March 27, 2011
Kentucky holds off North Carolina; takes on UConn next
Kentucky spent 13 straight springs watching other schools play in the Final Four, a destination college basketball's winningest program considers its birthright. At most places, that's hardly a drought. In...
Hearst to announce $900M deal for Lagardere titles: sources
Mag giant Hearst is set to buy the magazines published outside of France by Paris-based Lagardere for about $900 million, capping three months of negotiations, The Post has learned. Lagardere,...
Tsunami advisory issued in Japan after 6.5-magnitude quake hits offshore
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert. There were no immediate reports...
Royal letdown: CK loses to Mount Vernon in Fed 'AA' final
ALBANY – They won three straight Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan titles and back-to-back CHSAA Class AA intersectional crowns with the same recipe – big free throws and shots down the stretch, showing...
PSAL Bronx A East baseball preview: Morris looks to take next step
If the last four years are any indication, Morris will be playing deep into June, possibly getting all the way to the PSAL Class A semifinals. At least, that’s how...
Nazareth's Jones caps career with stellar performance
ALBANY Tiffany Jones didn’t have your typical pregame warm up for a 6-foot-3 forward. The Syracuse-bound senior didn’t take a free throw or a layup, just shots from 3-point range....
Naz coach breaks down after tumultuous year ends with Federation title
ALBANY – Apache Paschall left his team’s celebration, wandered slowly over to the end of the bench and sat down. All alone, while the Lady Kingsmen hugged and clapped and...
No. 5: Ravens looking to fly under new coach
There’s a bunch of returning Bronx/Manhattan division winners and a solid group up from a junior varsity team that won their division. But there’s one big difference at St. Raymond...
2011 NFL Draft Picks 6-10: Royalty in Dallas, 'New' leader in Washington
The top five did not yield any surprises, but the Redskins' selection at 10 may shock some who thought this Heisman Trophy winner might go a little higher...6. Cleveland Browns...
Hinds goes out a winner, leads Mount Vernon to 'AA' crown
ALBANY – Jabarie Hinds’ was lifted to the sky, an MVP plague in his hands as adoring teammates, family and friends surrounded the senior star. His final moment in a...
Mets shut down by Cardinals, McClellan
JUPITER, Fla. -- Kyle McClellan probably won't make the Cardinals forget about Adam Wainwright's season-ending injury. Still, his spring training performance went a long way toward reassuring the St. Louis...
Bergtraum bows out gracefully in Albany
ALBANY – Cori Coleman sat on a chair in the hallway of the Times Union Center, ice on her right knee, more ice on her right ankle. She was almost...
Kansas becomes final No. 1 seed to fall
SAN ANTONIO — So long, Kansas. Just like all the other No. 1 seeds, the Jayhawks aren’t going to the Final Four. Staring down what would’ve been the easiest path...
Top that: Nazareth caps historic season with 'AA' Federation title
The rise of the fallen is complete for Apache Paschall and his team. This time last year they were without a school when St. Michael Academy closed, only to find...
Yankees hit Pavano hard; lose to Twins
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Losing to his former team wasn't on the list of reasons why Carl Pavano was unhappy with his outing Sunday. Pavano had his worst outing of...
Gov. Cuomo seals deal with Legislature on tentative state budget
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. Cuomo routed a recalcitrant legislature to secure a decisive first victory today by delivering an early budget deal that would erase a $10 billion gap and...
Resident hurt by bomb disguised as newspaper in California
BROWNS VALLEY, Calif. -- A man was wounded Sunday in Browns Valley, Calif., when a bomb hidden in his newspaper exploded, KCRA-TV reported. Mark Mazzaferro, with the police department in...
VCU stuns Kansas; will play Butler in Final Four
Move over, Butler. Virginia Commonwealth is crashing the Final Four. The 11th-seeded Rams, who didn’t even bother to watch the NCAA tournament selection show, are heading to Houston, and final...
Mets' Beltran bounces back with two hits, RBI in minor league game
PORT ST. LUCIE – Carlos Beltran had his best day of spring training Sunday, playing right-field for five innings in a minor league game against the Cardinals. Beltran went 2-for-5,...
Woman killed in blaze in Long Island home
ISLIP, N.Y. — Police say a fire has killed a woman in a Long Island home. The fire was reported shortly before 9 a.m. in a house on Wilson Boulevard...
Small amounts of radiation detected in Massachusetts rainwater, Japan likely the source
BOSTON -- Small amounts of radioactive iodine, likely associated with Japan's nuclear power plant crisis, were detected in rainwater in Massachusetts, the state's Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Sunday....
Freedom of the press? Not if you’re in a closet, Florida reporter notes
A Florida political reporter says he was consigned to a crowded, stuffy closet to wait out the arrival of Vice President Joe Biden at a $500-a-pop fundraiser — calling the...
BET DJ shot and killed in Staten Island
A popular hip-hop deejay and TV personality was gunned down in cold blood just steps from his Staten Island home today, law-enforcement sources said. Corey McGriff, who went by the...
Wiretaps captivate jurors at Galleon insider trading trial
Jurors at a closely watched federal trial are learning that the high-stakes world of hedge funds sometimes sounded like this: "I need to get back to basics. I'm gonna become...
Libyan woman who charged rape released, four men arrested in case
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Four individuals are under arrest in the case of a woman who burst into a hotel and told foreign journalists she had been raped and tortured by...
Yemeni militants seize control of weapons factory
SANAA, Yemen — Islamic militants seized control of a weapons factory, a strategic mountain and a nearby town in the southern Yemen province of Abyan Sunday, said a witness and...
Goose lovers to Bloomy: Don't you dare come for our birds
All they were saying was, “Give geese a chance.”About 130 people — sentimental politicians, vegan chefs, precocious fifth graders among them — flooded Prospect Park to give city honchos a...
DVD Extra: More on ‘The Ten Commandments’
It was impossible to fully cover the Blu-ray debut of “The Ten Commandments’’ (both the 1956 and 1923 editions), out Tuesday in the print edition in my print edition piece...
NATO agrees to implement all aspects of UN Security Council resolution on Libya
NATO will assume command of all aerial operations — including ground attacks — in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Mormmar Khadafy's forces. Ambassadors...
Aviators crash and burn, as Federal League trophy goes to the damn Akwesasne Warriors
It’s all over.The New York Aviators fell in the Federal Hockey League finals with a crushing, 5–2 loss in Canada on Saturday night — killing the scrappy squad’s dreams of...
No. 6: Moore pitching key for Mavericks in 2011
Nick Doscher hated the way the 2010 season ended, when miscues cost Moore Catholic in the decisive third game of the Class A intersectional qualifying series against Bishop Ford. But...
Mount Vernon-Christ the King clash in Federation 'AA' final
ALBANY – Hey Bob Cimmino, your Mount Vernon team just defeated Boys & Girls, 70-63, to advance to the New York State Federation Class AA final Sunday afternoon at the...
Perfect season falls one win short for St. Mary's
ALBANY – Mike Florin’s shot counted for just three points, a tiny percentage of the 129 points Long Island Lutheran and St. Mary’s would combine for in Saturday night’s New...
Salesian suffers stunning last-second loss in 'B' final
ALBANY – His team had done everything right. They forced Collegiate to struggle up the court and they forced Ryan Frankel into what Salesian coach John Miressi said was a...
UConn defeats Arizona to head to Final Four
ANAHEIM, Calif. — They were picked to finish 10th in the Big East and ended up ninth. The head coach was embroiled in an ugly mess with the NCAA. The...
Calhoun, UConn look like team of destiny
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It was as if the entire state of Connecticut, as if Jim Calhoun and his coaches, as if the rest of the UConn Huskies turned their desperate...
Four of a kind: Collegiate wins another 'B' crown in a Huff
ALBANY – As he watched the NCAA tournament at an Albany bar over the weekend, Ray Voelkel was asked about Butler’s remarkable run. He wasn’t surprised by the Bulldogs' string...
Motivated Lutheran crushes St. Mary's in 'A' final
ALBANY – Is it the shoes? It’s gotta be the shoes. Nope, it was the t-shirts. That’s what served as extra motivation for Long Island Lutheran before its showdown with...
Live blog recap: NYS Federation Class AA boys, girls finals
The basketball season is down to one day and watch a day its set up to be. New York City’s two best teams will battle for the state Federation Class...
The Rumble
Fantasy Island Media stars in girls-only league New York female sports personalities have banded together to play “The Fantasy Girls Baseball League.” The participants, who will be using Bloomberg Sports...
Texas A&M's Miller is best of good OLB bunch
The only straight line Von Miller follows, it seems, is to the quarterback. Everything else about the prized outside linebacker from Texas A&M describes a cocksure player who traces his...
Crusade completed in the face of adversity
ALBANY – Things couldn’t get much worse for Long Island Lutheran. The Crusaders were down 15 points in the fourth quarter against a team that blew them out badly last...
Nazareth's Ali, Sidney get chance to leave mark on Federation tournament
ALBANY -- Bra’Shey Ali and Brianna Sidney are preparing for a different experience at the state Federation tournament this time around and that doesn’t mean changing the outcome. The last...
Japan: Huge radiation spike at Fukushima was a mistake
TOKYO — Emergency workers struggling to pump contaminated water from Japan’s stricken nuclear complex fled from one of the troubled reactors Sunday after reporting a huge increase in radioactivity —...
Chauncey's poor play should worry Knicks
At A minus-17 against the Bucks, Chauncey Billups was a “moot point guard,” coins column chondriac Richie Kalikow. I forget; how many good years does Mike D’Antoni estimate Billups has...
Kentucky run has been Knight to remember
Brandon Knight swears he doesn’t pattern his game after the other great point guards John Calipari guided in recent years, but the freshman sensation understands he can garner some useful...
US ties Argentina on Agudelo goal
Juan Agudelo scored a 59th minute goal to give the United States a surprising 1-1 draw against Argentina and Lionel Messi in an international friendly last night at New Meadowlands...
Size did matter first time Kentucky-North Carolina met
The East Region final today is a rematch of a Dec. 4 game played in Chapel Hill, won by North Carolina, 75-73, after five lead changes in the last three...
Agony of the tweet benefits Kentucky's Harrellson
This season didn’t begin so great for Josh Harrellson, who found himself in coach John Calipari’s doghouse after the Blue & White scrimmage in October. Harrellson had 26 rebounds in...
It’d be 'great' if Carmelo has a little Reggie in him
Sometimes, what you get is Reggie Jackson. Forget what we know about Reggie now, his entire legend and legacy seen through the prism of his “Mr. October” nickname, through those...
MLB bullpen trends highlight why Feliz belongs in rotation
Remember that at this time last year, Neftali Feliz was a 21-year-old with a big arm, but just 20 major league games of experience and two saves. He emerged as...
Mets' Bay reverts to old batting style to get back in the swing of things
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jason Bay’s head hurt. Not from running into the wall at Dodger Stadium, where he suffered a concussion that cut short his first season with the...
Kriftcher rallies LuHi past Irvington for first Fed crown
ALBANY – Heartbreak seemed inevitable. Long Island Lutheran trailed defending champion Irvington by 15 points early in the fourth quarter and had already lost point guard Lauren (Boogie) Brozoski to...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... David Wright
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Mets' 28-year-old, All-Star third baseman. Q: Is the division winnable? A: No question the division is winnable. We have a clubhouse of guys...
CBS turns blind eye to San Diego State’s bad acts
What once was impossible to imagine has become nearly as difficult to watch. Basketball and football games — often, the biggest games of the season and the biggest in players’...
The High comes up dry in 'AA' semifinal loss to Mount Vernon
ALBANY – Boys & Girls strengths in winning back-to-back PSAL Class AA city titles has been its depth of scoring options and pressure defense. They were weaknesses Saturday afternoon –...
Cano now brightest star in Yankees Universe
The spring training game had just ended but most of the Yankees stars were long gone, having exited after the sixth or seventh innings. But one superstar remained, first lifting...
Steinbrenner sons keep Yankees on track
The Boss is gone, but the Yankees remain the House of Steinbrenner with strong-willed sons Hank and Hal Steinbrenner fully in charge of the team and in search of World...
Jeter closing in on 3,000 hits with Yankees
There have been 1,540 men who have worn the Yankees uniform for at least one day in spring, summer or fall, in New York or in Florida, everyone from Jim...
Top-level prospects promise to keep Yankees strong
The Yankees’ 2011 spring training had the feel of being as much about 2012 and ‘13 as it is about this season. Everywhere you looked at George M. Steinbrenner Field,...
Sabathia building case as Yankees' best free agent
This might be CC Sabathia’s final season as a Yankee. He has an opt-out provision in his contract at the conclusion of this year and what seems certain is that...
Diva delights
Now for some positive news about Japan. A three-week, 23-film festival featuring five divas from the "golden age" of Japanese cinema opens Friday at Film Forum. And the actresses are:...
It's that time again
When an Icelandic court announced last year that Bobby Fischer's remains would be exhumed so that his DNA could be tested in a dispute over his inheritance, many chess fans...
Bridge
"It's disgusting," Unlucky Louie told me. "When I'm declarer, my key suit always runs into a bad split." "When life deals you lemons," I said lightly, "you're supposed to make...
Thou shalt not miss
While the pharaohs left pyramids, legendary director Cecil B. DeMille’s monument to himself was “The Ten Commandments.” Costing $13 million, it was by far the most expensive movie yet when...
150 best jests
For the fourth time, The Post asked the best comics in America for their favorites jokes of the past year. Not just the ones they wrote and told, but also...
Darling Nicki
There’s no ignoring Nicki Minaj right now, even if you tried. And not just because of her outrageous outfits, Day Glo wigs and lipsticks so neon they could light a...
Britney back to the beat
Since Britney Spears debuted a dozen years ago — a troubled blond bookmark between Madonna and Gaga — she has shadowboxed with sanity while enjoying pop hits and suffering misses....
Discount dating
Last week, New York author Whitney Casey joined a mischievous round of “Would you rather . . .” with a group of female friends. An urgent dating dilemma soon surfaced:...
New Nintendo makes 3-D personal
Like a patient coming out of Lasik, the future of 3-D technology is glasses-free. Nintendo is ready to ditch the dorky eyewear now, with its new 3-D portable gaming system,...
Dana Delany almost died for ‘Body of Proof’
‘It was just freaky.” That’s how Dana Delany describes the unnerving introduction to her new role on the ABC procedural, “Body of Proof.” Like any good actress, Delany wanted to...
Don't miss
Secret Agents AFTER his new job at the CIA is cut on day one, Rick Martinez (Freddy Rodriguez) is enlisted by the CIA Deputy Director to be a mole in...
'Jackie' can heal the sick, but not herself
When last we saw Nurse Jackie, she was trapped. Her husband and best friend had just confronted her with proof that she was a drug addict. Hiding in the bathroom,...
Kate Winslet takes on Joan Crawford in 'Mildred Pierce'
The ghost of Joan Crawford haunts HBO’s remake of “Mildred Pierce.” Considering Crawford’s legendary tempter tantrums, it’s easy to imagine the screen icon going after director Todd Haynes with one...
Oscar winners pop up in the strangest places
It’s another week of has-been stars populating the TV landscape in the dead, non-sweeps months, but at least this week we get a few Academy Award winners, albeit from the...
On TV, congratulations begin at home
That “special place in hell” won’t be special much longer, not after it fills with TV news execs and their corporate shot-callers. Every disaster, anywhere in the world, now triggers...
Reel good
BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY (2001) Monday, 7 p.m., Lifetime Renée Zellweger is Bridget, a Brit “singleton” who smokes, drinks and eats too much, and is always hungry for love. In order...
Arf appreciation
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder — and in the case of the four “dogtographers” below, that eye is somewhere around ankle level. As part of McCann Erikson’s...
High 'O,' high 'O' -- off to war he goes
As the first Tomahawk mis siles rained on Libya, armchair generals rushed to define "The Obama Doctrine." Most assess ments focused on Obama's antiwar statements as a candidate and decisions...
Whoopie pie a Maine-stay
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- No, Maine's not too cold for makin' whoopee -- or at least one heckuva whoopie pie. In an effort to outweigh Pennsylvania's 250-pounder, a Maine radio...
Slain-guy kin blame 2nd Ave. 'chaos'
A Chinese deliveryman cyclist mowed down by an MTA express bus was a victim of the Second Avenue subway-construction chaos on the Upper East Side, his distraught family charged yesterday....
Deficit of leadership on deficit
This week a panel of past chairs of the President's Economic Council of Advisers -- going back as far as Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan -- took the unusual step...
GOPers: Voters are mostly 'right'
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Three potential presidential candidates told a meeting of conservative Republicans here yesterday that most Americans share their values. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann got the noisiest reception...
Hurry up and wait for a job
As CEO of Mullin Associates, a provider of career consultancy for senior executives tran-sitioning between job assignments, I've seen a tumultuous last two years within the executive ranks of many...
Geese lovers: Flock off!
No more flockicide! Over 100 plucky geese lovers gathered in Prospect Park yesterday to demand that the city not renew a geese-killing contract with the US Department of Agriculture that...
Tycoon's trouble feature
This is not your average boob tube. A wealthy Southampton venture capitalist is planning to erect the television set from hell in the back yard of his posh, hedge-lined mansion...
Bidder dispute over Stevie's 'Superstition' Grammy
Maybe this statuette is snakebit. A Manhattan rock 'n' roll auction house is being called on the carpet for putting the Grammy Award that Stevie Wonder won for his 1973...
Dame Liz: So much more than pretty face
Elizabeth Taylor was always one of Hollywood's great beauties. But it was her portrayal of the alcoholic, aging Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" that made her a great...
Another 'knife' flight
Now we know what TSA really stands for -- they screwed up again! Transportation Security Administration scanners failed to spot yet another knife Friday when a pharmaceutical businessman carried a...
App allows you to read your work
Struggling to get through the virtual pile of documents, articles and other files you need to read? Wish there was a way to absorb that information while you're away from...
Seven Albany state workers won $319 million lottery prize
Welcom to Haulbany! Seven lucky state government workers earned some Capitol gains when their office pool won a whopping $319 million jackpot in Friday night's drawing. The big winners are...
Imams' girl next door
They're strange neighbors. A museum commemorating the world's most famous Holocaust victim is planning to move across the street from the proposed Ground Zero mosque, The Post has learned. The...
Flier's TSA 'grope' nightmare
The skies were a little too friendly for a Brooklyn woman who said her security pat-down at La Guardia Airport last week felt more like fondling than frisking. "If I...
Home insurance costs are policy concerns
Dear John: I recently shopped around for a renewal to my homeowner's insurance policy. Three insurers asked for information about my property, and their computers gave three different valulations for...
It's good Goldman's HQ is close to Federal court
Too big for jail? Almost four years after the crisis began, that's a question millions of Americans ponder, given the fact that not one of the CEOs, bankers or sub-prime...
It's tough going for city's job market
With New York City unemployment rate stuck at 8.9 percent and prospects for job growth dimming as local government layoffs overshadow any private sector opportunities, some locals have taken their...
Lib-yay! Rebels revel in key victory
Rebel fighters and civilians danced atop tanks, fired guns into the air and honked car horns yesterday, claiming they had regained control in the strategic oil town of Ajdabiya in...
'Peace' of NY for teen terror vics
Young terror victims from around the world arrive in New York City today with messages of peace and healing. The 14- to 18-year-olds -- who lost family members or were...
Driven to excess
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is taking taxpayers for a very long ride -- 16 hours a day, to be precise. In an unusual arrangement, the ebullient beep has placed...
Cops shoot fugitive dead after harrowing chase through The Bronx
A crazed fugitive desperate to evade capture led cops on a wild high-speed chase through The Bronx yesterday that ended with police gunning down the man after he got trapped...
Syria party crash
A second day of unrest rocked Syria yesterday as protesters set fire to the ruling party's headquarters in two cities. Syrian President Bashar Assad, facing his deepest crisis in 11...
8G paddle for No. 1 off-leash scofflaw
This guy’s dogs have gone wild. A Pennsylvania man with an itch for letting his pit bulls loose in Bronx parks is the city’s top dog scofflaw, owing $8,000 in...
Morgan Stanley may drop Smith Barney tag
"They make money the old-fashioned way . . . they earn it," as actor John Houseman used to say in the commercials. But this week reports surfaced that Morgan Stanley...
Loan wranglers
As the 50 state attorneys general and federal banking regulators continue to haggle over a settlement deal with mortgage servicers on abusive business practices, there are reports of bipartisan bickering...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens This 17-year-old is certainly not a member of the city's Finest. A teenage crook who robbed two women in Briarwood while posing as a cop has been collared by...
Reese ties knot with new beau
Reese Witherspoon married Hollywood talent agent, Jim Toth, yesterday in a private sunset ceremony at her sprawling California estate, according to online reports. The Oscar-winning actress' seven-acre Libbey Ranch in...
Take me to the river
Manhattan Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Streeter has been working long hours in recent weeks in hopes of sending hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam up the river for allegations of insider...
Mom shot dead on birthday
A Queens mom was shot dead and her boyfriend wounded yesterday morning at her birthday party, cops said. Tara Webb, 27, was struck once in the chest at around 2:20...
How ABBA-surd, Mike!
Mamma Mia, here he goes again! Hizzoner began the show flying in as "Spidermike." But because of a technical "snafu" -- like those plaguing the real musical "Spider-man: Turn Off...
Burton secret dies with her
Elizabeth Taylor kept one secret that she likely took to the grave -- a final love letter from Richard Burton. Taylor kept the mystery missive by her bedside. It was...
Bx. Zoo cobra misssssssing
A missing Egyptian cobra forced the Bronx Zoo to close its Reptile House exhibit. Zoo officials said they believe the poisonous animal, about 20 inches long, was confined in a...
Fiery protests over Brit $$ cuts
LONDON -- Government spending cuts yesterday triggered a massive protest march through the streets of London and skirmishes between police and hundreds of black-clad, masked youths attacking banks and luxury...
Ciao, Geraldine
She was a down-home New York gal who was as passionate about women's rights as she was about the fledgling political aspirations of her grandson. And up until the end,...
Japan nuke crew flees radiation nightmare
Workers were evacuated early today from one of the earthquake-ravaged Japanese reactors after radiation levels spiked to 10 million times higher than normal readings. The frightening levels -- 1,000 milisieverts...
'87 rescue gal is 'well' off
MIDLAND, Texas -- Baby Jessica is all grown up. She's Momma Jessica now. The toddler who tumbled down an abandoned well and got trapped more than two decades ago turned...
Flurry of OT cash for Sanit snowmen
The streets were buried in snow, and these guys really cleaned up. Department of Sanitation workers shoveled in the OT in the week after the Christmas blizzard, some earning more...
Judge out of order
A Manhattan judge in charge of one of the most prestigious state courts in the country lied on mortgage documents, received property-tax breaks he didn't deserve and made questionable hires...
Oh, swill! Booze-block bid staggers Polish nabe
It could be last call in Greenpoint. Brooklyn's Polish activists want the state to deny a community-center cafeteria's liquor-license application because they say it would "destroy" its family atmosphere and...
Movie man's dad sues him
A Manhattan man is ticked off that his director son -- whose most famous movie dramatized Lyme disease -- is trying to steal a building out from under him, a...
Schumer: NY Census senseless
New York officials have reached a consensus on the Census: It's a mess. US Census counters used "highly suspect" methods to count New York City residents, Sen. Charles Schumer said...
Above board
“Kruger Crony Leaned on Me for Vote,” (March 17) states that Forest City Ratner Vice President Bruce Bender sought funding for the construction of a new skating rink in Prospect...
What brown did for us
The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York by Suleiman Osman Oxford University Press “Manhattan, the new Brooklyn?” asked Time Out New York...
The return of the Central Park 5
After 22 years, five convictions, and one shocking confession that upended the lives of all involved, the Central Park jogger case is about to break open again — pitting the...
Ball girl hangs up her cheats
Jock Itch The Adventures of a Retired Jersey Chaser by Rosa Blasi itbooks For the jock-aholic actress Rosa Blasi (pictured), nothing in life was as intoxicating as an oversized, lumbering...
Geraldine Ferraro, 1935-2011
Geraldine Ferraro, who died yesterday at 75, cemented her place in US political history in 1984, when she became the first woman (and also the first Italian-American) to be nominated...
A birdie in the rough
Teed Off My Life as a Player’s Wife on the PGA Tour by Sherrie Daly Gallery Books Tiger Woods is far from the most degenerate golfer on the green. That...
Watery grave
Gowanus Canal may hold more than toxic chemicals and dead mobsters — it keeps numerous artifacts from its industrial past, according to Environmental Protection Agency archeologist John Vetter, who is...
Jailhouse crock
The Post misleadingly reports a former officer’s self-serving account of undue familiarity between correction staff and inmates as though such behavior is commonplace (“Ex-Guard Tells of Inmate Lovin’ at Rikers,”...
Legacy no one would want
No one will ever say a nice word about Ed Koch again — now that the Queensboro Bridge has been renamed in his honor. His accomplishments in and out of...
Legal malpractice
When a promising college student undergoes routine knee surgery and is left severely brain-damaged because the anesthesiologist inserts the breathing tube in the wrong place, he deserves fair compensation (“The...
Vixen, lush, nut ... icon
“My troubles all started,” Elizabeth Taylor once theorized, “because I have a woman’s body and a child’s emotions.” The line from La Liz to LiLo is short. A common gripe...
NJ bench press
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was absolutely right to label as “crazy” a judge’s report declaring his cuts in school spending unconstitutional. “Our courts have become crazy,” complained Christie. “This...
Required reading
Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf (Knopf) Was the American Revolution also a shot from a nascent environmental movement? If not exactly that, British author Wulf makes a convincing case that...
The rent is too damn regulated
New York has controlled the rents on “private” apartments since after World War I. The city determines annual rent increases for half of its roughly 2 million rentals. Another nearly...
In my library: Sonia Manzano
The stars love to shine on “Sesame Street.” After 40 years playing Maria, Sonia Manzano has seen them all — even rising stars she didn’t recognize. “There was a beautiful...
Lower tax, not rent
Nicole Gelinas claims that regulated apartments lose money for landlords because rents fail to cover costs (“Albany’s Rent Racket,” PostOpinion, March 23). One solution she proposes, in addition to not...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JEFF BEZOS Amazon CEO opens online app store and takes on Apple over trademark name. JACK DORSEY Twitter co-founder in talks to return to company. JEFF WEINER LinkedIn boss...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST5 ½ fur; $28,000; cl($25,0); 4&5YOPNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds1Secret Laughter(L),122CFusilier 8-52Galicista(L),122FPennngtn 3-13De Danann(L),122A Groth 10-14Absolute Bearing(L),122Crmche 5-25Brazilian Bliss(L),122Mariano 10-16Picture Trail,122Hmpshr 12-1SECOND7 fur;...
Graded entries
Post time: 3:30 p.m. FIRST-5 ½ fur; $19,000; cl($20,0); 4up PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 3 BraydenBddy(L),122 PVlnza 2-3-5 9-5 1 GiftedStdnt(L),122 RBjrno 3-4-3 2-1 2 ElGranMatdr(L),122 PAtknn 4-4-8...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 mile; $21,000; clm($15,000); 3upSEVENTH STAR cuts back in distance and drew the rail after finishing second by a length at this level. SMOOTH TRANSITION drops in class after...
'Entourage' star is allowed on Islanders bench
BOSTON -- Honestly, just when you're sure the Islanders couldn't get any whackier, along comes "E" to be another suit behind the team's bench. What, Sloan was busy? In case...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballTodayRegional FinalsAt Newark, N.J.FavoriteLine UnderdogKentucky1 (146)UNCAt San AntonioFavoriteLine UnderdogKansas11 (146)Va. Comm.NIT TuesdaySemifinals- At New YorkFavoriteLine UnderdogWichita St.2½ (141½)Wash.St.Alabama2 (142½)ColoradoHome team in CAPSCBITomorrowChampionship- Game 1FavoriteLine UnderdogCREIGHTON4½ (140)OregonNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogSIXERS 8 KingsGRIZZLIES 3½SpursHEAT...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 mile; $16,800; cl; 3up4Cane Candy (Castanon) 2.802.102.102Royal Bern (Esquilin)3.202.408Lynn's Princess (Teator)5.20 Scr: Runaway Fuhr. * Ext.(4-2) $8.40 * $1 Superf.(4-2-8-6) $121.60 * $1 Tri. (4-2-8) $32.70SECOND-1 mile; $35,900; cl;...
Fair Grounds Results
FIRST-5 ½ fur; $51,250; mdn; 3YO10Patrykus (Desormeaux) 15.807.405.803Tensas Canebrake (Agilar)10.208.4011Beanevelent Fun (Jacinto)11.40 Scr: Hot Foot Heat, Gut Check, D' Bandito, Cha Cha Rios. * Ex. (10-3) $266.60 * Superf. (10-3-11-7)...
Rangers shutout Bruins
BOSTON -- First it was a clinic in discipline and determination, and then it became a showcase for shot-blocking, and when it was over, when it ended 1-0 over the...
Nova Yankees' fourth starter, Garcia fifth
TAMPA -- It turns out last year had more to do with this spring when it came to determining who the Yankees' fifth starter is. When camp opened in mid-February,...
Molina likely to be Yankees backup catcher
No decision has been made on who will be Russell Martin's back up until Francisco Cervelli returns from the disabled list but it's looking as if it will be Gustava...
Granderson 50-50 for Yankees' Opening Day
TAMPA -- The last time Curtis Granderson swung a bat against live pitching he suffered a right oblique muscle strain. That was a week ago tomorrow and it's a guess...
Beltran's knees survive after Mets' minor-league game
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Carlos Beltran's initiation to right field mostly consisted of enduring yesterday's heat and watching grass fry. But Beltran's knees survived -- the fact that mattered most...
Aqueduct Charts
March 26, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST6 fur; $18,000; clm; 4upOff: 1:00 p.m.St. gd, won drivingTime: 23.57, 47.01, 59.00, 1:11.40.Trainer: David JacobsonWinner: DK B/ G, 7,...
Mets sit Paulino after getting blood test result
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Ronny Paulino's spring training could be finished just as it was really getting started. The Mets have shut down the backup catcher from baseball activities after...
Laird's got a bull's-eye on his back
ORLANDO -- As today's final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill unfolds, Rickie Fowler is one of several players near the top of the leaderboard who has...
Red Bulls play to scoreless tie
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Alex Horwath made five saves in his Major League Soccer debut and the short-handed Red Bulls tied the Columbus Crew 0-0 yesterday. The Red Bulls (1-0-1) were...
Tumblin' Knicks fall to Bobcats for 6th straight loss
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Knicks team president Donnie Walsh last week referred to the Carmelo Anthony deal as a "monumental trade." He did not realize the club would respond with a...
Woods' game again makes wrong turn
ORLANDO -- One day before, it looked like Tiger Woods was truly on his way back. But by the time yesterday's third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational was complete,...
Vic C.'s Philadelphia Parx Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $30,000; alw; 3YO(f)4-BoldQuestion 1161-C'EstLaFleet 1162-BellezzaRosso 1095-Hidden Joy 1113-Sammzilla 1166-SweetasaKiss 121SECOND-5 1/2 fur; $27,000; clm; 4up7-SingaporeGrl 1181-Mooji'sEmpire 1115-Lovabull Me 1182-SuancesSwthrt 1206-SayItIsn'tSo 1163-Doublenodoble 1134-Pico Mon 113THIRD-4 ½...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1 Mile; pace; $11,250; clm8I Ride Western (Sears) 5.002.802.209KeepthepeaceN(Cmpbll)3.402.804Sign Of Thunder (Pierce)4.00* Exacta (8-9) $14.20 * Trifecta (8-9-4) $64.60SECOND-1 Mile; pace; $11,250; cond6Cash Cab (AMiller) 5.203.802.808Enry (Allard)15.609.607Real Flight (Campbell)3.20* Exacta...
Collegiate wins 4th straight title
ALBANY -- As he watched the NCAA Tournament at an Albany bar over the weekend, Ray Voelkel was asked about Butler's remarkable run to the Final Four. He wasn't surprised...
Nets' Williams might return for game vs. Knicks in Garden
ATLANTA -- Deron Williams really wants to play again for the Nets this season. And he really wants to play against the Knicks on Wednesday in the Garden, which is...
North Pole traded for fishing pole
After a long and ar duous winter, salt and freshwater an glers will enjoy their rights on Friday with the opening of the trout and flounder seasons in New York....
It's official: No playoffs for Islanders
Though the Islanders were officially eliminated from playoff contention, they still had plenty of fight left in them. Gloves were dropped and blows delivered twice in the first 21 seconds...
Oakley to undergo 'procedure' on his back
CHARLOTTE -- Bobcats assistant Charles Oakley, suffering from a major disk injury, missed his third straight game last night against the Knicks and will undergo "a procedure" later this week,...
Agudelo leads U.S. to draw
Juan Agudelo scored a 59th minute goal to give the United States a surprising 1-1 draw against Argentina and Lionel Messi in an international friendly last night at New Meadowlands...
Devils' playoff dream all but dead after getting blanked by Sabres
BUFFALO -- Doom looms, and the Devils' misery translated to miserable hockey. So Jacques Lemaire ripped his game-mailers. "They can't think the season's over. They have to play. They're getting...
Billups' struggles may make it short stint with Knicks
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Chauncey Billups could be playing himself off next season's team and out of a whopping $14.3 million final-season payday. As each loss piles up, as each ragged...
'Pants' perfect fit in La. Derby
Pants On Fire came from just off the pace to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds Race Course yesterday in New Orleans. Mucho Macho Man, the 3-2...
Nets' Lopez blanked on the boards
ATLANTA -- On Friday, Brook Lopez was thoroughly outplayed by Dwight Howard in Orlando. No disgrace. So coach Avery Johnson predicted a strong comeback game last night against the Hawks....
Stepan stepping up for Rangers
BOSTON -- Derek Stepan became the first Rangers rookie to hit the 20-goal mark since Petr Prucha scored 30 in 2005-06 with his first-period goal in yesterday's 1-0 victory over...
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HOOPS: Love's status upgraded Kevin Love was upgraded to questionable for Minnesota's home game today against Boston after improvement in his strained left groin. The Timberwolves' All-Star forward participated in...
Down on D'An, Melo
* OK, so I have been a Knicks fan since the days of Willis Reed and Walt Frazier. I've seen Stephon Marbury and Latrell Sprewell come and go. I saw...
Home Team Lineups
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Southampton's millionaire cop
Crown this Hamptons cop the moonlighting king. Detective Sgt. Herman Lamison manages a multimillion-dollar empire of real estate and business ventures while holding down a full-time police job in Southampton...
Ask Ashley: Just say, 'I don't' to ex!
I’m a single guy who was recently invited to an ex-girlfriend’s wedding. I am going to feel awkward since I’ll be the only single guy there. I was asked to...
Meet market: Nightlife ace searches for matchless date
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Top 5 worst things to say to your lover if aliens attack
According to audience members at a screening of “Battle: Los Angeles” “Sorry, gotta go. You know I have a thing for foreign chicks.” — Dave “We should have spent that...
This week’s couple: French kiss
When Alexandra, a 24-year-old student, and Jack, a 23-year-old video editor, shared a dinner at Meatpacking District restaurant Brasserie Beaumarchais, they embraced the romantic European atmosphere. The two Francophiles practiced...
Weird but true
Here's a Second Amendment remedy for lagging customer sales. The Radio Shack electronics outlet in Hamilton, Mont., is offering a coupon for a pistol or a shotgun -- or a...
Howie Hoops: Cash in with 'Cats
Historically, there may be no better match up than North Carolina and Kentucky. They have won more games than any teams in NCAA Tournament history and rank second and third...
Glover-led Iona reaches CIT finals
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- Mike Glover scored 33 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Iona beat East Tennessee State 83-80 yesterday in the CollegeInsider.com tournament semifinals. Iona (25-11) will host...
Arizona fails to silence UConn's Lamb
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Connecticut assistant coach George Blaney shook his head in disbelief. He had just watched freshman Jeremy Lamb score 19 points, grab four rebounds, make two steals, dish...
Morris twins, Kansas eye Final 4 trip
SAN ANTONIO -- With the entire nation behind 11th-seeded Virginia Commonwealth University, disregarded and disrespected by Jay Bilas and Joe Lunardi, Kansas is cast as Goliath to the Rams' David...
Butler bops Florida, returns to Final Four
NEW ORLEANS -- Brad Stevens is a brilliant coach who has reaped the benefits of every percentage move during the Bulldogs' last two glorious seasons. But as Butler completed its...
VCU's coach has upstart Rams believing
SAN ANTONIO -- Every single number, every possible metric -- from seeds to spreads to rankings -- screams today's Southwest Regional Final between top-seeded Kansas and Virginia Commonwealth is a...
Butler's Stevens says he was 'outcoached' by Florida's Donovan
NEW ORLEANS -- Of all the odd statements to come out of the postgame euphoria of Butler's 74-71 overtime victory over Florida yesterday, the strangest was this: Butler coach Brad...
Bobcats scratch Knicks for sixth straight loss, 114-106
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Boris Diaw scored 20 points, Stephen Jackson added 19 despite a sore hamstring, and the Charlotte Bobcats provided more misery for the slumping New York Knicks with...
Devils have a snowball's chance with loss to Sabres, 2-0
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ryan Miller stopped 30 shots for his fifth shutout of the season in leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-0 victory over New Jersey that all but...
All comes down to this: Naz-Bergtraum for ultimate bragging rights
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Christ the King's Smith heads to McDonald's game in New York state of mind
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Nets lose to playoff-bound Hawks, 98-87
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks took control with 19 straight points early in the game and clinched a playoff spot by beating the New Jersey Nets 98-87 on Saturday night....
Decision works out in big way for Molloy's Puzino
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UConn edges Ariz. in thriller, 65-63
ANAHEIM, Calif. — With nine pressure-packed victories in 19 days, Connecticut has been on an exhausting sprint through the postseason for nearly three weeks now. Turns out Kemba Walker and...
Red Bulls earn tie in Columbus despite missing six regulars
The shorthanded Red Bulls _ missing a half-dozen starters _ ground out a tough 0-0 tie at the Columbus Crew today. They posted their second straight clean sheet to improve...
Nets' Williams: I'll be back Wednesday
ATLANTA – Deron Williams has targeted Wednesday’s game against the Knicks at the Garden as his possible return date to play for the Nets again. “Maybe I’ll eye that New...