September 5, 2009
Moss, Hagan make the cut
In a decision that is somewhat surprising but certainly not illogical, the Giants have decided to keep seven receivers, meaning the battle for a roster spot between Sinorice Moss and...
Essex County CC Deserve Barclays Look
Robert E. Diamond, the big boss at Barclays, said Essex County Country Club hasn't been mentioned as a possible site for a future Barclays tournament. But those in charge of...
Opening night deja vu for Lehman
The feeling felt very similar to Debbie Vance. It was her Lehman football team’s season opener on Staten Island and the Lions were on the opposite end of a lopsided...
"Made in Staten Island" at Historic Richmond Town
This exhibit shows a variety of objects crafted and produced on Staten Island from the 18th-20th centuries, as well as artifacts highlighting the industrial and social development of Staten Island...
Game 136: Cubs at Mets
The Mets will be trying to extend their winning streak to three this afternoon when journeyman Nelson Figueroa takes on the Cubs at Citi Field in the second game of...
Box Office: Bullock By a Nose?
It's not official until Tuesday, but I am back from a much-needed vacation in British Columbia with a look at projections based on early Friday numbers. Based on these, progosticator...
Coverage in The Post
Fresh off three terrible starts, Bobby Parnell redeemed himself Friday night with seven shutout innings to lead the Mets to a 6-2 win over the Cubs in the opener of...
Hillcrest assistant coach Marc Ellison will be missed
On Aug. 24, the day word spread of Marc Ellison’s unfortunate death, I officially accepted this job with the New York Post. I should’ve been happy, overjoyed, and ecstatic all...
Xavier looks to prove life after Seamus
He was the face of the Xavier football team, the embodiment of what the Manhattan program is all about. The bruising back from Breezy Point scored 47 touchdowns and rushed...
Erasmus Hall tops defending champs
Before his team took the field for its first game as defending PSAL champions, Port Richmond head coach Lou Vesce grew nostalgic. That’s what happens when so many of your...
Lee carries load, but Boys falls
Wilbert Lee walked off the field with 251 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns Saturday afternoon. It might have been the only positive statistic for the Boys & Girls football team....
Utes' Paul rebounds from rough start
It wasn’t the start Jordan Paul was hoping for, at least at first. The New Utrecht junior quarterback had a rough time of it early in his first varsity start,...
All in the family as Clinton wins opener
When Patrick Lindo hit the end zone he didn’t celebrate. “I was happy, but I didn’t want to show it because I didn’t want any penalties because that was my...
New QB starts Tottenville career with bang
It didn’t take long for Jon Derbyshire to feel at home at Tottenville. On his first day at the Huguenot school after Thanksgiving break last year, the Monsignor Farrell transfer...
Inexperienced Kennedy gets off to a sluggish start
Across the last three decades, few programs have established a level of consistency quite like the John F. Kennedy football team. The Bronx powerhouse has won five PSAL city titles...
Filling in admirably for Rene, Peters leads Canarsie past Kennedy
If not for his Troy Polamalu-like hairstyle and the No. 21 on the back of his baby blue Canarsie jersey, it would have been difficult to differentiate Saquan Peters from...
'Big' news
BELLA Thorne ("Dirty Sexy Money") has landed a major recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of HBO's "Big Love," about a polygamist family in Utah. Sources say Thorne will...
Rising 'Sons'
They had me at the first gunshot. It took roughly two min utes of Tuesday's "Sons of Anarchy" season premiere for me to become immersed in the world of this...
'SNL' drops Watkins, Wilson
Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson are out at "Saturday Night Live." The move to drop both supporting players comes just days after former Upright Citizen Brigade troupers Jenny Slate and...
Pols, Prostitutes & Moms Who Raise 'Em
*** I had to laugh at " 'Only in America' " (Sept. 2), which states that Ashley Dupre's mom is shocked that Eliot Spitzer is eyeing a comeback. Why wasn't...
A win for common sense
Debbie Almontaser, the former princi pal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy, an Arabic-language and -culture school in Brooklyn, saw her suit against the city dismissed Tuesday. It was a...
Facing down flu phobia
Kudos to Mayor Mike for his out-in- front efforts to combat what could be this autumn's most dangerous epidemic: fear of swine flu. In the face of hyped-up predictions of...
Dave's latest staff scandal
Is Gov. Paterson capable of hiring any aides who aren't tarnished by ethical doubts or unanswered questions? Paterson's first chief of staff, Charles O'Byrne, had to quit after it was...
Overhaul bid for NY state gov't
ALBANY -- A proposal to call a "people's constitutional convention" to overhaul New York state government, possibly including term limits and tax caps, is gaining a critical majority party co-sponsor....
Bitter lady's bomb threat
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Officials have accused a 51-year-old woman of phoning a bomb threat to an elementary school that wouldn't let her visit her grandchildren. The state jail's Web...
Madge's blessed Sabbath
JERUSALEM -- Madonna yesterday welcomed the Sabbath with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sarah, by observing Jewish tradition -- lighting candles and reciting a blessing together. A...
Cancer shot gets a boost
WASHINGTON -- A GlaxoSmithKline vaccine prevents the leading cause of cervical cancer in women, federal regulators said yesterday, bringing the company one step closer to competing with Merck's blockbuster Gardasil,...
DWI for putt-ering
A woman was charged with DWI after she and her husband were pulled over for tooling down a Dutchess County highway late at night -- in a golf cart. Maureen...
Man crushed by falling SUV
A man was crushed to death in Brooklyn yesterday when the car he was repairing fell on him, sources and witnesses said. The 47-year-old victim, who was not immediately identified,...
Fellow Dem: Espada 'a thug'
ALBANY -- A Democratic assemblyman yesterday called state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. "a thug" for mounting this summer's party coup and called upon the controversial Bronx pol to...
Open guest book
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday that his administration would start releasing the names of people who visit the White House, reversing a longstanding policy transcending both Democratic and Republican...
Obama's class warfare
WASHINGTON -- The White House yesterday dismissed the furor over President Obama's plan to deliver a televised back-to-school speech to the nation's students. "I think we've reached a little bit...
US jobless rate hits a grim 9.7%
Unemployment last month soared to its highest rate since June 1983 -- a surprise jump reigniting the debate over the Obama administration's huge stimulus package that has failed to revive...
9/11 nut still has White House job
WASHINGTON -- The White House is taking a mostly tight-lipped stance on an environmental adviser who has been linked to efforts suggesting a governmental role in 9/11. When asked yesterday...
Cop plea in failed wife 'hit'
A veteran NYPD cop pleaded not guilty yesterday to hiring a Long Island man in an unsuccessful attempt to knock off the cop's estranged wife. Anthony Battisti, 42, of Franklin...
Embassy fires bawdy guards
KABUL -- Eight security guards at the US Embassy in Afghanistan were fired and two resigned after they were photographed engaging in lewd acts at their living quarters. The Kabul...
Queens bust in biz arson
A former deli owner was busted for setting fire to a strip of businesses in Long Island City after he fell behind on his bills, authorities said. Salvatore LaBarca, 36,...
'Radio'active eco-militants in tower takedown
SEATTLE -- Two radio-station towers north of Seattle were knocked down early yesterday, and a radical environmental group claimed responsibility. A banner left nearby bore the initials of the radical...
Saving lives & money
When was the last time you heard of a defense program coming in 50 percent under budget and exceeding performance requirements? In this age of government pork on steroids, patriots...
Airstrike kills 70
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan -- A US jet dropped bombs on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban before dawn yesterday, triggering a blast that Afghan officials said killed more than 70...
Bidders to roll them 'bones'
LAS VEGAS -- Museums and high-rolling natural-history buffs will get a crack at buying a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex next month at a Las Vegas auction. Experts say the 170 bones...
Weiner rips into ObamaCare
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Anthony Weiner, normally a supporter of President Obama, yesterday criticized his failure to display "presidential leadership" on health care. "We've been in a scrap through the month...
Crisis at the Crillon
PARIS -- It is the grandest hotel in France, with suites costing up to $11,760 a night and a register signed by King George V, Sir Winston Churchill and Charlie...
Citadel can file non-compete suit
Citadel Investment Group defeated a bid by former executives to dismiss a claim that contracts they signed while working for the $12 billion hedge-fund firm bar them from building their...
TiVo gets $200M in Dish case
Dish Network Corp. and EchoStar Corp. were told to pay a total of about $200 million to TiVo Inc. for contempt of an order that it stop providing its DVR...
Buffett lowers stake in Moody's 2%
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cut its stake in Moody's Corp. by 2 percent, the second reduction in two months, amid profit declines at the ratings firm and criticism of its...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Cops yesterday released a one-minute clip of a mugging captured on surveillance camera showing a brutal beat-down between a thug and his prey in Harlem. Cops said the vicious...
Training the door 'boors'
The subway conductors keep telling you, over and over. But you still don't listen, do you? "Ladies and gentleman, please do not hold the train doors open," they say. But...
Amazon CEO eats $30 crow over Kindle caper
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos is betting $30 or a free e-book can help him shed his image as Big Brother. Apparently still smarting from a rash of negative publicity after...
Gates rages at grisly hero pic
Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday slammed The Associated Press' "appalling" decision to publish a photo of a Marine mortally wounded on an Afghanistan battlefield. Gates wrote the four-paragraph message to...
GOP's Boehner: Step down, Rangel
WASHINGTON -- The top House Republican yesterday called on Rep. Charles Rangel to step down as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee until an ethics investigation is complete. "Show...
Faith-based forgery bust
A Brooklyn priest has a new appreciation for interfaith dialogue -- after a neighborhood patrol of religious Jews helped collar the check-forger targeting his church. Quick-acting members of the Shomrim...
Fishy foes biting at aquarium
There's blood in the water now. The Brooklyn mom pummeled by a Queens granny after their kids bumped into each other at the New York Aquarium says she had to...
'A' rough time for Rockaway
Five Rockaway subway stations on the A line will be partially closed for months for rehabilitation work, the MTA announced yesterday. The southbound Queens platforms at Beach 67th, Beach 44th...
'Sober' star rites for DJ
Hello, my name is Lindsay, and I am a mourner. Lindsay Lohan and a throng of other Hollywood stars came together Thursday night for a unique memorial to the late...
Christie's road follies
TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie was not issued a ticket after a 2002 accident that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital. Republican Christie, the state's top...
Court tackles O.J. for a loss
LAS VEGAS -- The Nevada Supreme Court yesterday denied O.J. Simpson's request to be let out of prison pending the appeal of his conviction in a gunpoint heist in a...
KB Toys 'R' now theirs
Toys 'R' Us bought the KB Toys brand -- the latest in a string of smaller acquisitions as Toys 'R' Us struggles to catch up with No. 1 toy seller...
Hizzoner picks food fight with Portland
In the battle of the nation's great food cities, there's New York in one corner, and in the other, that world-famous cuisine capital of . . . Portland, Ore.? At...
$27M teacher bonuses are exam reward
Double down! Bonus pay for city teachers in elementary and middle schools topped a staggering $27 million this past school year -- nearly double last year's payout. The bonanza was...
'Bush league' slap
BOISE, Idaho -- A federal appeals court yesterday delivered a stinging rebuke to the Bush administration's post-9/11 policies -- ruling that then-Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held liable for...
Tat's too bad for Rihanna
An East Village tattoo parlor where singer Rihanna illegally inked the employees now has an indelible stain on its record. Inspectors, tipped off that the pretty "Umbrella" crooner had left...
Phony doc's hubby gets to share court pain
A man who helped his bogus-doctor wife run a Midtown surgery mill eluded prosecution for 10 years -- while working in a Toronto medical office. Arthur Kissel, 56, was extradited...
Son-of-a-gun parents busted
A Queens couple was busted after taking pictures of their 11-month-old and 5-year-old boys -- with handguns, police said. Mom Angela Haynes, 24, told cops "that she thought it would...
Trouble in paradise
What was once a tax haven for the rich and powerful may soon turn into a tax hell. The Cayman Islands, the British-controlled Caribbean paradise that is home to hordes...
Monster eyed in kid slays
With a criminal this twisted, anything's possible. Cops are poring over the files of numerous unsolved murders and abductions in northern Nevada to see if the man who snatched Jaycee...
'Seas' the day!
So this is what summer's supposed to look like! After a few washout months, the sun will finally shine all weekend -- as city officials prepare to bring what should...
Oh, Henry! Sailor's anniversary a Dutch treat
Break out your wooden shoes, and take a stroll through lower Manhattan -- where a new New Amsterdam Village yesterday began showcasing traditional Dutch products and crafts in Bowling Green...
Smallest dog dies
Scooter, we hardly knew ya. A 14-ounce Maltese puppy who may have been the smallest dog in the world died this week after a tragic accident. The 6-month-old New Zealand...
'Drunk' sister may face more charges
Gin and bear it, sister. The Long Island nun charged with DWI after downing half a bottle of liquor may face additional charges based on witness accounts that she nearly...
SIPC says Stanford victims are outta luck
Investor outrage is rising over how Wall Street's presumed safety net is leaving most victims of major Ponzi schemes out in the cold. The Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SIPC) -...
Annie stole my pics: fotog
Annie Leibovitz isn't just a deadbeat -- she's a thief, an Italian photographer says. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, Paolo Pizzetti says the embattled shutterbug to the stars...
Green running $hort on green
Mark Green -- the front-runner in the four-way race for public advocate -- is running on close to empty, according to financial filings released yesterday. The Campaign Finance Board reported...
Business briefs
Marts gain The S&P 500 added 1.3 percent to 1,016.4, its best advance on the session before Labor Day since 1999. The Dow Jones industrial average increased 96.66 points, or...
Shack eyeing griddle east
Call it the Sheik Shack. The wildly popular Big Apple hamburger stand Shake Shack is heading to the Middle East -- with plans to open up as many as seven...
Crash pilot dies
A pilot who was injured but walked from the crash of a medical-specimen plane at Teterboro Airport last month reportedly died from his injuries yesterday. George Maddox, 54, of Sinking...
Scooter rider injured in EMS crash
A man was critically injured last night in Brooklyn after an Emergency Medical Service chief racing to a call of a stabbing crashed into his moped, FDNY sources said yesterday....
LB hits 'Ghol' with 1st sack
For Vernon Gholston, it didn't matter that Thursday night's game was preseason. He needed to experience the feeling. Gholston recorded his first NFL sack, taking the Eagles' Kevin Kolb down...
Eli emotional as Tyree cut looms
David Tyree last week sounded resigned to his fate, that there is simply no place for him on the Giants this season. Eli Manning yesterday sounded the same way, and...
Pain terminated, Santana vows he'll be ready for start of spring training
Johan Santana was back at Citi Field last night, saying his rehab from Tuesday's surgery to remove bone chips from his left elbow would take between four and six weeks....
Mets' small-ball theory has a few big problems
The Mets are not moving the fences in at Citi Field or lowering them for 2010, they say, because they want to capitalize on their philosophy of speed, defense and...
Hondo going four it
Hondo, with an assist from Beating The Bushes col umnist Tim Bontemps, had some good times last night with the Reds, who upended the Braves to slice the debt to...
Parnell impressive in win over Cubs
In the past 13 months, Bobby Parnell has made 15 starts between Double-A, Triple-A and the majors. His best one came last night. Parnell was magnificent in the Mets' 6-2...
Sports shorts
MLB: White Sox throttle Boston In Chicago, the White Sox collected 20 hits in a 12-2 rout of the Red Sox, whose wild-card lead over the victorious Rangers shrank to...
Toronto ends Yanks win streak
TORONTO -- Joe Girardi and Joba Chamberlain saw a step forward last night in the pitcher's second straight short start, but progress, like beauty, is in the eye of the...
Sore Jeter takes scheduled break
TORONTO -- Before Derek Jeter jammed the pinky on his throwing (right) hand diving for a ball Thursday night, manager Joe Girardi already had decided to give his shortstop and...
Serena settles score with Spaniard, advances
The yellow T-shirt Serena Williams wore in the post-match interview room yesterday perhaps will prove prophetic in due time. Williams, who has won three of the last four Grand Slams,...
Hard work pays off for Fordham prep soccer
If there is a recipe for successful high-school soccer, Fordham Prep had all the ingredients. "You need muscle, speed and heart," senior forward Nick Paganelli said. "We've always prided ourselves...
Wheeler makes name at Poly Prep
Devante Wheeler's name changes depending on who you talk to. The Poly Prep senior quarterback is called by his middle name, Nigel, by his teammates, coaches and friends. It was...
Knicks lose Sessions
The Knicks lost out on Bucks point guard Ramon Sessions yesterday, re-igniting Donnie Walsh's interest in the Timberwolves' Ricky Rubio and increasing Walsh's urgency to sign restricted free agents David...
Tennis Channel gets under Dolan's skin
Tennis Channel officials have yet to attack James Dolan's handling of the moribund Knicks. But anything is possible. Tennis Channel has been on the warpath the past three weeks, with...
Ryan's Jets set to soar
As of about 10 p.m. Thursday, the 2009 preseason became a memory for the Jets, a pretty good memory at that. After all, no one got hurt in any of...
QBs fail to take Giant step
It is not as if the Giants went into this summer watching Andre Woodson and Rhett Bomar battle for a job knowing full well that only two quarterbacks were going...
Venus, Clijsters clash set
Like a heavyweight title fight on an undercard, like the last two Super Bowl champs facing off in the wild-card round, former U.S. Open champions Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters...
Eli Manning aids alma mater
Eli Manning, whose father Archie (No. 18) is responsible for the campus speed limit of 18 mph, worked out with a lot of the Rebels this offseason and told the...
Nadal grinds out four-set victory
No. 3 Rafael Nadal pulled out a 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 U.S. Open second-round win over Nicolas Kiefer that was far more hard work than work of art. Seeded outside...
Weird but true
The Republican candidate for district attorney in Philadelphia will wear an electronic monitoring bracelet on his ankle for 30 days. And he isn't even accused of anything. Michael Untermeyer says...
Paulus making debut as Syracuse QB
SYRACUSE -- The Blue Devil wears orange now. The trick for the Minnesota Golden Gophers is not to let Greg Paulus and his Syracuse teammates send them home with red...
SJU women's soccer making strides
Here’s a free slogan for the marketing department over at St. John’s University: St. John’s soccer, it’s not just for men anymore. Fresh off back-to-back wins on the West Coast,...
Reversals of fortune
Just a reminder - I'm on Twitter. As Charlie Steiner said in the old SportsCenter commercial - "Follow me! Follow me to freedom!"A few things before today's list:It's worth pointing...
Players getting college treatment at Poly
Dino Mangiero popped into the hallway and looked around hoping to find a few more Poly Prep football players heading his way. The team was a few minutes away from...
A friendship born on the soccer field
Franco Purificato remembers the first time he met Roger Sarmuksnis. “He was the big kid everyone was afraid of when I was five,” the St. Francis Prep boys soccer coach...
Post Coverage Round up
The Mets haven't had too many feel-good stories this season, but they enjoyed them in spades Thursday in Denver during an 8-3 rout of the Rockies at Coors Field. No...