March 19, 2011
Richmond shuts down Morehead State, 65-48
DENVER — Justin Harper scored 19 points and Kevin Anderson added 14, helping 12th-seeded Richmond advance to the round of 16 for the first time since 1988 with a 65-48...
Yankees name Burnett No. 2 starter, Hughes third
TAMPA -- The Yankees gave A.J. Burnett a vote of confidence Saturday, naming him the No. 2 starter. Phil Hughes will be the third starter.Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that...
Gators going forward with win over UCLA, 73-65
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida's smallest player carried the team to its biggest win of the season. Erving Walker, generously listed at 5 feet, 8 inches, scored 21 points and hit...
Bronx native Yacoubou honored, hungry to end HS career on top
Strong as a bull and with a will to match, there isn’t a situation on the basketball court that flusters Achraf Yacoubou. But when The Bronx native walked into coach...
PSAL Class B girls basketball final preview
NYPost.com’s PSAL girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down Sunday’s Class B final between No. 1 Scholars Academy and No. 2 Bedford Academy, set for 11 a.m. at St....
PSAL Class A girls basketball final preview
NYPost.com’s PSAL girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class A championship game between No. 1 Wings Academy and No. 10 Curtis, set for 3 p.m. Sunday at...
Yanks' Garcia has another poor showing
TAMPA, Fla. – Before today's game with the Blue Jays, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the team would like to decide on its fourth and fifth starters soon. Freddy...
Former secretary of state Warren M. Christopher dead at 85
WASHINGTON — Warren M. Christopher, the attorney turned envoy who tirelessly traveled to Bosnia and the Middle East on peace missions during his 1993-96 tenure as secretary of state in...
Knight scores 30 as Kentucky beats W. Va., 71-63
TAMPA, Fla. — It didn't take Brandon Knight long to build an impressive resume in the NCAA tournament. A game-winning shot in the closing seconds of his debut. A career-best...
World-famous polar bear 'Knut' dies at Berlin zoo
BERLIN — Berlin's beloved polar bear Knut, an international star who as a cuddly, fluffy cub graced magazine covers, movies and merchandise, died today. His death at the young age...
Tearful memorial for bus crash dead
Tears flowed this morning at a roadside, Buddhist memorial service for the 15 people killed in last week’s horrific crash of a budget casino tour bus on its way back...
US fires more than 100 missiles in attacks against Libya; 48 dead, 150 wounded
Now it’s Moammar Khadafy’s turn to learn firsthand the meaning of the words "shock and awe." In an action dubbed Operation Odyssey Dawn, the United States, France and Britain launched...
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World leaders gather for Libya talks
PARIS — World leaders met Saturday in a summit in Paris that could be the final step before international military action against Moammar Khadafy’s forces in Libya. The emergency summit...
Live blog: PSAL Class A and B boys and girls finals
The final day of the PSAL basketball season is upon us. Eight teams will enter St. Francis College on Sunday with the hopes of winning a championship and going upstate...
Radiation in water, milk near nuke plant
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — In the first sign that contamination from Japan's stricken nuclear complex had seeped into the food chain, officials said today that radiation levels in spinach and milk...
Gonzaga’s plan: Jam up Jimmer
DENVER — When you dismantle a Big East team like St. John’s the way Big, Bad Gonzaga did, you do not fear BYU gunslinger Jimmer Fredette. You do not think...
Cinderellas have their leading men
DENVER — One team is led by a power forward who believes every rebound should be his. The other is led by an undersized point guard, who believes every big...
Next Johnnies squad will rely on youth
DENVER — The morning after St. John’s got stomped on by an 800-pound gorilla named Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament, St. John’s coach Steve Lavin and his prize freshman, Dwayne...
Veteran core looks to lead young SFP back to B/Q crown
Katie Derby could have done anything else on Friday nights this winter – catch a movie, surf the web or meet friends at the mall. Instead the St. Francis Prep...
Lavin aims to build on this season’s success
DENVER — As he sat behind a dais early yesterday morning, looking at a statistic sheet behind black horn-rimmed glasses and coughing every few seconds to try and ease a...
Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher dead at 85
LOS ANGELES -- Warren Christopher, who served as US Secretary of State under former president Bill Clinton, died in California Friday night aged 85. Christopher died of complications of kidney...
Cal’s cousin’s save of Huggins bonds rivals
TAMPA — John Calipari and Bob Huggins are an odd couple as close friends. They’re both combustible, Type-A personalities with a competitive fire that seemingly would have them headed for...
UCLA’s Smith a load to behold
TAMPA — The paint hadn’t dried on UCLA’s NCAA Tournament win over Michigan State on Thursday night when Spartans coach Tom Izzo delivered this praise of Bruins coach Ben Howland:...
Syracuse has few problems with Indiana State
CLEVELAND — Rick Jackson is Syracuse’s only senior, and that comes with some responsibility. “I keep reminding all the guys this is my last go-round,” Jackson said. “We’ve been to...
Marquette’s tough tests pay off against Xavier
CLEVELAND — Marquette didn’t duck anyone when the Golden Eagles made their non-conference schedule for this season. They played in a tournament in November against Duke and Gonzaga, hosted Wisconsin...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
CICADA Aqueduct, third race. Grade 2. Purse: $100,000. Six furlongs, 3-year-old fillies. Post: 5:15 p.m. LOWDOWN: Quantum Miss faltered as the favorite when shipped to Gulfstream last out for the...
PSAL Bronx A softball preview: Tigers not licking wounds after losing two stars
There may not be a team in the city that can survive after losing two players like Nelyssa Rosario and Jane Witkowski in the same season. They were two of...
Steep price for catchers, closers
Roto Files is back to get you prepared for your upcoming fantasy baseball draft. In the fifth of a six-part series, we analyze closers and catchers. Next week: sleepers. Catcher...
Egyptians vote on constitutional changes
CAIRO — Eager for their first taste of a free vote in decades, Egyptians formed long lines outside polling centers on Saturday to cast their ballots on a package of...
Thierry Henry to lead Red Bulls' MLS Cup quest
The Red Bulls signing of Thierry Henry last summer was a coup, his MLS-leading 40,000 jerseys sold showing he’s becoming not just the face of the team but the league....
Smith sets tone as Midwood flexes top-seeded muscles
Midwood’s mission was simple: Lay down the law early and often, show 29th-seeded DeWitt Clinton the clock had struck midnight on its Cinderella run and use lethal weapon Bryan Smith...
Khadafy calls UN resolution for intervention 'invalid' as fighting continues in Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya — Moammar Khadafy took advantage of international indecision to attack the heart of the 5-week-old uprising on Saturday, sending troops, tanks and warplanes to swarm the first city...
Driven Stanners eye Brooklyn/Queens three peat, CHSAA state title
Archbishop Molloy was a big play away from its first ever CHSAA state title, but lost a heartbreaking one-run game to unbeaten St. Joseph by the Sea in last season's...
Syracuse beats Indiana State, 77-60, to move on in NCAA Tournament
CLEVELAND — Defensive stopper Rick Jackson scored a season-high 23 points, C.J. Fair added 14 and Syracuse began taking care of "unfinished business" in the NCAA tournament with a 77-60...
Bullock does Brooklyn
A preppy-looking Sandra Bullock takesa break on the setyesterday in Brooklyn, where she’s filming “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” co-starring Tom Hanks.
Governors could rule over Bronx yet again
This was the year Rich Eaton had circled back when the current crop of seniors were sophomores. That season, DeWitt Clinton finished an uncharacteristic fourth in PSAL Bronx A –...
Panthers' Feldstein fulfills Division I dream, embraces new challenge at St. Peter's
Amanda Feldstein wasn’t sure if her dream of playing Division I soccer was going to materialize. “I thought the chance was slowly going away because it was becoming later and...
Depp 'Short' stop
OK -- so Johnny Depp does have a sense of humor. Depp, one of the Hollywood celebs skewered by Ricky Gervais during January's Golden Globes, now wants to guest-star in...
'Real World' duo fugitives from justice
"Real World: New Orleans" house mates Jemmye Carroll and Ryan Knight are on the lam. The pair, charged with disorderly conduct, didn't show up for their arraignments on Wednesday --...
Good old-fashioned fun
Go ahead -- just try to resist when the title character of "Where's Charley?" coaxes you to sing along on "Once in Love With Amy." By the time Rob McClure...
Ibsen: unorthodox -- and intriguing
It's not often that a produc tion of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" begins with a Purim party. But that's the case in "A Doll House," presented by 24/6: A...
Funhouse
A nearly 60-year-old guy cavorts around in a too-short suit and white shoes acting like a demented five-year-old. From time to time, he's visited by double-entendre-dropping friends such as the...
Kid stuff
Today Hocus pocus: Like a day trip to Disneyland, “Disney Live! Mickey’s Magic Show” will feature Minnie, Donald, Goofy and other favorite characters pulling off some pretty neat tricks (with...
Spring fling
FOR BACKSTAGE BEAUS * Orchid Evenings: Broadway in Bloom at New York Botanical Garden (Bedford Park and Kazimiroff boulevards, The Bronx; 718-817-8700) The New York Botanical Garden has set the...
Mohegan loser's ace-hole defense
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Florida millionaire accused of walking out on a $1.2 million gambling debt is fighting Mohegan Sun in court, arguing that the Connecticut state judicial system cannot...
Military standards matter
THE ISSUE: A commission’s recommendation for more diversity in the US military. *** Clueless is the nicest term one could use for the "diversity" commission ("Military 'Diversity': More DC Silliness,"...
Get a Libyan interim gov't -- fast
With Thursday's resolution, the United Nations Security Council has moved to prevent a human tragedy in Libya. Yet the resolution, though welcome, is only the first step toward a durable...
Judge: Pay up dead-Beat(le)
A Manhattan judge dropped "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" down on the head of a city psychic, ordering that money he made by selling the suit John Lennon wore on the cover...
So it wasn't Israel
In the great Middle East who dunit, the verdict is in: The Jews are innocent. They aren't responsible for the violence, extremism, backwardness, discontent or predatory government of their Arab...
Prez inks $topgap
WASHINGTON -- President Obama signed a second short-term spending bill yesterday to keep the government running, this time through April 8, giving lawmakers more time to agree on a package...
Panel: Snuff mint cigs
WASHINGTON -- Removing menthol cigarettes from the US market would benefit public health, an advisory panel said in a preliminary report yesterday. A yearlong analysis shows menthol flavoring lures more...
Entombs-day scenario
Japan's nuclear experts said they've weighed a "Chernobyl solution" -- burying their crippled reactors in tons of concrete and sand -- as a last-resort option to end the meltdown crisis....
The camera doesn't lie: exposing NPR & the left
THE ISSUE: James O’Keefe’s sting operations and his most recent exposes on NPR. *** James O'Keefe is my new hero ("In Praise of Muckrakers," Kyle Smith, PostScript, March 13). He...
'Fraudster' dines on Mike dime
Before one of his trusted political aides was accused of being a crook, Mayor Bloomberg gave him $120,000 to open his own political committee -- which he's now using to...
NYers 'open' to Walmart: poll
The Big Apple is a Walmart-friendly zone, says a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday. Among city voters, 57 percent say elected officials should let the big-box behemoth open shop within...
Yemen gov't snipers slay 46
SANA'A, Yemen -- Snipers hidden on rooftops fired methodically on Yemeni protesters yesterday, mowing down 46 people, including three children. Police sealed off a key escape route with a wall...
A closer look at NYC's contracts
This year will mark the fourth time New York City has adopted a budget since the start of the recession. Once again, we'll be aided by smart financial planning --...
Padlock due on 'O' school
A school bearing President Obama's name is to be shuttered this summer because of low enrollment. The Barack H. Obama Elementary School in Asbury Park, NJ, will officially close July...
What's our plan?
Judging from his press conference yesterday, it seems President Obama is unaware of the oldest maxim in war -- "The enemy gets a vote." Hours earlier, for example, Libyan Foreign...
US steps up food checks
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration says it will monitor foods imported from Japan for radiation exposure. In a statement released yesterday, officials said they expect no risk to...
YouTube aids victim search
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google offered up YouTube yesterday to help victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami find missing loved ones. The Google-owned site began posting videos of victims...
Prez upstaged by tough-talking Hill
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday beat President Obama to the punch on Libya -- again. Hours before Obama called a press conference on the US response...
Eight years for code thief
A former Goldman Sachs computer programmer was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for stealing secret code used in the Wall Street bank's valuable high-frequency trading system. The programmer,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens ASPCA agents following a tip of animal cruelty visited a Jamaica home on Dec. 30 and found Eve, a 1-year-old pit bull, tied to a heavy chain, dehydrated, emaciated...
NYPD cop count sinking to 34,000
Hammered by budget cuts, the NYPD will field its smallest force by the middle of next year than at any time since 1992 -- raising fears that, with fewer cops...
Hot mail: Letter of Hurd's ex unsealed
Hewlett-Packard Co. has been ordered to unseal the potentially salacious letter that led to former CEO Mark Hurd's dramatic exit last year -- even though it could be an "embarrassment"...
Tiger's ex is 'roughing' it
Here's what a divorce settlement with Tiger Woods will get you. The golf great's ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, has used a small slice of her estimated $100 million split to buy...
Angry Apple slice as line jumpers mix it up with iPad hoarders
Gadget hoarders continued to iPad their wallets yesterday, snatching up nearly all of the new devices for resale online or overseas. Realizing that scalpers have been paying legions of mostly...
Business briefs
Starbucks Starbucks is raising the price of its packaged Starbucks and Seattle's Best coffee brands by an average of 12 percent due to speculators pushing up coffee prices, CEO How...
Marvelous night for moondance
The man in the moon is ready for his close-up. Tonight, sky-watchers will be treated to a rare "super-full moon," as it will look bigger and brighter than it has...
Auditors warned HSBC on Madoff
HSBC Holdings, Europe's biggest lender, was warned twice by auditors that entrusting up to $8 billion in client funds to Bernard Madoff opened it up to "fraud and operational risks."...
Gupta fires back at SEC
Rajat Gupta, the ex-Goldman Sachs director accused of feeding illegal tips to hedge fund pal Raj Rajaratnam, is hitting back at the Securities and Exchange Commission over the allegations. Gupta's...
Farewell to finest
Two police officers -- both senselessly killed in the line of duty in separate incidents -- were laid to rest yesterday in solemn ceremonies attended by thousands of fellow cops....
New Fed rule aid$ credit-card holders
The Federal Reserve yesterday approved a rule clarifying that credit-card companies can't increase promotional interest rates if card holders are less than 60 days delinquent. Issuers of credit cards offer...
'Pill-push' strip plea in works
A sexy stripper-turned-medical student might cop to playing Dr. Feelgood, entering plea negotiations with prosecutors for allegedly helping to run an illegal pill ring out of a Brooklyn hospital, attorneys...
City morgue staff may be cut to the bone
ALBANY -- The city morgue could become the next victim of state budget cuts that would slash the agency's resources, The Post has learned. Bloomberg administration officials said yesterday that...
Latest bust in 2009 TriBeCa 'gay' beatdown
A young TriBeCa man was finally arrested yesterday for a brutal 2009 gang assault, in which he and at least four pals allegedly ambushed a man they thought was gay....
Nike just doesn't do it
Surging cotton costs have claimed yet another fashion victim. Sneaker giant Nike missed Wall Street's quarterly profit forecast for the first time in nearly five years, blaming lofty prices for...
$4M payout over herpes
A millionaire with an itch for sex must pay $4.3 million in damages to the ex-lover he infected with genital herpes, a California court of appeals has ruled. The court...
Hackers after pols and jocks
It's not just sexy young stars like Vanessa Hudgens whose steamy private photos have been hacked -- athletes and politicians have reason to worry too, according to a new report....
Beaten tot's ma is grilled
Cops were grilling a Brooklyn woman yesterday after her 17-month-old foster son was found with bruises all over his body, authorities said. "I heard crying on Wednesday night; I heard...
Star witness
Hollywood tough guy Robert De Niro strolled to the Manhattan Supreme Court witness stand trying to look anonymous in a wrinkled, brown corduroy suit, open-collared white shirt and silver-sprinkled locks...
Subway pasta pounding
She went from mangia to maniac. When a woman started scarfing down a large Styrofoam container of spaghetti on the subway, a fellow female straphanger was so disgusted that she...
Most city voters back merit-based layoffs
Expel LIFO! That's the verdict of a whopping 78 percent of city voters, who said teacher layoffs should be based on performance rather than the seniority-based "last in, first out"...
Renée, Bradley break up
You no longer complete me! "Jerry Maguire" star Renée Zellweger has ended her storybook romance with Bradley Cooper, star of "The Hangover," after less than two years, writes Us magazine....
Speaking out against savagery
Palestinian Authority President Mah moud Abbas this week condemned the recent slaughter of a Jewish family in the West Bank -- including children aged 11, 4 and three months --...
Comptroller con
Union excesses don't seem to have dampened City Comptroller John Liu's drive to do labor's bidding. As The Post reported Tuesday, Liu helped steer a $150 million police pension-fund investment...
Limited labor love
New Yorkers may have a soft spot for labor unions -- but not at their own expense. That's one conclusion from the latest Quinnipiac poll, which shows strong support for...
Buffett reap$ $10 billion on Goldman investment
The Oracle of Omaha has a golden goose in Goldman Sachs. Warren Buffett has bagged nearly $10 billion in interest, fees and dividends on the $5 billion lifeline he extended...
Police convinced husband killed Bronx mom found dead
The noose is tightening. Cops are convinced an abusive ex-cop killed his wife and dumped her body near a Westchester highway -- and were beefing up the case against their...
American Apparel: red, black and blue
The ugly numbers keep piling up for American Apparel -- and so do the unfinished financial reports. The racy clothing retailer -- whose CEO Dov Charney was accused this month...
Subway 'shove' arrest
Police nabbed the deranged man who allegedly attacked an off-duty MTA worker in a Chinatown subway station last month. The nut -- the embodiment of every straphanger's worst fear --...
Ed. panel member busted in school-torch threat
A dad with a history of intimidating behavior was arrested after he allegedly threatened to burn down his daughter's elementary school, police and education sources said. Edward Primus, a member...
Mets bigs' Bernie hit now $1B
They're gonna need a bigger checkbook. The owners of the Mets were slammed yesterday with an amended lawsuit demanding they now fork over a cool $1 billion to settle claims...
OK! mag owner eyes sale of British titles
Richard Desmond may be putting his British magazines, including celebrity title OK!, on the sale block, but the American version of the magazine has apparently been left out of any...
'Blame the mob vic' defense
Call it an occupational hazard. Attorneys for Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano want to tell jurors in the mobster's upcoming death-penalty case that the victim of a hit the former Bonanno...
'Net's .xxx-citing news
SAN FRANCISCO -- You've heard of ".com" and ".org." Joining them soon will be their bawdy cousin: ".xxx." Yesterday, the board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names...
The end of 'Temptation'
This place is Brooklyn's answer to "Road House." The Temptation Tavern in Flatbush has been declared as rowdy as the bar in the Patrick Swayze movie -- shut down by...
No peas and Q's for raging in-flight veg gal
She should have ordered a Happy Meal. A 30-year-old vegetarian was so disgusted by the food she was served on a Newark-bound Continental Airlines flight yesterday that she threw the...
'Loaded gun' kid in class
An 11-year-old boy was arrested yesterday for bringing a loaded pistol to his Queens school, authorities said. The boy arrived at PS 140 in Jamaica in the morning, and at...
Aristide in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home yesterday from a seven-year exile to the warm embrace of jubilant supporters despite criticism claiming his presence could disrupt this weekend's...
Wily coyote plan
Cops in Westchester have come up with a plan to stop coyotes that could have been pulled straight from a Road Runner cartoon. The town of Rye has decided to...
Cool your jets or else, Khadafy
It's on! The US military and other world powers joined forces yesterday in a massive military buildup ahead of a potential showdown with Libyan despot Moammar Khadafy -- a global...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballTodayThird RoundAt Tampa, Fla.FavoriteLine UnderdogKentucky3½ (132)West VirginiaFlorida5 (131½)UCLAAt WashingtonPittsburgh7½ (128½)ButlerConnecticut3 (130)CincinnatiAt DenverRichmond4 (126½)Morehead St.Gonzaga1 (149½)BYUAt Tucson, Ariz.San Diego St.5½ (125)TempleWisconsin2½ (127½)Kansas St.NIT Second RoundTodayFavoriteLine UnderdogBOS. COL.5 (142½)NorthwesternCLEVE. ST.4 (144½)C....
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m&70yds; $17,000; clm($7,500); 4up(f)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Donna's Sandee(L),112G Rivera3-7-7DeMola 6-12Buddys Dream(L),119A Lezcano4-5-10FMartin 15-13Simple Western(L),119C Lopez7-2-5Quick 5-14Up Up Away(L),119D Cohen9-6-1Kimmel 9-55Wise Choice(L),112JRodriguez4-6-7Sciacca...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Erics Legend (10th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $16,000; conditional5KingCatAnvilN(JStratton)3-2-75-11FourTrumpsA(LStalbaum)7-6-68-52HandsToYourself(GBrennn)8-6-35-13WeekendGambler(Lchnc)6-5-815-14AliveandwellN(RAnderson)4-2-24-16RoxiesBigGuy(JBartlett)7-5-512-17Shortstacked(E Goodell)6-1-810-18Northern Mcardle(D Dube)4-3-38-1SECOND-mile pace; $12,500Sagamore6Starspangldpnnr(JBrtltt)7-2-17-53Cheyenne Oxe(R Anderson)2-3-19-54KidCruiser(JPantaleano)4-8-58-11Uncle Eddie(C Manzi)3-1-78-12SpringLightning(JBaggtt)1-3-310-15StaceysTerror(PLachance)5-8-420-17LaGrandeTerreur(JPlutno)3-7-315-18NoRealSurprise(JStrattn)7-2-840-1THIRD-1 1/16 ml pc; $16,000; cond4RealGentleman(GBrennan)3-6-86-57Lahaye(J Bartlett)4-3-65-12Going Native(J Stratton)5-3-88-11ImageOfDawn(PLachance)4-6-86-13Touch...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Martha Maxine (1st)FIRST-mile; pace; $19,000; claiming3Martha Maxine(A Miller)1-1-88-51Zander Massimo(R Pierce)1-3-24-16MostHappyKeene(SAllard)1-7-12-12BoilerBobTheQb(JCampbll)5-8-712-14Laguna Beach(T Tetrick)3-4-28-15VesuvioGrande(YGingras)2-5-15-1SECOND-ml pc; $12,500; conditional2Dinneratartsplace(BSers)2-8-34-16CamshaftHanover(JCmpbll)8-4-43-14Blue Claw(Y Gingras)4-6-25-21Art At Heart(D Miller)9-8-15-13BestnotlieHanovr(TTtrck)7-6-66-15MajesticJackpot(RPierce)5-6-410-17Sam Hill(A Miller)1-5-108-1THIRD-mile; pace; $27,500; conditional4Whiskey...
Nets lose to Bucks
MILWAUKEE -- The Nets lost their second straight game in as many nights, and that was the good news. Deron Williams reinjured his sprained right wrist after bracing a fall...
Tonight's UFC event in Newark will show N.Y. what it's missing
The UFC was back in Manhattan this week promoting a mixed martial arts event that will generate millions of dollars of revenue the state of New York will never see....
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position order
**6 fur; $18,000; clm($7,500); 4upCOALTOWN LEGEND has come off the pace to win his last three starts. DEALING LUCKY came off pace to win this distance and level in last...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $18,000; clm($7,500); 4upCOALTOWN LEGEND has come off the pace to win his last three starts. DEALING LUCKY came off pace to win this distance and level in...
Vic C.'s Philadelphia Parx Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-7 fur; $23,000; clm; 4up4-Andrus Athena 1181-DancingWthLns 1205-KimbrlyDmnd 1202-Wild Sage 1086-KeystoneLady 1183-Merlot Dreams 1117-WaterthInfld 111SECOND-1 1/16m; $22,000; clm; 4&5YO2-Thornwell 1221-Mizz Liza 1225-Ms. Banaja 1186-ALittleAtaTme 1223-Julie'sCadice 1157-Molto Bene...
Red Bulls likely to start season with new keeper
When the Red Bulls open their 16th Major League Soccer season against the Seattle Sounders FC at Red Bull Arena tonight, all indications are they will do so with Canadian...
Aqueduct Charts
March 18, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1 mile; $18,000; clm; 4up(f)Off: 1:00 p.m.St. good, won drivingTime: 24.08, 47.76, 1:13.53, 1:40.82.Trainer: Dominic GalluscioWinner: GR/RO F, 4, by...
Mets finally dump unpopular Castillo
PORT ST. LUCIE -- One down, one to go. Luis Castillo's disastrous tenure with the Mets ended yesterday, with the team agreeing to eat the $6 million remaining on the...
John Dasilva at Gulfstream
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 1/8m; $16,200; cl($10,0); 3up BIG POLK A DOT drops in class for return to route. BRADS KITTEN was...
Vic Cangialosi at Santa Anita
Post time: 3:30 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $25,000; clm($20,000); 4YO PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 3 Toro Trippi(L),121 MPdrza 1-2-6 2-1 4 Via Verde(L),121 JRosro 2-7-1 5-2 1 WesternSmke(L),121 JTalmo...
Banged-up Beltran still aiming to play in opener
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Carlos Beltran hasn't given up on Opening Night. The hobbled right fielder received a cortisone shot in his inflamed left knee yesterday and is hoping the...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-$16,200, cl, 4YO up, 5½f5HonorinPeace(Snchz) 4.002.802.406Starship Steve (Delgado)10.604.803River North (Battula)3.80 Off 12:55. Time 1:03.57. Fast. Scr: Senor Pedro. * Exacta (5-6) $36.60 * $1 Superfecta (5-6-3-4) $473.30 * $1 Trifecta...
Burnett takes step back after shaky start
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- A.J. Burnett had not faced two Blue Jays hitters yesterday before the sense of dread began creeping in. The erratic Yankees starter gave up a leadoff single...
Injuries plaguing Feliciano, Logan
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Yankees' relief corps got one member back yesterday but another two were put on the shelf. Sergio Mitre pitched in the Yankees' 6-5 loss to the...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing9:30 a.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Series, qualifyingSPEED10:30 a.m., noonNASCAR: Spring Cup, practiceSPEED2 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide Series, Scotts Turf Builder 300ESPNBaseball1 p.m.Blue Jays at YankeesYES1 p.m.Nationals at MetsWPIX, WFAN (660 AM)1 p.m.Phillies at...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1 Mile; trot; $15,000; cond5Aachoo (Simpson) 6.003.002.802Luv Ya Tyler (Campbell)6.804.608Proud Moment (Tetrick)3.40* Exacta (5-2) $61.20 * Trifecta (5-2-8) $216.00Winner picked by SmithSECOND-1 Mile; pace; $18,000; clm3Up Front Tim T (Tetrick)...
Long Island City reaches title game
When Aaron Williams left Christ the King, he figured he traded in a chance at a championship his senior year for the opportunity to make a name for himself. Instead,...
Islanders fall short vs. 'Canes
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Joni Pitkanen is used to hearing Hurricanes fans at the RBC Center screaming at him to shoot the puck. And last night at a very timely point...
Sports shorts
TENNIS: Federer, Djokovic in semis In Indian Wells, Calif., Roger Federer defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the BNP Paribas Open semfinals yesterday, setting up a showdown with...
Devils' hopes take hit with loss to Capitals
Shocked back to desperation by their 27-hour nightmare, the Preposterous Dreamers stare grim reality in the face. The Devils quibble only whether they can lose one more game or none....
Rangers' offense explodes in victory
There was playoff weather outside, a playoff atmosphere inside the Garden, and a performance from the Rangers to match. But what should have been nothing but a feel-good night for...
Anthony blows off media after six-point stinker
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Let's hope last night's game is as bad it gets for Carmelo Anthony as a Knick, that this rock-bottom disaster is out of his system well...
Reserve Brown talks to Walsh about future
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Derrick Brown and the Knicks head to Charlotte in one week, and it will be a bittersweet return to North Carolina. Brown said he's disappointed the...
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Dye another day
Richi Debonis is a 45-year-old musician who’s man enough to fess up to something few other gentleman would: He dyes his hair. “I go every couple of months for a...
Weird but true
Everyone's looking for ways to save money on gasoline, but buying it wholesale and storing it at home isn't the way to go. A man admitted storing the fuel in...
Williams saves Arizona from Tigers' bite
TULSA, Okla. -- Derrick Williams had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and blocked a potential tying shot in the final seconds to seal Arizona's 77-75 win over Memphis in the...
Ohio State cruises to easy win
CLEVELAND -- Jared Sullinger has been as good as just about any freshman in the country this season and is one of the main reasons Ohio State entered the NCAA...
Georgetown vanquished
CHICAGO -- Before Georgetown faced VCU in last night's second-round NCAA tournament game, coach John Thompson III warned everybody who would listen that Chris Wright's return wasn't a cure-all panacea...
Wildcats ousted by George Mason
CLEVELAND -- Corey Fisher said he and his Villanova teammates weren't thinking about their five-game losing streak during the fateful final moments of yesterday's East Region second-round game against George...
St. Peter's luck runs out
CHICAGO -- Nick Leon arrived at St. Peter's five years ago with coach John Dunne, and left clasped in an poignant embrace from his mentor. There were 2½ minutes left...
Carolina's size does in valiant LIU
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- It was the kind of gritty, determined effort that was expected from the Long Island University Blackbirds. A never-give-up, fight-to-the-finish battle that embodied their school and their basketball...
Volunteers shredded by Wolverines
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bruce Pearl was hoping to enhance his chances of remaining the head coach at University of Tennessee with a valiant showing in the NCAA Tournament. Instead, his...
Irving helps Duke destroy Hampton
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- With 1:14 left in the game last night at Time Warner Cable Arena, Kyrie Irving launched a 3-point shot off the left wing that splashed through the...
Florida State's defense stands tall
CHICAGO -- The sounds of the Seminole War Chant reverberated through the United Center, celebrating Florida State's first win in the NCAA Tournament in over a decade. FSU, spurred by...
Brey's speech spurs ND
CHICAGO -- Notre Dame had won 70 games over the past three seasons, not one of them in the NCAA Tournament. And that Big Dance drought was weighing on the...
Washington defeats Georgia, 68-65
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Playing in North Carolina had never been good to the Washington Huskies until last night. Behind 19 points from Isaiah Thomas, the seventh-seeded Huskies defeated 10th-seeded Georgia,...
Butler set to earn respect vs. Pitt
WASHINGTON -- No matter how many games Butler wins, no matter how many power conference teams the Bulldogs topple, one thing remains the same: they never get any respect. "I...
Howie Hoops: Huskies? UConn bet on it
Joe DiMaggio can rest easy. The streak is over. And there's no better way to try and start a new one then going back to the team that got it...
Conference play not over for UConn, Cincy
WASHINGTON -- After Cincinnati defeated Missouri in their opening game of the NCAA Tournament, Bearcats coach Mick Cronin was asked if he would rather play a team from outside the...
Aztecs a 'unique' foe for Temple
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Temple has its roots firmly in the gritty tradition of Philadelphia basketball, not much flash but loads of defense and unselfishness. San Diego State has no tradition...
Short-handed Bedford Academy sees title defense come to close
When Rob Phelps, a legendary player in his day at Nazareth and Providence College, took over at Bedford Academy last winter, he made his intentions known. Develop young men first,...
For LIC, where there's a Williams, there's a way
When Aaron Williams left Christ the King, he figured he traded in a chance at a championship his senior year for the opportunity to make a name for himself. Instead,...
Survivor of Japanese quake and tsunami found 8 days after disaster
TOKYO -- The military Saturday found a survivor from Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami eight days after the twin disasters, broadcaster NHK reported. Self-Defense Forces (SDF) rescuers pulled the young...
Pistons rally past Knicks 99-95
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chris Wilcox threw down a one-handed dunk off a missed shot with 53 seconds left, and the Detroit Pistons rallied from an 11-point, fourth-quarter deficit to...
Pitkanen scores winner in OT as Cane beat Isles
RALEIGH, N.C. — Joni Pitkanen scored at 3:58 of overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Friday night. Erik Cole set up...
Rangers ride big 1st period to win over Canadiens
NEW YORK — Ryan Callahan, Marian Gaborik and Brian Boyle scored 1:07 apart in the Rangers' highest-scoring first period in more than 11 years, and New York then held on...
Moore, Johnson lead Purdue past St. Peter's 65-43
CHICAGO (AP) — E'Twaun Moore scored 19 points and JuJuan Johnson added 16 with 16 rebounds Friday night as third-seeded Purdue routed St. Peter's 65-43 in the second round of...
North Carolina beats LIU 102-87 in return to NCAAs
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tyler Zeller scored 32 points, John Henson added 28, and North Carolina used its hulking size to overcame sloppiness in its return to the NCAA tournament in...
Agudelo hoping for breakout season with Red Bulls
Juan Agudelo has heard the comparisons. He plays a similar style and even wears the same No. 17 as Jozy Altidore, who burst on the scene with the MetroStars as...