanted it. But rather than get wooed by the big conference, the dynamic 6-foot point guard chose the best...
Soriano will bat cleanup, play left field in return to Yankees
The Yankees won’t waste any time getting Alfonso Soriano into the thick of things.After coming over in a trade with the Cubs, Soriano will make his return to the Bronx...
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Pep Guardiola wants to manage US someday
Jurgen Klinsmann has the U.S. National team rolling into the Gold Cup final on a club-record 10-game winning streak; but it sounds like at least one high-profile coaching superstar would...
Sext gal: Weiner marriage more of 'an arrangement or a business;' Huma in it just for power, stature
Anthony Weiner’s sext paramour was under the impression that the mayoral candidate and his wife were in a loveless marriage. “It almost feels to me like it’s [more] an arrangement...
Jets rookie Geno shows off big arm at start of Jets camp
CORTLAND – The talk finally ended Friday and the Jets players took the field for their first practice of training camp.The battle at quarterback highlighted the first practice and both...
New RB Ivory sits out Jets practice with tight hamstring
CORTLAND – Chris Ivory may have had to learn the hard way, but he’s clearly learned. After being injury-plagued throughout college and his first two years in the NFL, the...
Happy Wolverine Day! 6 great Wolverine slices of the internet today
Hugh Jackman is now our nation’s longest serving superhero role. But the fact that we’re all a little nervous about his now sixth appearance on the screen with the release...
Must read book: John McElwee's 'Showmen, Sell It Hot!'
I don't plug many books on this blog, but I'll gladly make an exception for John McElwee's "Showmen, Sell It Hot!'' And it's not just because (full disclosure) I'm blurbed...
'Sharknado' returns, this time to the big screen
Missed the biggest night in television this summer? Don’t worry – “Sharknado” is back, and it’s bigger than ever. The Syfy cult hit will tear its way into movie theaters...
Brewers fan wearing Ryan 'Fraud' shirt told she can't enter Miller Park unless she turns it inside out
Ryan Braun has done so much wrong, that even his own fan base has given up on him.Karen Eidem, a Brewers fan posted a picture of her backside wearing a...
Stay classy: San Diego mayor to get therapy amid sex harass scandal
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Mayor Bob Filner said Friday he will undergo therapy after less than a year in office amid allegations that he sexually harassed women. Filner announced...
Knicks' World Peace asks fans to choose new nickname for him
Metta World Peace is at it again. But this time he doesn’t want his name changed, he only wants a nickname.World Peace, who just signed a two-year deal with the...
Rex refuses to say whether Goodson will return to Jets
CORTLAND -- Jets coach Rex Ryan refused to say when, or even if, he expects running back Mike Goodson to return to the Jets.Goodson did not report to training camp...
'Optimistic' Sanchez not thinking about losing Jets QB job to Smith
CORTLAND – After three months of being peppered with questions about a quarterback competition that hadn’t even started in earnest yet, Mark Sanchez and rookie Geno Smith finally got on...
Gun bin Laden had in final moments revealed in CIA museum alongside fake 'Argo' scripts and underwater 'catfish' drones
He was the US government's prize scalp in the war on terror - and now the gun Osama bin Laden had in his final moments takes the top spot at...
'It doesn't feel great being lied to': Packers QB Rodgers talks PED suspension of Brewers star Braun
Aaron Rodgers might have been Ryan Braun’s biggest backer. No longer.The Packers quarterback, and close friend of the accused performance-enhancing drug user, stood up for Braun constantly on Twitter amid...
Weiner girl confidant: Pol's brother grilled sext partner 'to see if she was going to be a problem' 2 days after comeback interview published
Anthony Weiner’s chef brother turned up the heat on the mayoral wannabe’s secret online paramour just weeks before the sexting pol announced his mayoral bid, according to a longtime confidante...
Holmes isn't sure if he'll play a single game for Jets this season
CORTLAND – Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes is not sure if he’ll be able to play at all this season. Holmes, recovering from a foot injury that cost him most...
Medal of Honor recipient honors fallen co-pilot as Korean War foes gather in Pyongyang to remember war
PYONGYANG, North Korea — Two decorated US war veterans who survived one of the worst battles of the Korean War found themselves among former foes at a memorial ceremony as...
Braylon: Jets have different vibe after 'so much BS going on' last year
CORTLAND – Braylon Edwards said no mouthwash could get rid of the sour aftertaste of last year’s chaotic season, so many distractions and “so much BS” it’s easy to see...
Exploring the magnificent United Palace, fka Loews 175th Street
Yesterday I fulfilled a wish I've had for more than 40 years. I toured the interior of this truly magnificent old movie palace, an imposing structure that occupies a full block...
Mets' Mejia tosses seven shutout innings, gets plenty of run support in Game 1 win
WASHINGTON -- Jenrry Mejia has jumped back into the conversation regarding the Mets' young pitching talent. The almost-forgotten righty seized the opportunity he was given Friday, with seven shutout innings...
Nets sign swingman Anderson to two-year deal
The Nets filled the final remaining open spot on their 15-man roster when they agreed to a deal with free agent swingman Alan Anderson on a two-year deal, according to...
Infamous pepper-spraying campus cop seeking worker's compensation for 'psychiatric injury'
DAVIS, Calif. — The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker's compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury...
Tebow spends time catching passes, Belichick says he won't just be QB with Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- If Tim Tebow makes the Patriots’ final roster, it apparently won’t be as just a quarterback. Bill Belichick said this morning that Tebow will be used “wherever...
Giants sign former Rutgers FB D'Imperio, release K Buehler
The Giants usually do not bring extra placekickers to training camp and always need more than one fullback, which is why the move they made on Friday makes sense. They...
Would-be 'rapist' told woman she was 'was asking for it' while jogging in Central Park - now claims he 'was joking'
He grabbed a Central Park jogger from behind, cupped his hand over her mouth to muzzle her screams and told her, “You were asking for it” — but the thug...
WATCH: Activist actress Jane Fonda wears 'Hanoi Jane' T-shirt to promote Nancy Reagan film 'The Butler'
Jane Fonda's turn as Nancy Reagan has outraged fans of the former first lady but the actress says "The Gipper's" wife is happy she landed the role. "I don't think...
Bloomberg questions Spitzer's use of 'Sheriff of Wall Street' in campaign ad: 'Condemning any one industry is not a smart thing to do'
Whoa horsie! A day after Eliot Spitzer's campaign unveiled a threatening ad evoking his "Sheriff of Wall Street" persona, Mayor Bloomberg questioned the wisdom of putting a bullseye on the...
Czech fugitive escapes 007-style assassination attempt as car with remote control machine guns opens fire in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — It was a lethal gadget right out of a James Bond movie: Remote-controlled gun barrels rigged behind the rear license plate of a car that spray bullets at...
AG Holder tells Russia US will not seek death penalty for NSA leaker Edward Snowden
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder has told the Russian government that the US will not seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden. In...
NY man who bought $100 shipping container finds $1M James Bond car inside
It is one of the most famous cars in the history of the movies and when it goes under the hammer this September it could fetch over a million dollars....
Training camp begins but Giants aren’t camping out
It is more like reporting to work for the Giants rather than reporting for training camp as they gather Friday at a familiar place with an unfamiliar name.For all the...
Ariel Castro accepts plea deal to avoid death penalty - life in jail without parole, plus 1,000 years for kidnap monster
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade agreed to plead guilty Friday in a deal to avoid the death...
Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to be tried on aggravated pimping charges
PARIS — Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will have to defend himself in a French court on charges of aggravated pimping. Judges investigating the case in the northern French city...
Huma Abedin faces questions about dual jobs
Huma Abedin, who is standing by husband Anthony Weiner despite him being the butt of late-night jokes, is being thrust under a different spotlight. Abedin is facing her own troubles...
Egypt accuses ousted president Morsi of conspiring with Hamas in 2011 jailbreak
CAIRO — Egyptian prosecutors accused ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Friday of conspiring with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and murder in his 2011 escape from prison that left 14...
Thieves use backhoe to break into Maspeth bank
Police are investigating an early morning bank robbery in Maspeth where thieves used a backhoe to smash through a wall and enter the building, police sources said. It’s believed the...
Vandal defaces Lincoln Memorial with green paint
WASHINGTON — The US Park Police in Washington say the Lincoln Memorial has been temporarily closed after someone splattered a splash of green paint on the statue. Police say the...
Spanish train disaster driver going double speed limit questioned over crash that killed 78; told rescuers 'I f----d it up. I want to die'
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain — Spanish police on Friday detained the driver of a train that crashed in northwestern Spain, lowered the death toll from 80 to 78 and took...
Notorious 'Pink Panther' jewel thief escapes Swiss prison after pals ram gate, fire at guards
GENEVA — A member of the notorious "Pink Panther" jewel thief gang has escaped from a Swiss prison after accomplices rammed a gate and fired at guards, police said Friday....
3-Point Stance: Jets QBs, RBs and where's Milliner?
Day 1 of Jets training camp is finally here. The players are on the field at 10 a.m. this morning for the first practice of camp. Here are three things...
Yankees' A-Rod still yapping on WFAN despite ceasefire
There is no peace in the Bronx — not even close — but there is a plan. Another day of he said/they said at least produced a concrete timeline for...
This circus act has turned A-Rod's career from remarkable to utterly ridiculous
We sat in the stands down the third base line at PNC Field in Moosic, Pa., on Sunday, and I told Alex Rodriguez something directly — not through intermediaries or...
Giants report to camp today with handful of question marks
The offseason for the Giants was fairly quiet. Some familiar faces exited, no marquee players arrived and the team and Victor Cruz engaged in prolonged but respectful contract talks. The...
Syracuse rookies Pugh, Nassib sign contracts with Giants
Justin Pugh as a rookie is aiming to claim a starting job on the Giants’ offensive line and in order to do so he needs to be at his first...
QB call will determine Rex’s future with Jets
CORTLAND — Rex Ryan gets a do-over most NFL coaches don’t get. He gets a second chance to handle a quarterback controversy. Let’s hope he does a better job than...
Goodson does not report to Jets training camp
CORTLAND — When the Jets reported to training camp Thursday, new running back Mike Goodson was not with him. Goodson was placed on the Reserve Did Not Report list. Goodson...
Sanchez-Smith set to begin battle for Jets starting job
CORTLAND — The next round of the Jets’ great quarterback competition of 2013 begins this morning when the team takes the field for its first practice of training camp. Mark...
SAC indicted by US, charge decade-long insider scam
Federal authorities yesterday indicted Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors, charging the $14 billion hedge-fund firm with operating an unprecedented insider-trading scheme stretching over more than 10 years. Cohen, who wasn’t...
Sitting Preety? Not yet
Is there any better feeling than when a rich and powerful person gets kicked in the ass? Or better yet, gets his butt thrown into jail with his fortune lost...
Cohen has pros and cons in Conn.
Despite donating plenty of money to hospitals and other local institutions, Steve Cohen wasn’t getting the benefit of the doubt from all his neighbors in leafy Old Greenwich, Conn.“It’s a...
Back to bare walls: Feds looking to roll SAC for up to $10 billion
We want it all! In addition to hitting SAC Capital Advisors with criminal charges, prosecutors are moving to grab as much as $10 billion from the embattled hedge fund, sources...
Lulu does Wall St.
When 173 bankers, traders and analysts convene at Columbia University Sunday for the fifth annual Wall Street Decathlon, the mostly male participants will be wearing Lululemon Athletica shirts and shorts.It’s...
Huge NJ hacking scheme
Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged with running a sophisticated hacking organization that penetrated computer networks of more than a dozen major American and international corporations over...
Business briefs
A new D-DayTime Warner Cable and the CBS network, locked in a battle over fees the cable company pays to carry CBS programming, will continue negotiating until Monday, temporarily averting...
At Big Blue’s facility, an official Timex out
The New York Giants signed a new multiyear sponsorship deal with Quest Diagnostics — a health-information supplier based in Madison, NJ — for their 20-acre training facility in the Meadowlands....
Starbucks profit up by 25%
Starbucks says its profit climbed 25 percent in the latest quarter as sales rose and its coffee costs eased.The results topped Wall Street expectations, and the company raised its full-year...
Fab’s ‘Silly email’
Love letters, lies and lyrics. That’s one way to describe Fabrice Tourre’s withering day on the stand yesterday. The ex-Goldman Sachs trader, accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of...
New Time CEO makes a Ripp-in’ good debut
Joe Ripp, the incoming CEO of Time Inc., doesn’t officially take office until Sept. 1, but he already had his first informal pow-wow with top editors during a “walk around”...
Euro sales stem Amazon $$ flow
Amazon.com forecast disappointing income and revenue as it grapples with a weaker international market, overshadowing improving profitability and economic conditions in the US.Amazon and other multinational corporations are being pressured...
T ight quarter at Expedia
Expedia reported a quarterly profit that fell far short of analysts’ expectations as selling and marketing costs soared, sending its shares down 23 percent in after-hours trading. Excluding items, Expedia...
Zynga craps out: Plan to bag gambling in US sinks stock
Zynga’s new CEO is not a gambling man. Don Mattrick, the former Microsoft Xbox executive who replaced founder Mark Pincus this month, said the maker of “Farmville” and “Zynga Poker”...
Hynes avoids pre-elex grilling
Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes has dodged an election-season bullet. The borough’s top lawman will not face a highly anticipated grilling on his office’s controversial tactics until well after Election Day,...
Ashanti stalker up to his old tricks
Same Ashanti-crazed loon, different platform. Devar Hurd — the Chicago-area pervert convicted in 2010 of sending cellphone pics of his crotch to the R&B singer via her manager mom —...
Spitz shot at Wall St.
The sheriff is back! Eliot Spitzer’s return to politics will send a fearful Wall Street scurrying for cover, according to a new campaign ad unveiled yesterday. The 30-second spot, which...
Zimm lucky: juror
A second juror in the trial of George Zimmerman has given a TV interview — saying Zimmerman “got away with murder” when he was acquitted in the shooting death of...
‘Lotto’ love to give: Ladies, meet NY’s new millionaire
A geeky guy from The Bronx — who says he doesn’t have a girlfriend — cashed in on a $5.3 million winning Lotto ticket yesterday. Junior Julian Etwaroo, 22, opted...
Nightmare on Dead Man Curve: Killer Spain train driver going 120 mph
A panicked Spanish train driver shouted that he was going at more than twice the speed limit “and I’m going to derail!” — moments before his eight cars flew off...
NYPD big collapses
An NYPD lieutenant who has struggled with daunting health issues passed out yesterday while being quizzed about an increase in crime in his precinct, sources told the Post. Squad Lt....
Ma eye on son-slay cop
A woman who got a $1.1 million settlement after the NYPD fatally shot her 18-year-old son in 1995 was back in court yesterday to see the shooter, a since-retired detective,...
Pit-bull fight at luxe condos
Two vicious pit bulls are terrorizing a ritzy Battery Park City building filled with young families, and their owner is refusing to keep them muzzled in common areas, residents claim...
Brooklyn top chef ‘suicide’
An award-winning Brooklyn restaurateur was found dead in his car in Pennsylvania in an apparent suicide, police sources said. Colin Devlin, 42, suffered an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the...
Jacko nurse’s fears
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson had a high tolerance for certain drugs and wasn’t always forthcoming with his medical history, an anesthetist testified yesterday.Nurse David Fournier said he worked with...
He’s got a gun! NFL ‘slayer’ pictures bared
Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez is seen in surveillance images holding a gun just before and after his friend was shot to death in an industrial park near Hernandez’s home....
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** A 23-year-old Bronx man arguing with a group of strangers was stabbed to death early yesterday, sources said. Quran Lucas, of East 161st Street, was found with...
Mom’s fatal Jitney crash
A hardworking mother of two was killed yesterday morning when her SUV swerved into the opposite lane and slammed head-on into a Hampton Jitney bus in Southampton, authorities said. The...
Halliburton: We destroyed oil-spill evidence
Halliburton has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Justice Department said yesterday. Federal officials said a criminal complaint...
Zero for hero: Judge snubs man hurt stopping 'Butcher of Brighton Beach'
He’s a bona-fide hero who stopped the so-called “Butcher of Brighton Beach” at the end of a 28-hour city killing spree — but a Manhattan judge yesterday said a father...
Helmet rentals for Citi Bikers
Citi Bike riders can now rent a helmet, too.Bike tour and rental company Bike and Roll NYC is partnering with Citi Bike to provide helmet rentals to all users of...
12-hour sea ordeal
A lobsterman who fell overboard off Montauk and spent 12 hours floating in the Atlantic credited his rubber boots for saving his life. John Aldridge, a fisherman for 19 years,...
Upstater oldest man
Forget the apple. It’s a banana a day that will keep you alive.That and six daily Anacin tablets are the longevity secrets of an upstate 112-year-old newly crowned as the...
‘Sandy’ baby arrives
Hurricane Sandy babies are taking New York by storm! A Long Island mom gave birth to a baby boy conceived during the power outage following the superstorm — kicking off...
Dems fear it’ll stick to Hillary
WASHINGTON — Top Democrats are worried that Anthony Weiner’s X-rated mayoral campaign could be dangerous to the entire party’s image — and might even hurt Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic...
Weiner’s dirty baker’s dozen: He had at least 13 cybersex gals — 3 were after he quit Congress
It was too hard to stop. Serial sexter Anthony Weiner admitted yesterday he had cybersex with at least three women after he resigned from Congress over his infamous sexting scandal....
Even Huma's pals plead: Stop the campaign!
It’s time for Anthony Weiner to pull out. The drumbeat demanding Weiner’s exit from the mayor’s race intensified yesterday following his admission of at least three online affairs after he...
His poll goes soft: Weiner down to 16% after new sext shame
Anthony Weiner is paying an exorbitant political price for masquerading as “Carlos Danger.” A poll taken immediately after Weiner’s latest online dalliance became public gave him only 16 percent of...
Weiner donors are in it to support Huma
A number of Anthony Weiner’s donors won’t abandon the scandal-scarred mayoral candidate as long as his wife, Huma, a Hillary Rodham Clinton aide, still supports him, The Post has learned....
Weiner sext gal bares his foot fetish: pol 'disgusts me,' she says
He said he loved her — and she believed him. Bible Belt bad girl Sydney Leathers has emerged from the dank shadows of the explosive Anthony Weiner sexting scandal —...
Wasteful PA ‘policy’ (in)sure is dumb
So this is where our hard-earned toll money goes. The same PA honchos who were fired earlier this year for accepting freebies from insurance-industry officials — including lavish meals and...
Fir$t couple of Governors I.
The city broke ground yesterday on a hilly, 11-acre park on Governors Island that will offer panoramic views of the Statue of Liberty, the harbor and lower Manhattan. Among the...
Smoky plane scare
A small passenger plane whose pilot had reported that there was smoke in the cockpit landed safely at Newark Airport late yesterday morning. United Express Flight 4890 out of Pittsburgh...
Better call 911 for 911! Staffers in glitch crisis are exhausted
No wonder the city’s new emergency response system is plagued by dangerous delays. Beyond repeated technical glitches, civilian 911 call takers are so overwhelmed by their workload that they’re dropping...
Fake correction officer guilty
He won’t have to break into prison now. Tubby Matthew Matagrano, 36, pled guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday to posing as a corrections officer and sneaking into a Manhattan...
Flight at LaG hit nose-first
The Southwest Airlines jet that made a hard landing at La Guardia Airport Monday touched down on its front nose wheel before the sturdier main landing gear in back touched...
Fatal LI cop Tase
A “violent and uncontrollable” resident of a Long Island group home for the developmentally disabled died after officers used a Taser on him during a struggle, a police official said...
‘Middle class’ George
‘Now is the time simply to congratulate William and Kate on the birth of a very middle-class prince,” pronounced the Daily Mail. A middle-class prince? Oddly, plenty of commentators seem...
Cheat sheet for the poverty tourists
The mayoral pack has taken to poverty tourism — a series of “challenges” that are supposed to illustrate how tough it is to live in the projects or on Food...
Sleeping in the projects? You’ll need police detail
The Issue: Democratic mayoral candidates who spent the night with families in public housing. *** How nice that the mayoral candidates — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill...
Hit the road, jerks
When Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer announced they were running for two of this city’s most important positions — mayor and comptroller — they confirmed themselves to be men beyond...
Mass appeal
On a long, sun-drenched curve of sand better known for tanned beauties in string bikinis, as many as a million people — most of them young — gathered yesterday to...
Eliot Spitzer’s great big (bad) idea
Eliot Spitzer’s political rebirth, like Anthony Weiner’s, has gained headlines for the candidate’s past sexual peccadilloes. But voters willing to forgive Spitzer for the prostitution scandal that sank his governorship...
Reliving Maxwell's glory days
Back in July of 1989, a bunch of scraggly kids from Washington state played at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ. The band, Nirvana, played a short set of songs from their...
‘Blue Jasmine’ role suits Cate Blanchett to T
Somewhat less than the sum of its parts, Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine’’ showcases a brilliant, Oscar-worthy performance by Cate Blanchett as sort of a WASP version of Ruth Madoff. Broke...
'Stranded' void of logic and personality
Making a science fiction/horror film on a low budget presents a number of dilemmas, and director Roger Christian has hit on a simple solution: the dimmer switch. Almost all of...
‘Drug War’ highly addictive
Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To is a master of high-octane action movies like “Election” and “Sparrow,” but he’s yet to get a breakthrough hit in the US. If any of...
A feminist-style deflowering in 'The To Do List'
"Carry on, men,” Aubrey Plaza’s character says blithely, watching a fistfight between two suitors on her front lawn. The same sentiment could be directed at Hollywood, which will continue to...
Nostalgic ‘Road’ a real trip
Seeing “I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road” is like stepping into a hot-tub time machine. Under Kathleen Marshall’s direction, this Encores! Off-Center presentation takes us...
Dueling 'Liberace' musicals headed for a glittery showdown
Here’s a fruit fight for you: Liberace versus Liberace! My report the other week about Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub’s upcoming stage version of the hit HBO movie “Behind the Candelabra”...
Italian fish tale 'Terraferma' not quite the catch of the day
On a Sicilian island, the elderly Ernesto (Mimmo Cuticchio) and his grandson, Filippo (Filippo Pucillo), are trying to scrape a living from the dying Mediterranean by fishing. What they are...
Why multimillionaire Spike Lee is begging for funding on Kickstarter
Psst. Got a great investment opportunity for you. You come up with X amount of money, with a guaranteed loss of 100 percent of whatever you put in. All of...
'Wasteland' lives down to its name
The shallow, derivative and contrived British heist thriller “Wasteland” lives down to its unfortunate name. Beginning with a touch of Keyser Soze, the film stars a watery Luke Treadaway as...
No ‘Love’ for baby fueled documentary
Filmmaker Nina Davenport has made a documentary of her decision to undergo insemination and become a single mother at age 41. We see her dating history, her dinner parties, the...
Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter does him proud in 'Murmurs'
Charlie Chaplin would be proud: The Lincoln Center Festival’s “Murmurs,” conceived and directed by his daughter Victoria Thiérrée Chaplin and starring his granddaughter Aurélia Thiérrée, is so brilliantly devised and...
Goons join Nazis in 'Frankenstein's Army'
Alive! It’s alive! In the final days of World War II, a platoon of Russian troops in eastern Germany stumbles upon a secret Nazi lab. There, Viktor Frankenstein (Karel Roden)...
'The Time Being' looks sharp but bores
Fourteen years after his best-remembered role in “American Beauty,” Wes Bentley picks up a camcorder again — but this time he’s not making videos of plastic bags. Instead, a mysterious...
Yankees, Mets TV ratings both down
If only viewers found Yankees games as interesting as the soap opera now surrounding the team perhaps YES Network’s ratings wouldn’t be so down. Slugger Alex Rodriguez says he is...
5 Questions for Brian Baldinger
Before he embarked on his training camp tour NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger talked Jets quarterback competition, Rex Ryan and the Giants status in the NFC East with The Post’s...
Ex-hoop star Anderson was sexually abused
Kenny Anderson couldn’t hide his story any longer. He wanted to help himself, help others, and the former Queens basketball prodigy turned NBA star figured revealing he was sexually abused...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Braun will speak when he is legally allowed Suspended slugger Ryan Braun released a statement yesterday stating he will speak to the media once he’s allowed. It was the...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post Time: 7:10 p.m. Best Bet: Aubsession (2nd)FIRST: Mile pace; $15,000; claiming7 Cash Cab(BHolland)1-1-55-14 Blade Seelster(CStratton)1-2-212-15 Ittakestwobaby(GBrennan)1-4-310-11 Box Car Johnnie(JBaggitt)1-6-28-52 Ultimate Desire(JBartlett)7-8-815-13 Shotgun A(EGoodell)4-2-44-16 TimeStoodStill(MMacDonld)1-2-16-18 StonebridgeMaster(LStlbm)1-2-86-1SECOND: Mile pace; $30,000; Jackpot1...
Saratiga Results
FIRST-2 1/16 miles(T); $75,000; 4up Jonathan Kiser Stakes 2 Mrtn Brother (Ngl) 7.30 4.50 2.90 3 Barnstorming (Dalton) 17.20 10.00 1 a-Extraextraordnry (McCrthy) 2.70 Scr: Powerofone.. Skip, Sulwaan, Constant Contact,...
Home Team Lineups
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The Post Line
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Hondo plays his Card
Hondo ended up running in place again yesterday when he hit with the Yankees, was rinsed with the Rays and missed with the Dodgers, leaving the deficit holding at 605...
Royals rip O’s
Jeremy Guthrie pitched six solid innings and Billy Butler homered and the Royals beat the Orioles 7-1 yesterday in Kansas City, Mo. Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez (8-4) lasted just 4...
Big 5 conferences don’t want to play smaller FCS schools
HARTFORD, Conn. — The age of Darwinism is coming to college sports. As the commissioners of the five power conferences have made clear this week their desire for serious change...
Point-less loss for woeful Liberty
SAN ANTONIO — Dan Hughes finally earned his 200th career victory in a difficult season for the San Antonio coach, and it came at the expense of the Liberty.With his...
Guerin, Weight elected into U.S. Hockey hall
Billy Guerin and Doug Weight have been long-time friends, teammates, Stanley Cup winners, World Cup of Hockey champions and members of USA hockey’s Greatest Generation. And they are both U.S....
Nets to play Celtics, not Knicks, in preseason
The Nets released their preseason schedule yesterday, and two things stood out: the first trip back to Boston for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry, and the absence of...
Braun’s mea culpa doesn’t pass muster
Ryan Braun taught me something this week: Even as a kid, even with just seven TV stations and “This concludes our broadcasting day” followed by the National Anthem — the...
Revis: Bucs are ‘more of a family’
Darrelle Revis managed to take a shot at the New York media and the Jets when comparing his old digs to his new ones. The Buccaneers cornerback, whom the Jets...
Giants begin hunt for MetLife Super Bowl
You Can see MetLife Stadium when you step out of the Quest Diagnostics Training Center, all you need to do is look to your left. It has been this way...
Brady: Patriots will stay on ‘Way’
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady insists The Patriot Way is alive and well, despite Aaron Hernandez rocking the franchise to its core. A day after Patriots coach Bill Belichick ended...
Braylon: Jets 'definitely' a playoff team
CORTLAND – Newly-signed Braylon Edwards – back for his third stint with the Jets – opened camp at SUNY-Cortland today by vowing Gang Green are “definitely” a playoff team. But...
AT&T rebrands ’Boys Stadium
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Cowboys announced a multi-year, multimillion-dollar branding deal yesterday that will change the name of Cowboys Stadium to AT&T Stadium.Owner Jerry Jones said he wants his $1.2...
Jeter return date to Yankees in doubt
ARLINGTON, Texas — Derek Jeter continues to make progress toward returning from the disabled list, but when he is activated remains an unanswered question. “I think I could play today,’’...
Mets' Young forced out with sore knee, day after he broke Hudson's ankle
Eric Young Jr. was forced out of yesterday’s game with pain in his right knee, an alarming and unfortunate development for the Mets’ leadoff hitter. Young went 1-for-2 with an...
Mets' Buck hot in July after two down months
During John Buck’s first four months as a Met, the catcher has run the gamut, from reminding fans of Mike Piazza in April to being compared to Alberto Castillo —...
Rose: A-Rod playing no-confidence game
Maybe all Alex Rodriguez wants from the Yankees is a “pat on the ass.” Baseball’s hit king, Pete Rose, speaking on ESPN Radio yesterday about the much-maligned Yankees third baseman,...
Biogenesis whistleblower: I turned down $125,000 from MLB
A former associate of Biogenesis head Tony Bosch said he turned down a $125,000 offer from Major League Baseball for documents said to implicate players in the use of performance-enhancing...
Amazin’ results since Wheeler arrived with Mets
See, now this is the way the learning curve is supposed to look. This is the gauntlet a kid is supposed to absorb in his first few furlongs in the...
Wheeler lifts Mets over Braves
Zack Wheeler’s first strikeout of the day came when he fired an up-and-in, 95 mph fastball, blowing it past Braves slugger Justin Upton in the first inning. “You get a...
Yankees’ ace Kuroda, bullpen shut out Rangers for series split
ARLINGTON, Texas — He has been the ace and because of the big dollars and several years remaining on a contract the Yankees have their fingers firmly crossed CC Sabathia...
Rangers’ farewell gift reunites Mo with ‘mentor’
ARLINGTON, Texas — These Mariano Rivera tributes on the road have been delightful. The Indians, sharing a city with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, gave him a framed...
Yankees acquire Soriano from Cubs
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Yankees and Cubs have officially agreed to a deal that will send Alfonso Soriano back to The Bronx, where he started his career. The Yankees will...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYBEN AARON - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4BOB BRADLEY - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 9 a.m. and 7:23 p.m., (COM)KYM DOUGLAS - The Doctors, 9 a.m., Ch. 2SELENA...
It’s murder out there
The mob and the mobsters of what Nat Geo calls “the golden age of the Mafia” might be dead — but like Billy the Kid and other psycho killers of...
Michael Fox could be NBC’s legend of the fall
Is Michael J. Fox the savior NBC has been waiting for? Will he help everyone forget the nightmare that was “Smash”? The TV icon returns this fall with his own...
Animal Planet 'Boys' launch a ‘Gator’ raid
The “Boys” are back in town. After spending last season in Mississippi, “Gator Boys” Paul Bedard and Jimmy Riffle are back in the Sunshine State — but not before they...
Costume Couture: Wolverine (and The Wolverine)
Our Superstylist-in-Residence Caitlin Burke is back once again and this week examining everyone’s favorite clawed mutant, Wolverine, just in time for his appearance in “The Wolverine.” In the interest of...
Conner and Palmiotti: Comics’ First Couple
One of the best parts of this gig is connecting with people whose work you admire and getting a chance to see what makes them tick. In the case of...
Weird but true
Florida cops are hoping to make a major bust. They’re looking to hook a woman and a man who were seen on video robbing $1,000 worth of bras from a...
Cubs manager says deal to send Soriano to Yankees is 99 percent done
ARLINGTON -- The only thing standing between Alfonso Soriano becoming a Yankee is a few minor details between the Cubs and Soriano's agent that will be completed today. After he...
UFC contender MacDonald says he won't fight training partner St-Pierre for welterweight title
Anyone who knows anything about MMA pegs Rory MacDonald as a future champion. But it’s not likely to be in the weight class he currently resides in – at least...