St. John’s falls to Penn State in overtime

There are only so many mid-majors that St. John's can schedule. After four straight home games resulted in four unimpressive wins against lesser competition, St. John's stumbled for the second time this season when presented with a challenge from a...

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Jagr helps Devils snap three-game skid

RALEIGH, N.C. — Jaromir Jagr had a goal and two assists, and the Devils scored four goals in the third period of a 5-2 victory over the Hurricanes on Friday night. Jagr's goal with 3:29 left was the 692nd of his career, tying him with Steve Yzerman...

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BC Partners wins Pearson’s unit bid

Buyout shop BC Partners emerged as the winning bidder for Pearson's Mergermarket group after agreeing to pay $624 million. BC Partners outbid not only PE rival Warburg Pincus, which was working with Mergermarket founder Caspar Hobbs, but also Condé...

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Black Friday shines on Apple shares

Shares of Apple surpassed $550 for the first time since early January as the company made a big Black Friday push, offering gift cards for the purchase of select accessories and certain configurations of iPads, i-Pods and Macs at its stores. Also helping...

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Giants’ Hakeem Nicks still has hope

Hakeem Nicks is putting together one of the worst contract runs in recent NFL history, but the Giants wide receiver hasn't lost hope yet. In fact, despite failing to catch a single touchdown pass in 10 games, Nicks said he isn't even frustrated. "Nah,...

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Giants want Coughlin to lead them in 2014

With the Giants playoff chances essentially sitting two outs in the bottom of the ninth from extinction — and with their head coach, Tom Coughlin, set to turn 68 before next season begins — we are rapidly approaching that time of year when questions...

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Red alert: Tough sked upcoming for St. John’s

The junior varsity portion of St. John's schedule is over for now. Beginning Friday night with the Barclays Center Classic, the Red Storm will face major conference opposition in three of their next four games, and the other foe — much-improved Fordham...

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Cup-spiracy will cost Kidd $50K

Not only did "Cupgate" fail to get the Nets a win, it's also going to cost Jason Kidd some cash. The NBA announced Thursday night it had fined Kidd $50,000 for intentionally spilling his cup of soda late in Wednesday's 99-94 loss to the Lakers in Brooklyn....

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Back in Denver, Melo feels strain of Knicks strife

DENVER — When Carmelo Anthony made his first return to Denver as a Knick, on March 13, his knee was swollen and full of fluid. He didn't last the game and flew home to have the knee drained. Anthony makes his second return to Pepsi Center Friday night...

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Shump changes: Coach having effect on Iman’s confidence

DENVER — The night Knicks coach Mike Woodson may have lost Iman Shumpert could have come on Nov. 20 in the heartbreaking overtime loss to the powerhouse Pacers. Shumpert hasn't been the same since that night, when Woodson criticized the guard for his...

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A day full of hot air: My wild adventures in the Macy’s Parade

The other day someone who apparently likes President Obama called me a clown because I was investigating the Census Bureau's falsification of unemployment data. So today I decided to prove to you that I really was a clown — for one day, although not...

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Struggling Islanders lose another one in November

It's going to be a sour Thanksgiving for the Islanders, and that's something they're entirely used to. Continuing their seasonal second-month swoon, the Islanders dropped their fourth game in a row on Wednesday night at the Coliseum, a 3-2 loss to the...

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Arizona storms back from first-half deficit in NIT semis

After 53 years, the NCAA Tournament will makes its long-awaited return to Madison Square Garden in March. But, the Madness couldn't wait. No. 4 Arizona escaped the first semifinal of the NIT Season Tip-Off on Wednesday night with a 66-62 win over Drexel,...

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Devils rally falls short in loss to Hurricanes

The successful West Coast road trip is now just a distant memory for these Devils. Patrick Dwyer scored short-handed to cap a three-goal burst in the second period, and the Hurricanes snapped their six-game road losing streak with a 4-3 victory over...

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Furious Nets rally falls short against Lakers

It appeared, for a brief moment, as if the Nets might be able to pull off a miraculous comeback victory Wednesday night, the kind that could potentially spark them into the kind of season they were expected to have. Instead, as they have several times...

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Severe, Fordham stun Manhattan

When Jon Severe surprisingly signed with Fordham, it was clear the reigning New York State Mr. Basketball would have a major impact on the program. And it didn't taken long. The freshman guard poured in a season-high 30 points — 22 of them in th first...

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Just say ‘neigh’ to ‘Rodeo Girls’

Looks like Darcy LaPier, famous for marrying extremely wealthy men, has bought herself a new toy: a reality TV series. I can't think of any other explanation for "Rodeo Girls," which plays like a boring vanity project disguised as a six-part A&E...

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Nets hold off Raptors to snap losing streak

TORONTO — Apparently all it took for the Nets to figure things out was to leave the country. After spending the past five games — and virtually their entire season — struggling to control the paint, win the transition battle and play well in third quarters,...

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Venezuela headed for chaos

Venezuela is in a death spiral that could produce a crisis for the United States. Economic collapse, incompetent leadership and Cuban meddling may provoke a showdown among well-armed chavista rivals, with civilians caught in the crossfire. US diplomats,...

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Sale of sports data service could fetch $200M

The dominant sports industry statistics provider is looking to make its own big score. Stats, known for providing almost instantaneous game and player information to fantasy football applications and TV sports commentators, is on the sale block, The...

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In a rough fall for N.Y. sports, Fordham offers hope

You see a lot of maroon walking around the boroughs these days, a lot of baseball caps with a solid "F" on the front, a lot of sweatshirts and windbreakers with the head of a ram on it. Says the Fordham alma mater: And in the years that are to be /...

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Obama heckled by his own supporters

WASHINGTON — These days, President Obama even gets heckled by his supporters. A young man standing onstage with Obama at an event Monday in San Francisco disrupted the president's speech by shouting pro-immigration slogans. "There are thousands of...

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Devils downed by Jets, 3-1

How much reasonably could have been expected out of the Devils was the question. And the answer turned out to be New Jersey's team was still California Dreamin'. On a lazy Monday night in Newark, the Devils returned home to Prudential Center after a...

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Mets came up short on Peralta

The Mets quickly considered themselves priced out of the Jhonny Peralta sweepstakes, and now that he's a Cardinal, the shortstop market is even more sparse — and potentially expensive. St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak admitted as much in a press...

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‘Ray Donovan’ producer says he ran illegal sports book

An executive producer for the Showtime hit "Ray Donovan" copped a plea to running a Los Angeles sports book as a Manhattan federal judge on Monday sentenced him to two years probation. The slap-on-the-wrist sentence by Judge Jesse Furman — which includes...

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Giants blitz: Big Blue backfield big, but Romo’s the big winner

HERO: Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo completed 23-of-38 for 250 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Romo, who gets a lot of criticism for making big mistakes late in games, led the Cowboys on a 14-play, 64-yard drive after the Giants tied it...

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Swiss vote against cap on executive salaries

No doubt, equality maven Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is wondering how the Swiss missed. In a resounding victory for corporate control of executive pay, Swiss voters rejected on Sunday a proposal to limit executives' pay to 12 times that of junior employees,...

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Jets squander another solid effort by Wilkerson & Co.

BALTIMORE — There is an axiom that football is the ultimate team game, that you can't win just on one side of the ball. With every performance by their defensive line the Jets squander, the axiom is proven true. Gang Green's defensive line, led by burgeoning...

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Hill finds playing time hard to come by

BALTIMORE — Stephen Hill remained in the starting lineup, but his role in the game plan shrunk dramatically. Hill was on the sideline for a large chunk of Sunday's 19-3 loss to the Ravens after starting the game. He mostly played on third down, then...

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Giants report card: Week 12 vs. Cowboys

OFFENSE That the Giants ran for a season-high 202 yards split between Andre Brown (career-high 127 yards) and Brandon Jacobs (75 on only nine carries) and didn't win is ridiculous. Eli Manning (16-of-30, 174 yards) hit TD passes to Brandon Myers and...

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Egg ‘agents’ recruiting hot young actresses for IVF donations

The hottest role these days for a young actress? Egg donor. Egg "agents" are aggressively recruiting city models and actresses, whose looks are coveted by couples turning to in-vitro fertilization. Robyn Young, who has appeared in shows such as "Boardwalk...

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‘I was in shock…they were all laughing’ — Knockout game victim speaks out

Photography intern Israel Blizovsky had just finished taking pictures at a Crown Heights engagement party when a hulking teen he was passing on the sidewalk cold-cocked him without warning. "He was very strong. I was in shock," said the 19-year-old...

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Agreement reached to curb Iran’s nuclear program

Iran and six world powers reached a breakthrough agreement early on Sunday to curb Tehran's atomic ambitions in exchange for limited sanctions relief, in a first step towards resolving a dangerous decade-old standoff. The deal between the Islamic state...

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Daily blotter

Brooklyn Two drunks clocked an off-duty cop in the face on his way home from grocery shopping in Carroll Gardens, police sources said. The 56-year-old victim was walking near Smith and West Ninth streets around midnight Saturday, when Stuart Rawitz,...

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Reeling Knicks drop fifth straight

WASHINGTON — The Knicks kept pace with the Nets in disgracing the Mecca of Basketball, losing again Saturday night, this time to the mediocre Wizards, 98-89. A large coterie of blue-and-orange clad fans left the Verizon Center in disillusionment after...

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Porn fans take the holidays off, says XXX site

Happy holidays — just not that happy. Porn use plummets on Thanksgiving and Christmas, and likewise drops during major sporting and news events, according to a revealing new study by PornHub, which bills itself as the world's biggest adult content site....

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