March 21, 2010
Xavier edges Pitt, 71-68
MILWAUKEE — Jordan Crawford scored 27 points, including a breakaway dunk with just over two minutes remaining, to help Xavier beat Pittsburgh 71-68 in the second round of the NCAA...
Duke handles Cal to move on to Sweet 16
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nolan Smith scored 20 points, Kyle Singler added 17 and top-seeded Duke advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament with a 68-53 victory over...
Jets' Ryan speaks about lap-band surgery
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rex Ryan was thinking of his family, not himself, when the Jets’ portly coach decided to have lap-band weight loss surgery earlier this month. Making his first...
'Disgusted' Woods: I was out of control
Tiger’s beginning to crawl out of the Woods. In two separate interviews tonight, the golf great, serial cheater and sex addiction rehab grad talked about the scandals that played havoc...
Niese's outing cut short by rain
KISSIMMEE – Jonathan Niese struggled a bit in his one inning of work today before the Mets-Astros game ended up being rained out.Niese, battling for the fifth starter’s spot, retired...
PSAL Manhattan A softball preview: Experienced Stuy psyched for division contention
The Stuyvesant softball team has improved in each of coach Vincent Miller’s two seasons – from four wins to six wins to 12 last year. With just one senior graduating...
Turner leads Ohio State past Georgia Tech, into Sweet 16
MILWAUKEE -- One bad game for Evan Turner is a rarity. No way he has two in a row. Turner shook off one of the worst shooting nights of his...
Scully returns to Dodgers camp following fall at home
Bruised physically and emotionally following a fall at his home Thursday, Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully showed he still has his sense of humor. The 82-year-old Hall of Famer...
Michigan State beat Maryland at buzzer
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Korie Lucious hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cap a frenetic finish and give injury-depleted Michigan State an 85-83 victory over Maryland on Sunday in the...
West Virginia holds off Missouri, 68-59
BUFFALO -- Da'Sean Butler handled Missouri's pressure defense just fine and led West Virginia into the NCAA tournament's round of 16. Butler accounted for 19 of his team's 30 points...
Cornell dominates Wisconsin, 87-69
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Hey Big Blue, here comes Big Red! Louis Dale scored 26 points, Ryan Wittman added 24 and No. 12 seed Cornell upset fourth-seeded Wisconsin 87-69 on Sunday,...
St. John's women one win from first Sweet 16
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State seniors Jacinta Monroe and Alysha Harvin have played in the regional semifinal round of the NCAA women's tournament before. A chance awaits to go there...
Rebuilding Rams will still contend for Manhattan A title
Manhattan Center has been an incredible PSAL softball success story. The Lady Rams didn’t win a league game in 2006 due to a lack of enough players. So they started...
St. Peter's stars trade in sneakers for softball cleats
Jamie O’Hare wouldn’t let it go or let it die. Three of her fellow St. Peter’s girls basketball starters -- Christine Kline, Victoria Jones and Catherine Lewis -- had expressed...
Borough Hall wears green
Bagpipes, green bagels and a touch of blarney accompanied the tribute when Borough President Marty Markowitz launched local St. Patrick’s Day Parade festivities with an awards breakfast at Borough Hall.The...
A wheely good bust!
This cop is driving burglars crazy! Officer Edward Hugee (left) was named the 66th Precinct’s “Cop of the Month” for March for taking down a burglary crew on Dahill Road....
Yankees rained out; Hughes, Joba to pitch tomorrow
TAMPA — Joe Girardi put his actions behind his mouth regarding his feelings on the fifth starter drama. Girardi said Saturday he hasn’t decided who will grab the fifth spot....
New coach, same old Madison
The names in the lineup are exactly the same for the James Madison softball team, which went to the PSAL Class A city title game last year. The only difference...
Oh, that other protest: thosands demand immig reform
WASHINGTON — Frustrated with the pace of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, thousands of demonstrators descended on the nation's capital today, waving American flags and holding homemade signs...
'Ive done some pretty bad things,' Woods says in first interview
Tiger’s beginning to crawl out of the Woods.In two separate interviews last night, the golf great, serial cheater and sex addiction rehab grad talked about the scandals that played havoc...
Hill, Jeffries help Rockets beat Knicks
Tracy McGrady's revenge on the Rockets will have to come next season. If McGrady's still in the league. There was no fairytale finish for McGrady today. These Knicks don't write...
Rangers fall to Bruins; drop five points behind Boston for final playoff spot
BOSTON — The long winter is about to lead to the Rangers' longest offseason since the lockout. The Rangers are 10 games and three weeks away from the summer. That's...
Toni Morrison leads a true 'write' of passage for black authors
The reining queen of American literature, Toni Morrison, is coming to the borough of writers in yet another Brooklyn celebration of the arts and letters,Morrison, who was awarded the 1993...
PSAL Brooklyn A softball preview: Lincoln looking for more success
The Lincoln softball team might not have the experience it did last year. But there is one thing the Railsplitters will have a lot more of: continuity. Head coach Kim...
Mauer, Twins agree to eight-year extension
MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Mauer is staying home.The AL MVP agreed to an eight-year, $184 million contract extension with Minnesota on Sunday that includes a full no-trade clause, a massive deal...
Figueroa will consider other options if Mets start him in minors
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Nelson Figueroa appreciates the chance the New York Mets have given him to pitch in the majors, but he admits he is leaving every possibility...
PETA slams Tyson show 'gambling,' DA investigates
Mike Tyson’s new reality TV show about pigeon racing is under investigation over accusations of illegal gambling, TMZ reported today. The retired U.S. champion boxer, a life-long pigeon keeper, stars...
Kudos to outstanding cops
It may have been a lucky coincidence, but, just in time for Women’s History Month, a trio of female officers was in the spotlight during the March meeting of the...
Protester disrupts House, shouts 'Kill the bill!'
WASHINGTON — A Democratic lawmaker says a protester stood up in the House gallery, yelled "Kill the bill" and was cheered by Republicans. Angry demonstrators opposed to the health care...
Syracuse hammers Gonzaga to advance to Sweet 16
BUFFALO -- The HSBC Center was an Orange Asylum with Syracuse fans turning this NCAA Tournament 2nd-round showdown against Gonzaga into a March Midnight Madness. Then a whistle blew with...
Boyfriend busted in tot's beating death
A Bronx man has been arrested in the death of his girlfriend's toddler. The boyfriend of the child's mother, 23-year-old Ramel Green, was arrested today and charged with second-degree murder....
Biggest threat to animals: The Internet
DOHA, Qatar — The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live...
Walt Whitman was beat, man
Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman have more in common than impressive beards.This month, academics will explore the esteemed poet’s influence on the Beat Generation in such areas as sexual identity,...
Twins' Nathan opts for season-ending surgery
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan will miss the 2010 season because of a right elbow injury that will require surgery. Nathan, who leads the major leagues...
Box Office: 'Wimpy Kid' kicks Anisler's butt
Fox scored its fourth modestly-budgeted family hit in four months with "Diary of a Wimpy Kid,'' which opened in second place with a much better than anticipated $22.5 million. That's...
'Killer' Amanda Knox wins suit over sex book
Convicted killer Amanda Knox has won $54,500 in damages after suing the author of a book for invading her privacy and revealing details of her sex life, Sky News reported...
Congress passes health-care bill
WASHINGTON — Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down...
McBain lifts 'Canes
Jamie McBain scored his first NHL goal with less than a second remaining in overtime, and the Hurricanes rallied from a late deficit to beat the Penguins 3-2 yesterday in...
Dan Senor being advised by conservative pollster Jon Lerner as he prepares to enter Senate race
As he prepares to enter the race for Senate in the coming days, Dan Senor has been advised by Jon Lerner, the pollster for the conservative-leaning Club for Growth and...
Explosives found aboard plane in India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India - Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in southern India, but it was not attached to a detonator and could...
Iceland braces for second, bigger eruption
Iceland is preparing for an even more powerful and potentially destructive volcano after a small eruption at the weekend shot red-hot molten lava high into the sky, the Times of...
Hide and Meeks
Gregory Meeks is a congressman, not a bookkeeper. The Democratic lawmaker insisted last week he wasn’t responsible for the money raised by a Queens charity he helped create, thousands of...
Cutting crew
I nominate Raymond J. Keating as our next state comptroller (“How To Cut $9B,” PostScript, March 14). Albany’s consistent record of a closed-door budget process, raising taxes, increasing spending, wasting...
Keep the regents
I read with interest Patrick Compton’s column on why we should not cut New York Regents exams (“Don’t Fail Kids by Cutting Regents,” PostScript, March 14). I can offer a...
Hanks’ history
I had respect and admiration for Tom Hanks till now (“Tom Hanks Flunks History,” Victor Davis Hanson, PostScript, March 14). Previously, Hanks tempered his statements and did much for returning...
Possible return for corruption-stained placement agents
While Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has cracked down on the corrupt use of pension-fund “placement agents,” City Comptroller John Liu is cracking open the door for the return of the...
New York's $105B pension timebomb
The city is sinking into an $100 billion hole of soaring employee pension and health care costs. According to the city’s latest annual financial report, New York City’s fi ve...
The Rumble
Boss appreciation dayGiants tight end did right by N.J. man Kevin Boss was recently at an appearance at Freehold Raceway Mall when he encountered Jessica Stroz, her sons Tyler, 11,...
Bully for schools that pull plug on the punks
It started in football season, a quiet revolution of right winning over might. Mike Leach. Jim Leavitt. Mark Mangino. All three had been successful coaches, all three had turned losers...
Don’t be so sure Padres' Gonzalez will be traded to Red Sox
Foregone conclusion No. 1 of the 2010 baseball season: San Diego will trade Adrian Gonzalez. Foregone conclusion No. 2: The Red Sox will acquire Gonzalez. Count me among those who...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Bud Selig
The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the commissioner of baseball about a variety of issues confronting the game — and a few of his favorite things. Q: Will the Madoff...
Aceves rocked; Hughes can widen gap in ‘5’ race
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A week ago Alfredo Aceves appeared to be in position to cop the fifth spot in the Yankees’ rotation. Today, he is likely behind Phil Hughes. And...
Northern Iowa upsets top-seeded Kansas
OKLAHOMA CITY — Leading by one against the colossus of the bracket, Ali Farokhmanesh stood at the 3-point line, no one around. The prudent play? Pull it out, burn some...
Samhan sparks Saint Mary’s to upset win over Villanova
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Tiny Saint Mary’s finally knows what it’s like to go to the Sweet 16, because of Omar Samhan’s dominance and their own iron jaw. Villanova’s coach Jay...
Beckenbauer on Red Bull Arena: "It's a fantastic soccer stadium"
Red Bull soccer czar Dietmar Beiersdorfer called Red Bull Arena, a $200 million jewel in Harrison, N.J., “the beginning of a new era of New York soccer.” And it seemed...
Wolyniec, Petke soak in Red Bull Arena opener
John Wolyniec had a very good day. First the Red Bulls player representative received word that a new collective bargaining agreement was hammered out in Washington, D.C. in the afternoon....
A grand start for Red Bulls in new home
If the Red Bulls preseason form could translate to the regular season, the memory of a miserable 2009 campaign will be as distant as playing on the turf in cavernous...
What did Jersey ever do to you?
New Jersey was once a favorite dumping ground for the Mafia, and a natural setting for the mob drama “The Sopranos.” The opening credits of the HBO drama with its...
High times on 'Nurse Jackie'
Edie Falco jabs a needle into Julia Ormond’s butt on the set of “Nurse Jackie.” Ormond, long dark hair hanging in front of her face, lets out a deep groan...
Delany does double-duty
”Dancing with the Stars” premieres this week, but Mama prefers watching stars, you know, act. Here are some opportunities to do just that: * “Breaking Bad” (Sunday, 10 p.m., AMC):...
Reel good
THE CHANGELING (2008) Sunday, 12:15 a.m., IFC This dark, 1930’s era Clint Eastwood film tells the true story of switchboard operator Christine Collins (a way too-chic Angelina Jolie), whose son...
Don't miss
‘Life’ stories The makers of “Planet Earth” have turned their HD cameras towards the creatures and plant groups that inhabit this world. The 11-part series kicks off with the introductory...
Lost boys of 'Tucson'
Every kid occasionally wafts off into the morbid fantasy of being an orphan. With no parents to boss him around, he could stay up playing Xbox well into the wee...
Cable crazies play the most dangerous game
The History Channel lately has shown “The World At War,” the superb, 26-part, British-made 1973 documentary about World War II. One of its essential themes — and a theme of...
Agenda: All the king's men
1. ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ hails Elvis jam with rock royalty It’s hard to imagine now, but when he hit the music scene as a swivel-hipped, twitchy-lipped 21-year-old in 1956, in...
Devoted dog owner creates healthy treats for fussy, furry friends
Lower East Sider Annette Frey’s professional life has gone to the dogs — and she couldn’t be happier. Thanks to her pit bull-beagle mix Lambchop, the former physical therapist found...
Bedford suffocates Joyner and South Bronx's run comes to an end
Despite trailing by eight points at halftime, Doug Porter felt good. South Bronx wasn’t playing its best, but was hanging tough, within striking distance. Unfortunately, it didn’t get better for...
Outside cat safety
It’s finally spring, so you may be thinking about letting kitty out to roam. Please think twice, then three times — and then don’t do it. Now, I’m not against...
Ask Ashley: He won't talk? You walk
I just started seeing this guy. We’ve been on three dates, all of which went really well. His only communication between dates, though, is text. And sometimes, these texts go...
This week's couple: The ad couple
While sharing a meal at Murray Hill’s Rare Bar and Grill, Shawn, 27, and Heather, 28, discovered they’re both account supervisors at different advertising agencies. In fact, they even share...
Top 5 ways to soothe your sick sweetie
According to heartfelt helpers at Duane Reade “Vicks VapoRub massage.” — Wanda “Write them a prescription from the ‘love doctor.’ “ — “Dr.” Dale “Try a hot shower for two.”...
Meet market: Singer wants duet partner for romantic serenade
Shilpa is a 20-year-old student and aspiring rhythm-and-blues performer looking for someone to make sweet music with. Can you dig it, fellas? John, 21Student He is: a lifelong New Yorker....
Point taken: Jones leads Bedford past South Bronx and to 'A' crown
Since entering Bedford Academy four years ago, Brent Jones and Anthony Mason Jr. have often talked about winning a championship. It was only talk, but now it’s a reality. The...
Vanderbilt Avenue: Prospect Heights' destination for foodies and booze hounds
With a knack for transforming barnwood into bar tops — and Manhattanites into hipsters — Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn is blossoming into New York’s new star strip. “It’s the big...
QHST gains respect, first hoops title
When Michael Shelton received his team’s seed for the PSAL Class B playoffs, the Queens HS of Teaching coach was taken aback. The Tigers went 14-0 in Queens B East...
Meet U2’s ‘War’ child
To millions of U2 fans, Peter Rowen is the child whose mournful face stares out from the covers of “Boy” and “War.” Now, 30 years since he modeled for the...
A decade of bad karma sent Boy George tumbling. Can he stop the crying game?
It should have been a triumphant night. On Feb. 28, 2001, former Culture Club singer Boy George, having reinvented himself as a deejay a few years earlier, descended on Chelsea...
Idle beeps
What does a dog do on his day off ? Better yet, how does a New York City borough president keep busy? After all, neither dogs nor beeps are overly...
Get into the '80s groove in NYC
* Crunch’s new fitness class, “Awesome ’80s Prom” Cast members from the long-running interactive show will teach the Robocop, Moonwalk, Pop & Lock, and more to ’80s hit tunes such...
ObamaCare endgame
Today’s the day that the House of Representatives votes (or doesn’t vote) on ObamaCare — a radical scheme that incorporates the most drastic changes in US health-care delivery in more...
The '80s: like, so totally back!
On a night in the East Village last month, the near-empty burger joint Black Iron was gearing up for the dinner rush. “You know,” a bearded bartender remarked to his...
War of the Warners
It’s a real-life act of Hollywood villainy that ranks with the very worst depicted on the big screen — how Jack L. Warner tricked his brothers into surrendering the studio...
All the lonely people ...
We’re in the midst of what’s been described as one of thebiggest demographic trends to ever hit the United States: More of us are living alone. In 1960, just 13%...
In my library: Henning Mankell
He’s given the world Kurt Wallander — the hard-drinking, highly caffeinated detective recently played by Kenneth Branagh on PBS. But Sweden’s Henning Mankell has more on his mind than police...
Required reading
Backing Into Forward A Memoir by Jules Feiffer (Doubleday) Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer gives us an unvarnished New York view of the world of art and culture in the...
Sex & the Stone Age
If you don’t believe in evolution, just take a look at Raquel Welch. She was once just a picture on a poster — OK, maybe not just any poster: It...
The Dems bring the pain
As the health care leviathan slouches toward a final vote in the House of Representatives — or at least a final “deeming” — it is worth taking one final look...
Bogie-Hepburn classic, 'The African Queen' finally lands on DVD
Having had one of the most difficult journeys to the screen in Hollywood history, it’s fitting that “The African Queen” has taken longer than any other major film classic to...
My New York: Jason Sudeikis
Just because you’re a celebrity doesn’t mean you have it made. This is New York, after all, and the city beats you down, whether you’re on “Saturday Night Live” or...
Sounds of silence
When he was 15 years old, future composer John Cage gave a speech, for an oratory contest, about Pan-American relations, in which he said that America should have her business,...
Tats all, folks
On screen, in the Swed ish thriller "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," Noomi Rapace looks like someone you'd run into on St. Marks Place. Anorexically thin and sullen, with...
Avert brain drain
The world's top-rated player says you can be too smart to play chess. "Being too intelligent" can "get in your way," Magnus Carlsen, the 19-year-old Norwegian super-GM, told the magazine...
Day-care defame blame
Someone who was unhappy with a Queens day-care center made sure everyone knew the Nurturing Center was really the "Torturing Center." That's what fliers posted around southeast Queens last summer...
Gay-hitch annulments
Gays and lesbians can't marry in New York, but they can get an annulment. A state appeals court has ruled that even though New York doesn't have a civil-union law,...
Disney wants women with natural breasts for new 'Pirates' movie
Disney is searching for real treasure chests for its upcoming shoot of the next "Pirates of the Caribbean" swashbuckler -- that is, women with natural breasts. The movie studio has...
Advance teams 'tripped' up by Obama's change of travel plans
Rooms were booked, limos waiting and snipers staking out positions. Then President Obama shelved plans to visit Guam, Indonesia and Australia, as today's expected House health-care vote grounded Air Force...
Nut punches US marshal
A crazed man was arrested after he attacked a US marshal in Foley Square. The unidentified man walked up to the uniformed marshal while he sat in a security booth...
Palestinian teen shot dead in riot
A Palestinian teenager was killed yesterday during a clash with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank settlement of Iraq Burin. Mohammed Qadus, 16, died after being shot in the chest...
Qns. murder-scene lawsuit is a bloody mess
It's bad enough when a man is murdered in your backyard. It's worse when the city leaves you to mop up the mess. That's the lament of three Queens women...
Bodyguards in 'fashion'
This dress comes with two men who won't take their eyes off you. A bejeweled $1.5 million dress by Beirut designer Jad Ghandour that debuted last night on a Miami...
Democratic Health-care holdout standing firm on Staten Island
Squeezed by his own party, powerful unions and voters in his own conservative district, Rep. Mike McMahon of Staten Island is the only city Democrat still holding out against his...
Ben bops bank bill
WASHINGTON -- Don't strip the Federal Reserve of its oversight of 5,000 bank-holding companies and 850 state-chartered banks, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned lawmakers yesterday -- as the Senate Banking...
A Happy Meal is forever
McDonald's food not only tastes like plastic, it lasts as long as plastic. A Denver nutritionist kept a Happy Meal out for a whole year just to see what would...
Seniors angered over reverse mortgage snub
Dear John: Can you believe it's more than a year since I contacted you regarding Washington's ridiculous delay in officially authorizing reverse mortgages for co-ops? So many senior citizens have...
Columbia's Greek 'RHO'
It's "Revenge of the Nerds" meets "Animal House." The Ivy Leaguers at Columbia University have gone Greek -- embracing their inner Blutos and nearly doubling the number of fraternity and...
Pelosi nixes amending bill on abortion $$
As House leaders counted up the last votes they need for today's health-care vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi quashed some pro-lifers' wish to amend the bill to tighten abortion restrictions --...
Righties pick Rick Lazio for gov
The state Conservative Party endorsed Rick Lazio for governor yesterday -- a day after Suffolk County executive Steve Levy, a Democrat, shook up the race by announcing he was running...
Thugs slay Bronx father who rescued teen from attack
He tried to save a life, and paid with his own. A hardworking father of two, who was about to get engaged to his girlfriend, was stabbed to death trying...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens A man who accidentally shot dead an acquaintance during a life-and-death struggle over a gun in Far Rockaway will not face murder charges. Julius Smith, 19, was smoking marijuana...
Bloomberg brings numbers game to baseball statistics
Bloomberg LP, the financial services data giant, has launched its first consumer products -- two online baseball statistics tools, one aimed at the 11 million fantasy baseball players in the...
Port Authority freezes handouts to politician's Queens charity
The Port Authority will turn off the spigot and stop sending money to a Queens charity. The agency's action comes a week after The Post revealed that the Rockaway Boulevard...
Living on the edge: A settler's story of W. Bank survival
Yonaton Behar, 49, moved to a West Bank set tlement 23 years ago. The Stuyvesant HS graduate works as a fund-raiser and spokesman for the settlement's yeshiva and, with his...
Lips unSEALed
The military officer who brought charges against three Navy SEALs allegedly involved in injuring a terrorist has agreed to grant immunity to five witnesses -- who are expected to exonerate...
Bus gets a gentile push
Oy. A goy's driving my bus. The city is looking for a new operator for a private bus company that caters to ultra-Orthodox Jews traveling from the kosher enclaves of...
Spitting-mad protest takes a hateful turn
Health-care protesters took their vitriol to new heights in DC yesterday -- spitting at and repeatedly hurling racial slurs at black congressmen. Thousands of demonstrators, including some members of the...
'Harry' a hot film
Harry Potter should keep his goblet of fire to himself. Six fire engines spent 40 minutes battling flames on the set of the final "Harry Potter" film in England yesterday....
Mandela aids Naomi
Can a Nobel Peace Prize winner tame fashion's most difficult diva? Naomi Campbell told the Britain's Daily Mail newspaper that she's learning to get a handle on her famously out-of-control...
Jest pains: EMTs axed for on-job 'Net antics
Two goofball emergency medical technicians played Chatroulette -- and lost. The pair had goofed around in their gas masks and flirted with girls in online chat rooms inside their ambulance...
New Jacko doc shocker
A bombshell ambulance report from the day Michael Jackson died may be the final nail in the coffin of Dr. Conrad Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter. According to...
Obama gives a booster shot to Dems on eve of health vote
President Obama declared historic health-care legislation all but enacted yesterday -- after whipping up support among coalescing House Democrats on the brink of today's crucial vote. "We'll get this done,"...
Stox spike as Obama loses favor
A funny thing happened this week in the land of statistics -- President Obama's disapproval rating bested his approval score for the first time in his presidency (46 percent approve,...
Wine trader has sense of opportunity
On the surface, the career trajectory of Upper East Sider Alexandra Elman is pretty run of the mill. After working for others in her industry for 17 years, she is...
Why we fear Bam big gov't
One of these days, God willing, we won't have health care to kick around any more. But hold the champagne. No matter the out come in Congress, the final vote...
Bloomy's commish crew left hanging
Three months into his third term, Mayor Bloomberg still hasn't told some of his commissioners if he'll keep them for the next four years. Understandably, those left dangling are nervous....
Selling heroes $hort
Attorneys for ailing 9/11 responders have come out swinging against a federal bill that could give their clients much more money than a proposed court settlement. The law partnership that...
Hell on wheels: New York's 10 worst cabbies
They're the hacks out of hell. New York's 10 worst cabbies spit, curse, throw temper tantrums and sucker-punch female riders while raging on the road with less regard for the...
Whisk & reward: A tidy 76G buys this 'cleanup'
Somebody here must really be cleaning up. The Port Authority gave $76,000 to a Queens charity to clean the streets of Jamaica -- and all the public got for its...
As marts rise, Wal-Mart’s US stores fall
As US equity markets recover and consumers regain a bit of their swagger, shoppers are abandoning Wal-Mart's US stores in droves. The discount giant, which posted healthy US same-store sales...
First woman NBC page tells all
If the walls of NBC's 30 Rock headquarters could talk, here's what they'd say. News anchor David Brinkley was a gossip. Milton Berle was just as funny in person. And...
W editor selection this week
A new editor for W is expected to be named early this week, according to a company spokeperson. With long-time top editor Patrick McCarthy now out as editorial director, the...
Wrong kid smoked out: suit
They were smokin' in the boys' room. That's the allegation made by the principal of the prestigious NEST+m school on the Lower East Side, who tried to have a student...
Filmmakers offer an inside look at NYC's 'rubber rooms'
Lights, cameras -- inaction! Two documentary filmmakers have infiltrated New York City's infamous "rubber rooms" -- the eight disciplinary dens around the city where educators accused of wrongdoing while away...
Don't be evil, You!
When it comes to YouTube, it sure seems like the geniuses at Google got snookered. A series of jaw-dropping videos and e-mails among YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and...
Judge clears Diller's IAC of securities fraud
A Manhattan federal judge dismissed a long-running class-action lawsuit accusing media mogul Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp of securities fraud for making false and misleading statements that artificially inflated the Internet conglomerate's...
Wal-Mart 'hate' bust
A 16-year-old boy from Atlantic City was behind a racist comment made last Sunday on the public-address system in a New Jersey Wal-Mart, cops said yesterday. The teen, whose name...
Fortune shining on Mets' Takahashi
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The journey from Japan to the major leagues is never an easy one, no matter what success you have achieved in your native land. So when...
It would be wrong to expand NCAA tournament
At the conclusion of this basketball season, the NCAA will have the op portunity to make significant changes in the number of teams in the NCAA tournament, the structure of...
NFL meetings may go into OT
ORLANDO, Fla. --Not only could overtime have a whole new look, but the Jets and Giants also hope to cement New York's bid to land the 2014 Super Bowl when...
Aqueduct analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6 fur; $44,000; alw; 4up MISTER TRIESTER drops in class for first start since tiring to third as the favorite in stakes at the Meadowlands in October....
There's only one 'LT'
* As a Giants fan, I (and no doubt many other Big Blue fans) take extreme offense at the continued reference to LaDainian Tomlinson as "LT," particularly now that he...
LeGarie's prints all over front office ploys
A few years ago, when the Cavaliers were head- hunting for a general manager, resulting in the hiring of Danny Ferry, agent Warren LeGarie tried to pressure Nuggets owner E....
Mets' Mejia must wait for back-to-back outings
JUPITER, Fla. -- Jenrry Mejia's first back-to-back outing of spring training was postponed, but the Mets still would like to see Mejia in such a scenario eventually.Mejia threw an inning...
Mets' Escobar could begin throwing tomorrow
JUPITER -- Kelvim Escobar must be given permission first, but he is hoping to be able to throw a ball tomorrow for the first time in weeks. The Mets' rehabbing...
The Post line
NBA Favorite Line Underdog Rockets 3 KNICKS Thunder 3½ PACERS CLIPPERS 5 Kings HAWKS 3½ Spurs CAVALIERS 13½ Pistons LAKERS 15 Wizards SUNS 5 Trail Blazers NHL Favorite Line Underdog...
Red Bulls' new stadium needs a star
Mike Petke, the fran chise's all-time leader in losing games played in an empty Giants Stadium, entered his new Red Bull Arena candy store last night with probably the widest...
Red Bulls open new arena in grand style
If the Red Bulls' preseason form translates to the regular season, the memory of a miserable 2009 campaign will be as distant as playing on the turf in cavernous Giants...
Sports shorts
MLB: Nationals send Strasburg to minors The Nationals optioned star pitching prospect Stephen Strasburg, the top overall pick in June's draft, to Double-A Harrisburg yesterday. Strasburg had a 2.00 ERA...
Devils blanked by Blues, 1-0
The Devils' second-half slump has become chronic, and for the first time, the coach is questioning his team's desire and commitment. "It's the excitement to play, the life, that you...
Jordan Hill: D'Antoni buried me on Knicks' bench
Rookie Jordan Hill, the Knicks' lottery pick last year, charged that coach Mike D'Antoni held him back during his brief, forgettable stint in New York. The 6-foot-10 Hill, who faces...
Granderson: Hand's OK
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Curtis Granderson said his right hand that was hit by a pitch Friday night was OK. "Everything is good," said Granderson, who took batting practice at George...
Bosh, Raptors slap Nets with 62nd loss
Let's play the "$20,000 Pyramid." "An egg . . . a rug . . . a grade-school team . . . the Knicks." Yup, things the Nets can beat. And...
T-Mac to face Rockets for first time since trade
Tracy McGrady believes he was "mistreated" by the Rockets. Today in a Garden matinee, he gets a chance to mistreat the Rockets. McGrady's first match against Houston since the Feb....
NHL starved for appealing teams
BOSTON -- For those who have been away for a while, we can catch you up on this first day of spring. This has been the hockey season: head shot,...
Bruins battle is critical for Rangers
BOSTON -- On the afternoon before their first critical game of the season, which will be contested today (12:30, NBC WYM 970 AM) against the Bruins, the Rangers did something...
Islanders' playoff hopes fade with 1-0 loss to Kings
LOS ANGELES -- Jonathan Quick posted his fourth shutout of the season and Brad Richardson scored in the first period, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 1-0 victory over...
Rec fishing groups fight for access
There is a storm brew ing in the recreational fishing community over a new federal plan for oceans and great lakes that would limit sport fishing in large areas of...
Weird but true
Even rock stars aren't this dumb about partying. A Florida man died of a drug overdose after celebrating passing his court-ordered drug test by going out on a massive morphine...
St. John's women advance in NCAAs
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- St. John's came into the NCAA women's tournament still angry over its loss in the Big East tournament. They took that frustration out on Princeton. Da'Shena Stevens...
St. John's wants Donovan, but it's a long shot
BUFFALO -- It seemed like a pipe dream, and at the end of the day Florida coach Billy Donovan almost surely will opt to keep the idyllic lifestyle and exceptional...
Kansas State bullies BYU
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jacob Pullen got knocked to the floor, his hip aching and his Kansas State team stuck in an early hole on the same floor where the NCAA...
No Wake-up necessary: Kentucky rolls on day of upsets
NEW ORLEANS -- By the time Kentucky took the court last night for its East Region second-round game against Wake Forest, with all that aura, with all those blue-chip Diaper...
Pittsburgh's depth 'X' factor vs. Xavier
MILWAUKEE -- Xavier coach Chris Mack faces a challenge going into today's second-round NCAA tournament game against Pittsburgh: The Panthers, seeded sixth in the West Region, had six players score...
Perfect Tenn.: Vols easily move on
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Tennessee, the only team to have beaten pre-NCAA tourney favorites Kansas and Kentucky, might have the nation's best set of victories. And after yesterday's workmanlike 83-68 second-round...
Spartans final of 2009 four
SPOKANE, Wash. -- And then there was one: Michigan State is the sole survivor from last year's Final Four teams still alive in the NCAA Tournament. The fifth-seeded Spartans (25-8)...
Butler smells Sweet after edging Murray State
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Butler's Gordon Hayward instinctively left his man for a double-team, deflected a freshman's desperate pass and slammed Murray State's storybook shut. Those rip-roaring Racers were awfully...
Tar Heels move into NIT quarters
Larry Drew II hit a shot over center Jarvis Varnado with 2 seconds to play to give North Carolina a 76-74 victory over Mississippi State yesterday in the second round...
West about to go south
Each day during the NCAA Tournament, The Post's Tim Sullivan offers his plays. IT IS a rare sight during this time of year -- any time of year, for that...
No. 11 Washington slams New Mexico
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Quincy Pondexter and Isaiah Thomas danced to Washington's timeout huddle after finishing yet another second-half fast break with a basket and a bellowing vocal flourish. In...
Kansas assistant on Seton Hall's radar
Kansas assistant Joe Dooley was considered a long shot for the head-coaching vacancy at Seton Hall, but now that his current employer is unexpectedly out of the NCAA Tournament that...
Baylor earns 'Sweet' trip after beating Old Dominion
NEW ORLEANS -- Only seven years ago, the Baylor basketball program was engulfed in tragedy and scandal, the shooting death of one of its players (Patrick Dennehy) by a teammate,...
Foote, Dale help Cornell pass NCAA exam
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jeff Foote stood out like an air traffic control tower as he held court with reporters inside the Cornell locker room on Friday afternoon, basking in the...
Syracuse depending on defense against Gonzaga
BUFFALO -- It must be the shirt. Or the hat. Or the sweatshirt. Or the songs. Yes, it's the songs. When the Syracuse Orange are hanging in their locker room,...
Who is the Butcher of Prospect Park?
a similar revolting crime scene in the same area last week, also saw the pile of intestines and immediately alerted park officials. A park employee — who would not give...
Suffolk Conservative chairman Walsh on Lazio warpath
Suffolk County Conservative chairman Ed Walsh just came out with a guns-a blazing statement slamming Rick Lazio as "duplicitous" for painting the Conservative Party executive committee vote today as an...
Bronx toddler beaten to death
Authorities are investigating the death of a toddler in the Bronx after police officers responding to a 911 call from her grandmother found her unconscious. Police say Sanaa Brewington was...
Top-seeded Kansas knocked out by Northern Iowa
OKLAHOMA CITY — Ali Farokhmanesh hit another big 3-pointer with 34 seconds left and Northern Iowa pulled off the biggest upset in the NCAA tournament, beating top overall seed Kansas...
Cougars roar to PSAL Class A title
There were no guarantees in the playoffs for Medgar Evers. Starting guards Ashley Castle and Camera Miley were off the team as late as last month. Miley’s mother held her...