March 16, 2013
Daniels, VCU deny UMass upset, advance to A-10 final
As difficult as it is to prepare for VCU in the regular season, just imagine how hard it must be when you only have 16 hours to get ready for...
Jets re-sign kicker Folk
The mass exodus from Florham Park has taken a slight respite.The Jets re-signed kicker Nick Folk on Saturday after four days of free agency, the team announced. ESPN New York...
Revis gets $1 million bonus from Jets
Darrelle Revis, despite the angst of his uncertain status with the Jets, is $1 million richer as of Saturday.As part of his contract, if Revis was still on the Jets...
Scoreless draw against D.C. United provides bittersweet home opener for Red Bulls
The Red Bulls walked off the field after their home opener yesterday delighted with the way they played, but disappointed with the result, pleased with one of their best performances...
Boesch goes 0-for-3 in Yankees debut
TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Yankees are hoping Brennan Boesch makes the most of a big opportunity. Boesch made his Yankees’ debut, starting in right field and going 0...
Patriots release WR Lloyd, re-sign CBs Talib, Arrington
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have released receiver Brandon Lloyd and re-signed defensive backs Aqib Talib, Kyle Arrington and Adrian Wilson. The team made the announcements on Saturday....
Evans, Ellis lead St. Louis past Butler into A-10 final
St. Louis was running on "E." And that was a good thing. Dwayne Evans and Cody Ellis were the only two Billikens to score in double figures but they were...
Lincoln back on top, beating Jefferson for PSAL title
The wait is over. Lincoln has reclaimed its throne. Having gone three years without a city championship, following seven titles in eight years, the Railsplitters restored Brooklyn’s basketball empire yesterday...
Knicks' Anthony, Chandler leaning toward not playing tomorrow vs. Clippers
LOS ANGELES – Though the Knicks listed Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler as questionable, neither player looks close to playing tomorrow vs. the Clippers. Anthony, after having his right knee...
Red Bulls coach Petke lets Roy Miller go early to clear his head
After Roy Miller’s meltdown in San Jose that turned a win into a 2-1 loss, Red Bulls coach Mike Petke had little choice but to bench him. But Petke said...
Red Bulls dominate DC but held to 0-0 home-opening tie
The Red Bulls walked off the field after their home opener delighted with the way they played but disappointed with the result, pleased with one of their best performances in...
Horror as worker is crushed by trash compactor in Brooklyn
A teen worker was crushed to death by a private recycling truck in Brooklyn today, police said. Luis Camarillo, 18, of the Bronx was working at the back of the...
Offensively challenged Rangers in free fall after 3-0 loss to Penguins
PITTSBURGH -- A sold-out crowd packed Consol Energy Center with extra energy, fueled by the Penguins’ perch atop the Eastern Conference, the struggling Rangers in town and the St. Patrick’s...
Giants to add LB Connor, WR Murphy on one-year contracts
Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Dan Connor has signed with the New York Giants as a free agent. The Giants announced the signing of the former Penn State product Saturday without...
Man fighting for life after Queens hit and run
A man was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in Queens early today, police said. The 29-year-old was struck in Briarwood on the passenger side of a silver Nissan on...
Turner, Wright's potential Mets replacement, sprains ankle
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — While another New York Mets third baseman got hurt, the Miami Marlins got theirs back on the field. Placido Polanco was 2 for 3 with...
WATCH: Man fights for life after Brooklyn deli shooting
A 60-year-old man is fighting for his life after four thugs shot him at point-blank range outside a Brooklyn deli, police said. The victim made a purchase from the service...
Nets' Deron describes misery of ankle injuries early in season
A trip up a flight of stairs took 10 minutes. Walking to the locker room from inside a gym was excruciating. A general perception of total disinterest prevailed.That, Deron Williams...
Another Hofstra player arrested, this time for marijuana possession
Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, the troubled Hofstra wing and UConn transfer, found his way into trouble again, News 12 Long Island reported. Police told the station Coombs-McDaniel was pulled over for driving...
UFC prez White says WWE CEO McMahon challenged him to fight
Talk about a clash of titans.Billionaire WWE CEO Vince McMahon challenged UFC president Dana White to a fight – either in the UFC or at WWE Wrestlemania, White admitted to...
Longest-serving SUNY president to retire in 2014
The longest-serving president in the 64-campus State University of New York system will retire next year. SUNY Geneseo announced this week that President Christopher Dahl will begin a nine-month sabbatical...
Seacrest, dancing gal pal call it quits: report
Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough have reportedly split after dating for nearly three years, People reported. The reality TV dynamic duo have allegedly decided to take a break and are...
Pregnant coach of college lacrosse team dies after bus crashes in Pennsylvania
CARLISLE, Pa. — A road trip by a college women's lacrosse team came to a horrifying end Saturday when the team bus veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and crashed into...
School sends letter to parents praising Brooklyn teen killed by cops
To police, he was a gang-banger with a gun. But to his school, he was a lovable 16-year-old who strove to be a better student by taking on extra work....
Casey Anthony offered $10K to NOT talk: report
This man is putting up for her to shut up! Casey Anthony is being offered $10,000 to not tell her story, according to a TMZ report. James M. Schober reportedly...
New outrage in India: Swiss tourist gang-raped while on trip with husband
NEW DELHI — A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said Saturday. The attack comes...
Man killed by N train in Times Square
A man was struck and killed by a subway this morning in Times Square, police said. He was hit about 8:15 a.m. by an downtown N train on 42nd Street...
Suspect in NY slaying, child rape beaten in jail
SYRACUSE — A man accused of killing a Syracuse woman and raping her 10-year-old daughter during a carjacking was beaten and suffered a broken nose on his first day in...
New Yorkers mark St. Patrick's Day with snowy parade
A late winter snowstorm couldn’t wash away the green today on Fifth Avenue, where the 252nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade drew nearly a million Irish — and plenty who...
Trend alert: Intricate jacquard patterned pieces
Spin your own style like Rooney Mara in black or go for Allison Williams’ grownup glamour.
Man shot in the leg at UWS playground: police
A man was shot in the leg when a gunman opened fire at an Upper West Side playground last night, cops said. Shots rang out at around 10:45 p.m. at...
Adios, U.S.! Puerto Rico eliminates Americans from WBC
MIAMI — Once Captain America was no more, Team USA fell apart. No David Wright. No heart, no soul, no chance. Team USA had no one to pick up Captain...
After whipping Notre Dame, Louisville has chance at Big East repeat
Rick Pitino and his Louisville squad have a chance to make Big East championship history. Louisville, who won the tournament last year, returned to the finals last night, doing what...
Exiting Syracuse nips rival Georgetown in overtime to advance to Big East final
As Jabril Trawick’s half-court shot — a 3-pointer that would have forced double overtime and extend one of college basketball’s greatest rivalries a little longer — arced across the Garden...
WATCH: Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon's 'History of Rap 4'
The week couldn't end without a little rap. Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon added a fourth installment to their "History of Rap" series on Friday's episode of "Late Night," with...
UMass squeaks past Temple in A-10 quarterfinals
As the ball sailed through the air, you could feel the tension, but as soon as it swished through the net, Terrell Vinson and UMass let out a sigh of...
Cohen’s SAC pays $616M to avoid SEC charges
There is a break in the dark clouds hanging over Steve Cohen’s hedge-fund empire. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors agreed to pay nearly $616 million — including a record fine —...
Business briefs
Rally’s a wrapUS stocks slipped yesterday, ending the Dow Jones industrial average’s longest winning streak since 1996 as investors paused just below the S&P 500’s record high.Big guy sticksBillionaire hedge-fund...
Cablevision rises on sale prediction
Cablevision shares, among the sector’s worst performers over the past year, popped 2.5 percent yesterday after one Wall Street analyst forecast the company would be sold in the next 18...
Dimon in the rough in Washington
People have gotten fired for a lot less. And people have certainly gone to jail for what JPMorgan Chase execs did when they discovered that one of their traders in...
Whale of a tale
WASHINGTON — Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase saw its reputation further sullied yesterday as executives involved in the $6.2 billion London Whale trading fiasco were forced to admit they tweaked valuation...
‘Hacker’ on hold
Thomson Reuters suspended with pay a deputy social media editor for Reuters.com who has been indicted on charges he aided members of the Anonymous hacking collective, a company spokesman said...
No gag: lad mag for sale
Maxim, the lad mag known for racy photos of scantily clad women and ribald humor, is hanging out the “for sale” sign. Parent Alpha Media, which is backed by investors...
A dill-y ipo at pinnacle
Stephen Schwarzman is hoping the rising stock market gets his buyout firm out of a pickle. Schwarzman’s Blackstone-backed Pinnacle Foods — the Parsippany, NJ, owner of Vlasic Pickles and other...
Co. fights Red Bull$#!t threat
Red Bull’s unusual decision to go public on a blackmailer’s threat to contaminate its energy drinks with feces could cost the brand far less long-term than any immediate hit to...
Galaxy far from Google
Samsung’s big unveiling of its new Galaxy smartphone left out a key player: Google.The hotly anticipated gadget is powered by Google’s Android operating system — yet nary a word was...
Spouse’s trigger temper
A prison guard has been charged with shooting his own finger in a drunken attempt to remove his wedding ring during an argument with his wife at their northwestern Pennsylvania...
Suicide haunts hubby
“You’re wasting my time!”Those are the tragic last words a heartbroken Harlem husband shouted to his wife just hours before she leaped to her death while clutching their infant son,...
Bronx principal backs off threat to cancel prom if 100 percent don’t graduate
They’ll be boogieing down in The Bronx after all. The hardworking students at a Bronx high school will be partying hearty at their senior prom this spring — despite their...
Lil seizure for Wayne
Multiplatinum rapper Lil Wayne was hospitalized after suffering a seizure in Los Angeles yesterday. Reps for the 30-year-old Grammy winner confirmed he had a seizure and was “recovering.” The New...
Terror trio: We’re guilty
LONDON — Three young British men yesterday pleaded guilty to charges that they trained in Pakistan with “the intention of committing acts of terrorism” in Britain. Jahangir Alom, 26, Richard...
Now GOP pol’s for same-sex nups
CINCINNATI — Republican US Sen. Rob Portman is now supporting gay marriage and says his reversal on the issue began when he learned one of his sons is gay.Ohio’s junior...
New judge hears Bulger mob trial
BOSTON — District Court Judge Denise Casper was assigned yesterday to hear the federal murder case against accused mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, replacing Judge Richard Stearns, according to a court...
NYPD using criminal background checks to push victims in domestic-violence cases
The NYPD is running criminal checks on domestic-violence victims so cops can have leverage if the accuser gets cold feet about pressing charges, a police source told The Post yesterday....
Convicted bomb plotter claims he’s a good guy who respects all people
I’m actually a nice guy, an Algerian terrorist insisted as he was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for plotting to blow up some city synagogues and churches. “I...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Expectant moms don’t ever expect this! An OB-GYN who specializes in fetal and maternal medicine repeatedly groped an employee at his Bay Ridge practice — in between treating...
Mike ‘shock’ at soda nix
They never saw it coming. Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that he and his top aides were “shocked” that their plan for limiting soda sizes to 16 ounces was tossed by...
DWI-slay ‘discount’ - just three years for ‘sorry’ cop
A decorated ex-cop convicted of killing a beloved granny in a drunken-driving crash was sentenced yesterday to three to nine years in prison in a ruling that angered the victim’s...
Teen beat his granny: cops
A vicious Brooklyn teen threatened his 93-year-old grandmother with a knife and then beat her with his fists, cops said yesterday.Micah Miller, 19, attacked the elderly woman inside an Ocean...
Rabies death via organ transplant
Four people received donated organs from a man unknowingly infected with rabies, leading to a rare human death more than a year later that has authorities scrambling to treat the...
East Harlem gang sold pot out of Sour Power candy wrappers at bodega: officials
This candy was smokin’. An indicted East Harlem gang sold pot out of Sour Power candy wrappers for $10 a bag, officials said yesterday. “If you want the sour, come...
AIA: Don’t spike Ike
WASHINGTON — An effort in Congress to eliminate funding and scrap the proposed design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower drew strong opposition yesterday from the American Institute...
‘Shots fired’ in new NY gun war
HANOVER, NY — Authorities say a western New York man is the first to be charged with violating the state’s new gun-control law.Local media outlets report that state Attorney General...
Menendez’s crony-island slap
WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Menendez just can’t shake allegations of wrongdoing. The New Jersey Democrat is the target of a Miami federal grand jury for allegedly helping to advance the...
Mayor’s ‘control’ freakout at UFT
Mayor Bloomberg came down hard on the teachers union’s plan to water down mayoral control of schools by effectively reviving a version of the old, dysfunctional Board of Education. “When...
Campaign is ‘Liu’$ing momentum
The federal investigation into his fund-raising practices finally got to embattled city Comptroller John LiuLiu, who is formally announcing his candidacy for mayor tomorrow, reported taking in just $105,775 for...
NY Assemblyman Katz busted for marijuana possession
ALBANY — A combative Republican state assemblyman who voted against legalizing medical marijuana in 2011 was busted for pot possession, authorities said yesterday. Steve Katz was stopped for driving 80...
Jets on the $50 yard line
If the Jets have another lousy season, at least some fans will get a ticket-price break. The team is slashing prices to $50 per game on 3,000 more seats in...
Pint-sized piglet
This little “pig’’lechaun went to market and is ready to toast St. Patrick’s Day. The cuddly British micro-piggy sported a green hat and was in hog heaven pushing a shopping...
Disgraced divorce lawyer Dominic Barbara busted for 'stealing' woman’s purse: police
Disgraced divorce lawyer Dominic Barbara was arrested for allegedly stealing a woman’s purse from a posh Long Island store. The former celebrity divorce lawyer was busted on March 7 for...
3 die in Fla. plane crash
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport yesterday afternoon, killing all three people aboard and burning about a dozen cars...
Pol's 'poor' excuses
A Brooklyn judge granted disgraced Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. a taxpayer-funded lawyer yesterday — despite Boyland’s alleged plans to use bribe money to hire a Washington law firm to help...
Handless terror suspect gets hooked up
An infamous Islamic hate preacher finally got a grip yesterday when jailers handed over a set of new prosthetic devices to replace his scary metal hooks.But lawyers for Abu Hamza...
‘X Factor’ stage spoof
LONDON — Simon Cowell is bringing “The X Factor” — or a version of it — from television screens to the London stage in early 2014. The acerbic judge’s firm,...
‘Rocky’ home sale
PHILADELPHIA — Want to live like Rocky Balboa? The Italian Stallion’s house is on the market.The home in South Philadelphia was featured in the 1979 movie “Rocky II.” The 1,036-square-foot...
Wall St. bomb scare
A man caused a scare on Wall Street yesterday when he put a fake explosive device on a street barrier, police said. Cops rushed to the Trump Building, at 40...
Weiner prepares for possible political comeback with $100,000 polling
Weiner may not be roasted just yet. Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner spent $106,500 this month on two polls, apparently to test the possibility of staging what would be a...
Teen-slay cop suits
Two Brooklyn cops who shot and killed a 16-year-old boy last week were the target of five federal lawsuits accusing them of false arrest and violence against suspects.The city paid...
North Korea hot spot for American tourists
Ahhh, vacation: Slave-labor gulags, giant mass marches of goose-stepping soldiers, humongous, dreary mausoleums — and virtually all of it off the grid. It’s time for spring break in Pyongyang, capital...
US bolsters missile defense amid North Korea nuclear weapons threat
The United States will sharply expand its West Coast missile defense, signaling it’s taking the threat of a nuclear attack from North Korea much more seriously. New Defense Secretary Chuck...
DC probes NYU loan arrangers
In this Washington probe, no loan will go unturned. Senate investigators may be done with Jack Lew, who’s already settling in to his job as treasury secretary — but now...
Profs: Ax college prexy
Faculty at NYU’s biggest school gave president John Sexton a vote of no-confidence yesterday, accusing him of a high-handed management style as he pursues aggressive growth plans in Greenwich Village....
Minority report is grim
Fewer black and Hispanic students qualified to attend one of the city’s eight specialized high schools this year compared to last year, new city Department of Education data show.The dip...
Wall Street mogul sues contractor for $1.66 million in co-op remodeling war
A Manhattan contractor who spent months on a lavish remodel of a real-estate tycoon’s Park Avenue pad was abruptly fired when he refused to cater to the client’s capricious whims,...
Cop breaks leg in bust
A cop broke her leg yesterday when a violent Queens man pushed her down a flight of stairs, police said.The officer was injured as she and other housing cops tried...
When you’ve lost Canada . . .
While many have long seen America as the global bad boy, everybody likes Canada. If Uncle Sam tucks his pack of Marlboros under his T-shirt sleeve and plays by his...
Right way to retreat
The fighting season in Mali ends in three weeks and France, which has shouldered the brunt of the counter-terrorism war there, is looking for an exit strategy. So now what?...
Where blame truly belongs: it’s not with the police
The Issue: The death of Kimani Gray, a gang member, cops say, who pointed a gun at them. *** Kimani Gray had a loaded firearm that night — a recipe...
A fresh start for Rome
The Issue: The surprise election of Pope Francis, an Argentine known for his humility. *** The Roman Catholic Church has elected a new leader, Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and...
Calling Sandra Fluke
Where’s the National Organization for Women when you need it? Or Sandra Fluke, who led a cheering Democratic Convention through the so-called Republican War on Women? Or Nancy Pelosi, who...
The activist cop-out
Of all the canards used to impugn the police surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods, at the top is this one: that the cops themselves admit it hasn’t produced any results. So...
Your money, their pockets
For more than half a century, City Hall has been paying for pensions of people who work for private institutions and aren’t city employees. And until The Post’s David Seifman...
Bloomy’s soda folly
Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on large-size sodas at certain establishments, colloquially known as the soda ban, is a lesson in how to make your cause look ridiculous. Bloomberg hoped the ban...
Stopping terror the New York way
After the Twin Towers crumbled on 9/11, New York state gave local prosecutors some powerful new tools to try to prevent future terrorist attacks. In Manhattan, we’re using them. Yesterday,...
Kids stuff
Today DIDDIE DADDY: Former Brooklynite and new dad Randy Kaplan has been charming kids for years with his musical mix of blues, Broadway, Tin Pan Alley and more. Hear tunes...
Reconfigured company has its ‘Virtues’
AILEY II — the farm team for the main troupe — is all about the new this year: Artistic director Troy Powell is new, as are seven dancers, and there’s...
Evolutionary score
Cirque du Soleil’s new show is a poetic meditation on the evolution of life, from its amphibious beginnings to modern-day Homo sapiens longing to transcend the earth’s gravity and reach...
New Yorke wows with Atoms
‘dance, white boy,” was the cheeky but affectionate shout of a particularly merry patron at Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday night. The order was aimed at Thom Yorke, and the...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
Honey Fox Gulfstream Park, 10th race. Grade 2. Purse: $150,000. 1 mile, turf, fillies and mares. Post: 5:35 p.m. LOWDOWN: Pianist looked like she was on the verge of becoming...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4upTEMECULA CREEK drops in class after running evenly this distance in December. KING ROCK third...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $32,000; clm($20,000); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Photon(L),118R Maragh5-6-1Contessa8-12 Smokin Candy(L),113J Ortiz5-2-1Galluscio8-13 Festive Spirit(L),113K Coa2-5-6Bush15-14 Africanist(L),118R Silvera4-2-4Pringle20-15 Equivocation(L),118J Chamafi3-8-3Ferraro15-16 Trumpet Man(L),118I Ortiz,...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-$17,500, cl, 3YO up, 1m 1 Blnc th Bdgt (Cstlln) 11.60 4.20 3.00 5 Act One Scen On (Rosro) 3.80 2.80 8 Large Kaufy (Lopez) 3.20 * Exacta (1-5) $44.20...
Parx Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. FIRST-7 fur; $22,000; clm($15,000); 4&5YO2-Holiday Belle 2-11-a-Fit to Jump 7-23-She'saSwinger15-16-Glowing Rate 3-14-Lover's Dream 8-17-Irshdncedfree15-15-Jaz E Jaz 6-11-a-Romolo'sJlet7-2SECOND-1 mile; $45,000; mdn; 4&5YO6-Lake Superior 8-53-Buddys Moon 4-11-Candy Mine...
Aqueduct Charts
March 15th, 2013Clear and Fast©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 mile; $59,000; alw; 3upOff: 12:50. Good. slipped by rail 1/8plTime: 24.19, 47.82, 1:12.25, 1:38.31.Trainer: David SmithWinner: B G, 6, by Cappuchino-Lilly's...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing9 a.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice: Food City 500 SPEEDNoonNASCAR Sprint Cup, Final Practice: Food City 500 SPEED2 p.m.NASCAR Nationwide Series: Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300 ESPN27:30 p.m.AMA Supercross Series:...
Bill Smith at Yonkers Graded Entries
Best Bet: Relentless G (10th)FIRST-Mile pace; $18,000; cond5 Mortal Zin(EGoodell)2-6-64-13 Forest Vic A(SSmith)4-6-35-11 Money Twitch A(DDube)3-5-33-12 Sand Benelli(JBartlett)1-7-68-14 Bettors Curse(GBrennan)5-4-55-16 Eagle Jolt(BSears)7-6-68-17 Beach Boy Tiger(MKakaley)4-5-66-18 Georgetown N(LStalbaum)2-3-86-1SECOND-Mile pace; $18,000; cond2...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Scotty Mach (11th)FIRST-Mile pace; $57,000; Aquarius1 WarraweeNeedy(MMcDnld)2-1-16-56 Escape The News(YGingras)1-2-17-55 BakinOnTheBech(JCmpbell)3-3-25-12 Mr Dennis(AMiller)3-5-18-13 In Commando(RPierce)4-6-415-14 Yo Cheyenne Rocky(DMiller)5-7-320-1SECOND-Mile trot; $50,000; Horse & Groom4 Quick Deal(YGingras)1-4-17-55...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $18,900; clm($12,500); 3upMAJOR SCORE closed to finish second this distance and level. DRAGON TAIL closed to finish third on turf. RIGHT RIGHT cuts back in...
Home Team Lineups
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The Post Line
NCAA BasketballConference USAChampionship: At Tulsa, Okla.FavoriteLineUnderdogMemphis3 1/2So. Miss.Southeastern ConferenceSemifinals: At Nashville, Tenn.Florida11 1/2AlabamaMississippi4 1/2VanderbiltAtlantic Coast ConferenceSemifinals: At Greensboro, N.C.Miami2Nc StateNorth Carolina4MarylandAtlantic 10 ConferenceSemifinals: At Barclays CenterSaint Louis3 1/2ButlerVcu7UmassBig Ten ConferenceSemifinals:...
Take Trout over Braun
Though there are countless fantasy treasures to be found in the outfield, one thing is certain: None will be dug up at Citi Field.Nothing against the Mets, but Lucas Duda,...
Sports Shorts
GOLF: Daly shoots imperfect 10, Scott 1 back John Daly was proud of a beautiful pitch from 30 yards to a foot of the cup. It allowed him to limit...
Heat count at 21; early exit for Kobe
LeBron James and Chris Bosh each scored 28 points, and the Heat made it 21 straight wins, beating the Bucks 107-94 last night in Milwaukee. Just three other teams have...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile trot; $8,000; cond 2 GaelcAndGrlc(SAllrd) 3.60 2.40 2.20 5 Heidi Falls (J Marohn) 3.40 3.00 10 Celebrity Lovin (A Miller) 9.00 * Exacta (2-5) $9.20 * Trifecta (2-5-10)...
Christ the King star drawing Stephenson comparisons
Rawle Alkins was a virtual unknown entering the prestigious Catholic league playoffs, an impressively built freshman from Florida who appeared in just a handful of regular-season games.By the end of...
Lincoln's 'Tiny' trying to win PSAL title with son on team
Lincoln head coach Dwayne “Tiny” Morton is synonymous with success. The lightning rod of a coach, known for his combative personality, producing championships and NBA players, has won seven city...
Henrik: Penguins good test for skidding Rangers
PITTSBURGH — The Rangers enter today’s showdown in Pittsburgh reeling, losers of three of their last four, and on the outside of the playoff picture, looking to find consistency to...
Flyers' Bryzgalov frustrates Devils
PHILADELPHIA — Ilya Bryzgalov made saves in all types of situations — and positions. Flat on his back, Bryzgalov held off one Devils push. Upright on skates, he pushed aside...
Badgers bounce Wolverines in Big Ten
Dez Wells scored a career-high 30 points and Maryland upset No. 2 Duke 83-74 last night in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C. Wells was...
Bubble blow for Kentucky
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dai-Jon Parker scored 12 points, and Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 64-48 last night in the Southeastern Conference tournament to put a serious dent in the Wildcats’ hopes of...
Stack chips on the Pack
N.c. State (+2) over Miami: This is a battle of two teams heading in different directions. In their only meeting of the season, Miami won 79-78 in Carolina while peaking...
CC hits 90 mph in Yankees spring debut
TAMPA — It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day and the Yankees still have not received a spring training start from each of the projected members of the rotation. Nevertheless, that list...
Yankees' Jeter getting consecutive SS starts
TAMPA — Derek Jeter will take another step toward playing shortstop on Opening Day when he plays the position again Saturday against the Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field. “I’m...
Ex-Tiger Boesch joins Yankees outfield fray
TAMPA — After their interest in retired players Chipper Jones and Derrek Lee went nowhere, the Yankees decided to sign a released player instead. Former Tigers outfielder Brennan Boesch signed...
Puerto Rico eliminates Americans from WBC
MIAMI — Once Captain America was no more, Team USA fell apart. No David Wright. No heart, no soul, no chance. Team USA had no one to pick up Captain...
Mets' Hefner ends on high note
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Jeremy Hefner didn’t get stronger, he got angrier. With the Braves getting more quality swings against him than he liked, the Mets right-hander Friday struck...
Nets may turn to Kris soon
When Kris Humphries embarked upon his NBA career with the Jazz in 2004, he looked up and saw Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko ahead of him in the rotation. He...
Funeral arrangements set for legendary coach Curran
Legendary Archbishop Molloy baseball and basketball coach Jack Curran will be laid to rest Wednesday in his hometown of Rye, N.Y., the Queens Catholic school announced yesterday on its website....
Carmelo Anthony must heal up for Knicks to have deep NBA playoff run
LOS ANGELES — They should know better by now, know better than anyone, in fact, how fragile a basketball season can be. And that doesn’t even account for the various...
Knicks' Anthony to test knee today in L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Carmelo Anthony leads the Knicks in frequent-flier miles on this nightmare West Coast trip, but is almost last in shooting percentage. Perhaps Anthony will get a chance...
West on Knicks radar as PG play disappoints
LOS ANGELES — The Knicks aren’t that desperate yet, but will be one of the teams monitoring the progress of mercurial point guard Delonte West, expected to make his D-League...
Kolb out as Cardinals QB, could the Jets have interest?
Another largely unproductive quarterback hit the scrap heap Friday, when Kevin Kolb was released by the Cardinals. How long before new Jets general manager John Idzik pounces and adds the...
Giants take look at former Cowboys LB Connor
The search for linebackers continues Saturday for the Giants, as they bring in Dan Connor, the former Panther and Cowboy, for a visit. Connor, 27, refused to take a pay...
Jets ink three; Keller bolts for Dolphins
After three days of watching players walk out the door, the Jets finally jumped into the free agency fray yesterday. The team agreed to deals with guard Willie Colon, running...
NFL’s proposed rule change would render RBs defenseless
The Nfl is running scared. And if the league doesn’t want its running backs running scared, and its fawning fans frustrated again by overofficiousness, a mindless, misguided rule change must...
Broncos set Elvis free after fax gaffe
Elvis has left the building. The Broncos lost one of their best players yesterday because of a missed deadline in one of the more bizarre transactions of the wild NFL...
Mets’ Wright could miss start of season
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Captain America can toss aside his shield and attempt to become Iron Man. David Wright is the latest Mets player questionable for Opening Day after...
Yankees training day
Powering up The Yankees are committed to Travis Hafner as the DH against righties, and he crushed his first homer of the spring yesterday. He went 1-for-3 and drove in...
Admission price
Tui Mitcham, a pregnant 12-year-old, goes missing after being saved from an aborted suicide attempt in a lake. No, that wasn’t a pun. Thus begins Jane Campion’s terrific six-part miniseries...
You can ‘Count’ Tim in
Oscar nominee Tim Roth (“Rob Roy”) has been cast in “Klondike” — adding star power to Discovery’s first original miniseries. Roth will play The Count in “Klondike,” about the lives...
WTF? NY1 changing its name
Time Warner’s iconic New York 1 cable news channel will be changing its name — in a bid to keep viewers from migrating to competitors in the New York City...
Jolly green giant
On St. Patrick’s Day 46 years ago, Jimmy Neary opened his bar and restaurant for business on East 57th Street, and if he’d taken the weather as an omen, he...
Weird but true
An Iowa baby couldn’t debut fast enough. A police officer in Iowa City pulled over an SUV for speeding — and wound up helping frantic new parents deliver. The driver...
Final tournament game for rivals Syracuse, Georgetown ends in OT classic
As Jabril Trawick’s half-court shot — a 3-pointer that would have forced double overtime and extend one of college basketball’s greatest rivalries a little longer — arced across the Garden...
One more title for the road left in Boeheim
Jay Wright was preparing his Villanova Wildcats for a Big East Tournament game against St. John’s Wednesday night when a familiar face peeked through the locker room door. It was...
Kentucky, Maryland keeping Barclays in their future
Any college hoops junkie in the metropolitan area has got to feel like he or she hit Lotto this week. One train ride could get you from the Big East...
VCU tops St. Joe’s in A-10 quarters
Havoc was the perfect word for the final two minutes of VCU’s game against St. Joe’s The Rams, who flaunt their “havoc” system, almost blew a 15-point lead with 2:09...
Clinton a locker-room presence for Cards
President Bill Clinton has turned the post-presidency life into an art form. Clinton had the Garden buzzing Thursday night when he attended Louisville’s win over Villanova. Despite having a security...
Louisville KOs Notre Dame to extend repeat bid
Rick Pitino and his Louisville squad have a chance to make Big East championship history. Louisville, who won the tournament last year, returned to the finals last night, doing what...
Devils frustrated by Bryzgalov, Flyers in 2-1 shootout loss
PHILADELPHIA — Ilya Bryzgalov made saves in all types of situations — and positions. Flat on his back, Bryzgalov held off one Devils push. Upright on skates, he pushed aside...
St. Joseph's falls to VCU
Havoc was the perfect word for the final two minutes of VCU’s game against St. Joe’s The Rams, who flaunt their “havoc” system, almost blew a 15-point lead with 2:09...
Cop breaks leg after being shoved down the stairs
A cop broke her leg today when a violent Queens man pushed her down a flight of stairs, police said. The officer was injured about 5 p.m. as she and...