July 17, 2011
USA loses to Japan on penalty kicks
FRANKFURT, Germany — Japan has won the Women's World Cup, stunning the United States 3-1 in a penalty shootout Sunday night after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 tie....
Former St. Peter's star O'Hare commits to Lafayette
Staten Island native Jamie O’Hare, who will be one of the top seniors in New York City next season, has committed to play women’s basketball at Lafayette, her NYC Heat...
Hasidic star writing song for slain boy
He’s writing Leiby’s song. Lipa Schmeltzer, a popular and high-profile singer in the Hasidic community, visited the grieving family of slain 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky yesterday — and even chanted a...
Hillary Clinton backs US women for World Cup glory
ATHENS -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton backed the US women's soccer team to bring home the World Cup trophy later Sunday, helped by a cheering section that includes her...
The Red Bulls (Henry, Rost, Backe, Ream) talk about 0-0 draw at Chivas
The Red Bulls earned a 0-0 draw last night at Chivas USA. The good news is they improved to 6-4-11 for 29 points, climbing into sole possession of first place...
Docs deny Mubarak stroke claim
CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak's lead doctor denied Sunday that the ousted Egyptian president had suffered a stroke or was in a coma, as Mubarak's lawyer claimed. Doctor Assem Azzam said...
Clarke wins British Open for 1st major title
SANDWICH, England — Darren Clarke gave little Northern Ireland another big championship Sunday at the British Open. The 42-year-old came into the week as an afterthought, but three straight scores...
No deal as clock ticks to US debt deadline
WASHINGTON — The White House and congressional aides labored Sunday for a way out of the impasse that threatens a default on U.S. debt payments and a potential global economic...
Hughes gets first win as Yankees beat Jays, 7-2
TORONTO — Phil Hughes pitched six effective innings to earn his first win of the season and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 on Sunday. Brett...
Pelfrey gives up 3-run shot as Phillies beat Mets, 8-5
Michael Martinez hit a three-run shot for his first major league homer to back a steady outing by Kyle Kendrick and help lead the Philadelphia Phillies to their seventh straight...
'Cash Cab' kills man in Canada
VANCOUVER -- A replica taxi used in the Canadian version of the TV game show "Cash Cab" struck and killed a pedestrian after finishing production for the day in Vancouver....
2 die in LI head-on crash
RONKONKOMA — Police say two men in a pick-up truck died in a head-on crash with a car on a Long Island road. The driver of the second vehicle was...
Box Office: Harry Potter's $168.5M weekend takes all-time crown
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part 2'' took an astounding $168.5 million in the U.S. and Canada during its first three days, Warner Bros. estimated today, surprassing the previous...
Jeter not in Yankees lineup
TORONTO -- Derek Jeter is not in the Yankees starting lineup for the finale of a four-game series against the Blue Jays.Eduardo Nunez moves to shortstop, forming a left side...
Scare over beef contamined with radioactivity spreads across Japan
TOKYO -- A scare in Japan over beef contaminated with radioactivity was spreading Sunday, with more parts of the country reporting tainted food four months after March's quake and tsunami...
Brooklynite shoots for poker glory
Brooklyn’s got its very own five-card stud. Manoj Viswanathan, 32, an MIT and NYU Law grad from Flatbush, sat atop the leader board at the start of yesterday’s play in...
Reana Mohamed Diary No. 3: Uneven showing in Chicago has team motivated for New Orleans
Over the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of Mary Louis and Positive Direction rising senior guard Reana Mohamed as she begins the final stage of...
Angus beefing up game in big-time travel season with New Heights
Joel Angus spent a lot of time in the post this season at Bishop Loughlin. At 6-foot-5, he was one of the Lions’ tallest players. It didn’t hamper his production...
Live period notebook: Team SCAN falls in Hoop Group WV final
Team SCAN made its seventh championship game of the summer, but could not win its second straight title, falling to Team Loaded in the Hoop Group West Virginia Jam Fest...
Terrence Samuel Diary No. 3: Scholarship offers come pouring in
Over the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of South Shore/New Heights point guard Terrence Samuel as he travels from Indiana to Reading, Pa., to King...
Mets backup Hairston flattens Phillies
Carlos Beltran took a sick day yesterday, but an even sicker day by his replacement in right field made everything just fine in the Mets’ world. The last time anyone...
Collins wants no self-pity from his unusual suspects
Carlos Beltran was suffering from the flu yesterday, struggling so much, in fact, that he never even came to Citi Field. So as he arrived to the third spot on...
Murphy finally cleaning up at plate for Mets
Bobby Parnell was at Triple-A Buffalo last June when Daniel Murphy was taken out by a slide at second base in a game against Syracuse. The play left Murphy with...
This week's winners and losers
WINNERS HARRY POTTER Wizard sets all-time opening-night box office record with $43.5M in sales. LARRY PAGE Google boss beats Wall Street’s earnings estimates, posting a revenue of over $9B. MADOFF...
Clarke holds 1-stroke lead
SANDWICH, England — The pubs in Northern Ireland had better be poised for another massive party tonight. The Guinness could be flowing from the taps at an even more rapid...
Fowler outshoots fellow young gun McIlroy
SANDWICH, England -- When the British Open began and Rickie Fowler was paired with Rory McIlroy for the first two rounds, there was little question who the rock star was....
Weather, age can’t slow wonderful Watson
SANDWICH, England -- Tom Watson probably is not going to win the British Open today, but that's not the point. Watson is the quintessential and most beautiful example of what...
New Jersey community eager to welcome Jets
MADISON, N.J. — Cortland’s loss is Madison’s gain, or at least the New Jersey borough hopes it will be. When and if the NFL finally settles on a new collective...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Mark Sanchez
The Post's Steve Serby caught up with Mark Sanchez at the "Good Morning America" studios, where the Jets quarterback/heartthrob talked about his team, his Super Bowl obsession, his quarterbacking and...
Chaos coming after NFL labor deal
Bar the door! Thanks to the lockout, no one person — not NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, not players exec DeMaurice Smith, not a single owner, general manager or coach —...
Casey Anthony freed from jail
Casey Anthony is free. The nation's most reviled woman was released from jail at 12:14 a.m. after spending nearly three years behind bars on charges related to the shocking death...
Mets will get what they ‘pay’ for in Beltran deal
There was surprise in the major league landscape. Not that the Mets had traded Francisco Rodriguez, but that they did so while ostensibly in a pennant race and yet the...
Grand Street's Jerez signs with Red Sox, Monroe's Guerrero to Indians
The next step in Williams Jerez’s journey to the major leagues has begun. The Grand Street Campus star center fielder, a first team All-City selection by The Post, signed for...
Inside Saratoga
The Post provides all the inside info you need to have a profitable meet at the Old Spa this summer The year came full circle last week when champion colt...
Reggie wows audience at Ali luncheon
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- At 65, Reggie Jackson remains the straw that stirs the drink. Of course, the drink is now Metamucil. Still, his vivacity and influence remain unflinchingly on maneuvers....
Enjoy Cup final for game, not its impact
Let's make a pact, you and me. When we watch the finals of the Women’s World Cup today, between the U.S. and Japan, let’s simply enjoy the game. Let’s watch...
In my library: Emeril Lagasse
Whenever Emeril Lagasse needs something to entertain or inspire him — BAM! He picks up a cookbook. “My office in New York is overflowing with all kinds of cookbooks, and...
Mike's gridiron goof
Mayoral control of the schools may be almost a decade old, but some things still haven’t changed, and maybe never will — not, at least, when it comes to the...
Hedges are clipped
It appears no one's immune to the housing nightmare, including the tony bastion of hedge funds. Plunging home prices and a dearth of buyers in Greenwich, Connecticut, the bedroom community...
Fed has to boost small biz
This week Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke made his semiannual trek up Capitol Hill to report to Congress the state of the economy, as required by law. In his prepared remarks,...
The bond market's long view
As the debt talks between the president and Congress continue to look like a play date gone horribly wrong, not a newscast hits the airwaves without some talking head declaring...
FaceSoft alliance watch
They have plenty in common, besides dropping out of Harvard, but the real question is: Will Mark Zuckerberg's relationship with Microsoft founder Bill Gates blossom further and, if so, to...
Bank earning reports foreshadow layoffs
After racking up outsized profits as they emerged from the financial crisis aided by billions in bailout money from taxpayers, Wall Street banks are now in for a tough slog....
Marts are just legal crapshoot
Dear John: I just wanted to relay a quick thought I have every time you (or a reader) chide the stock market as a "casino," or any other gambling reference....
Bloomberg uses fines, fees as stealth tax on New York City businesses
It's tough enough to run a restaurant in the city without having to worry about rain runoff. But for Anthony Fasolino, a family member who helps run the kitchen at...
Web service really caters to you
Searching for a caterer or venue for your company's next social event can be a time-consuming process involving contacting numerous chefs, traveling to various potential locations and negotiating to find...
Photos take us out to the old ballgame
John Rogers may be the polar opposite of the paparazzi who race after the latest Brangelina or Lindsay Lohan scandal shots. Instead, he patiently culls the archives for the oldest...
Asia demand ups cheese price
US dairy farmers are giving raves to Chinese takeout -- Chinese people ordering pizzas and cheeseburgers. But American consumers may think that Asians are milking an udderly bad situation. Asia's...
Deal sites slam
Emily Donohue went to redeem a certificate she had recently bought for a golf outing through one of those daily deal Internet services, only to discover that her voucher had...
Employers are saying, 'Sorry, kid, no job here'
It's a teenage wasteland out there. At least when it comes to employment for those starting out in the job market. "What's important is that we seem not to be...
Dems' feet to Ed's fire
He turns 87 in December, he's been out of office for 21 years, yet he has more fire in the belly than most prime-time pols. Ed Koch still stirs the...
Orthodox rules shield fiends from cops
The close-knit Orthodox Jewish community insists that rabbis, not the NYPD, get the first phone call about a suspected child abuser. "There are prohibitions and a psychological fear about saying...
Harlem fest's a fea$t
Harlem Week draws thousands to the annual summertime celebration of the community -- and plenty of cash for its organizer. Lloyd Williams, director of both the nonprofit Harlem Week Inc....
N. Korea 'roid rave
The North Korean government came up with an electrifying excuse for five soccer gals caught doping -- blaming an obscure Chinese remedy to treat lightning strikes. FIFA chief Sepp Blatter...
Grope-vic count at 7
A 29-year-old woman was groped early yesterday on the Upper East Side, where six other women have been similarly attacked in the last six months, police said. A pint-size creep...
Fire kills tranny in dairy den
A transvestite hooker who turned an unused Elmhurst Dairy trailer into her longtime personal crack den and brothel burned to death there yesterday, according to eyewitnesses and police. The 47-year-old...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A man who snatched his son off a Midwood street corner was arrested yesterday after he and the child were found in Elizabeth, NJ, police said. Jakob Laslo, 33,...
Lifeguard busted in 'high' drive
He may be the city's worst lifeguard -- and his parenting skills need some work, too. A pool patrolman driving to work high as a kite yesterday was busted as...
Digging into land deals
Lay off the land grabs! State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Queens) is drafting legislation that would require top-to-bottom reviews of state land sales in the wake of a no-bid deal that...
Taliban spy kills NATO man
A man wearing an Afghan army uniform fatally shot NATO service member yesterday. The Taliban claimed the assailant was one of its sleeper agents who had infiltrated the Afghan military....
I'm just Inga - the real diva is Foxy Brown
"That's not me," protests Inga Marchand, a k a Foxy Brown, when asked whether she's a diva. It's 7 p.m. and she's three hours late to a photo shoot, accompanied...
He's not injured, but union let him keep 'disability'
He beat the system -- and pinned the city taxpayer to the mat. A firefighter who retired on a $74,624 disability pension, only to compete in mixed-martial arts matches, will...
Hey, Yo swear-o Taco Bell
His exit strategy was strictly outside the bun. A fed-up Taco Bell manager who had a simmering beef with his bosses got even with an F-bomb resignation beaming from the...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn 'slept with three women' the same weekend he allegedly assaulted maid
It was a sexual trois-fecta! Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn bedded three women during the course of a few hours the same weekend he allegedly assaulted a Manhattan hotel maid,...
Booth-day boy! Mini DJ mix master is just 8
Not many 8-year-olds can get actress Paz de la Huerta, famed graffiti artist Lee Quinones and mix master DJ Cassidy at their birthday party. But pint-size club-music prodigy Fulano Librizzi...
Leiby's family keeps horrific details of death from mom
The family of murdered 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky spent the Sabbath trying to keep his grieving mom from learning the horrific details of his death, while cops scoured the alleged killer's...
One haul of a bad $$ move at court
Here's one case that should have been tabled. Judge Luis Gonzalez, whose conduct is already under probe, authorized spending nearly $1,000 in taxpayer money so a fellow judge could hire...
Pedi-pushing illegal work visas
Pedicab companies slip foreign drivers into the city by hiding the true nature of their jobs on visa applications, but federal and city officials turn a blind eye to the...
NY tops in out-of-work lawyers
A law degree may not be worth the paper it's printed on. New York state has the largest surplus of attorneys in the nation, with more than four times as...
Life on the 'Pry' Line
They live in a peep show. Residents of apartments along the newly opened stretch of the High Line say they feel like zoo animals, constantly photographed and gawked at while...
Eight survive plunge horror off the FDR
A speeding SUV with seven passengers catapulted from an elevated section of the FDR Drive early yesterday and landed on a taxi 20 feet below -- yet somehow all seven...
O: 'Hello, Dalai!'
President Obama met yesterday with the Dalai Lama, defying a last-minute call by China for the United States to pull the invite. The Tibetan spiritual leader has been in Washington...
Gropes of wrath — fed-up flier 'molests' TSA screener
She gave the TSA a taste of its own medicine. A 61-year-old woman fed up with manhandling security screeners allegedly gave a female agent at the Phoenix airport a pat-down...
Vets rip actor's 'no-pay' charity
Wounded war vets say actor-turned-philanthropist Jack Scalia left them high and dry. J.R. Martinez, a badly burned Iraq veteran who now plays an ex-soldier on "All My Children," said he...
Armed nut nabbed at airport
A crazed, knife-wielding Lower East Side man was in custody last night after he was caught running on the tarmac at Newark Airport. Xiang Xun Shao, 39, of 288 Broome...
9/11 firetruck heads home
This firetruck is finally going home -- to Ground Zero. The smashed, mangled, partially burned rig from Ladder Co. 3 -- which lost 12 firefighters on 9/11 -- is scheduled...
Thug guns down B'klyn teen
A gunman killed a 15-year-old boy near a Brooklyn school playground last night, and wounded a 13-year-old friend, authorities said. Dequan Mercurius, 15, was killed in the 7 p.m. gunfire...
Worst of the wurst
That's wheely gross. Mobile food vendors racked up a stomach-turning 2,517 violations this year -- ranging from poor personal hygiene, to serving up mystery meat, to live rodents -- but...
Hide your kids, Casey's sprung
Casey Anthony is free. The nation's most reviled woman was released from jail at 12:14 a.m. after spending nearly three years behind bars on charges related to the shocking death...
'1st Blood' hound
This puppy named Rambo lived up to his name. The 6-month-old Australian shepherd jumped out a shattered window to escape a major smashup on the New Jersey Turnpike, dodged a...
Flying Solo: I am my dad's 'keeper'
Her name's Solo -- but she won't be alone in the goal today when the US women's soccer team faces off against Japan for the World Cup. Hope Solo, the...
When cool died
The notion of cool is a distinctly American one; along with aviation, air-conditioning and cheeseburgers, cool ranks among our greatest innovations. We invented jazz, classic cars, rhythm & blues, rock...
Cantor relishes role as bad cop
The Tea Party has found its hero, and his name is Eric Cantor, representative from Virginia and the majority leader of the House. With President Obama and congressional leaders meeting...
Diamonds are forever
A Story of Diamonds, Family, and a Way of Life by Alicia Oltuski Scribner Old New York slips away a little more each day — the fish market moves from...
Grope a dopes
The reason the TSA was unable to find a stun gun that made it onto an airliner is simple: It wasn’t in the soiled diaper of a senior citizen or...
Hide these numbers!
Many Americans are suffering under the ailing economy — but not those lucky enough to be on President Obama’s executive staff. Turns out the 454 people on the White House...
Megabus responds
“Megadanger on Megabus” (July 11) is not a truthful picture of Megabus’ excellent safety record. The Department of Transportation has three grades for bus companies: satisfactory, conditional and unsatisfactory. Megabus...
Shooting the moon
Sex on the Moon The Amazing Story Behind The Most Audacious Heist in History by Ben Mezrich Doubleday Thad Roberts opened his tackle box, took out a bag and placed...
Gone to Potter
Sitting unmoved and uninterested through all eight Harry Potter movies over the last decade or so, I often had the thought: Please don’t let this all be leading up to...
Required reading
Red Summer The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America by Cameron McWhirter (Henry Holt) The Red Summer had nothing to do with Communists. It was the blood...
Stop the slush!
They’re out of control. Member items, earmarks, discretionary funds — by whatever name they’re called, they’re the hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer cash that New York lawmakers steer...
Restaurant weak?
As one of the founders of Restaurant Week 20 years ago, I was disappointed to read “Restaurant Week Totally Bites!” (July 12). The NYC & Co. Restaurant Week committee has...
Match for the ages
It's stegosaurus versus brontosaurus. The next world championship match will be a showdown between 43-year-old challenger Boris Gelfand and champion Vishy Anand of India, who turns 42 in December. In...
Bridge
Today's deal reminds me of the time I canceled a credit card. That got me a letter from the company, asking me to call for a personal consultation. "If we...
Death star!
Death has never seemed so delicious. In the Roundabout’s new musical, “Death Takes a Holiday,” the Grim Reaper takes human form — and he’s to die for. Eager to taste...
Coming of age
Cocktails are showing their age this summer, but not because they’re old hat — they’re sitting around in oak barrels for weeks on end to gain flavor. A handful of...
Puritan pops
You might think that a song with lyrics like, “If you want this good bitch/Sicker than the remix/Baby, let me blow your mind tonight” might be automatically disqualified for inclusion...
String-a-ding-ding
Two Croatian classical musical prodigies — for a decade thought to be rivals, but really best friends — finally play together for the first time. They film themselves playing a...
Going grey
Three sleek greyhounds greet me at the train station in suburban Port Washington, New York. Attached to them is Peter Romeo, who is mostly undeterred by the tangle of leashes...
Meet the mascot: Maximilian
Age: 8Breed: Standard poodle Represents: the Elizabeth Street Gallery, 209 Elizabeth St., between Spring and Prince streets On duty: Maximilian, or Max for short, is also known as Doctor Puff...
A hero grows in Brooklyn
Lots of superheroes call New York City home. Peter Parker/Spider-Man hails from Queens. Tony Stark/Iron Man has an office in Midtown. Matthew Murdock/Daredevil lives in Hell’s Kitchen. But only one...
The big app-le
What better time to look at the best New York iPhone apps than when there are actual cash prizes involved? With the announcement this week of an “MTA App Quest”...
The home stretch
Laughing Lotus yoga 7 p.m. at the 14th Street Park, 10th Avenue between 14th and 15th streets; Through Aug. 31 Cars whiz around this small park near the High Line,...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m&70yds; $22,000; clm($7,500); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Irish Majesty(L),122KCarmouche6-1-2Pessanha 6-12Ghosts and Legends(L),122O Figueroa2-4-4Kopaj 8-13Grande(L),115R Moya4-3-6Kazamias 7-24Deputyville(L),122R Bracho5-2-1Betancrt 5-15Sovereign Fund(L),115K Pellot4-4-3Fairlie...
Devils need Lemaire to coach
Odd. I tend to think the fourth-overall pick in the draft receiving a bonus package every other high selection before him has received would be less disruptive to the locker...
Belmont Charts
July 16, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 mile; $43,000; alw; 3upOff: 1:01. Good. ask 5/16,by tiring foeTime: 22.54, 45.58, 1:09.99, 1:36.78.Trainer: Richard Dutrow,...
Monmouth Park Results
FIRST- 6 fur; $14,000; cl; 3up7Brownsteins (DeCarlo) 12.606.603.404Green Creek (Ortiz)17.005.805Archrival (Trujillo)2.40 Scr: Gorgelicious. * Ex (7-4) $222.00 * $1 Sup (7-4-5-1) $859.90 * $1 Tri (7-4-5) $387.00; a-Coupled.SECOND- 6 fur;...
Parx
FIRST- 1 mile; $20,000; clm; 3up6Berengaria (Rivera) 4.002.802.107Shezagreatgal (Brmdz)8.004.205Cherry Lady (Albrdo)3.00 * Exacta (6-7) $28.40 * Trifecta (6-7-5) $81.20Winner picked by Vic C.SECOND- 6 fur; $22,000; clm; 3,4,5YO7ShmrckSxty (Crmche) 4.202.402.104De...
Monmouth Park Analysis
Post time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1m&70yds; $16,000; cl($5,0); 3up MY HONEY B stretches out after finishing fourth. SWEET TRISH broke maiden in mud. SHOT...
3,000th snit
* I just hope the generosity of Christian Lopez, who returned the 3,000th hit ball to Derek Jeter does not come back to haunt him. The decision to give the...
Hollywood Park Results
FIRST- 1 mile(T); $38,500; alw; 3up2Lilly's Perfect (Rosario) 2.802.102.104Princess Beau K (Bejarano)3.602.201Roxy (Sutherland)2.10 * $1 Ex (2-4) $4.80 * Quin (2-4) $7.40 * $1 Tri (2-4-1) $7.90Winner picked by Vic...
Mechanics an issue for tinkering Hughes
TORONTO -- A lot has been made of how much Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia can contribute to the Yankees in the final 11 weeks of the season. Watching the...
Hondo's Giant wager
Hondo got off to a hot start yesterday but cooled off quickly when the Rays provided no bennies, causing the dirty digits to grow to 1,815 mcgraws. Today, since obviously...
Yankees' Sabathia wins seventh straight start
TORONTO -- CC Sabathia is making the hardest chore in sports look easy. "Win when you are expected to win" is considered the most difficult assignment an athlete or team...
Girardi no fan of Blue Jays' sign language
TORONTO -- Even though Joe Girardi stopped short of accusing the Blue Jays of stealing signs with off-the field devices, the Blue Jays believe the Yankees manager had them in...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing8:30 a.m.MotoGp: Motorrand German Grand PrixSPEED1 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Lenox Industrial Tools 301TNTBaseball1 p.m.Yankees at Blue JaysYES, WCBS (880 AM)1 p.m.Phillies at MetsWPIX, WFAN (660 AM)1 p.m.White Sox at...
Mets' Parnell passes test -- and it wasn't even 'close'
Terry Collins tested Bobby Parnell yesterday -- and the Mets' fireballing closer candidate passed with flying colors. In the eighth inning of the Mets' 11-2 romp over the Phillies at...
Mets manager not worried about Tejada's fielding woes
Ruben Tejada doesn't carry much of a stick, but the Mets love his glove. That makes his recent defensive struggles a little confounding to manager Terry Collins. After the Mets'...
Mets play ace of own in Niese
If 50 percent of baseball al ways has been 80 percent pitching, the ratio has even in creased following the purge of the scourge of performance-enhancing drugs. That's why the...
Vic Cangialosi's Philadelphia Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm; 3,4&5YO1-LdngCnddt 3-12-Sure Got It 9-23-Nibr'sRtrn 6-14-GoGoWhitSx 5-15-RyegrassRd 12-16-I'mTappdOt 15-17-Uncensored 2-1SECOND-7 fur; $23,000; clm; 3up6-Real Roobi 2-11-StayClassy 10-12-Dn'sLstStn 4-13-TrckthPss 6-14-Amazing Anna 15-15-MissDrtmth 9-27-Nephila 12-18-I'm...
U.S. women take stage for their biggest act
Today's outsized Women's World Cup final in Frankfurt, Germany, is rife with side stories and subplots, dynasty vs. destiny. It features a powerhouse U.S. team looking to win its third...
GPS issue could be 'lost' cause for boaters
The GPS system we all rely on so much for finding are way might be in jeopardy. As a result of a proposal by a private company to use radio...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; trot; $175,000; NJSS3Upside Hanover (Sears) 6.804.802.806Chltdyhtmle(Smdshmr)24.007.6010Vanity Treasure (Tetrick)3.00* Exacta (3-6) $156.20 * Trifecta (3-6-10) $674.40Winner picked by SmithSECOND-mile; trot; $175,000; NJSS3Vic Smith (AMiller) 7.004.203.008Big Chocolate (Hochstetler)14.807.602Easy As You Go...
Sports shorts
WNBA: Liberty to honor Weatherspoon Former Liberty All-Star Teresa Weatherspoon will be remembered today when she is enshrined in the Liberty Ring of Honor at halftime of the team's home...
Bosox bash Rays
Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury and Josh Reddick homered and the Red Sox rallied from an early three-run deficit against All-Star James Shields to beat the Rays 9-5 yesterday in St....
Roll With Joe captures Meadowlands Pace
Hall of Fame driver Ron Pierce rolled to his fourth victory in the million-dollar Meadowlands Pace last night guiding Roll With Joe to a neck victory over Big Jim in...
The Post Line
Women's World Cup SoccerFinalTodayAt FrankfurtUnited States -250Japan +170Over 2½ +110Under 2½ -150
Live golf hard to find in ESPN Open coverage
There was a sign stenciled to a windowless metal door deep in Detroit’s old Briggs/Tiger Stadium. It read: “Visitors Clubhouse No Visitors” All I did, Friday morning, was what ESPN,...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 17MONJuly 18TUEJuly 19WEDJuly 20THUJuly 21FRIJuly 22SATJuly 23YankeesToronto1:07TV – YES NetworkRadio – WCBS 880 AMT.B.7:10YESWCBST.B.7:10WWORWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBSOak.7:05WWORWCBSOak.1:05YESWCBSMetsPhiladelphia1:10TV -- WPIXRadio – WFAN 660 AMFla.7:10SNYWFANSt.L.7:10SNYWFANSt.L.7:10SNYWFANSt.L.12:10SNYWFANFla.7:10SNYWFANFla.7:10WPIXWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEColo.9:30MSG+NOGAMENOGAMEDal.6:00MSGWADO
The Rumble
Point of view SNY team takes to Citi outfield Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Gary Cohen continue their broadcasting Mount Everest climb Wednesday night at Citi Field when the sterling...
'Bad' to the bone
It’s been over a year since we last left Walter White, the terminally ill chemistry teacher/multi-millionaire meth “cooker” in “Breaking Bad.” That’s over 365 days in the real world, but...
Don't miss
Brillo mouth is back GORDON Ramsay is still screaming in the kitchen. Eighteen new aspiring chefs compete for the grand prize of a head chef position at BLT Steak in...
Phoebe gets ‘Therapy’
In the years since her career-making run as Phoebe on “Friends” ended, Lisa Kudrow had been routinely approached about creating something for the Internet, but always declined. And then came...
Lessons on how to ruin the summer holidays
Perhaps the greatest indictment of television is that people who know nothing about the business beyond the on-off button could not make more neglectful moves or illogical decisions than many...
Reel good
SOURCE CODE 2011 Movies on Demand uThis intricate thriller stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a pilot whose last memory was flying a mission in Iraq but who wakes up in the...
Rise of Lafayette
Actor Nelsan Ellis, who plays Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s hit vampire series “True Blood,” remembers what he’d hear in meetings when he was a Juilliard graduate trying to land roles...
Ask Ashley: Thinking of you...and him
My girlfriend has an admirer who sends her Facebook messages — nothing sexual — but when she tells me about them, instead of getting jealous, I become excited and fantasize...
Meet market: Dapper dive bar fan sks drinking date
* The runaround Six days a week, you can find Bryan jogging around Central Park’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. * Check, please Mind your manners: Bryan says being rude to...
Top 5 ways to get a little flirty in Little Italy
According to signores and signoras on Mulberry Street “Tell them you want to wrap them in your arms like a cannoli.” — Bruce “Hand them some pasta and say, ‘A...
This week’s couple: Just foodie friends?
We hoped that sending Stephanie, 23, and Steven, 29, to the Lower East Side’s modern American brasserie Co-Op would inspire them to share more than their meals. Stephanie, a surgical...
Weird but true
Inmates in the Polk County jail may get three free meals a day -- but they better find their own underwear. Sheriff Grady Judd has stopped giving jailbirds free skivvies...
Life inside the asylum
The directions given over the phone were ominous: Come to Ciudad Juarez immediately, or else. The March 1 call came in as a private number, but Marisol Valles Garciá knew...