February 7, 2010
Twins learnsof brother's death on Facebook
When Angela and Maryanne Vourlis woke up Sunday, their 20th birthday, they logged on to Facebook expecting to read well wishes and greetings from friends. Horrifically, the twins were confronted...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
Mary Louis put a string of superb performances together until it ran into Christ the King in a Saturday matinee in Middle Village. The Hilltoppers, behind a stellar performance from...
Super Bowl XLIV Gametracker: Colts vs. Saints
Follow live as Peyton Manning and the Colts battle Drew Brees and the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.
Iona survives Marist, 56-51
Scott Machado scored 17 points as Iona pulled away late for a 56-51 victory over Marist on Sunday. Rashon Dwight added 12 points and the Gaels (18-7, 10-4 Metro Atlantic...
Manhattan falls to Loyola, 62-56
Manhattan's 62-56 loss to Loyola this afternoon in front of 862 fans at Draddy Gym in The Bronx might be the closing argument in the case against the Jaspers (8-16,...
Ex-NFL star Sapp released from Miami prison
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Former NFL star Warren Sapp was released from jail Sunday on $1,500 bond, a day after being arrested for allegedly choking a woman in his hotel...
St. Peter's holds off Canisius in overtime, 73-72
Wesley Jenkins had 25 points and 10 rebounds as Saint Peter's defeated Canisius 73-72 in overtime on Sunday. Jenkins also hit a free throw to give the Peacocks (14-10, 9-5...
Syracuse closes out Cincinnati, 71-54
CINCINNATI -- Kris Joseph hit a pair of 3s that sparked Syracuse's decisive second-half run Sunday, and the Orange kept the best start in school history going with a 71-54...
Ovechkin's hat trick leads Capitals over Penguins for 14th straight win
WASHINGTON -- Neither snow nor ice nor a three-goal deficit could keep Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals from stunning their archrivals and winning a 14th straight game. Ovechkin scored...
Iraq woman candidate gunned down
A woman planning to stand in Iraq's March 7 general election was gunned down today in the restive northern city of Mosul, police said, just days before campaigning is officially...
Report: Woods to play in March ... then prep for Masters
The indefinite hiatus may be over. Scandal scarred golf star Tiger Woods is planning to play in the Tavistock Cup next month, according to a report by the celebrity gossip...
Huge Conn. power plant explosion, 'mass casualties'
An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out the walls of an unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines today,...
Box Office: 'Dear John' cancels 'Avatar' reign
Nine Oscar nominations withstanding, "Avatar'' has been dethroned from the No. 1 slot in its seventh week by a chick flick. Despite derisive reviews, Sony's "Dear John'' with Channing Tatum...
Palin 'won't close door' on presidential bid
Sarah Palin says she would run for President in 2012 if she believes it is the right thing to do for the country and her family. While it wasn't quite...
Super Bowl prop bets
The NFL is, has, and always will be a stars’ league. The more stars play, the more fans watch, and of course — just the way Last Vegas likes it...
Super Bowl Sunday TV programming
From the time you get up this morning until the Super Bowl champions are crowned tonight, you have a variety of options to get comprehensive information and analysis on today’s...
Don’t worry, Cleveland, James exit a long shot
CLEVELAND — The easiest way to get the goat of a Clevelander is such: When a native asks if you’re attending the Saturday night Knicks-Cleveland game at the Q, reply,...
Surging Dalton has lofty goals
As freshmen, Julian Pavlin and Hunter Cotton suffered through the indignity of a 3-22 season. Pavlin remembered the year as “unsatisfying and disheartening,” but it served a valuable purpose: to...
Saints will have army of angels on their side
MIAMI — Philip Matthew Hannan, now 96, grew up in Washington, D.C., playing sandlot baseball and idolizing Walter “The Big Train” Johnson, who pitched for the Washington Senators from 1907...
Mets’ failure to sign bargain players goes beyond Minaya
It is easy to demonize Omar Minaya for the Mets’ ills, and I am not here to praise him. I do think the job of Mets GM is too big...
The Post’s guide to stories, stars of Vancouver Games
You know the Winter Olympics are an afterthought in a football-high, Tiger-fatigued sports world when the most publicity the upcoming Vancouver Games have received is as an interlude in NBC’s...
The Rumble
Sein him up! Marv stars in new NBC comedy The legendary Marv Albert will play himself as an announcer on Jerry Seinfeld’s new NBC comedy show “The Marital Ref.” “I...
Serby's Super Sunday Q&A with ... Phil Simms
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the Giants’ MVP of Super Bowl XXI, who will call today’s game on CBS with Jim Nantz. Q: What are some of your key...
Colts, Saints likely to light up scoreboard
MIAMI — Here’s how the captivating Super Bowl XLIV matchup between the Colts and Saints tonight at Sun Life Stadium breaks down: Dominant vs. Sentiment. Every time the Colts stepped...
Peyton makes all the difference
MIAMI — I keep trying to find reasons to pick the Saints, undoubtedly because of Katrina and the 43 years Who Dat Nation has waited for a team like this,...
Surprises still live in land of ice & snow
You have been preoccupied, which is good. The Yankees’ parade bled into the Giants’ collapse which seeped into the Nets’ historic run at ineptitude which crept into the Jets’ Cinderella...
CBS' Super Bowl sellout may signal return for Madison Ave.
After a brutal two-year slump, Madison Avenue is hoping today’s Super Bowl kicks off a Hail-Mary comeback for the beleaguered ad business. And there is reason to think there is...
A New York bowl is snow joke
MIAMI — Most people remember the game by one of its two acceptable nicknames: “The Tuck Rule Game” if you root for the Raiders, “The Snow Game” if you bleed...
Spreading the ‘Jersey Shore’ outrage
The most surprising thing about the angry fallout from MTV’s “Jersey Shore” is the anger and surprise. It’s MTV. What do folks think MTV is, a music video network? Hasn’t...
Reel good
8 1/2 (1963) Sunday, 8 p.m., TCM Federico Fellini’s fictionalized autobiography was made at the height of the his own fame and glory. Marcello Mastroianni plays a film director in...
Greatest snow on earth
Everyone has a favorite Winter Olympics event: hockey, slalom, or figure skating. The Vancouver games also has a new event: ski cross. Our guide also spotlights the stars of the...
Don't miss
Valentine disaster While most people are having fun on Valentine’s Day, the doctors at Seattle Grace are poised for disaster — and it arrives, when the roof collapses at a...
The Wolfman cometh
What up, dawgs? As audiences lick their chops awaiting Benicio Del Toro’s star turn in “The Wolfman,” the remake of the 1941 original will have to compete with memories of...
Ford in driver's seat for fourth straight division title
Long before playing its first game, the Bishop Ford boys basketball team met at the Park Slope, Brooklyn school and set three goals for the season: To remain academically eligible...
New York's phantom taxes
The cash-starved city is socking New Yorkers with a massive ticket blitz in a bid to pump an extra $80 million into its depleted coffers, records show. Reluctant to raise...
Political correctness gone mad
Rahm Emanuel is facing a political correctness crisis, and as a noted American once said, we should never let a crisis go to waste. White House Chief of Staff Emanuel...
What was lost in Haiti
Forgotten sometimes in the heartbreaking death count from the Haiti earthquake — more than 200,000 at last estimate — is the toll on the survivors. Loss of relatives, children, businesses,...
Top 5 ways to score at a Super Bowl party
“If he’s cheering for the Saints, say, ‘Too bad, because I’m a sinner.’ “ — Erica “Say, ‘I hope you like the Colts, because ladies call me The Stallion.’ “...
Human foods for Fido
If your pets are like mine, you have their undivided attention any time you’re trying to get a bite to eat. The good news is, it’s OK to share human...
Mayor Bloomberg, free Times Square!
Some day, maybe by Mayor Bloomberg’s seventh term, City Hall might find the money and smarts to landscape and accessorize Times Square’s repellent asphalt plazas so they don’t look quite...
Kruger's cash magic
What’s the difference between state Sen. Carl Kruger and Bernie Madoff? Madoff never lectured anyone on the virtues of fiscal transparency. Kruger, the Brooklyn Democrat who chairs the powerful Senate...
Best western?
Ralph Peters well points out the neglect of Latin America by the Obama administration, but I take issue with parts of his analysis (“America’s Bipartisan Latin Folly,” PostOpinion, Feb. 2)....
Specter of a chance
Wouldn’t it be ironic if Sen. Arlen Specter, who switched parties so as not to face challenger Pat Toomey in a primary, loses to him in the general election (“Rising...
Ground Chuck
It’s interesting that a poll suggests that Sen. Chuck Schumer’s popularity is beginning to slip. The apparent reason for it: his lack of attention or regard for New York’s interests...
Preservationist’s DNR
It’s a sad sight when a few people’s wishes — those of the so-called preservationists — are valued more than the rest of the population (“How To Kill a Hospital,”...
Life choices
I admire Tim Tebow’s mother for what she did (“Feminist Fury at Super Bowl ‘Choice,’ ” L. Brent Bozell III, PostOpinion, Jan. 30). She gave birth to her son because...
Haiti obligations
Decrying America’s humanitarian operation in Haiti as a military occupation can only be described as obtuse (“Give Until It Hurts,” John Bolton, PostScript, Jan. 31). We’re obligated to help as...
Required reading
Moonfixer The Basketball Journey of Earl Lloyd by Earl Lloyd and Sean Kirst (Syracuse University Press) Lloyd is a trailblazing figure, often overlooked for his contribution to basketball and more....
Change you can believe in?
It’s become the biggest cliché in the book world — an exposé on the item that “changed the world.” Looking for 12 Greeks who changed the world? There’s a book...
In my library: Mika Brzezinski
Given her background — her dad was Jimmy Carter’s national-security adviser, her mom’s a sculptor — you’d hardly expect Mika Brzezinski’s reading to run to, say, Jackie Collins. “Ever since...
Priceless: the myth of fair value
The price consultant, a now-common position among retailers, advises stores on how to persuade consumers to spend more but get less. Their stock in trade is psychological misdirection — some...
Ask Ashley: A kiss from a red rose
With Valentine’s Day coming, what would be the appropriate gift for a lady you had interest in many years ago and have now reconnected with on the Internet? It’s early...
This week's couple: storybook love
Alan, a 33-year-old magazine production coordinator, is a natural storyteller. He didn’t stop rambling away on his date with Jackie at Little Italy’s Emporio restaurant. Alan worried his kooky tales...
Meet market: Fashionista on the hunt for model date
Janel, a 23-year-old personal stylist with her own fashion business, is looking for the perfect accessory for her personality — and her ever-changing outfits. Sean, 30, set builder He is:...
Agenda: It’s a mad, mad whirl
1) The creators of “Cirque du Rock,” a massive, multiconcept hard-rock show Thursday night at the Highline Ballroom, were not content to simply offer bands, art installations and circus sideshow...
Taste duds
You’d think chefs would eat almost anything. Tasting, after all, is a big part of their job. But New York’s top chefs are a finicky bunch and don’t like certain...
Pretty ugly
She's too sexy for her own good. Eun- yeong, the focus of "Beautiful" (2008), is an attractive woman in South Korea who keeps getting hit on by guys. Perhaps it...
Bridge
"MY partner threw me an 'impossible' bid," a player complained to me. "He opened one diamond, I bid one heart and he jumped to four diamonds. I know what a...
Nakamura nod
"Within a year, he will be in the [world's] top 10 -- and anyone in the top 10 has a legitimate right to become world champion." This was how former...
Wake up, New York!
Attention, New Yorkers: This is an emergency. Your government is collapsing. Just when it seemed the most dysfunctional state capital couldn't get any worse, it has. Albany is melting, going...
Maid-bite suit a breed apart
With all that good breeding, you'd think it would have known better. An English bulldog belonging to one of the world's wealthiest families, the Santo Domingos of Colombia, viciously attacked...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn--A thug was busted in an NYPD sting after he allegedly tried to sell stolen car rims and tires on Craigslist. A Bergen Beach man told cops he parked his...
Toyota vow on brake fix
DETROIT -- Toyota has told dealers it's preparing a plan to repair the brakes on thousands of hybrid Prius cars in the United States. A Toyota group vice president, Bob...
Stimulation wanted
Dear John: Months ago President Obama said he was going to give $250 to senior citizens because there would be no Cost of Living Adjustments this year for Social Security...
DC 'snow-mageddon' spares NY
It was "Snow-mageddon" in the mid-Atlantic yesterday, President Obama quipped of the storm that dumped nearly two feet of white on Washington but left most of New York with a...
New formula for winning stocks
Many, many hedge funds -- with their high fees and very complicated "high frequency trading" systems built using "chaos theory" or "artificial intelligence" -- are a scam. They are supposed...
Meters made better
Here's some chopping that an environmentalist can support. Under the city's latest green transportation plan, about 225 parking meters across the city will have their heads hacked off and be...
Independence Party big promises change after 'secret deal' with Mike
The chairman of the state Independence Party is having second thoughts about teaming up with Mayor Bloomberg's campaign to hire a secretive company that provided poll watchers in last year's...
Brooklyn fire killer: I deserve my hell
The demonic sicko who admittedly started a Brooklyn fire that killed five people last week told The Post yesterday he deserves "to be punished" -- and repeated his claim that...
Cops: Nerd stole emergency radios with great frequency
A young MacGyver with a larcenous streak is sitting in a Suffolk County jail as investigators probe the theft of dozens of ambulance and firetruck radios on Long Island. Steven...
Brooklyn cops shoot man carrying BB gun
A 61-year-old man was shot twice early yesterday in Brooklyn by cops who said they thought the BB gun he was carrying was a handgun. A 911 caller reported an...
9/11 billable billions
Lawyers in the legal battle over Ground Zero worker compensation could bag up to half of the billions available to pay 9/11 recovery workers for toxic injuries. Defense firms hired...
Kirsten: Don't fund 'Don't Ask'
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she hopes to introduce a budget amendment that would prevent the use of federal funds to enforce "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the policy that bars openly...
Smile NY: Botox king springs deals
Good news for economically minded New Yorkers who get Botox to blitz lines and wrinkles -- the doctor who owns The Big Apple's only walk-in Botox clinic is launching tomorrow...
Crisis in Greece an epic tale for all
It was a little less than two years ago, February 22, 2008, when Northern Rock, one of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders, had to be rescued by the UK government after...
Dear Mister Mayor ... 8,292 letters a month to Mike
From prayers for a snow day to complaints about pizza-makers to rants about rogue deliverymen, Mayor Bloomberg receives an average of 8,292 letters, e-mails and faxes a month begging for...
Fuming ex-jail cop shoots 2
A retired city correction officer shot two men outside a Queens bowling alley where he worked security yesterday morning after they refused to stop smoking indoors, cops said. Michael Iavecchio,...
NYPD stats were captain cooked
A city police captain was forced to retire last year after he fudged crime statistics to make his precinct look safer -- adding to widening concern over the accuracy of...
Slay-kid shock
The pharmaceutical-executive mom who allegedly killed her 8-year-old son at a posh Midtown hotel was once detained by Wyoming police after she bizarrely claimed that her child was being molested...
Haiti-aid workers stuck in Fla.
A team of about 20 aid workers was stranded at a Florida Air Force base last night -- after the military refused to fly them and their medical supplies to...
Sarah's Tea talk sounds presidential
NASHVILLE -- Speaking to the Tea Party convention here last night, Sarah Palin did not have to deliver a substantive speech built around words and ideas. All she had to...
Afghan cop bomb bust
KABUL -- An Afghan police commander has been arrested as part of a ring that planted roadside bombs, NATO-led forces said early today, a sign of the difficulty Western troops...
Plax in sad estate of affairs as bank forecloses on manse
Plaxico Burress' illegal gunplay cost him his job and his freedom. Now it's costing him his castle. The former Giant wide receiver was slapped with a foreclosure notice on his...
Rantings of a Nazi monster
He stared at the deliberate German script in the tattered notebook -- the ravings of one of the most evil minds in history, and the killer of 100 of his...
Tax cuts: job No. 1
Many small businesses are not hiring additional workers because of the growing cost and taxes associated with the jobs -- most of which have been piled upon them recently by...
Hefty $1M take for Flake
The Rev. Floyd Flake, a key member of the consortium awarded the Aqueduct video-slots contract, pays himself and his wife nearly $1 million a year for their charitable and church...
Queens pols stiffed Katrina victims
It's the Big Sleazy. Devastated Hurricane Katrina survivors from New Orleans were left high and dry by a charity set up to help them by state Sen. Malcolm Smith and...
Unholy 'gasbag' boss sued for reeking havoc
So you think your boss stinks? A new supervisor at the Jewish Theological Seminary allegedly made life a smelly hell for a longtime employee by emitting "constant barrages of ....
Woman of the century
Meet the Big Apple's 111-year-old wonder. Jane Gilsenan has touched three centuries, lived under 19 US presidents and witnessed some of the greatest moments in history. She is New York...
Chains looking hungry
Restaurant stocks hard hit in 2009 by the double whammy of rising commodity prices and lower revenue, thanks to cash-strapped customers, may be ready for a rebound. Some Wall street...
Slots big a tax deadbeat
Darryl Greene, the Queens developer whose company is part of the winning Aqueduct racetrack "racino" bid, is not just a convicted criminal, he's a tax deadbeat, The Post has learned....
Exiled Queens teacher on payroll despite knocking up student
Three strikes and he wasn't out. At the beginning of his 32-year career as a math teacher in Queens, Francisco Olivares allegedly im pregnated and married a 16-year-old girl he...
Mike's money mystery
Mayor Bloomberg thinks there’s nothing strange about the $1.2 million he sent to the state Independence Party just days before last November’s election — most of which was pumped straight...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 mile; $21,000; clm($25,000); 4upTURAATH cuts back in distance after closing to finish second by a head as the favorite this level in return to route. DREAMED DAY made...
Saints have the answers for Peyton
THE PICKS Saints (+5) over Colts (Under 56½): Colts president Bill Polian took a giant helping for himself when coercing the NFL's competition committee into compelling strict enforcement of the...
Strahan hops on New Orleans bandwagon
Michael Strahan has become a ragin' Cajun fan. Strahan's loyalty still lies with the Giants. To wit, this week the lifetime Big Blue star referred to New York as the...
No regrets for Syracuse's Marrone
Doug Marrone knows how close he came to being part of the Super Bowl. After helping build the Saints into one of the most prolific teams in the NFL, the...
Big deal right up Lamoriello's alley
If you're scoring in New Jersey, the trade reads: Zdeno Ciger, Kevin Todd, Corey Millen, Ben Hankinson, Alexander Semak, Tommy Albelin, Cale Hulse, Steve Sullivan, Jason Smith, Alyn McCauley, Sheldon...
Underdog Saints driven by outcasts
MIAMI -- Usually the underdog arrives in town and immediately plays the "we get no respect" card, laying it on thick for an entire week, repeating it so often until...
RBs have chance to be Super surprise
MIAMI -- Yes, the Colts and Saints did bring some running backs with them for use in today's Super Bowl XLIV. Considering the quarterbacks in the game -- Peyton Manning...
New book illuminates Willie Mays' life and career
Imagine Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in the same lineup. It might have been, had a Boston Braves scout not watched Mays go 1-for-8 in a 1950 Negro League doubleheader...
Mom made Mays the man he is
Willie Mays is the greatest baseball player alive, but there is so much more behind the man known as the Say Hey Kid. Author James Hirsch gets to the root...
Hilltoppers fall to 'King' of division
Bob Mackey isn't big on history, even though Christ the King added to its storied past yesterday. "It's one for this team," the Royals coach said. "History stuff. You know...
Flipping out at Rex's finger slip
* The cover shot of Jets coach Rex Ryan's obscene gesture ["Rex-rated," The Post and nypost.com, Feb. 1] insulted your readers. Ryan's antics were unsportsmanlike. Alas, some men just grow...
Smith, Rice lead seven new NFL Hall of Famers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- All-time greats Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven into the Pro Football Hall of Fame yesterday. The NFL's career receiving and rushing...
Jets throwaway Goodwin now Super center for Saints
MIAMI -- While Jonathan Goodwin was struggling to find his way during four under-productive years with the Jets, individual honors and the ultimate team success were the furthest things from...
The Post Line
NFL Super Bowl At Miami Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Colts 3 5 (57) Saints NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog NOTRE DAME 7 South Florida OHIO ST. 19 Iowa Syracuse...
Sapp in battery charge
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Former NFL star Warren Sapp was charged with domestic battery in South Florida. Sapp was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery stemming from...
Danica 6th in stock car debut
IndyCar star Danica Patrick finished sixth in her stock car debut at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Patrick, racing a part-time schedule in NASCAR's Nationwide Series this season,...
Callahan shows he can be factor for Rangers
It takes many sets of eyes and legs to shut down Ilya Kovalchuk, and last night Ryan Callahan was just the man for the job. We mean, just after the...
Colts, Saints likely to light up scoreboard
MIAMI -- Here's how the captivating Super Bowl XLIV matchup between the Colts and Saints tonight at Sun Life Stadium breaks down: Dominant vs. Sentiment. Every time the Colts stepped...
Sports shorts
HOOPS: Isiah brushes off Clips rumors Former Knicks coach Isiah Thomas said that he is "completely focused" on his current job at Florida International and would not reveal if he...
Bear hunt could return to N.J.
Now that New Jersey has a new Republican governor, Chris Christie, a bill has been introduced that would put bear management back into the hands of wildlife professionals. This erases...
Pistons make Nets road kill ... again
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Detroit Pistons weren’t expecting much from Jonas Jerebko this season. After all, Jerebko was one of three small forwards the Pistons drafted — a position...
Hurricanes hand Islanders seventh straight loss
Islanders owner Charles Wang still does not know where he stands with his Lighthouse Project and the Islanders still are trying to figure out a way to win. After showing...
Ilya stands up to Avery, becomes real Devil
In only his second game with the Devils, the superstar Lou Lamoriello brought in to score goals scored even larger points with his new teammates -- and surely New Jersey...
Lundqvist rallies Rangers to stop skid
It was a night on which all the King's men played well, but let's face it, far more often that not the Rangers are Humpty Dumptys unless the King himself...
Knicks' Curry could've delayed surgery
CLEVELAND -- Injured Knicks center Eddy Curry, attending his first game since January arthroscopic left knee surgery, admitted to The Post he could have delayed the procedure until after the...
Adamek wins unanimous decision
Former cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek continued his transition to heavyweight with a hard-fought unanimous decision over Jason Estrada last night in Newark. Adamek, a native Pole who fights out of...
LeBron scores 47 to hold off valiant Knicks
CLEVELAND -- If LeBron James was evaluating the Knicks last night as a potential destination, he can check off the "they don't quit" box. But that's about it. James and...
McGuire had a huge heart
The easiest columns to write are about people you love. No reaching fouls. No nonsense. No censoring concerns. No painful creative thought process. No substance search. Just a refresher course...
Louder team = Super flop
You want a Super Bowl preview column? Really? Come on. Would it matter to you if I wrote that CBS is using 26 cameras or 32 cameras? A dozen tape...
Weird but true
A Brentwood, Calif., man has found a way to keep his prized 1984 Ferrari in his sight -- by parking it in his living room. Problem is, neighbors want to...
West Virginia cruises by free-falling St. John's, 79-60
St. John's guards Malik Stith and Dwight Hard craned their necks to clearly see the Garden scoreboard. The numbers were clear: West Virginia 79, St. John's 60. How could that...
Georgetown throttles No. 2 Villanova, 103-90
On a day when a fierce snowstorm blanketed the nation's capital, Austin Freeman scored 25 points, Jason Clark had 24, and No. 7 Georgetown (17-5, 7-4 Big East) forced 16...
You should date this man!
All the single ladies: Get over yourselves, already! To hear author Lori Gottlieb tell it, self-obsessed broads spend the majority of their time pathetically yapping about how there are no...
50 years of paparazzi
This month’s 50th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s cinematic masterpiece “La Dolce Vita” also marks a half-century of another pop-cultural phenomenon: The paparazzi, first introduced to the culture at large by...
Boys basketball roundup: Collegiate rebounds in Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
Collegiate followed up arguably its worst performance of the season with one of its best. One day after the Dutchmen were shocked by Hackley, Collegiate led from start to finish...
Battle of the exes
It's the most anticipated Oscar showdown since an unlucky makeup tech tried to wrestle host David Letterman’s hairpiece into submission. James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow are squaring off for Best...
Ke$ha tale
Ke$ha has more stories than Teddy Ruxpin. The sassy LA pop singer, 22, broke into Prince’s mansion, threw up in Paris Hilton’s closet, sang background for Britney Spears and became...
My New York: Isaac Mizrahi
Isaac Mizrahi is an NYC lifer. Born in Midwood, Brooklyn, the 48-year-old attended Parsons School for Design and lived in numerous neighborhoods before settling in the West Village in 1991....
Who's the 'Boss'
The first time Larry O’Donnell went to work on a recycling plant sort line, where he was tasked with pulling cardboard off a conveyor belt, he found it disorienting. “If...
LeBron scores 47 as Cavs beat Knicks 113-106
CLEVELAND -- LeBron James scored 47 points, including 24 straight for Cleveland in the first half, and the Cavaliers held off the New York Knicks 113-106 on tonight for their...
Lundqvist makes 41 saves; Rangers top Devils, 3-1
Henrik Lundqvist made 41 saves and Ryan Callahan triggered a three-goal outburst in the second period as the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on tonight. Callahan,...
Hurricanes blow away Islanders, 3-1
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Justin Peters made 34 saves in his NHL debut, and Jussi Jokinen, Patrick Dwyer and Joni Pitkanen supported him with goals to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat...
PSAL 'B' Girls Basketball Showcase roundup
Environmental Studies came all the way back from a 15-point halftime deficit to stun Fannie Lou Hamer, 55-53, on Saturday morning in the opener of the PSAL ‘B’ Girls Basketball...
Three dead in Colo. mid-air plane crash
DENVER — An airplane towing a glider collided with another plane Saturday afternoon in Colorado, sending the aircraft crashing to the ground and killing at least three people, authorities said....
Jewel of a performance for Midwood against Center
The word Artie LaGreca used to describe Jewel Tunstull’s season was “consistent.” And the Northeastern-bound center has been just that for Midwood in her first year transferring from Virginia. But...
Four-point fiends: Xavier at it again in win over Hackley
In his first 18 years as the Xavier boys basketball coach, Joe McGrane can’t remember one four-point play in his team’s favor. Now, he has seen three – two which...
Third-quarter woes doom Hilltoppers in loss to CK
For a half, The Mary Louis Academy had an answer for whatever Christ the King did. The Hilltoppers rebounded from a slow start, ended the first half strong and trailed...