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It's been a rocky season for Rhodes
This is the kind of season it's been for Kerry Rhodes: Yesterday in the locker room he went to hurdle a laundry cart, clipped his foot on the edge and fell to the floor.
The Jets safety got up uninjured and laughing, but it's been that type of year ...
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Kerry Rhodes
New York Jets
Trendsetters: week 11
ATLANTA (+61⁄2) AT GIANTS
Big Blue has dropped four in a row to winning teams.
JETS (+101⁄2) AT NEW ENGLAND
Patriots are 20-5-1 in their last 26 following a loss.
CLEVELAND (+31⁄2) AT DETROIT
Browns are 2-10-1 in the last 13 following a loss.
BUFFALO...
Vegas expects some angry Pats
The hotline to Las Vegas takes you inside Week 11 of the NFL season, telling bettors what direction the lines are moving, and by how much.
JETS-PATRIOTS
Patriots –101⁄2: Tom Brady looks like Tom Brady again, and many expect the Patriots to be in an ...
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Tom Brady
New England Patriots
Nets' Harris back for battle of the bads
A most-learned poet once lamented, “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these:
. . . I’m a Nets fan.”
Or was it “. . . I’m a Knicks fan” instead?
Actually, it was “it might have been.” And when the Nets, at a gruesome 0-12, face the al...
Pirates rely on senior PG
Brett Favre and his iron-man streak of consecutive starts clearly was not in jeopardy, but 93 straight in a Seton Hall uniform was a fairly impressive run for Eugene Harvey.
Very much the face of the program since he arrived in 2006, along with coach...
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NFL
Brett Favre
BCS buster
The best argument for a college football playoff is continued BCS failure. Here’s how to root for chaos this week:
If we narrow the focus to Florida, Alabama and Texas, let’s hope the Longhorns struggle today vs. Kansas, have a dogfight with Texas A&...
Heisman watch
Each Saturday, Heisman Trophy voters Tim Sullivan and Lenn Robbins will break down three candidates, who may or may not have impressed the week before:
MARK INGRAM, RB, ALABAMA
TIM SULLIVAN: If votes were needed today, Ingram would be my choice.He i...
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Wolverines can’t rival loaded Buckeyes
OHIO STATE at MICHIGAN
Noon, ABC
LINE: Ohio State –111⁄2 • O/U: 471⁄2
EYES ON: Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor; Michigan DE Brandon Graham
ANGLE: The college football landscape can help gain a better understanding of how folks in the Midwest operate: ...
RU-Orange
Syracuse’s helmets have had an “NY” logo on the back since 2007, an effort to connect more with the program’s home state, and more importantly, area recruits. The movement started with Greg Robinson, but has picked up in earnest under first-year coac...
Move to Bengals helps, but productive L.J. still a fantasy
From the Things You Thought You Would Never Hear Department: Landing with the Bengals really will help this guy out.
In this case, “this guy” is running back Larry Johnson. The backup, turned pariah, turned All-Pro, turned pariah, turned washed-up ha...
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Cincinnati Bengals
Larry Johnson
What a bunch of turkeys!
Less than a week from Turkey Day, Knicks management has turned into chickens.
Team president Donnie Walsh chickened out of doing the bold, brash thing for the franchise and dialed in the wrong Answer to a loyal fan base that somehow still packs t...
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Turkey
Donnie Walsh
New York Knicks
Walsh, D'Antoni view Curry as 'Answer'
Now Knicks fans can blame Eddy Curry for something else. It seems the Knicks center, not Allen Iverson, is "The Answer."
Knicks president Donnie Walsh announced yesterday the team had decided not to sign Iverson, the controversial 34-year-old guar...
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Allen Iverson
New York Knicks
Eddy Curry
Donnie Walsh
Jets: We need this game as much as Pats
This has not been the most pleasant week for the Patriots.
The fourth-and-2 in Indianapolis has been replayed on TV more than "I Love Lucy," Bill Belichick has faced more bullets than Jack Bauer, and their AFC East lead is just one game over Miami...
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Indianapolis Colts
Bill Belichick
New York Jets
New England Patriots
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.
1.
6 fur; $22,000; clm($25,000); 3up
FRENCHONIONSOUP closed to finish second by a nose at this distance and level in first start since breaking maiden. TURAATH came off the pace to win as the favorite while going longer and was cl...
Isles blow lead
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A fluky goal with 67 seconds sent the Islanders to a 3-2 loss at the Wild last night, but coach Scott Gordon figures his team lost it long before Owen Nolan's scrambling goal.
"I thought that we had some great chances that we ju...
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New York Islanders
Owen Nolan
Post Experts Pick the Winners
Today's selections from Aqueduct.
DaSilva
50/160 ( $313.20)
Fountaine
43/160 ( $221.10)
Affrunti
41/159 ( $263.60)
1
FrenchonionsoupTuraathCires
PewterFrenchonionsoupKhan Of Khans
PewterTuraathFrenchonionsoup
2
Royal AlibiHeckBella Uno
Oatkades...
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Through the binocs
One of racing's most successful partnerships broke up yesterday when Hall-of-Fame jockey Edgar Prado left agent Bob Frieze after 10 years and hired Jimmy Riccio Jr., who formerly booked mounts for Channing Hill.
During his time with Frieze, Prado ...
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Hall of Fame
Sports shorts
NFL: Saints' Bush questionable
Saints running back Reggie Bush has been held out of practice for the third straight day and is listed as questionable for tomorrow's game in Tampa Bay.
COLLEGES: Boise St. rolls to 11-0
Doug Martin ran for 121 yar...
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New Orleans Saints
Reggie Bush
Tampa Bay Rays
Boise State Broncos
Doug Martin
Strahan gives his former team pep talk
Any team with a 5-4 record at this point of the season can't look too far ahead.
That's particularly true for the Giants, who reached that point thanks to their four-game losing streak.
Not surprisingly, the Giants are loathe to look at anyth...
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Big Blue has one good win in last 14
The statute of limitations on the 2009 Giants feeling good about themselves expired after about six hours.
After Tom Coughlin, following practice, had pronounced his team the healthiest it has been all season, he found out early last evening that...
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Tom Coughlin
Injured Pierce out indefinitely
The Giants were thrilled this week that they were healthier than at any time this season, with all 53 players able to practice. That joy and excitement was temporary, as a hastily scheduled MRI exam yesterday revealed a bulging disc in the neck of mi...
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NBA
Paul Pierce
Ross says hamstring feels good
Aaron Ross took another step toward making his season debut tomorrow by working out at safety -- yup, safety -- yesterday.
But head coach Tom Coughlin insisted afterward not too much should be made of the switch.
"There's only so many guys, so th...
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Aaron Ross
Tom Coughlin
The Post Line
NFL
Tomorrow
Favorite
Opening
Current
(O/U)
Underdog
GIANTS
5½
6½
(46)
Falcons
PATRIOTS
10½
10½
(45)
Jets
LIONS
4½
3½
(38)
Browns
JAGUARS
8
9
(42½)
Bills
Steelers
9½
10
(40)
CHIEFS
Colts
+1
1
(44½)
RAVEN...
Leonhard hopes it's thumbs up for Sunday
Jim Leonhard was out of a sling and back on the practice field yesterday.
The Jets safety went through limited drills wearing a light cast on his broken right thumb and is listed as questionable for tomorrow's game.
Leonhard made it clear he wan...
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Jim Leonhard
New York Jets
'Cuse control
Why not just add another round to the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer -- say tonight -- and let Syracuse play the Knicks?
That would be the logical next step for coach Jim Boeheim's bunch after what occurred over the last two days....
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NCAA Basketball
Syracuse Orange
Jim Boeheim
Another scare for Johnnies
For the second straight game, St. John's needed late free throws by Malik Boothe and a last-second stand to survive sieve-like second-half defense. This time it was Brown, out of the Ivy League, with the Red Storm blowing a double-digit lead before h...
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Rangers looking to bust out
It's remarkable that Marian Gaborik hasn't suffered a back injury this season. The Rangers' prized free agent signing has carried the scoring load in the first quarter of the season and is tied for the league lead with 15 goals.
Though the winger k...
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Marian Gaborik
Devils to honor slain detective
Some games matter far more than others.
The Devils' Alumni will play one that really counts at Newark's Prudential Center on Dec. 13, when they face the Jersey City Police Department team in a foundation benefit for the family of slain detective Ma...
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New Jersey Devils
Mets can't ditch Castillo
The Mets opened free agency quietly yesterday, stirring only long enough to scotch reports of a potential three-way trade involving Luis Castillo.
The proposed deal, originally reported by the Chicago Tribune, also involved the Cubs and Rangers an...
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Luis Castillo
Chicago Cubs
New York Mets
Yankees can play waiting game for Halladay
Talent, first. An ocean of coin to follow.
That's the price tag hanging around Roy Halladay's neck as the small collection of teams that can afford him hatch their plans to acquire arguably the best pitcher in baseball from the Blue Jays.
Wit...
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Roy Halladay
Toronto Blue Jays
New York Yankees
Hall stops Cornell
Jeremy Hazell scored 33 points to lead Seton Hall to an 89-79 win over Cornell last night in Ithaca.
Jordan Theodore added 20 points for the Pirates (3-0), while Herb Pope chipped in with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Cornell, which opened the sea...
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NCAA Basketball
Jeremy Hazell
Aloizos leads talented trio looking to help Stanners bounce back
Kyra Aloizos understands the responsibility that is now hers.
For the last two seasons the Binghamton-bound forward has had help in the paint and on the boards, other players who were the focal points. Two years ago it was Kerri White, now at Manhatt...
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Fourth time's the charm for Cougars
Angela Robb gave her FDR volleyball team very simple instructions in the third and final set of a back-and-forth battle with rival and top-seed Leon Goldstein.
Don’t take too many chances and don’t be the team to make mistakes. She didn't want her t...
Adams survives pesky Scholars to reach first final
Joe McMahon did everything he could in the second set to keep John Adams loose and focused. He even broke out a bit of a crazy leg dance with his team trailing Scholars Academy by six points about midway through and stopped playing when it looked lik...
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Comeback Cardozo returns to city title match
For the second straight match Cardozo came back and for the second straight match it was an unheralded player with a huge service ace that helped seal the victory.
“I kept thinking ace, ace, ace,” junior Melissa Esmeral said.
Esmeral floated a pretty...
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Falcons fall short of goal, happy with big picture
Win or lose, Marco Altieri knew at least one thing would be accomplished Friday night. His Susan Wagner girls volleyball team was in its second straight PSAL Class A semifinals after having never been there before. And no longer would the Falcons be ...
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City powers Fort Hamilton and Curtis set for pivotal showdown
The New York Post’s PSAL football beat writer, Zach Braziller, takes an in-depth look at Saturday’s City Championship semifinal between No. 1 Fort Hamilton and No. 5 Curtis.
No. 1 Fort Hamilton Tigers
Head coach: Vinny Laino
Record: 11-0
Offensive ...
St. Francis Prep has modest goals
When Tim Leary speaks about goals for his team, the longtime St. Francis Prep basketball coach keeps them simple. It’s mostly about hard work and effort, although there is one result-specific achievement.
“We’ll win a few league games, which we didn...
Bulging disc sidelines Pierce 'indefinitely'
The Giants were thrilled this week that they were healthier than at any time this season, with all 53 players able to practice. That joy and excitement was temporary, as a quickly-scheduled MRI exam today revealed a bulging disc in the neck of middle...
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Paul Pierce
Dutchmen bringing Brooklyn together
The New York Post’s PSAL football beat writer, Marc Raimondi, takes an in-depth look at Saturday’s City Championship semifinal between No. 2 Erasmus Hall and No. 3 Tottenville.
No. 2 Erasmus Hall Dutchmen
Head coach: Danny Landberg
Record: 10-1
How...
Knicks change mind, decide not to sign Allen Iverson
The Knicks are no longer pursuing Allen Iverson, with team president Donnie Walsh saying the club has "rethought" its position on signing him, ending a week full of flip-flops.
Coach Mike D'Antoni and Walsh reached the decision Thursday night withou...
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Allen Iverson
Donnie Walsh
Mike D'Antoni
New York Knicks
No replay for France-Ireland World Cup qualifier
LONDON -- FIFA rejected Ireland's request to replay its World Cup qualifier against France on today, while Thierry Henry said a rematch would be "the fairest solution" to resolve the furor over his extra-time hand ball that set up the deciding goal.
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France
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Thierry Henry
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSRICOPANTHERS 3 (42½) Dolphins (Panthers 24-17)Panthers (L)Panthers (L)★ Dolphins (W)Panthers (L)Panthers (L)Dolphins (W)GIANTS 6½ (46) Falcons (Sunday, ...
Allen Iverson throughout the years
1993: During junior year of high school is convicted on three counts of mob violence after a brawl at a bowling alley and serves four months in jail before Virginia governor grants him clemency.
June 1996: No. 1 pick of NBA Draft (left) by the 76ers ...
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Allen Iverson
New York Knicks
Iverson's a walking contradiction
For A New Yorker who three years in a row purchased season tickets a section removed from the 76ers’ bench just to be assured of the opportunity to be entertained by Allen Iverson whenever in Philadelphia, it’s distressing to see his career tumbling ...
Walsh, D’Antoni to meet with Iverson before finishing deal
Allen Iverson became a free man again last night, clearing waivers and clearing the way for him to join the Knicks in time for next week’s West Coast trip vs. the Lakers, Kings and Nuggets.
Knicks president Donnie Walsh and Mike D’Antoni were plannin...
Do the dirty bird
The Giants and Falcons both are 5-4, with an almost identical average result (Falcons 24.6-21.6; Giants 25.8-22.7). Both teams need the game desperately, Atlanta having lost three of four, the Giants four in a row.
There are two factors that would su...
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U/O Rico
Rico went 9-6 (1-2 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders last week, bringing the season record to 64-78-2 (10-19-1). The selections for Week 11:
OVER: Panthers / Dolphins; Giants / Falcons; Patriots / Jets; Packers / Niners; Vikings / Seahawks; Cowboys / Red...
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San Francisco 49ers
Ms. Charleen
LAST NIGHT: Panthers (L)
SUNDAY: Giants, Patriots, Lions, Bills, Chiefs, Colts, Packers, Seahawks, Redskins, Saints, Rams, Bengals, Chargers, Eagles
MONDAY: Texans
BEST BETS: Patriots,
Saints, Texans
...
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Houston Texans
Tim Sullivan
LAST NIGHT: Panthers (L)
SUNDAY: Giants, Patriots, Lions, Bills, Steelers, Ravens, 49ers, Vikings, Cowboys, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Bengals, Chargers, Eagles
MONDAY: Texans
BEST BETS: Ravens,
Vikings, Chargers
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