July 16, 2011
We’re off to see the lizard
What's the recipe for the best Western cartoon ever made? First, start with a pirate, namely Captain Jack Sparrow. Then add a dose of “Star Wars” with George Lucas’ effects...
Red Bulls loan Greg Sutton to Montreal
After signing German Frank Rost, the Red Bulls loaned Greg Sutton to the Montreal Impact. He had been Montreal’s all-time leading keeper and they welcomed him back. Montreal confirmed the...
No sale: Fonda claims QVC ban over 'politics'
Jane Fonda says she's been banished from QVC amid concerns about her political past. The network says it was a routine programming change. Fonda was set to appear on the...
Red Bull teen Juan Agudelo named to MLS All-Star team
Red Bull teen prodigy Juan Agudelo was added to the 2011 MLS All-Star team by league commissioner Don Garber. The all-stars will face Champions League finalist and EPL champ Manchester...
5 N. Korean women test positive for steroids in World Cup
FRANKFURT, Germany — North Korea officials blame traditional medicine using musk deer glands for five of their players testing positive for steroids at the Women's World Cup in soccer's biggest...
Three keys to the Women's World Cup final
Here are three keys to tomorrow's U.S.-Japan Women's World Cup final: Aerial supremacy. Five-foot-11 target striker Abby Wambach is arguably the best player in the world in the air, with...
U.S. team looks to win tomorrow's World Cup final, escape 1999 team's shadow
Tomorrow’s outsized Women’s World Cup final will rife with side stories and subplots, dynasty vs. destiny. It features a powerhouse U.S. team looking to win its third title _ and...
Boxer Rosado busted in NJ cop punch
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Boxer Gabriel Rosado was in custody today after allegedly fighting with a police officer following a win in Atlantic City, N.J., WCAU-TV reported. Gabriel Rosado won...
Mets rock Phillies, 11-2
Scott Hairston, subbing for ailing All-Star Carlos Beltran, hit a long homer and drove in a career-best five runs as the New York Mets hammered Philadelphia Phillies ace Cole Hamels...
Clarke has one-stroke lead heading into Open final, Americans catch up
SANDWICH, England — A day that began with howling rain and wind ended in bright sunshine, a turn of meteorological fortune that helped sort out a bunched-up field at the...
Marlon Guild Diary No. 3: Looking back at first live period and looking ahead
Over the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of St. Peter's College men's basketball assistant coach Marlon Guild as he travels from one location to another...
Union agrees to 3-year wage freeze, furloughs
A union representing 54,000 New York state employees said Saturday it has agreed to a three-year freeze in base wages, a hike in health plan costs and nine days of...
Croatian star Modric requests to leave Tottenham
LONDON -- Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, one of the most sought-after stars in the English Premier League (EPL), handed in an official request to leave Tottenham Hotspur, Sky Sports reported...
Manchester City set to pounce on Aguero and Nasri
SAN FRANCISCO -- Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was hoping to secure the signatures of Argentina's Sergio Aguero and Frenchman Samir Nasri by the end of the month, Sky Sports...
Jozy Altidore set to join Dutch side AZ Alkmaar
Alkmaar, Netherlands - U.S. forward Jozy Altidore is set to join Dutch side AZ Alkmaar after announcing Friday night on Twitter that he has "agreed to terms to join AZ."...
Sabathia gets league-best 14th win as Yankees beat Jays, 4-1
TORONTO — CC Sabathia won his seventh straight start to become the first 14-game winner in the majors, Brett Gardner had three hits and the New York Yankees beat Toronto...
Mets lineup: Beltran out vs. Phillies
Carlos Beltran isn't in the Mets' lineup with flu-like symptoms Saturday as they play against the Phillies at Citi Field. Scott Hairston fills in in right and Nick Evans will...
Taliban 'sleeper agent' guns down NATO troop
KABUL, Afghanistan — A man in an Afghan army uniform shot and killed a NATO service member Saturday, and the Taliban said the assailant was a sleeper agent who had...
Another grope on UES
A 29-year-old woman was groped early this morning in an Upper East Side neighborhood that has been struck by a series of chillingly similar attacks, according to police. The creep...
Dad 'snatch' 3-year-old found safe in NJ
Police say they've found a missing 3-year-old boy and the father who took him from his mother in New York City. An Amber Alert had been issued last night for...
'Carmageddon' fears don't come true in LA
LOS ANGELES — Southern Californians appeared today to be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to avoid the dreaded "Carmageddon" — leaving their cars in the garage. Unusually light traffic...
Back in jail: ID-swap 'killer' turns self in to cops
WASHINGTON -- A man charged with first-degree murder who allegedly swapped identities with another prisoner and walked out of a Washington courthouse has turned himself in to authorities. The U.S....
8 hurt after car plunges off FDR
An SUV packed with seven passengers soared over a section of the FDR Drive at East 23rd Street and landed on a yellow cab on the road below – and...
Box Office: Harry's record $92M opening day
A record opening weekend of $180 million or so in the U.S. and Canada alone seems likely after Warner Bros. estimated that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1"...
Rod Blagojevich puts Chicago home up for sale
CHICAGO -- Disgraced former lawmaker Rod Blagojevich was being forced to sell the Chicago home he shares with his wife as the costs of his corruption trial and subsequent conviction...
Gal fights off sex attacker
A woman fought off a would-be rapist in Midtown early yesterday morning, cops said. A large man approached the 25-year-old and began talking to her around 2:30 a.m. yesterday on...
Mets' Wright 'excited' by first rehab game: report
David Wright described himself as rusty, but the Mets third baseman doubled Friday in his first rehab-game at-bat. "It felt good. It was obviously good to get back out there,"...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
JAIPUR Belmont Park, ninth race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. 7 furlongs, turf, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 5:17 p.m. LOWDOWN: Right One won his first two starts after coming to the...
Hall of a victory: New Heights 17s win Joe Brown Memorial Classic
The New Heights 16U team has gotten all the press this summer with its collection of high-major talent and four signature tournament championship wins. The 17s squad, which is pretty...
Joe Brown Memorial Classic notebook: Robinson trying to step out of sister's shadow
Rasheed Robinson has been “the other Robinson sibling” for most of his adolescence. That’s the breaks when your older sister is a perennial all-city player with a Division I scholarship...
Dolce & Gabbana to 5th
Glam fashion powerhouse Dolce & Gabbana is making its first foray into the heart of tony Fifth Avenue. The Post has confirmed the Italian fashion house has just leased a...
Fed's consumer woes mounting
A measure of consumer prices climbed more than forecast in June and manufacturing stalled, highlighting the dilemma faced by Federal Reserve policy makers as they seek to boost growth without...
Business briefs
Pricier fries McDonald's is increas ing prices of some of its menu items in China to help offset the continued food-cost and wage in flation in the country, which recently...
'Cars' fuels Mattel sales
Toys based on "Cars 2" are zooming ahead. Mattel Inc. said yesterday that sales of play sets and cars tied to the Disney/Pixar movie are selling even faster than toys...
NJ Transit parking plan derailed
Nj Transit is stuck in park. The cash-strapped state agency unveiled a plan last fall to plug a budget gap by privatizing parking at 81 train stations. The agency asked...
Euro trash trips up Citi
Citigroup's exposure to Europe's debt crisis coupled with higher costs undercut what would have otherwise been a respectable quarter for Wall Street's former "problem child." Under CEO Vikram Pandit, the...
Executive decisions
Two top executives at News Corp. resigned yesterday amid accusations of phone hacking by reporters at the company's recently shuttered News of the World. Les Hinton, who headed the company's...
Carl Icahn offers to buy Clorox but urges it to find a better buyer first
May the best man win. Corporate agitator Carl Icahn yesterday announced plans to woo cleaning-products giant Clorox with an unsolicited offer to buy the company for $76.50 a share, or...
NY's tight tech net may be a risky bet
New York's thriving tech scene is focused -- some would say too focused. The Big Apple is the No. 2 hub for Internet investment behind Silicon Valley but is nowhere...
Google's growth is go-go-go
Google is on the plus-side. The search giant -- which is earning positive reviews for its new social-networking offering Google+ -- is also getting a thumbs up from Wall Street....
Love delivered, 53 yrs. late
CALIFORNIA, Pa. -- A long-lost love letter to a western Pennsylvania college student is on its way to him after a delay of more than 50 years. California University of...
Letterman 'trasher' indicted
The struggling actor who landed a part in jail for allegedly trashing the Ed Sullivan Theater has been indicted on charges stemming from the stupid human trick. Investigators said James...
140G pony arrives dead at JFK
A $140,000 horse being flown from Belgium to JFK didn't make it to the finish line alive. The pony named Virteuse was discovered dead at a JFK cargo facility shortly...
FBI takes $$ from poorfella
The FBI seized nearly $600,000 from a Colombo crime-family soldier yesterday after the mobster forfeited the money as part of his guilty plea. Nicky Rizzo, 84, pleaded guilty to gambling...
Both drivers survived this!
This looks like a horrific mess of twisted steel in Centereach, LI, yesterday, but Suffolk County police say the drivers of the minivan and the dump truck survived with only...
Hey, Mo, time to go!
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- More than 30 nations, including the United States, yesterday declared that Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy's regime is no longer legitimate and formally recognized Libya's main opposition group...
Afghan exit begins
About 650 American soldiers left Afghanistan this week, the first group of 10,000 US troops to be withdrawn from the country by the end of the year. Military officials confirmed...
Paris' crash bro to pay $4.9M
Paris Hilton's younger brother was ordered to pay $4.9 million to a gas station attendant he was accused of hitting while driving intoxicated, according to a report. Barron Hilton, who...
Gal charged in bus-driver attack
A Bronx teen was indicted yesterday for allegedly assaulting a city bus driver who refused to let her bring her pooch onboard. The charges against Steangeli Medina, 17, include counts...
Rich get richer in fraud suit
A trio of investment scammers who posed as members of New York's Guggenheim investment-banking family has been ordered to cough up $1.25 million to the real Guggenheims in a fraud...
Kristen Stewart 'Eclipsed'
It took a wizard to best Kristen Stewart. "The Twilight Saga" star had to deal with a fender-bender in Hollywood this week, and now comes word "Harry Potter and the...
Ft. Hood slay date
FORT HOOD, Texas -- An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood is to be arraigned on July 20, the Army announced...
Tribes cough up cig tax
ALBANY -- After decades of delay, New York's begun collecting taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products sold by Indian-operated companies. Inspections at 357 retailers by state and federal law...
NSA leaker gets probation
BALTIMORE -- A former senior National Security Agency executive was sentenced yesterday in one of a series of criminal cases the Obama administration has pursued against government officials who are...
Casey Anthony to be released from jail, amid death threats
ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony is spending her last day in jail today preparing for an uncertain future after nearly three years behind bars. Orange County Jail officials planned to...
Newt $1M in the red
ATLANTA -- Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign yesterday admitted that it is more than $1 million in debt. The former House speaker said he'd raised $2.1 million but spent $1.8 million....
Mike 'ad'ding $5.6M as his popularity declines
Mayor Bloomberg says he has no plan to seek office again, but he's still spending millions of dollars of his own money on political advertising. Financial disclosures released yesterday show...
Dad 'grabs' B'klyn tot
Police are trying to find a 3-year-old Brooklyn boy after his mother says the child's father assaulted her and then abducted the tot. Cops said the 24-year-old mom called 911...
Bars to catch all the 'shots'
The US women's quest for soccer glory kicks off at 2:45 p.m. tomorrow and will air live on ESPN. Village Pourhouse will give away shots after US goals, and Tir...
Ground Zero cancer death
A retired fire marshal who was among the city's first firefighters to respond to Ground Zero on 9/11 succumbed yesterday to esophageal cancer. He was 58. Steven Mosiello, also a...
Mind your own bees-ness, NYC!
When Arthur "Tip" Sempliner got the registered letter from the city, it seemed like he'd been caught in a sting operation. "It threatens to fine me $2,000," Sempliner said --...
Rudy: I'd run better
HANOVER, NH -- Rudy Giuliani may be no closer to deciding whether to run for president than he was before his arrival this week in this first-primary state, but if...
Indian Point of attack: State wins new nuke-safety review
ALBANY -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has won a federal ruling that will require a stronger review of potential "severe accident" scenarios at the Indian Point nuclear plant...
Gov gives UN an OK to expand
The UN headquarters is getting bigger. Gov. Cuomo yesterday signed legislation that will allow the United Nations to expand south of its current quarters and build offices on Robert Moses...
Chelsea cheering them on
WASHINGTON -- Chelsea Clinton is joining the family business of globetrotting for Uncle Sam, joining President Obama's official delegation to Germany to cheer on the US women's soccer team in...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn An irate passenger took matters into his own hands by slapping and choking an MTA bus driver who had refused to stop in the middle of the BQE in...
Driven to despair
In just minutes, foul-mouthed bickering erupted into murder. Two Queens brothers who were shot, one fatally, near a quiet neighborhood park Thursday night had moments earlier gotten into a seemingly...
Prez calls Atlantis
President Obama checked in on space shuttle Atlantis yesterday to mark its historic final journey in a call from the Oval Office to space. He thanked everyone at NASA and...
Andy's got $9M handy
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo revealed yesterday that he raised $6.2 million in campaign funds -- from lobbyists, unions, businesses and a gay-rights organization -- during the first half of the...
Year in jail for pizza-slice guy
A Gambino crime family associate involved in a knife fight with the owner of popular Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for violating his probation....
Sweet smell of success
A Brooklyn supermarket chain thinks that the fastest way to its customers' hearts is through their noses. NetCost Market, with stores in Brooklyn and Staten Island, has installed high-tech smell-making...
3 shot at hoops game
A Brooklyn summer basketball tournament turned violent last night, when three men were shot during intermission, sources said. A gunman opened fire at a nonprofit tournament in Flatbush at Wingate...
Making grade
Nothing like a $65 million federal grant to get the city Department of Education and teachers union to come together to fix struggling schools. The two sides announced a deal...
Pregnant Carla's secret a-gender
PARIS -- France's pregnant first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, sidestepped a question about her baby's gender. Bruni-Sarkozy told yesterday's Nice Matin daily, "I don't even know myself. There are things that...
Monster's ex-wife: 'Sociopath' knows right from wrong
Accused child-killer Levi Aron is a "cold sociopath" who's all too fit to stand trial, his incarcerated ex-wife told The Post yesterday. "His soul is doomed forever," Diana Diunov, 38,...
Pediatrician is a perv: DA
A Long Island pediatrician sexually abused girls, some as young as 11, and compiled instructions on his computer on how to molest them, prosecutors charged yesterday. Dr. Rakesh Punn, 53,...
New York City's losing $13.5B in property-tax breaks
It might just be the ultimate act of forgiveness. A new analysis of the city's property-tax rolls found that religious institutions, wealthy private colleges, hospitals and other nonprofits -- and...
Splitsville! J.Lo is off the Marc
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have sung the swan song on their marriage. The stars have split up after seven years, according to a blockbuster statement they released yesterday. "We...
Brooklyn mom says Levi Aron previously tried to kidnap her boy
A woman who lives three doors down from "the Butcher of Brooklyn" said yesterday that the madman had tried to kidnap her young son right off their block, but that...
O's pals pony up $68 mil
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is in the money, thanks to rich friends like fashionista Anna Wintour. Obama's huge $68 million campaign-money haul in the last quarter came with a big...
Prez compares debt clash to trash TV, says 'we need to do our jobs'
WASHINGTON -- An exasperated President Obama likened his Republican rivals to the likes of Snooki as a nasty fight over the looming debt crisis has made the cast of "Jersey...
Fatal Long Island patrol car hit
A uniformed Long Island public-safety officer -- driving drunk at the wheel of a county-issued SUV -- mowed down a man who had just left a hospital ER after failing...
NY cheering on upstate Team USA star
She’s Rochester’s rock star. Abby Wambach’s World Cup heroics have turned her upstate home on its head in recent days — they’ve even promised her a parade, regardless of whether...
Our bad-dream President
THE ISSUE: Whether President Obama is open to compromise and new ideas from others. *** Michael Goodwin hit one out of the park with his column, "US Too Dumb To...
Jeter's No. 3,000 -- and the IRS' foul ball
THE ISSUE: Christian Lopez’s tax bill after returning Derek Jeter’s 3,000th-hit ball. *** Christian Lopez may have to pay Uncle Sam taxes to the tune of around $14,000 for "gifts"...
Forgotten immortals
Three recent sports biographies -- two about baseball stars Stan Musial and Hank Greenberg, and another about boxing great Joe Louis -- are not only interesting in themselves, but also...
You gooooooooooooo, girls!!
When it comes to dominating the world's "beautiful game," it's clearly "Ladies first!" for the United States. America and Japan face off in the Women's World Cup soccer final in...
More hated than Dubya?
A recent Zogby poll asked Arabs their view of President Obama and the United States, and guess what? They're not crazy about either one. America's approval in the Arab world...
Looney Liu
Deputy Mayor Robert Steel this week blasted city Comptroller John Liu's disingenuous -- and wacky -- boast about the city pension funds' 20 percent return on his watch. "In fact,...
Calling Bam's bluff
The first principle of poker is not to give any indication that you're bluffing. Presi dent Obama violated it at one of the increasingly farcical White House meetings on the...
Dems' parade of health-care lies
Is there a health-insurance horror story disseminated by the White House and its allies that ever turned out to be true? Now, a sob story shilled by President Obama himself...
Paul's hits keep coming
Move over Jeter. Paul McCartney is Yankee Stadium's new hero after hitting it outta the park with a grand slam concert last night. On a stage set in shallow center...
Met up-and-comers deliver dapper 'Don'
Martina Arroyo devised her Prelude to Perform ance program as an opera boot camp, designed to get young singers to learn and perform major roles. The legendary Met soprano was...
Circus workouts: It’s trapeze-y
If you’re inspired by the performers in Cirque du Soleil’s “Zarkana” at Radio City Music Hall, you don’t have to run off and join the circus to get their daredevil...
Hotels are making a splash, too
Want to splash down in style? Try these chic new hotel pools. * The James New York, 27 Grand St.;212-465-2000. Guests here can take in unobstructed, almost-360-degree views at the...
Kid stuff
Today Swing along: It’s time once again for the annual free fave Midsummer Night Swing Kids’ Dance, where instructor Rodney Lopez (you’ll remember him from “Mad Hot Ballroom”) teaches kids...
Water world
When the stock market collapsed a few years ago, I was feeling like Greece — broke. So I decided to embark on an austerity program. The first thing to go...
Monmouth Results
FIRST-$18,000, cl, 3YO up F&M, 1 1/16mi6Burning Calories (Luzzi) 3.402.802.103Secret Tracker (Serpa)4.802.401MostWntdAffr(Mngl)2.40 Off 12:52. Time 1:48.25. Fast. Scr: Fortunate Slew, Emosewa, Soulful. * Exacta (6-3) $19.40 * $1 Trifecta (6-3-1)...
NFL players, owners on verge of reaching a new labor agreement
They're at the edge of the end zone, ready to punch it in. That sums up the NFL's labor situation after another hugely productive day made it clear an agreement...
Cup darling Solo comes full circle
Much has changed for Hope Solo in the last month, not to mention since the last World Cup. She's gone from a pariah four years ago to a team leader....
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing9:30 a.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: practiceSPEED10:30 a.m.NASCAR Nationwide: qualifyingSPEED11:30 a.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: practiceSPEED3:30 p.m.NASCAR Nationwide: New England 200ESPN5 p.m.ARCA: Prairie Meadows 200SPEED8 p.m.NASCAR CWTS: Coca-Cola 200SPEEDBaseball1 p.m.Yankees at Blue JaysYES,...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; trot; $9,000; cond.9Nice Dream (Allard) 13.6010.806.4010GngrTreeWda(MLhnce) 4.404.202.206Mr Hobbs (Tetrick)4.20Scr: Bossi Corner * Exacta (9-10) $75.40 * Exacta (10-9) $50.60 * Trifecta (9-10-6) $417.40 * Trifecta (10-9-6) $293.20SECOND-mile; pace; $12,000;...
Mets hope for saving grace
The identity of the Mets' closer matters and it doesn't. There will be a comfort level in the clubhouse and, especially, in the bullpen if the Mets can uncover a...
Yankees' Soriano could pitch rehab games next week
TORONTO -- If Rafael Soriano's third batting practice session goes well today in Tampa, the Yankees right-handed reliever will begin a rehab assignment Tuesday by pitching in a minor league...
Trade for Rockies' Jimenez would jump-start Yankees staff
TORONTO -- If the Yankees want to substantially upgrade their suspect rotation (more suspect now after Bartolo Colon's huge implosion Thursday and Freddy Garcia's smaller one in last night's 7-1...
Mets' Beltran would have say in trade
Carlos Beltran -- unlike Francisco Rodriguez -- has full no-trade rights, with no chance of a missing list. Now, it's up to the Mets to decide whether to move him...
Sun set on Liberty
Thursday evening the WNBA announced that fans had voted Cappie Pondexter as a starter for the Eastern Conference team in the upcoming All-Star Game. Last night, the Liberty's star guard...
Garcia also battered by Blue Jays in Yankees loss
TORONTO -- The reclamation projects in the Yankees' rotation were the feel-good hit of the first three months of the season. Now, however, it seems as if "Smoke and Mirrors"...
Loss puts Mets' status in focus
It was one game out of 162, except it actually was one game out of 17 that remained between last night and the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. And that's...
Mets' Reyes may be back sooner than expected
Jose Reyes could be days away from rejoining the Mets. The star shortstop, who is recovering from a Grade 1 (least severe) strain of his left hamstring, is tentatively scheduled...
Mets lose to Phillies
Good thing the Mets only had to face Vance Worley last night, huh? Worley is no slouch, but after a four-game stretch in which the Mets had faced All-Star starters...
Isringhausen Mets' closer, for now
It'll be age before youth. Terry Collins said yesterday that Jason Isringhausen was in line to be the Mets closer against the Phillies, meaning that this weekend the veteran righty...
Clarke, Glover top crowded Open leaderboard
SANDWICH, England -- It's a wide-open Open. Entering what figures to be a wild weekend with turbulent weather in the forecast, the 140th British Open figures to be a thrill...
Lefty, links should be good for each other
SANDWICH, England -- Imagination and creativity are Phil Mickelson's gifts. A perpetually positive attitude also is part of his DNA. He also has an insatiable thirst for a challenge. LEADERBOARD...
Golden oldie Watson still has ace up his sleeve
SANDWICH, England -- Two years ago, at age 59, Tom Watson stunned the golf world by nearly winning the British Open before losing in a playoff at Turnberry. Yesterday, Watson,...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Pet Rock (7th)FIRST-mile; trot; $175,000; N.J.S.S.3Upside Hanover(B Sears)4-2-18-110VanityTreasure(TTetrick)1-1-63-14D'orsay(Y Gingras)1-4-17-21The Sorceress(J Stark)3-2-X15-12Southbeachprincss(DMllr)1-5-29-25She's All In(G Brennan)2-8-310-16Chilitdyhtml(TSmdshmmr)6-2-310-17Primrose Volo(J Johnson)5-4-315-18Aunt Mel(A Miller)2-1-X6-19Exercise To Go(R Pierce)3-3-612-1SECOND-mile; trot; $175,000; N.J.S.S.3Vic Smith(A...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Southwind Tabor (7th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $27,000; conditional5Mcapulco(J Pantaleano)1-7-73-17PowerOfAMoment(Grgry)2-6-25-18OhokaGeorgiaN(EGoodell)1-4-210-11Shotgun A(S Vallee)5-5-64-12WoodstockHanover(Mnz)1-7-16-13Arden'sStormN(AColetta)5-4-68-14Western Bay(D Dube)2-2-88-16I'm A Gordy Too(S Smith)4-5-712-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $27,000; cond1Dark Sign(C Manzi)8-1-84-14PacificDesperado(SValle)2-5-69-52Star Party(D...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m(T); $26,000; clm($20,000); 3up(f)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Settling Seas(L),121JVelazquez7-4-4Mott 2-12Makeminechocolate(L),121RDominguez6-4-3Brown 4-13Bobs Pinup Girl(L),121R Maragh4-4-2Englehrt 5-14Love Shack(L),121CVelasquez8-1-1Rice 10-15Chick in Slacks(L),121J Chavez7-9-3Turner...
Belmont Charts
July 15, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 mi & ¼(t); $53,000; alw opt clm; 3upOff: 3:00. Good. 4w upper, up at wireTime: 25.74,...
The Post Line
CFLTonightFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogHAMILTON2 (51½)Saskatch.EDMONTON2½ (54)Brit. Col.Home team in CAPSWomen's World Cup SoccerThird Place GameTodayAt SinsheimSweden -135France -105Over 2½ -140Under 2½ +100FinalTomorrowAt FrankfurtUnited States -250Japan +170Over 2½ +115Under 2½ -155
New Red Bulls goalie brings elite experience
New Red Bulls goalkeeper Frank Rost arrived yesterday and likely will start tonight at Chivas USA. The 38-year-old German is expected -- and expecting -- to shore up the position...
NJSACB wrong to suspend Lara-Williams judges
Aaron Davis, the commis sioner of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, announced this week he was suspending the three judges who scored the Paul Williams-Erislandy Lara bout on...
Sports shorts
HOOPS: Deron inks Turkey deal Nets point guard Deron Williams will play in Turkey next season if there's an NBA lockout. Williams tweeted yesterday that he signed a one-year contract...
Vic Cangialosi's Philadelphia Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p. m.FIRST-1 mile; $20,000; clm; 3up6-Berengaria 8-51-Deep Down 5-22-FrstLdyGln 20-13-Prnc'sPrz 10-14-PlshdPrncs 10-15-Cherry Lady 9-27-Shezagrtgl 6-1SECOND-6 fur; $22,000; clm; 3,4&5YO7-ShmrckSxty 7-51-Lu E Davor 15-12-RockNHeart 6-13-TheHghPrst 15-14-De la Warr...
Artest swaps elbows for punch lines
The stage at Carolines on Broadway is used to seeing the biggest stars in comedy. Last night, it hosted a different kind of star, as Ron Artest’s comedy tour hit...
Tour de France
Tour de France Stage 13At Lourdes, France; 94.8 miles in the Pyrenees from Pau to Lourdes, with a Hors Categorie climb up Col d'Aubisque followed a long descent to the...
Monmouth Park Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:50 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $14,000; clm($10,000); 3upARCHRIVAL broke maiden as favorite at Delaware. GORGELICIOUS drops in class after finishing fourth. SPELL RUN makes...
Teague will be in own league with Pace win
The million-dollar Meadowlands Pace could be a night of firsts if driver Montrell Teague has anything to say about it. A victory guiding Custard The Dragon (post 3, 4-1) would...
Look for strong 2nd-half finishers
A recent Google exercise confirmed Reggie Jackson as the most commonly dubbed Mr. October and Derek Jeter (did you know he collected his 3,000th hit last weekend?) as Mr. November,...
Hondo won't 'dog it
Hondo rebounded magnificently from Thursday night's crushing defeat with the Pods, scoring with the Native Americans last night to slice and dice the debt to 1,790 conleys. Today, it's a...
Larsson deal good one for Devils
Before prize draftee Adam Larsson plays a game, he already has proven he's a team player, Devils style. The Devils' veterans should be grateful to the fourth overall pick. By...
Football fans will cheer new labor deal
It appears a virtual certainty now that sanity and reason have made their goal-line stand. That greed has been intercepted in the end zone. That NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will...
Mets can deal themselves stronger farm hand
As Mets general manager Sandy Alderson and his staff assess the trade market, they almost certainly, in potential deals, will be asking for prospects to strengthen the franchise's farm system....
Home Team Lineups
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Kurt's Emmy rage
"Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter isn't happy about his show being snubbed for Emmy consideration. Sutter launched a Twitter tirade after Thursday's Emmy nominees were announced -- slamming the...
Soap Barr back
Julia Barr is returning to "All My Children" for the ABC soap's swan song. Barr, the "AMC" veteran who last played Brooke English in 2010, will return for a week...
War games
The season premiere of "Deadliest Warrior" is one for the history books. The Spike series, which uses sophisticated technology and handcrafted weaponry to see how warriors of all types would...
Weird but true
When a California man tried to cash a check from a church account, the store clerk had a suspicion the guy wasn't a member of the congregation -- mainly because...
'Pops' showing St. John's ropes
Malik Stith turned 22 this week but his newbie St. John's teammates have been calling him "Pops" all summer. Stith finds himself in the most remarkable of positions. He has...
Justin Timberlake accepts invitation to Marine Corps ball in Washington DC
LOS ANGELES -- Justin Timberlake on Friday agreed to accompany a US Marine to a military ball, after encouraging his "Friends with Benefits" co-star Mila Kunis to accept a similar...
Gambino-linked ex-con who stabbed celeb pizza chef sentenced to one year
A Gambino crime family associate involved in a knife fight with the owner of popular Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali was sentenced tonight to a year in prison for violating his probation....