March 10, 2013
Andujar leads Manhattan into MAAC final
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Emmy Andujar scored 16 points and Michael Alvarado added 12 to help Manhattan defeat Fairfield 60-42 Sunday in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament semifinals. Rhamel Brown...
Giants sign ex-Eagles DT Jenkins to fill hole on defensive line
When the Giants want someone on the open market they usually strike quickly and they stuck to that script again this year as Sunday they agreed to terms on a...
Missouri Valley conference officials 'incredibly disappointed' CBS cut away from title game
ST. LOUIS — Missouri Valley Conference officials say CBS cut away from the final few minutes of Sunday’s tournament championship game to televise the start of the Indiana-Michigan regular-season finale,...
Woods holds off pack for 17th win in World Golf Championship at Doral
DORAL, Fla. — Tiger Woods is hitting his stride on a march to the Masters. Woods had full control of his game Sunday and never let anyone get closer than...
Cosbert, Christ the King beat Loughlin for third CHSAA title in four years
Sunday's CHSAA Class AA boys basketball city championship game was littered with highly recruited Division I talents, from Christ the King’s Jon Severe, hulking center Adonis Delarosa and UConn-bound football...
Red Sox shut down Ortiz due to sore heel
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — David Ortiz will be shut down for several days of spring training because of sore left heel, and the Boston Red Sox are hoping the break...
Phelps sharp again, Yankees blank Blue Jays
DUNEDIN, Fla. — David Phelps is doing all he can to earn a role in the New York Yankees’ starting rotation. Phelps kept up his strong spring training, allowing three...
Marcum, Mets shutout Cardinals
JUPITER, Fla. — Newcomer Shaun Marcum is making a nice impression with the New York Mets. Making his third of the spring, Marcum allowed only one hit and didn’t walk...
5 firefighters hurt battling huge NJ blaze
HARRISON, N.J. — Authorities say five firefighters were injured while battling a five-alarm fire at a northern New Jersey building that extended to some adjoining buildings. None of the injuries...
Melo questionable again for Knicks on Monday vs. Golden State
SAN FRANCISCO - The Knicks are officially listing Carmelo Anthony as questionable for tomorrow's game in Golden State -- the first of their rigorous five-game West Coast trip. Anthony could...
Deadly day in Ohio: SIX teens killed in single car crash
WARREN, Ohio — A sport utility vehicle carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guardrail Sunday morning and flipped over into a swampy pond in northeast Ohio, killing six of them...
Jefferson HS star arrested again, this time for possession of stolen property
Trouble seems to find Jefferson forward Kareem Johnakin, and history repeated itself Friday afternoon. Johnakin was arrested for criminal possession of stolen property Friday afternoon in East New York, police...
Struggling center Boyle stars in Rangers' win over Capitals
WASHINGTON — Though Brian Boyle returned to the lineup after sitting out Friday night’s match against the Senators as a healthy scratch, his hold on a spot seemed rather tenuous....
St. John's women fall in Big East quarters to Louisville
HARTFORD, Conn. — Sara Hammond had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 13 Louisville beat St. John’s 62-55 on Sunday in the Big East women’s tournament quarterfinals. The...
Reports: Revis wants quick resolution with Jets, Eagles could be suitor
If the Jets are going to trade Darrelle Revis, Revis’ people want it to happen as soon as possible.With the free agency period set to begin this week, ESPN New...
'Gang member' shot during SI traffic stop arrested and charged with assault, possession of firearm
The man who was shot and critically wounded during a traffic stop on Staten Island yesterday has been arrested after cops found a loaded gun in his car, police said....
Mets GM: Only Santana will decide when he's ready
PORT ST. LUCIE- The Mets aren’t going to be able to decide when Johan Santana is ready to pitch.Only Santana himself -- and his fragile left shoulder -- can do...
Jeb Bush says he's not thinking about presidential bid—yet
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush appeared on five morning talk shows on Sunday to plug his new book on immigration, but said his heightened visibility does not mean he is...
Obama jokes about the sequester, Biden being pope, Rubio's water break at annual Gridiron dinner
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama blamed the budget battle if his jokes fell flat at Saturday night's Gridiron dinner: "My joke writers have been placed on furlough." Always a target...
Disney's 'Oz' tops weekend box office with estimated $80M debut
LOS ANGELES — "Oz the Great and the Powerful" clicked with moviegoers. Disney's 3-D prequel to the classic L. Frank Baum tale "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" debuted in first...
Sandy-damaged homes hit market at bargain prices
LONG BEACH — It sounds like the premise for a new reality TV series: "Hurricane House" — people scouring waterside communities looking to buy homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy at...
WATCH: Canada, Mexico get into wild brawl during WBC game
PHOENIX — A little bunt single turned this WBC matchup into a World Boxing Classic. Alfredo Aceves and several players threw nasty punches when a fierce, full-scale brawl broke out...
Jets free agency preview: Defensive backs
This is the eighth in a nine-part series examining the Jets’ needs position by position as free agency begins. DEFENSIVE BACKSCurrently on roster:Darrelle RevisAge: 272012 stats: 11 tackles, 1 INT,...
Mets send prospect Wheeler down from major league camp
PORT ST. LUCIE -- It likely won’t be long before Zack Wheeler is a Met, but he’ll have to wait at least a bit longer.The right-hander was among the group...
Obama set to nominate Thomas Perez as new labor secretary
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is poised to select Justice Department official Thomas Perez to be the next labor secretary, according to two people familiar with the deliberation process. Perez'...
Afghan president says US, Taliban working together to convince Afghans violence will worsen if troops leave
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops...
Schumer opposes plan to allow knives on planes
Sen. Charles Schumer wants the Transportation Security Administration to reverse its newly announced plan to allow passengers to bring small knives and other items, like golf clubs and hockey sticks,...
WATCH: Christine Quinn officially announces she's running for NYC mayor
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn officially entered the race this morning to become New York City's first female and openly gay mayor. Quinn announced her candidacy in an emotional 5-minute...
The 'Sweet Sistine' of front-runners for the next pope
Who will wear the big hat? Workers crowned the Sistine Chapel with its traditional chimney yesterday ahead of cloistered papal deliberations. On Tuesday, cardinals will begin voting to replace Pope...
Yankees' Jeter singles on 1st spring pitch
TAMPA -- The first spring training pitch Derek Jeter saw he turned into a single to left-center. "It's amazing,'' Mariano Rivera said of Jeter's re-entry into games after fracturing the...
With ‘tank almost empty,’ Yankees closer makes final season official
TAMPA — Mariano Rivera checked the gas gauge, saw the needle near empty and decided a marvelous journey will end whenever the final out of the coming season is logged....
Mariano was what separated Yankees from everyone else
TAMPA — Like the signature pitch Mariano Rivera throws, everyone knew what was coming yesterday and still it cut the baseball soul to hear these words: “After this year, I...
Another Hed-scratching loss for struggling Devils
RALEIGH, N.C. — Martin Brodeur can’t get back to the Devils soon enough. Backup goalie Johan Hedberg was battered again in a 6-3 loss to the Hurricanes Saturday night, allowing...
WATCH: Justin Timberlake joins SNL's Five-Timers Club, possibly disses Kanye
He's officially "Saturday Night Live" royalty. Justin Timberlake joined the Five-Timers Club - a fraternity for the show's most prolific hosts - during a star-studded monologue on this weekend's episode....
Life goes on for past Big East heroes
With the core of the Big East splitting up last week, next week’s conference tournament marks the death of the league as we all knew it, killed by greed and...
A bull($#!t) market
The Dow is back, long live the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But what about us? What about the 7 million who lost their jobs since the equity index last visited...
NYSE puts stock in computers if disaster strikes
The New York Stock Exchange is gearing up to stay open electronically if a Hurricane Sandy-style disaster keeps humans from running it. The Big Board would rely entirely on computers...
Battle royale is rich
We all know billionaires often come with huge egos to match. Now it seems the media that track the wealthiest people in the world, are engaging in some serious chest-thumping...
A phone bill that users will welcome
A new bill in Congress aims to give mobile customers what they never knew they wanted: the right to unlock their phone and take the device they paid for to...
Woozy cruise lines are sweetening their deals
After the noxious saga of the marooned — and underserved in plumbing — Carnival Triumph last month, and a Royal Caribbean ship hit with norovirus just last Friday, the vacationing...
Job hunt is now ‘social’ activity
Winter may be over in 10 days, but it’s still a cold world for job seekers. First, the good news: According to Friday’s jobs numbers, employment rose 236,000 last month,...
Schumer & Gillibrand eyeing student-loan debt solutions
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is backing a bill to help with the $1 trillion student-loan debt crisis. In New York state alone, college graduates’ average debt load jumped 35...
Martha’s choices of men
Whatever you think of Martha Stewart, one fact seems obvious: She has lousy taste in men. In a week that marked the ninth anniversary of her conviction for obstruction of...
Calendar app 'meets' need
If you constantly use your smartphone’s calendar to keep track of upcoming meetings, you likely often have to exit it to find contact information, retrieve relevant documents or look up...
The cons and the pros of taxing US firearms
Dear John: It is with great hesitation that I write you because I’m not a well-educated man, and I am sure I’m nowhere near as smart as you are, but...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JIMMY FALLON Insiders say ‘Late Night’ host will bump Leno. Hey, it’s an honor just to be mentioned. WILLIAM JOHNSON Heinz CEO will relish 56 million beans if he’s...
Cops shoot teen gunman dead in Brooklyn
Undercover cops fatally shot a teenager in Brooklyn last night after he pointed a loaded gun at an officer, police sources and witnesses said. Kimani Gray, 16, was shot in...
My kinky life as a ‘foot hooker’
It’s hard to get a leg up in this town — so one college student is getting a foot in the door instead. After responding to a Craigslist ad last...
$$ for nothing at WTC fund
The city is sitting on a 9/11 nest egg of more than $350 million. The WTC Captive Insurance Co., a nonprofit given $1 billion from Congress to cover claims from...
9/11 hero health crisis
A 9/11 responder who raced to Ground Zero to search for survivors is now in a race to survive a life-threatening kidney disease. Rich Volpe, an NYPD narcotics detective, heard...
WATCH: DMV judge caught doing private deal, gabbing at work
It’s a schmoozing violation. The highest-ranking traffic judge in Queens, Bushra Vahdat, allegedly spent four hours one workweek arranging to rent her $825,000 summer home on Martha’s Vineyard — and...
Indie big nabs $weet new gig
The No. 2 official in the state Independence Party has landed on his feet after losing a $100,000-a-year job in the state Senate two years ago. His new gig? What...
How protégé sank star tailor
Shakespeare couldn’t have stitched together a better plot. In a twisted tale of greed and revenge, an immigrant tailor who built his fortune selling suits to the rich and famous...
Colombian heroin ‘smugglers’ get e-nailed
A Colombian gang that pumped millions of dollars’ worth of heroin into the city by stuffing it into cheap couches tried to duck the law by using the “save draft”...
Village activists bellyache over illegal sidewalk cafes
Paparazzi love snapping celebrities sipping espresso at the Sant Ambroeus sidewalk cafe, but city officials are turning a blind eye to the illegal outdoor seating.The West Village hot spot —...
Silda Spitzer still with husband Eliot five years after ‘Luv Guv’ scandal
She once bashed Hillary Rodham Clinton for staying with Bill after the Monica Lewinsky scandal — yet Silda Spitzer would do Hillary one better. The wife of former Gov. Eliot...
A head $tart for bonk boy
A Bronx boy was seriously injured after being slammed in the head with a soccer ball on a schoolyard playground, his family claims in a lawsuit. Jaiden Feliz was spending...
DC ride for Conn. dead
Twenty-six cyclists yesterday pedaled off on a 400-mile ride from Newtown, Conn., to Washington to demand tougher gun laws.Two of the riders had kids at Sandy Hook Elementary. The cyclists...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Three punks held up a man at knife-point in a Park Slope subway station, authorities said. The 25-year-old victim was at the Union Street stop on Fourth Avenue...
Bed cig eyed in Upper E. Side fire
An early morning two-alarm blaze in a residential high-rise on the Upper East Side slightly injured 13 people, including three firefighters yesterday. Fire marshals are investigating the blaze, which may...
Mower thief was totally plowed: cops
State police who were searching for a stolen lawn mower in western New York say that they found it being operated by a drunk driver. Troopers say the 28-year-old man...
Tennis great Jennifer Capriani accused of assaulting ex-boyfriend in Florida gym
Tennis great Jennifer Capriati may come to regret these alleged grand slams. Florida cops are seeking an arrest warrant for Hall of Famer Capriati on charges that she launched a...
You’re on cannabis camera!
What a dope. A Bronx thief swiped a woman’s cellphone — then posted a picture of himself apparently smoking weed on her Facebook profile, cops said. The pot-addled perp robbed...
Long Island pastor tackles alleged robber crime in own church
Our Father, who art a crime fighter! A Long Island pastor called on the power of the Lord to help him subdue a would-be thief whom he caught red-handed in...
Car-washer ‘crashes & dashes’
He got away — but not cleanly. A clumsy Bronx car-wash worker bolted after he allegedly caused an estimated $8,000 in damage to a customer’s Jeep Grand Cherokee in a...
Meet Brooklyn's Father Time
It wasn’t some computer that sprang Brooklyn’s most iconic clock forward an hour at 2 this morning — it was Yury Vinokur lending a helping hand. Five hundred feet above...
MTA threw away up to $250,000 worth of subway maps because they displayed outdated fare info
Talk about bad directions. Just days after hitting straphangers with a fare hike, the MTA threw away up to $250,000 worth of new subway maps because they displayed outdated fare...
Landlord says she was shackled to hospital bed for 17 days after cops broke her leg
A Brooklyn landlord says she was shackled to a hospital bed for 17 days after cops broke her leg during a wrongful arrest in the hallway of her Flatbush building....
Buzz over HIV stopper
Bee stings might not be so bad after all.A toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV while leaving nearby cells unharmed, doctors say.Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis...
Chelsea hit-run horror
A 22-year-old Ivy League grad was killed in a hit-and-run on the West Side Highway early yesterday morning, cops and his relatives said. Andrew Quinn, a real-estate analyst who graduated...
Friends in ‘aye’ places
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is so worried about losing the endorsement of a prominent gay-rights group that she’s stacking it with new members, a source said. “The Stonewall Democratic...
Former Newark Airport TSA screener says the job does little to keep fliers safe
It is perhaps America’s most unsafe airport. Despite being the launching point for one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 — Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania — Newark Airport...
Rudy boosts Lhota fund
Rudy Giuliani is delivering an urgent appeal to supporters: Throw your dough at Joe!Giuliani yesterday penned a fund-raising letter to GOP activists and donors to contribute to Republican front-runner Joe...
Airline: ‘Stow the camo!’
A British Navy officer claims Virgin Atlantic staffers at Heathrow Airport refused to allow her onto a Los Angeles-bound flight until she changed out of her military uniform. Airline agents...
‘Bumpy’ rides on JFK tarmac
Two planes bumped into each other on the tarmac of Kennedy Airport yesterday, forcing dozens of passengers to disembark — though none were injured, sources said.Air India Flight 102 had...
RFK son is oil broken up over Chavez death
Perhaps no American will mourn Hugo Chavez more than Joe Kennedy. For years, the eldest son of the late Robert F. Kennedy has relied on the Venezuelan strongman to prop...
Bronx Zoo tiger saved my son’s life
The man who leaped last year into a tiger’s den at the Bronx Zoo is on the mend — and hoping not to be mauled in court this week on...
SI cops in gang ‘bang!’
Police shot a man yesterday during a wild traffic stop on Staten Island, authorities said. An officer and two detectives from the gang unit approached the suspect’s car while it...
Bring back shame!
It really is an Age of Wonder, as in: I wonder what the hell those people are thinking. They would be the people arguing against personal responsibility and for unending...
Back from the dead
Early one afternoon in August 2009, Joe Tiralosi, a 57-year-old professional driver in excellent health, began sweating profusely. He wasn’t alarmed, though — it was, after all, summer in New...
Convicts use religion to justify crime
A new study in the academic journal Theoretical Criminology suggests that, far from causing offenders to repent of their sins, religious instruction might actually encourage crime. The authors surveyed 48...
A dame shame
Betty, Marissa and Sheryl have been getting buzz in the past few weeks, the three women (Friedan, Mayer and Sandberg, respectively) serving as a neatly packaged opportunity to discuss that...
Angry NYC servers let Post columnist have it following restaurant complaints
The knives — and forks — are out. Last week, in an essay titled “You got served!” Post columnist Kyle Smith complained about the “hostage drama” that is dining out...
I think we agree: France is better
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some 2 million Americans are employed as waiters and waitresses. What I want to know is: Which three of you failed to write...
The education ex-mayor
Seems Mike Bloomberg wants to hold on to mayoral control of the schools even after he gives up his mayoralty. As The Post’s Yoav Gonen reported last week, Bloomberg is...
Biden huffs and bluffs
Here’s a little note for the White House: When a president has to insist publicly he’s not “bluffing” about the threat of military force, it really means that lots of...
Pop-Tart terrorist
Rodney Francis is insufficiently ambitious. The pastor of the Washington Tabernacle Baptist Church in St. Louis has entered the fray over guns, violence and humanity’s fallen nature with a plan...
Now hear this!
Mayor Bloomberg is spot on to support a social-media campaign warning against ear-bud-induced hearing loss (“Mayor a ‘Deaf’ Jammer,” March 6). This advocacy isn’t like his past positions on super-sized...
Required reading
Bringing Mulligan Home The Other Side of the Good War by Dale Maharidge (Public Affairs) They’ve been dubbed the Greatest Generation. But many of them would also be a silent...
Wanna piece of me?
Rest in Pieces The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy Simon & Schuster Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez died this week, and was laid to a peculiar sort of...
In my library John G. Taft
William H. Taft “probably deserves more credit than he’s gotten,” says the great-great grandson of our 27th president and 10th chief justice. “He was an extraordinary public servant — and...
Silent Cal speaks
Few presidents are as little understood as Calvin Coolidge. Most Americans know only two things about our 30th president, neither of which is true — that he got the nickname...
Still haunted
They wanted a dream house. They got Hell House instead. “The Amityville Horror” is the now-infamous, “based on a true story” tale of the Lutz family, who in 1975 bought...
Girls rule!
Accepting a cuddly toy from a well-wisher this week with the reported words: “I’ll take the teddy for my d . . .” before cutting herself off midsentence, Kate Middleton...
Beauty and the 'bot
When roboticist Heather Knight began her undergraduate degree in the mostly male engineering program at MIT, she stood out — and not just because she was a woman. She was...
Richard Hell: My New York
Richard Hell bused into town from his Virginia home in 1966 as a 17-year-old named Richard Meyers, and never looked back. He settled into the East Village — where he...
Living high on the hog
Amanda, a 22-year-old from Staten Island, won’t share her last name for fear her beloved companion will be taken away from her. For the past year and a half, she’s...
Population explosion
People who take chess seriously see themselves as members of an enormous food chain.It begins at the bottom with the lowliest beginners, rises up through the ranks of club members,...
Bridge
In a session of bridge, you will have good results and bad. You will make good plays and, no matter who you are, you will make errors. The goddess of...
Breaking point
The things kids do on spring break. Or even the things kids do while filming a movie about spring break. Writer-director Harmony Korine decided to shoot his artsy drugs- sex-...
How ‘Upside Down’ kept both its interplanetary lovers in the shot
Imagine a universe in which the hottest girl ever, say Kirsten Dunst, is within eyesight. You love her, she loves you. Problem is, you’re stuck on separate planets. In the...
Giants have eyes on returner Cribbs
The Giants in 2012 learned they had one of the most dynamic kickoff returners in the NFL — running back David Wilson as a rookie set all sorts of franchise...
Clock is ticking on Alderson’s honeymoon with Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE — The 2013 season is Sandy Alderson’s final Mulligan. This is the last year the Mets general manager gets to explain away a worsening major league product...
Cap will force Jets to be thrifty in free agency
The Jets’ 2013 free agency needs are plenty — their funds, however, are not. That is going to make the Jets bargain hunters when free agency begins Tuesday. The story...
Untimely demise of Stoudemire’s star
Amar’e Stoudemire took the money and the Broadway stage, just before LeBron James decided to take his talents to South Beach, and announced, “The Knicks are back,” and even though...
Knicks' depth, resolve faces biggest challenge yet
Every day it seems, the Knicks face another test of their depth and resolve. The latest challenge to their talent and resolve came in the stunning news last night that...
Surgery to sideline Knicks' Amar’e for remainder of regular season
Call it a $100 million blow to the head. The Knicks’ season got rocked again last night as Amar’e Stoudemire will have his second knee debridement surgery in four months,...
Mets say if Bobby’s effective, he’ll keep closing
PORT ST. LUCIE — Bobby Parnell’s stint as the Mets’ closer may not be temporary. Manager Terry Collins tabbed Parnell to take over the spot if Frank Francisco isn’t ready...
Hefner could enter Mets rotation if Santana can't go
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets would rather have Johan Santana take a spring break than summer vacation. Though Terry Collins hasn’t eliminated the possibility the lefty will begin the...
Mets' Duda begins to stir
PORT ST. LUCIE — Lucas Duda finally is getting his swing together for the Mets. In the Mets’ 9-6 exhibition victory over the Astros yesterday at Tradition Field, that meant...
With Teixeira, Yankees GM operating on no-surgery plan
TAMPA — General manager Brian Cashman has not been told by the Yankees medical staff that Mark Teixeira’s strained right wrist might require surgery. Yet because Toronto’s Mark DeRosa and...
Sports Shorts
NHL: Harrison released The Steelers released linebacker James Harrison, the former NFL defensive player of the year yesterday when the two sides could not agree on a more cap-friendly deal....
Hopkins, 48, regains title, adds to legend
It wasn’t history being made as much as it was history repeating itself last night at Barclays Center. Bernard Hopkins made another undefeated fighter look like an amateur. Using all...
Verrazano earns Ky. Derby berth
Verrazano didn’t win “from Staten Island to Brooklyn,” as Gulfstream Park track announcer Larry Colmus called after the big colt won his previous start by 16 lengths, but his three-length...
End of an era for Mo, Yanks
* With the announcement of the retirement of Mariano Rivera at the close of this season, the end of an era nears. Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte likely will retire...
David belts grand slam, Canada next
PHOENIX — A WWE-like brawl and a David Wright grand slam blast made it a memorable night at the WBC — now the World Basebrawl Classic. Wright provided the monster...
McIlroy working out the kinks
DORAL, Fla. — It’s a rarity, given the prestige and high stakes of the tournament, but Rory McIlroy has been using this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral as a rehab...
Tiger up 4 into finale at Doral
DORAL, Fla. — Much has happened to Tiger Woods since his days of dominance. Injuries and personal scandal dulled Woods’ star and obliterated his aura of invincibility. But this week...
Bike trek from Sandy Hook aims to raise gun awareness
Across America on that awful day, parents struggled to find words, to find perspective, to find comforting thoughts that would digest a nightmare. Thousands of miles from Newtown, Conn., parents...
Rangers hit the road
The Rangers like to think they are headed in the right direction, despite Friday’s setback 3-2 loss to the Senators. They see it in their gritty play, resiliency and four-game...
Tavares’ 100th sparks Islanders
John Tavares insists he’s more concerned with wins than his own numbers. Still, the Islanders’ leading scorer took a moment to marvel at his 100th NHL goal and his team’s...
Another Hed-scratching loss for dipping Devils
RALEIGH, N.C. — Martin Brodeur can’t get back to the Devils soon enough.Backup goalie Johan Hedberg was battered again in a 6-3 loss last night, allowing five goals on just...
Cap will keep Chicago from maintaining all its talent
The Blackhawks and their remarkable season-opening 24-game point streak — which crash landed in Colorado on Friday — have crossed over into the mainstream, underscoring yet again the value to...
MLB in hurry to create more review delays
One day, MLB umpires are going to leave the field, ostensibly to review tape of a play — then keep on going, never to return. Now that MLB has a...
Fordham ends season with win
Chris Gaston and Mandell Thomas scored 22 points apiece to help Fordham beat St. Bonaventure 76-72 yesterday in the season finale for both teams in St. Bonaventure, N.Y.Branden Frazier added...
Williams leads Nets to 3rd straight ‘W’
ATLANTA — Throughout their first season in Brooklyn, one question has hung like an anvil over the heads of the Nets: what happened to Deron Williams? It turns out the...
For Knicks, no Amar’e, no problem
There were no Amar’e Stoudemire spinning, post-up buckets or hard drives to the hole by Carmelo Anthony. But there was plenty of spirited defense, 3-point missiles from Steve Novak and...
The Rumble
Twist of Kait' Former Miss America contestant hosts new show SNY has hit another home run. Meet the Mets Insider Kaitlin Monte, who will be hosting a new magazine format...
Lack of spending increase limits free-agent options for most teams
NFL teams hoping to rebuild in a hurry — hello, Jets! — aren’t going to be able to do it in free agency. At least not this year. Unlike last...
Giants focus on retaining their own when market opens
There are years when the Giants have money to spend, specific needs to address and hit free agency hard with a quick first strike — not necessarily landing the marquee...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with... Goose Gossage
With the game’s greatest closer, Mariano Rivera, about to embark on his swan song, Yankees Hall of Fame reliever Rich “Goose” Gossage shares his thoughts in a Q&A with Post...
American dad
In the first episode of the FX spy drama “The Americans,” which airs Wednesdays at 10, Welsh actor Matthew Rhys was caught in a lengthy foot chase. However long it...
Best dastardly J.R. moments
Larry Hagman’s last episode of “Dallas” airs this week. The remake of the long-running CBS soap debuted last summer, and Hagman, who was in frail health, still had enough panache...
Mad about you
If you put “Grey’s Anatomy” in the White House, you’d have “Scandal.” Both ABC series were created by Shonda Rhimes, who has moved her melodramatic set pieces from the lurid...
Reel good
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 2011 Sunday, 8 p.m., Encore Daniel Craig plays Mikael Blomkvist, a brilliant but disgraced investigative journalist who is hired to write the memoirs of...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Angela Bassett; Bridget Mendler. Tuesday: Sean Lowe of “The Bachelor.” Wednesday: Ian Somerhalder; Abigail Breslin. Thursday: Josh Henderson. Friday: Ryan Reynolds; James...
A touch of glass
‘Ethereal. Enthusiastic. Extraordinary!” And that’s just the E’s! Tony-winning costume designer William Ivey Long has dressed a lot of stars in his time, but he’s running short on superlatives for...
Better-off bread
For many New Yorkers, a complimentary basket of warm bread at the start of the meal is a diner’s given right. But this year, more restaurants are putting bread on...
Meet Market: Polite jock wants a woman who’s ready for a dance-off
Good puck At 6-foot-4, it’s obvious why Michael loves to play basketball, but when it’s time to be a fan, he prefers to watch a game of hockey played by...
Top 5: Ways to hit on an organized guy or girl
“Tell them, ‘Looks like you have a place to store everything — but could I keep your heart?’ ” — Daniel “Ask, ‘Is that a label maker in your pocket...
This week's couple: Last meal
SOMETIMES, our daters have specific needs. This week, with Carlin, 25, and Sean, 36, we had to find a place friendly to Carlin’s no-gluten diet. So we sent them to...
He’ll open the door to your heart
If you’re a woman who lives in a white-glove building, you’ve thought about sleeping with your doorman. Apparently, it’s impossible to avoid this fantasy, at least according Lena Dunham, who...
Weird but true
Dumb criminals are a dime a dozen.A man suspected of stealing a rare coin worth $8,000 from an Illinois shop was arrested after he returned to the scene of his...
Orange crushed
No. 5 Georgetown used stifling defense to close its vaunted Big East rivalry against No. 17 Syracuse with a 61-39 victory yesterday in Washington and wrap up the regular-season title.Freshman...
St. John’s battles, but falls to Marquette in OT
There are grueling ways to end a regular season, losses that burn and images that sting for the ages. That’s the kind of loss St. John’s suffered yesterday at the...
Manhattan keeps cool, stay alive
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — After a pregame dustup before Manhattan’s regular-season finale with Loyola (Md.) — resulting in one-game bans for three players — there were no fireworks in last night’s...
LIU Blackbirds fly to NEC title game
LIU Brooklyn began the season talking about being the best ever, doing what no team has ever done in the Northeast Conference. Now, the Blackbirds have their shot at history....
After losing Amar’e for season and with tough trip ahead, Knicks devour Jazz
There were no Amar’e Stoudemire spinning, post-up buckets or hard drives to the hole by Carmelo Anthony. But there was plenty of spirited defense, 3-point missiles from Steve Novak and...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $22,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f)BIRD FU switches to bug after showing some closing ability at this distance last out....
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 fur; $22,000; clm($15,000); 3YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 De Mystique ,121C Esquilin10-x-xMurphy12-12 Great Grancat(L),121RMontanz3-x-xZulueta6-13 Rose Indy(L),121A Castillo4-5-8Giglio8-14 TrueJoanieTrue(L),116Y Ortiz4-3-5Rodrigez8-55 DangerousMaiz(L),121J Acosta2-6-2Lake5-26 Ramrod Key...
Aqueduct Charts
March 9th, 2013Clear and Fast©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4upOff: 12:51. Good. 5w into upper, up lateTime: 22.52, 46.27, 58.58, 1:04.92.Trainer: David CannizzoWinner: B G, 5,...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1m(T); $26,200; clm($35,000); 3up10Conquest (Cstllno)4.002.602.104Snit Fit (Saez)4.603.206English Crossing (Castanon)2.60* Exacta (10-4) $19.00 * $1 Superfecta (10-4-6-1) $78.00 * $1 Trifecta (10-4-6) $23.40Winner picked by DaSilvaSECOND-1 mile; $27,500; alw; 4up(f)9Snj's Angl...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 10MONMar. 11TUEMar. 12WEDMar. 13THUMar. 14FRIMar. 15SATMar. 16KnicksNOGAMEG.S.10:30MSGESPNNO GAMEDen.10:30MSG/ESPNESPNPort.10:30MSG/TNTESPNNO GAMENO GAMENetsNOGAMEPhi.7:00YESWFANN.O.7:30YESWFANNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENOGAMENO GAMENOGAMEBigEast Tourn. TBDBig East Tourn.TBDBig East Tourn.TBDBigEast Tourn. TBDRangersWashington12:30NBCESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMEBuf.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEWinn.8:00MSG+WBBRNO GAMEPitt.1:00MSGESPNIslandersPittsburgh7:00MSG PlusWRHU 88.7...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing2:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kobalt Tools 400 FOXBaseball12:30 p.m.WBC: Spain vs. Venezuela MLBN1:05 p.m.Exh.: Mets at Cardinals WFAN 660 AM/101.9 FM4 p.m.WBC: United States vs. Canada MLBN7:30 p.m.WBC: Dominican...
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Post Time: 12:25 p.m. FIRST-1 mile; $24,000; clm($10,000); 4up7-Little Miss 2-14-My Lily Lane 12-11-AwesmeRewrd3-15-Safely Ashore 20-12-Fabs 7-26-Hollopenny 8-13-Missredhead 9-2SECOND-1 mile; $24,000; clm($16,000); 4up6-Senor Quickie 2-13-Alex's Mojo 8-11-All Up 9-24-UnbelievbleHnd4-12-Northern Glow10-15-Afleet...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $32,500; clm($25,0); 3YORHYTHM QUEEN showed some closing ability this distance. BIN ELUSIVE won in slop versus cheaper and was claimed. SUESTEPS tired this distance most...
The Tampa Bay Derby
TENTH-$350,000, stk, 3YO, 1 1/16m The Tampa Bay Derby 6 Verrzno (Velzquz) 2.80 2.60 2.10 4 Java's War (Martinez) 14.60 8.00 9 Falling Sky (Espinoza) 4.60 * Pick 3 (4-7-6)...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile pace; $12,500; cond5I Do Hanover(AMiller)3.802.402.204Sky Is The Limit (M Miller)3.602.807Don't Ya Know (D Miller)5.40* Exacta (5-4) $13.20 * Trifecta (5-4-7) $87.20Exacta picked by Bill SmithSECOND: mile pace; $35,000;...
The Post Line
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