Ben Walker

NEW YORK — Exactly when Lois Cohen-Goldstein can move home, she’s not sure. The black, brackish water from Superstorm Sandy that filled her Long Island house has receded. The problems haven’t.

The repairs are far from finished, the washer and dryer that got pulled off the wall need to be replaced. Her husband is hobbled by a bad disk in his back. Time is running out on how long they can stay at the hotel where they’ve temporarily lived.

All that, and yet they are still determined to bring Keaton the Tibetan terrier to the Westminster dog show.

NEW YORK — ESPN anchor Hannah Storm will return to the air on New Year’s Day, exactly three weeks after she was seriously burned in a propane gas grill accident at her home.

Storm suffered second-degree burns on her chest and hands, and first-degree burns to her face and neck. She lost her eyebrows and eyelashes, and roughly half her hair.

Helmet tossing and bat banging have become all the rage, it seems. Yet Brett Lawrie and Bryce Harper still have a long way to go before hitting our list of baseball's wildest rants and raves.

NEW YORK -- The crowd at Madison Square Garden grew louder with every tiny step Malachy took, and he sure took a lot of them just to get halfway around the dog show ring.

That was perfect for this Pekingese. Gave him more time to soak in the cheers and look around the stands at his adoring fans Tuesday night.

NEW YORK -- Perched on his hind legs, peering over the top rail of his pen, Banana Joe was right in the middle of the backstage circus at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

A few feet away, a Havenese and Chinese crested competed for best vocal duo. To his side, another participant -- a human, that is -- kneeled to have her hair coiffed by a groomer. In front, a Norfolk terrier vied for his attention.

Bill Cosby played football at Temple, ran track for the Owls and still attends their basketball games.

But baseball? Not so much while growing up at the Richard Allen projects in Philadelphia.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Derek Holland kept Albert Pujols in the ballpark and the Texas Rangers in this World Series.

In a title matchup that's getting more interesting with every game, Holland put the emphasis back on pitching. Given a pep talk by manager Ron Washington minutes before the game, Holland allowed two hits over 81âÑ3 innings to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 on Sunday night and even things at 2-all.

Holland struck out seven, walked two and never was in trouble against a team that erupted for 16 runs the previous night. He came within two outs of pitching the first complete-game shutout in the World Series since Josh Beckett's gem for Florida to clinch the 2003 title at Yankee Stadium.