December 11, 2010
Breezy Bishop Showcase recaps
Girls basketball beat writer Joseph Staszewski will be providing game recaps right here throughout the day from the Breezy Bishop Showcase in Baltimore, Md. Full stories will follow tonight. Holy...
Sarah Palin lands in Haiti, on mercy mission
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived today in Haiti as part of a brief humanitarian mission in an impoverished nation struggling to overcome post-election violence and a cholera epidemic. Her...
Christ the King promotes freshman Calhoun to varsity
Highly touted Christ the King freshman Sierra Calhoun was promoted from the JV to the varsity by the school Thursday, The Post has learned. Christ the King varsity coach Bob...
SoHo House suspect 'shocked' by charges
Nicholas Brooks, the slacker son of accused rapist Joseph Brooks, will remain behind bars without bail until he can be arraigned next week on charges of attempted murder and strangulation,...
Blizzard blocks Giants from Minnesota
Game on — that is, if there’s a snowball’s chance. The Giants tried but failed to beat the blizzard that buried Minneapolis today by moving their charter flight up three...
Manchester City joins Arsenal at top of English Premier League
Manchester City moved level with Arsenal at the top of the English Premier League Saturday as Aston Villa claimed a vital derby victory against central England rival West Brom. City...
Chelsea owner commits to spending drive to arrest club's slump
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti was handed a big financial boost as his under-performing soccer side prepared to attempt to break a four-game winless streak Sunday. The reigning English Premier League...
Newcastle legend Keegan berates club's owner for 'impossible' regime
Former Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan launched a searing attack on the English soccer club's owner Mike Ashley, hours before fans were set to protest against him at the club's...
Madoff victims' trustee files new suits
He’s not done yet. The trustee charged with trying to get back billions in funds for the victims of Bernie Madoff’s historic $65 billion Ponzi scheme has filed two more...
Teary Knox murder appeal
PERUGIA, Italy — Convicted murderer Amanda Knox broke into tears today as she made an emotional address to an appeals court in Italy, saying she was the innocent victim of...
An inkling for art
The folks behind Wyld Chyld Tattoo in Gerritsen Beach think they can turn the sleepy creek-side town into the borough’s newest hub for artists.Owners Bill DeLuso, Michael Coppola and manager...
Afghanistan envoy Holbrooke critical after surgery
Richard Holbrooke, President Barack Obama's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, was in critical condition today after doctors performed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, the State Department...
Elizabeth Edwards' daughter eulogizes mom
RALEIGH, N.C. — Hundreds of family and friends gathered today to honor the life of Elizabeth Edwards, who has been praised for her strength amid a series of life tragedies...
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Brooklyn mom shot in face, clinging to life
She was shot for the son who slipped away. A loving mother who was devoted to helping Haiti was shot in the face yesterday by a thug searching for her...
Francis returns to Judges for senior season
Star runner Claudia Francis has rejoined the Cardozo track team. The senior requested a return after missing being part of a team and the camaraderie of teammates. "I traveled around...
Bernie Madoff's son, Mark, commits suicide
Bernard Madoff’s son Mark was found dead in the living room of his SoHo apartment this morning — hanging from a black dog leash on the two-year anniversary of his...
Ed Fountaine’s stakes spot plays
QUEENS COUNTY HANDICAPAqueduct, eighth race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. Mile-and-three-sixteenths, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 3:44 p.m. LOWDOWN: Arson Squad is a two-time Grade 3 winner this year and was sixth...
New owners give Rangers serious ‘change’
When the Rangers sent a contingent to Arkansas on Thursday to visit Cliff Lee, they left team president Nolan Ryan and general manager Jon Daniels behind. Instead, the group included...
Former A's president says Mets GM 'will do things right'
Though some people waited for Sandy Alderson to do more at the Winter Meetings than acquire players who likely will serve as role players for the Mets this season, his...
B’klyn mom shot in face
A Brooklyn mom was fighting for her life after she was shot in the face while answering a door to her home, police sources said. The 51-year-old victim went to...
Gonzaga DC Classic live blog, Day 2 recap
WASHINGTON – The opening day of the Gonzaga DC Classic is in the books and there were no major surprises. All the favorites won, which sets up a solid second...
Ravens race into tournament semis
WASHINGTON – Oliver Antigua didn’t know much about Good Counsel (Md) so instead of formulating a plan to neutralize the opposition’s strength, the St. Raymond’s coach simply told his team...
Count one for Cam in Heisman race
The four Heisman Trophy finalists strolled into a conference room at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square and posed behind the little bronze statue of their dreams. As fate would...
Middleton could go from Navy to NFL
PHILADELPHIA — Some day Wyatt Middleton might end up engineering weapons systems for the Navy, and his country will be better for it. Or he might end up playing safety...
Army captain eager to play Navy
PHILADELPHIA — When Stephen Anderson captains Army in its first bowl game since 1996 — the Armed Forces Bowl, fittingly enough — it will be the last game of his...
St. John's, Fordham hope to lead City hoops revival
The Knicks regulate the basketball heartbeat in New York City. They control the city’s hardwood mood swings. When things are good — and lately, they have been as good as...
Thomas can be key to fantasy playoffs
You can call it a predictable surprise. Rest assured, there will be a running back who will burst onto the fantasy scene over the final weeks of the season. This...
Holy Cross stands tall in Gonzaga DC Classic opener
WASHINGTON – Evan Conti heard the big talk about Chantilly (Va) and its big man – 7-foot John Manning -- who will play at St. Louis University next year. The...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: McClancy pounds Spellman in Bro. Arnold opener
Jonathan Veloz netted a game-high 18 points and Jaleel Feurtado and Patrick Modzelewski scored 14 points apiece to pace Monsignor McClancy to a 71-39 win against Cardinal Spellman in the...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Adams makes sure Eagle stays undefeated in Bronx AA
Donte Adams poured in 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Eagle Academy topped West 50th Street, 80-63, to remain undefeated in Bronx AA. Stedman Allen had 17 points and...
Larry 'Wives' tale
Former "Dallas" star Larry Hagman will make a rare prime-time appearance when he guest-stars on an upcoming episode of "Desperate Housewives." In the episode, Hagman will play the boyfriend of...
'Hoff' axed
A&E to David Hasselhoff: yer out! A&E has yanked "The Hasselhoffs" after two low-rated episodes, which aired last Sunday. The show's first episode averaged only 718,000 viewers; that number fell...
Kate and her Prince fawned over in doc
Are they super-special royals or just an other couple of royal pains? Finally, the British media and the British royal family are in agreement on something: The importance of turning...
Dandy from a Baby
A full-throated belter one minute, a sensitive chanteuse the next: Either way, Baby Jane Dexter is the real deal. In her nearly four decades on the cabaret scene, she's lived...
New York fairy tales
Build your own Hansel and Gretel house — and eat it, too! Today at noon, create gingerbread houses tasty enough to make the old witch swear off gobbling children forever...
Kid stuff
Today How now, holy cow: Starting off their careers with a bang, the 9-year-old playwrights behind “Holy Cow! The Astonishing Plays” at Five Angels Theater have acting bigs including Frances...
Promoting AIDS just for profit
Derrick Burts, 24, started working as a porn-film actor in June. By October, he'd contracted the HIV virus. The AP story on Burts contained this jaw-dropping sentence: "He said he...
Smart help for higher ed
Among the lessons of this recession is one that bears repeating: A college degree is more important than ever. Workers with advanced education earn more and have better job security....
Cut school costs
With New York facing multibillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, the next governor and Legislature will most likely slash aid to the state's school districts. If so,...
John Edwards not expected to speak at Elizabeth's funeral
John Edwards does not plan to speak at the funeral of his late wife, a person familiar with the schedule said yesterday. Instead, Cate Edwards, 28, will take the pulpit...
Aleynikov guilty of stealing code
A former Goldman Sachs programmer was convicted yesterday of stealing secret computer code that enables high-speed trading from the company when he took a new job with a rival last...
Making dads pay for their kids
* I am writing to commend Peter Vallone Jr. for his excellent column, "Tough Love for Dads" (PostOpinion, Dec. 8). Unfortunately, there are many men who were married to the...
Cuba goin' for 'broke'
Cuba is on the brink of bankruptcy, according to secret US cables released yesterday by WikiLeaks. Diplomats from Havana's leading creditors and trading partners reviewed the island's collapsing economy last...
Some food for thought
Think long and hard about what it feels like to devour that candy bar -- and you'll eat less of it. A Carnegie Mellon University study in Science magazine has...
Drugs aid breast cancer
New drug combinations are helping women with early breast cancer. Using two drugs that more precisely target tumors doubled the number of women whose cancer disappeared compared to those who...
Royal screw-up
British police launched an investigation into a massive security lapse that enabled London rioters to attack a limousine carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla -- and even manage to...
Putting OTB to sleep: Are NYers bettor off?
* I hope your editorial is right -- OTB has been nothing but a cesspool of corruption, graft, political patronage and financial tiddlywinks since it opened ("Death of a Patronage...
$4M slam dunk
A historic document that details the original rules of basketball sold for more than $4 million yesterday at a Sotheby's auction in New York. James Naismith wrote the 13 rules...
Wiki rat spy rap at hand
A US indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the 93-year-old Espionage Act is imminent, his lawyer said yesterday. But prosecuting Assange would be unconstitutional, because it violates his free-speech...
Housing numbers
If he intends to keep criticizing Washington, Mayor Bloomberg might want to check how many members Congress has. Yesterday, in his weekly radio show, he said, "You got 360 --...
It's a miracle no one died
There were miraculously no fatalities in this massive accident in Queens yesterday afternoon when a runaway bus collided with a minivan, an SUV and a tractor-trailer. The crash took place...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Bronx Cops say the man pictured here held up a Westchester Village bank and got away with an undisclosed amount of loot. He flashed a gun at a teller in...
Dylan lyrics to the tune of 422G
Bob Dylan's signed lyrics for his classic protest song "The Times They are A-Changin' " sold at Sotheby's, on the Upper East Side, for $422,500. The presale estimate was $200,000...
Man trapped between 4-train and platform at Union Square station
A terrifying drama unfolded in a Manhattan subway station last night when a man was crushed between a train and the platform -- trapping him for at least a half...
'Rubber' cluck fines
Two lawyers who challenged the Board of Ed's policy of banishing suspended teachers to "rubber rooms" face $28,000 in fines over their "frivolous" charges. Lawyer Joy Hochstadt violated court rules...
Park Slope's '60 horror
The horror began over Staten Island at 10:33 a.m. on Dec. 16, 1960. United Airlines Flight 826, a DC-8 with 84 passengers and crew aboard, hit TWA Flight 266, a...
Business briefs
Street cuffs Federal prosecutors working their way through a massive insider- trading probe could begin making arrests as early as next week, and Wall Street is bracing for an other...
Pols take on 'dopey' Christie
TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey's state Senate is considering defying Gov. Chris Christie over his plans to regulate medical marijuana more strictly than lawmakers say they envisioned when they voted...
Miscarry teens off hook
Two teens whose high-school horseplay led to a beloved teacher's miscarriage won't be charged, the Bronx District Attorney's Office said yesterday. One of the 15-year-olds -- whose names have not...
Right times for Netflix
In another sign of its growing clout, highflying movie-rental service Netflix is bouncing the New York Times from the Standard & Poor's 500 index of publicly traded companies. Thanks to...
Unions howl over layoffs
ALBANY -- Public-employee unions yesterday ripped Gov. Paterson as the Grinch who stole the Christmas from nearly 900 state workers who are being laid off, effective Dec. 31. The layoffs...
LI Rail Roaded gal gets 480G
A jury awarded a gay Long Island Rail Road train engineer $480,000 yesterday after deciding she was falsely accused of grabbing another female engineer's breast. Melissa Stampf, who has been...
Jury: Smart kidnap-sex fiend guilty
Pedophile street preacher Brian David Mitchell's hymn-singing crazy act didn't play with a Utah jury, which yesterday convicted him in the 2002 kidnapping and repeated rape of Elizabeth Smart. The...
Hillary was right
When President Obama came un glued like a papier-mache doll in a steam bath during his press con ference this week, I thought perhaps it might be because he lost...
Yawning as terror targets our troops
When jihad-bent American Muslims target American soldiers on American soil, why does America yawn? The Fort Hood massacre has faded from view. The ambush at an Army recruiting station in...
Medgar Evers College 'con' job shut down
Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn has killed a controversial center run by ex-convicts after ruling it lacked research credentials and failed to show academic value to students, The Post has...
Mayor glad he saddled gov with OTB
ALBANY -- Sucker! Mayor Bloomberg painted Gov. Paterson as a railbird rube yesterday who wagered and lost $600 million on a lame horse by taking over the city's doomed Off-Track...
Guy Hands may hand over EMI to lender
Terra Firma has begun telling investors to brace themselves for a takeover of British music label EMI by Citigroup. The private-equity shop run by financier Guy Hands has been informing...
Reliving his hate terror
A Brooklyn yeshiva teacher yesterday gave harrowing testimony of how he was brutally attacked on Thanksgiving by two teens, saying they briefly knocked him unconscious, then ripped off his Hasidic...
Murder-pic EMT guilty
An ex-EMT admitted he took a gruesome cellphone pic of a Staten Island murder victim while on duty and posted it online. Mark Musarella, 47, pleaded guilty yesterday to official...
Poster boy fights 619G in fines
Former mayoral candidate Bill Thompson fought yesterday to toss out a whopping $619,125 worth of sanitation summonses his campaign received last year for plastering the city with illegal posters. At...
A&P's food fight
A&P is poised to fall into bankruptcy -- and into the hands of Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle. The 150-year-old supermarket giant -- a Montvale, NJ-based company whose chains include...
Still deaf to the voters
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and other backers of the Zadroga Ground Zero health bill are furious about its failure this week to survive a GOP filibuster. "This is why...
Bail for a cop-shooter
Seventeen-year-old Elijah Foster-Bey will be home with his family this Christmas. Not so Richard Ramirez -- the NYPD officer that cops say he shot three times and nearly killed. Ramirez...
Vid of Cyrus in the Miley-high club
Miley Cyrus toasted her 18th birthday with a real "Party in the USA" -- doing bong hits with buddies and begging for more. Cyrus was smoking salvia, a fast-acting hallucinogenic...
Park here - $1,200!
Parking at this garage could drive you right into the poorhouse. The monthly parking rate at The Empire, a condominium building on 78th Street and Third Avenue, rolled up to...
Fired-up pol: Ban FDNY 'rescue fees'
A Queens councilman yesterday moved to outlaw the FDNY's new plan to charge motorists for responding to accidents -- calling the plan "nuts." "I don't think that people should have...
Giuliani calls 9/11 health-care kibosh insult to heroes
It's not just Democrats who are fuming at Senate Republicans for voting down the 9/11 health-care bill -- so is former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. "I think this is a very...
Borders off 12% on report
Borders Group shares slid 12 percent yesterday, to $1.20 in the wake of its dismal earnings report, which came Thursday after the closing bell. The nation's second-largest bookseller revealed it...
Sending jobs to Pennsylvania
Looks like Pennsylvania is about to gain -- at New York's expense. Unless Gov. Paterson exercises a well-timed veto, that is. As we noted Monday, the Legislature last week approved...
Clinton steals show from Obama at White House
WASHINGTON -- Bubba's back in charge! President Obama brought Bill Clinton to the White House yesterday to drum up support for his tax-cut deal with Republicans. But it seemed like...
'Big Slade' steps into huge void and takes command
WASHINGTON -- Sometimes in life, no matter how much of a man you may think you are, you just can't get the job done. And that's when, as fans everywhere...
Drastic tactic in Dem family feud
WASHINGTON -- President Obama really needed Bill Clinton's help. The president contended with more turmoil among Democrats in Congress yesterday, who are furious over a tax deal Obama struck with...
Mike: Reverse outsourcing
Mayor Bloomberg waded into the national debate on immigration reform yesterday. "[This] is neither a Republican issue nor a Democratic issue; it's an economic issue," he said at the New...
Outlook for Afghan grim
WASHINGTON -- New US intelligence reports paint a bleak picture of the security conditions in Afghanistan and say the war cannot be won unless Pakistan roots out militants on its...
Alaskan pol eyes challenge
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Attorneys for Republican Joe Miller are weighing an appeal after a judge ruled against him in Alaska's disputed US Senate race. The judge said yesterday that even...
Nixon excluded Jews on Israel
Former President Richard Nixon didn't want any Jewish members of his staff involved in policy-making decisions on Israel -- including his then national security adviser Henry Kissinger, formerly classified documents...
Ex-beau charged with attempted murder and strangulation in Soho House death
Like father, like son. Sex-scandal-scarred Oscar winner Joseph Brooks' slacker son was slapped with attempted-murder and strangulation charges last night in the death of his swimsuit-designer ex-girlfriend at the posh...
Shot cop rages at thug bail
An NYPD cop nearly shot dead by a bike-riding thug is furious that a Brooklyn judge allowed the accused teen gunman to walk free on bail while he spends the...
Devil in the details
It’s been two years since Bernie Madoff confessed to the world’s largest Ponzi scheme — and after a frenzied weeklong barrage of lawsuits and settlements, Irving Picard, the trustee charged...
The Post Line
NFLTomorrowFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGiants 2 3 (43) VIKINGSJETS 6 5½(40) DolphinsJAGUARS 4½ 4 (42½)RaidersSTEELERS 9 8½(39½)BengalsPatriots 3 3 (39½)BEARSBILLS 1½ 1 (39½)BrownsPackers 6½ 6½(46½)LIONSFalcons 7 7 (42) PANTHERSBuccaneers 1 1½(41) REDSKINSSAINTS...
Stoudemire scores 36 to lead Knicks over Wizards, tie record
WASHINGTON -- Twenty four games into his Knicks career, Amar'e Stoudemire tied one franchise record, and there may be many more to come. Stoudemire slammed into the Knicks record books...
Trade for Carmelo could disrupt red-hot Knicks
WASHINGTON -- As the Carmelo Anthony-less Knicks take their 12-1 spree into tomorrow's game vs. Denver, going for their eighth straight win, the franchise faces a conundrum. If there's a...
Brodeur's return doesn't save Devils in loss to Senators
OTTAWA -- Martin Brodeur returned, but it didn't help the struggling Devils. Milan Michalek and Jarkko Ruutu scored 2:16 apart midway through the second, spoiling Martin Brodeur's return in the...
Game-time decision for Vikings QB
Brett Favre will find out tomorrow morning whether or not he can face the Giants. The Vikings' 41-year-old quarterback, listed as questionable for the game thanks to a sprained shoulder,...
Jets' Taylor says Dolphins should give Williams more carries
The Dolphins' pass-happy descent to the verge of missing the playoffs is so puzzling that even one of their most famous former players -- now wearing the uniform of a...
Rangers' Del Zotto must showcase strengths
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jacques Lemaire scratched Scott Niedermayer for a pair of games in the final week of 1993-94, when the future Hall of Fame defenseman was finishing his sophomore season...
Smith, Nicks ready to return for Giants
How eager is Steve Smith to get back on the playing field for the Giants? "Just ready, man," the wide receiver said yesterday. "Just ready to do it." Smith, who...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6f; $20,000; cl($10,000); 3upADAMS CIRCLE won gate to wire going mile, cuts back to sprint and drops from 14G to 10G. MISSILE MOTOR came off layoff, had lead in...
Defense rests for reeling Nets
Good defense will stop good offense. That's why the Nets haven't been stopping anybody lately. They have been, literally, defenseless for six games, yielding an average of 107.2 points, and...
Aqueduct Charts
Dec. 10, 2010 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Good. ©2010 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST6f; $18,000; clm; 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:31. Good. speed 3 wide, clearTime: 23.51, 47.31, 59.36, 1:12.05.Trainer: Karl GrusmarkWinner: B...
Jets' McKnight knows fans don't forget Woodhead
Joe McKnight knows his name practically is an epithet among Jets fans these days, and the rookie running back doesn't blame them for it. McKnight blamed himself instead, offering a...
Serious Ryan good thing for Jets
Let's get this straight: Rex Ryan is paid to win football games, not be a comedian. He's being paid to be a head coach, to be involved in all aspects...
Favre would help Giants, not Vikings
Brett Favre tossed a football yesterday at the Vikings' practice facility, offering the first hint he might play in tomorrow's game against the Giants at Mall of America Field. If...
Today's Sports on Air
BasketballNoonSaint Louis at DukeCBSNoonUNLV at LouisvilleESPNU2 p.m.Sacred Heart at Stony BrookMSG Plus2 p.m.Alabama at ProvidenceESPNU2:30 p.m.Wisconsin at MarquetteESPN23:15 p.m.Tennessee at PittsburghESPN4:30 p.m.Washington at Texas A&MESPN25:15 p.m.Indiana at KentuckyESPN6:30 p.m.Colorado State...
Owner says it would 'behoove' Cliff to play for Yankees
Hank Steinbrenner said he thinks The Bronx is the perfect address for a pitcher like Cliff Lee. "For somebody of that stature, it would certainly behoove him to be a...
Fordham star Skelton getting 1st NFL start for Cardinals
Arizona rookie quarterback John Skelton will get his first NFL start when the Cardinals play the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Coach Ken Whisenhunt made the announcement after practice Friday. Skelton...
Sports shorts
NBA: Karl bags 1,000th win In Toronto, George Karl became the seventh coach in NBA history with 1,000 wins, as Al Harrington scored a season-high 31 points to help the...
Home Team Lineups
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Jingle bell rocks
The four C’s — cut, carat, clarity and color — are just a starting point for buying diamonds. When considering the band, platinum is about twice as expensive as white...
Weird but true
The weather in parts of England this weekend is expected to be cloudy with a chance of stormtroopers. The BBC had to apologize for a bungled weather forecast in which...
City's best girls squads head to Breezy Bishop Showcase
Girls basketball beat writer Joseph Staszewski is hitting the road this weekend with some of New York City’s top squad. He is heading to Baltimore, Md., with Nazareth, South Shore,...
Girls basketball roundup: Baez, Riverdale run past Dalton
Chelsea Baez scored eight of her 13 points in the fourth quarter and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Riverdale to a 41-37 win over Dalton in Ivy League girls basketball...
Poly shocks SFP on Donahue's buzz beater
Poly Prep never led until Lily Donahue’s 12-foot bank shot in the lane fell as the buzzer sounded. “It was a lot of pressure, but at that moment I had...
The Post's All-Queens girls volleyball honors
Like Brooklyn is for boys basketball and Staten Island is for softball, Queens remains the Mecca of girls volleyball in New York City. St. Francis Prep won a fourth consecutive...
Banneker sees plenty of hope in Lewis loss
Amanda Fields says she’s been through about six coaches in her four years at Banneker, between varsity and JV. So it’s only natural that she has stepped up this season...
Lincoln adds Vasquez, Jefferson loses Goodlett
When Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson meet Saturday afternoon in a highly anticipated showdown in Coney Island, each team will have a slightly different look. Jefferson, ranked fourth in the city...
Davis' clutch play helps lift Lewis over Banneker
Jasmine Davis was battling leg cramps and foul trouble, watching Banneker chip away at her Francis Lewis team’s sizable lead in the first half. The junior guard’s role for the...
Stoudemire now in Knick record books
WASHINGTON – Twenty four games into his Knick career, Amar'e Stoudemire entered the Knick record books tonight, scoring 36 points and pacing the way for another road triumph in a...
Reyes plans on staying with Mets this season
Jose Reyes' future with the Mets may be murky, but the shortstop is confident he will be around for a while longer.New GM Sandy Alderson talked to Reyes last week...
Owner says Yankees 'great move' for Cliff
Hank Steinbrenner said he thinks The Bronx is the perfect address for a pitcher like Cliff Lee. "For somebody of that stature, it would certainly behoove him to be a...
Liverpool FC fans upset over Red Sox signing of Crawford -- WSJ
Carl Crawford has made a career out of terrorizing opposing baseball teams with a lethal bat and scorching speed. But nobody ever expected him to cause so much angst in...
Man Utd defender ridicules soccer rival Arsenal as 'training center' in 'crisis'
Manchester United defender Patrice Evra launched an attack on Arsenal as the sides prepare to meet at Old Trafford on Monday. The France international described the English Premier League leaders as...
Barcelona breaks with tradition, signs $198M jersey sponsorship deal
Barcelona confirmed Friday its players will be walking adverts for the first time in the soccer club's 111-year history after signing a $198 million (€150 million) jersey sponsorship deal with...
Carmelo sits out again; Knicks up Sunday
TORONTO -- Denver forward Carmelo Anthony missed his second straight game Friday when the Nuggets defeated the Raptors. Anthony, tenth in the NBA with 22.8 points per game, has a...