- Streit stuff for Isles
Isles 2 Kings 1
Associated Press
The Islanders' Mark Streit was stunned to find himself alone and zooming in
on Jonathan Quick in overtime yesterday at Nassau Coliseum.
The Swiss-born defenseman took full advantage of the moment, backhanding
the puck past the Kings All-Star goalie at 1:36 of the extra session to
lift the Islanders past the road-weary Kings 2-1.
Streit moved past Kings defenseman Alec Martinez before beating Quick for
New York Post, 07:02 - Rams fall short in overtime
By ANTHONY SULLA-HEFFINGER
Fordham was not ready for its first taste of overtime this season.
The Rams squandered a four-point lead with under 90 seconds to play,
allowing Dayton to send the game into overtime, and the Flyers edged the
Rams, 72-70, yesterday in The Bronx.
Forward Chris Johnson had a season-high 22 points and 13 rebounds and
scored the first five points of the extra period for Dayton (15-9, 5-5
Atlantic 10).
New York Post, 07:01 - Linside moves
* From the time Jeremy Lin joined the Knicks until last weekend, he sat at
the end of the bench. With superstars Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire
out this week, coach Mike D'Antoni actually put him in a game.
New York Post, 06:32 - Aqueduct Analysis
By JOHN DASILVA
Post Time: 12:20 p.m.
All horses appear in post position order
1. 1m&70yds; $30,000; clm($7,500); 4up
AFTER SHOCK won as the favorite this distance versus cheaper at Finger
Lakes two back.
New York Post, 06:32 - The great divide
We live in two different Americas Б─" socially, economically and
culturally. Can the rift be healed?
By KYLE SMITH
What if a right-wing intellectual looked at Occupy Wall Street and agreed
with much of its two-Americas worldview?
Like OWS, American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray's book,
"Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010," considers what the
country feels like compared to pre-'80s America and asks: What happened?
New York Post, 06:02 - U.S. Catholic bishops oppose Obama birth-control plan
Reuters
WASHINGTON - U.S. Catholic Church leaders said they will fight President
Barack Obama's controversial birth-control insurance coverage policy
despite his compromise that religious employers would not have to offer
free contraceptives for workers, shifting the responsibility to insurers.
In an abrupt policy shift aimed at trying to end a growing election-year
firestorm, Obama on Friday announced the compromise.
NBC News, 05:55 - The new poor
Helena Smith | Opinion | From the Newspaper
46 mins ago
THE eurozone finance ministers' message to Greece on Thursday night was
stark: there will be no new bailout - and the Greek nation will go bankrupt
- unless Athens finds a further 325 million euros of budget cuts, on top of
the 3.3 billion euros of austerity measures already promised.
There will have to be yet more cuts in a country already reeling from an
DAWN.COM, 05:40 - WIGAN 20 - LEEDS 6: JOSH ROARS IN WITH HAT-TRICK
Josh Charnley put Leeds to the sword
By Chris Hamilton
JOSH CHARNLEY did the damage for Wigan with a deadly hat-trick as Leeds
looked anything but ready for world domination.
The Rhinos host Australian champions Manly Sea Eagles in the World Club
Challenge on Friday, when the winners will earn the right to call
themselves the best club side on the planet.
But they will go into the mouthwatering Headingley showdown on the back of
their first defeat since August 2011.
Daily Express, 05:38 - LEEDS 1 - BRIGHTON 2: ALAN NAVARRO FIRES OFF A LATE SALVO TO LEAVE LEEDS STUNNED
Alan Navarro made it a dream return to Elland Road for Gus Poyet
By Sunday Express reporter
ALAN NAVARRO fired home his first Brighton goal to give boss Gus Poyet a
dream return to Elland Road.
The midfielder broke his duck after three years of trying as Leeds suffered
stoppage-time agony of their own.
Luciano Becchio looked to have rescued a point for the hosts with his sixth
goal of the season in the 79th minute - just two minutes after Craig
Mackail-Smith had put Brighton ahead.
Daily Express, 05:38 - Defiant Speaker vows there will be no prayer ban in the Commons
Bill Of Rights guarantees Parliament's traditionComes after prayer was
banned from council meetings
Commons rebels remain seated while others pray
By Simon Walters and Brendan Carlin
Last updated at 12:44 AM on 12th February 2012
Speaker John Bercow was forced to act yesterday to head off a threat to the
Commons' daily prayer session.
He insisted that parliamentary privilege means MPs' prayers will not be
Daily Mail, 05:34