March 17, 2013

Beyoncé finally drops new music

Beyoncé has had quite the year so far. She took the country by storm with her fiery Super Bowl half time show, then followed it up with a self-directed HBO...

Out of sight, out of mind: Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An undercover video that showed California cows struggling to stand as they were prodded to slaughter by forklifts led to the largest meat recall in U.S. history....

NCAA tournament seeds, printable bracket

The wait is over. The NCAA tournament bracket was released Sunday evening. Here’s a quick look at the first-round matchups by region and a printable bracket courtesy of NCAA.com. Louisville...

Woman, 50, critical after being struck by car in Bronx

A 50-year-old pedestrian is fighting for her life after being struck by a vehicle near Mosholu Playground Park in The Bronx around 4 p.m. today, cops and witnesses said. A...

Without Melo, Chandler, Knicks fall to high-powered Clippers

LOS ANGELES – It was Lob City vs. Limp City. After competing for one half, the high-flying Clippers of Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan pulled away from the...

VIDEO PREVIEW: Nets have shot at first place vs. Hawks

The Nets have already beaten the Hawks handily recently, but Atlanta remains close in the standings, making Sunday night’s game a big one.Brooklyn also has a chance to tie the...

Yankees' Nova struggles against Pirates

BRADENTON, Fla. — Ivan Nova believes he’s gotten comfortable enough with his new delivery to win a spot in the New York Yankees’ starting rotation. Nova tossed five decent innings...

St. Louis wins A-10 title in memory of late coach Majerus

Rick Majerus would be proud of these Billikens. Just over three months since the passing of the legendary coach, St. Louis pulled off a clean sweep, winning the Atlantic 10...

Valdespin homers in Mets loss to Braves

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — With Johan Santana sidelined, Jonathon Niese is looking more and more like the New York Mets’ opening day starter. Niese gave up one run and...

Club owners: Blame Brown and Drake for W.i.P brawl

Nightclub owners, targeted in a $20 million lawsuit by hoops star Tony Parker, insisted they shouldn’t have to pay for the scary fight between Chris Brown and Drake’s lackeys, according...

UFC 158 analysis: St-Pierre's win over Diaz exemplifies gap between him and Silva

Georges St-Pierre almost never loses a fight. He rarely loses a round. Few men in the history of fighting who have been as dominant.Yet there’s no Mike Tyson in St-Pierre....

Red Bulls prefer 4-3-3; can they make it work?

Despite being a hard-nosed defender in his day, first-year Red Bulls coach Mike Petke has insisted he wants to play attacking soccer. And the way he’s used Juninho shows he’s...

Lohan gets off flight to LA ahead of key court date: report

Lindsay Lohan is tempting fate in court after she got off her NY-to-Los Angeles flight Saturday to stay in the Big Apple and party at a club, according to new...

Chandler out for Knicks with strained neck muscle, not knee injury

LOS ANGELES – As expected, Tyson Chandler and Carmleo Anthony won’t play today vs. the Clippers at Staples Center.However the Knicks announced Chandler has a strained muscle in his neck...

Arena Football League team wants Tebow if he's not signed by NFL squad: report

Hey, it’s a job.If Tim Tebow can’t find a quarterback gig with an NFL team this year, the Orlando Predators of the Arena league have opened their doors for the...

New Giants signee Myers looking forward to playing on 'big stage'

Brandon Myers has been in the NFL for four years, all with the Raiders, and the 4-12 record in 2012 was pretty much indicative of his pro football existence. The...

3 Bravest injured in 4-alarm blaze on Fulton St.

Three firefighters suffered minor injuries in a four-alarm fire in Lower Manhattan this morning. A caller reported the blaze on the first floor of the five-story commercial and office building...

UFC's Diaz says he's 'probably' going to jail because he's 'never paid taxes'

MONTREAL — American welterweight Nick Diaz says he has never paid taxes. The revelation came after he talked about how poor his preparations were for UFC 158, a lopsided loss...

Chairman of House Intelligence Committee questions N. Korea leader's 'stability'

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says the US just doesn't know about "the stability" of North Korea's young leader, who has threatened pre-emptive nuclear attacks on...

Schumer calls for cruise ship bill of rights

Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the cruise ship industry to adopt a "bill of rights" to guarantee passengers certain protections while aboard their ships. The New York Democrat says...

Driver busted after hit-run kills cabbie on Grand Central Parkway

An alleged hit-run driver was nabbed this morning after a crash that left a Bronx cabbie dead in Fresh Meadows, Queens, police said. Ansumana Dukuly, 38, was driving his yellow...

Yankees GM confident Teixeira's injury won't require surgery

TAMPA -- Mark Teixeira’s injured wrist could require surgery, although GM Brian Cashman is still hopeful it will heal on its own. The first baseman has been diagnosed with a...

Kate's heel gets stuck at St. Patrick's Day gathering

Watch that first step! A pregnant Duchess Catherine was at the The 1st Battalion Irish Guard's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Aldershot, England today when her high heel became stuck...

2 Steubenville football players found guilty of rape

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Two members of the high school football team that is the pride of Steubenville were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl in a case...

Wright says he didn't wait too long to tell Mets about rib injury

PORT ST. LUCIE — David Wright has no regrets over the manner in which he handled his rib cage injury at the World Baseball Classic. The Mets third baseman returned...

Turkish officials: Suspect detained over Staten Island woman's death

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police on Sunday detained a man wanted for the killing of a Staten Island mom in Istanbul, an official said. The suspect, identified by authorities only...

Amtrak service forced to reroute between New York and Boston after train derailment

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A freight train derailment in Connecticut has suspended Amtrak service along the busy New York-to-Boston corridor, and the railroad is providing transportation on alternate routes. Trains...

Francis makes 1st window appearance of papacy, sends first Tweet

VATICAN CITY — Breaking with tradition, Pope Francis delivered off-the-cuff remarks about God's power to forgive instead of reading from a written speech for the first Sunday window appearance of...

Girl, 7, killed in Bronx fire — gas can, tampered gas line found at scene

A 7-year-old girl died and her little sister was critically injured in a suspicious Bronx fire early today, officials said. Flames erupted at about 3:10 a.m. inside an apartment building...

Man, boy die as race car careens off Calif. track

MARYSVILLE, Calif. — A teenage race car driver taking warm-up laps at a California raceway careened off the track and into pit row, killing a 14-year-old boy and 68-year-old man,...

Week in photos: Mar. 11-15

New high finance

A wave of drug abuse has rocked Wall Street hard — and it’s pushing record numbers of strung-out bankers, traders and other hotshot financial workers to seek treatment, a Post...

What if the Dow gave a rally and nobody came?

It’s a stock-market rally that nobody saw. Just look at the equity volume. So while it enriches the few believers and the investors who stayed in the market, it frustrates...

Honeymoon’s over

Few executives have been as honest about performance as NBCUniversal’s CEO Steve Burke is on earnings calls. Back in October, he told Wall Street analysts, “We feel like we’re on...

CFPB needs aid on student loans

They haven’t tried anything, and they’re all out of ideas.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the government watchdog set up to monitor and remedy financial misdeeds that bedevil consumers, has issued...

EU ministers hit Cyprus bank accounts with tax

European finance ministers are reaching into the savings accounts of a nation to backstop a ‚10 billion bailout for Cyprus, they announced yesterday.For the first time in the euro zone’s...

Showing the ‘look’ of a retirement

“It really scared me and got me thinking about retirement,” says Lindsay Feinberg, a 32-year-old finance worker who lives in Chelsea. What could be so dramatic that it would lead...

Apps that know you better

The latest apps being developed deliver smartphone users information they want, sometimes before they even know what that is. More and more apps are using location and other data to...

Dimon’s March madness

Beware the Ides of March. That admonition must have special resonance for one Jamie Dimon, who is only the world’s most important private banker and chief executive of America’s largest...

Mortgage messes continue

Dear John: I’ve been an avid Post reader since I was in my 20s, and that was over 30 years ago. I read with great interest the story in your...

The week's winners and losers

WINNERS ANNA WINTOUR The Vogue editor adds artistic director to her job titles. LEON BLACK PE royalty is now King of Snack Cakes, picking up Hostess’ Twinkies and other morsels....

Palin lampoons Bloomberg’s large-soda ban at CPAC

The hockey mom took a slash at the nanny mayor yesterday. Sarah Palin mocked Mayor Bloomberg’s notorious ban on large sugary drinks at a conservative confab in Maryland. Addressing the...

Teen crushed to death in horrific garbage truck accident

A teen who had just started a new job at a Brooklyn recycling center was crushed to death yesterday in a horrific accident involving a garbage-truck compactor, authorities said. Luis...

NY pictures new license

New York driver’s licenses will switch over to a hard plastic card with black-and-white photos beginning in July, state officials said yesterday.“This card is the most secure and the most...

‘Slay-rapist’ beat up in jail

SYRACUSE — A man accused of killing a Syracuse woman and raping her 10-year-old daughter during a carjacking was beaten and suffered a broken nose on his first day in...

Brawley in bid to block pay grab

Tawana Brawley’s defenders are demanding the state attorney general block the seizing of her wages — 25 years after she falsely accused a man of rape. In a letter to...

Maine line of defense

Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins says she’d support locating a missile-defense system in the northern region of her state. The Defense Department has said it is looking at three sites for...

Seoul crushers

North Korea threatened to snuff out the South Korean prime minister yesterday and warned residents of a South-controlled archipelago to evacuate — because “nuclear war may break out.” “Even an...

Pregnant coach dead in bus-crash horror

CARLISLE, Pa. — A tour bus carrying a college’s women’s lacrosse team to a game went off the Pennsylvania Turnpike yesterday and crashed into a tree, killing the pregnant head...

Harlem 9-year-old goes on a joyride - and his dad gets busted

At least he has a few more years before his road test. A 9-year-old Harlem kid jumped behind the wheel when his dad ran into a bodega yesterday — but...

Brooklyn man shot in head

A 60-year-old man is fighting for his life after four thugs shot him at point-blank range outside a Brooklyn deli, police said yesterday. Samuel Waterman had just made a purchase...

NYPD Daily Blotter

Brooklyn *** The man pictured above is wanted for allegedly using a stolen debit card at a drugstore in downtown Brooklyn, police said. The TD Bank card was used at...

Yank squeeze play on ‘Juice’ slogan

It’s a trademark battle mired in extra innings. A dispute between a Long Island man and the New York Yankees over the phrase “The House that Juice Built” is now...

Kimani Gray showed his 'tough' side online - but also had big goals

Here’s Kimani Gray flashing gang symbols and flaunting his colors. He was shot and killed in East Flatbush on March 9 by cops who said he had pulled a gun....

A wheely abstract artist

Brooklyn artist Yarrow Mazzetti is selling $100,000 space-age vehicles using tanks, golf carts and, yes, some car parts. “I’m into gadgets,” explained Mazzetti, 36, who said the parts are simply...

Pontiff has a ‘Franc’ discussion with press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered intimate insights yesterday into the moments after his election, telling journalists that he was immediately inspired to take the name of St. Francis of...

Victims of Argentina's 'Dirty War' of the late 1970s blast Pope's ‘deadly’ silence

In early 1977, Estela de la Cuadra’s husband, brother, pregnant sister and brother-in-law disappeared. In the dark period known as Argentina’s “Dirty War” of the late ’70s and early ’80s,...

3 astros ‘steppe’ off

MOSCOW — A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed yesterday morning on the foggy steppes of Kazakhstan, safely returning the three men to Earth...

New India rape horror

A 39-year-old Swiss tourist on a bicycling trip with her husband in central India was gang-raped while the couple camped overnight in a forest, police from the state of Madhya...

Yakkity sack

Judge Motormouth has lost her license to gab. DMV supervisor Bushra Vahdat, the city’s top traffic judge, has been suspended without pay — one day after The Post revealed that...

Crime? Charter schools? Who cares. Who do mayoral candidates root for?

For weeks, the city’s mayoral candidates have talked about everything from charter schools to the minimum wage, but one burning question has gone unanswered — Mets or Yankees? City Council...

De Blasio ‘running-for-office’ politics

There’s a thin line between government and politics, and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is making the most of it.After operating for nearly a year with a single press secretary,...

'Sorry' service: Brooklyn man's apology hot line seeks anonymous confessions

New Yorkers are confessing their crimes and misdemeanors to a Brooklyn man without fear of retribution on a new apology hot line. For about two months, “Mr. Apology” has peppered...

NYers busted for wild creature comforts

Inspectors busted more than two dozen New Yorkers last year for harboring, selling or displaying a veritable Noah’s Ark of illegal wildlife, including stingrays, scorpions, snakes and a sloth, according...

The adventures of ‘Cine’bad

Director Steven Spielberg is setting off on his very own real-life adventure. Spielberg, who suffers from seasickness, will embark on a 30,000-mile trip around the world this May on his...

FDNY sons set with fast-track through EMS

Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano’s son and two other scions of FDNY brass have joined the city’s Emergency Medical Services corps, which has been used as an insider’s shortcut to becoming...

Five escalators out of service at Grand Central

Commuters at Grand Central are going nowhere fast. Five escalators at the terminal are out of service, forcing some Metro-North Railroad riders to go through a cardio workout just to...

AC bets on fantasy spts.

ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey is allowing Atlantic City casinos to offer real-money betting on fantasy sports — as part of a pilot program expected to be announced today.The state...

Daughter on Adolfo payroll

Mayoral candidate Adolfo Carrion paid his 23-year-old daughter more than $12,800 to work on his campaign, disclosure records filed with the city’s Campaign Finance Board show.Between December and mid-March, Raquel...

Bronx school principal’s movie role as gun-slinging gangsta alarms parents

The principal of a Bronx elementary school moonlights as an actress, starring in a bloody B-movie as a vicious gangbanger who deals drugs, robs, rapes and murders. Anissa Chalmers, principal...

Kid mow-down toll rising in East Harlem

At least three other children have been killed by vehicles within blocks of the spot where a 6-year-old boy was recently fatally struck by a tractor-trailer, according to data released...

Comptroller ‘opens’ Pepsi

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says food and beverage giant PepsiCo has agreed to disclose more information about what it spends on political causes.DiNapoli had been using his authority as the...

$$ turns lefty to the right

One of Hollywood’s leading liberals might be defecting.Bill Maher, comedian and host of HBO’s “Real Time,” railed against sky-high California income taxes in Friday night’s episode, signaling that his days...

Quinn can march if . . .

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Chairman John Dunleavy yesterday said he’d vote for Christine Quinn for mayor, but not let the City Council speaker march under a gay-rights banner. “The parade...

Irish coach’s big heart

When Notre Dame’s football coach, Brian Kelly, paid a visit to Breezy Point, Queens, in the days before St. Patrick’s Day, the ravages of Hurricane Sandy got his “Fightin’ Irish”...

Erin go brrr!

A late winter snowstorm couldn’t wash away the green yesterday on Fifth Avenue, where the 252nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade drew nearly a million Irish — and many who...

Big fat Greek mess at St. Demetrios Church in Queens

It’s a big fat Greek mess. The once-proud St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Jamaica, Queens, has been rocked by allegations of self dealing, dubious insurance claims and missing cash....

O doesn’t have prayer in Mideast

Near the end of his insider’s account of the Bush administration’s efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace, author Elliott Abrams cautions about temptations in Washington to put “daylight” between America...

The party's over!

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Facing a crisis that had the Republican Party’s most loyal stalwarts wondering if the outfit would even survive another 10 years, its most beloved figures lumbered...

No child left behind

Gifted and talented programs have been the target of criticism ever since the concept took hold in the 1970s, as huge demographic changes were transforming urban school districts and white,...

Jury-rigged

How many verdicts would be different if juries were allowed to ask questions? Last Tuesday, Gilberto Valle, the so-called “Cannibal Cop,” was found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap, even though...

‘Right’ move for blacks

Sometimes, it’s harder to find a black Republican — particularly in New York — than, say, a Jewish pope. But blacks have good cause to embrace GOP tenets, and they...

Brittle bloombergism

Even though he’s been mayor for almost 12 years, Mike Bloomberg doesn’t consider himself a politician. Given how New York pols think, that can be a good thing. Too often,...

It’s North Korea, stupid!

Viewed from Seoul or Tokyo, the US’s obsession with Iran looks unbalanced. No serious observer thinks a nuclear Iran is good for world peace, not with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s abhorrent...

Analog laws in a digital age

On Thursday afternoon, the Department of Justice announced it had indicted Matthew Keys, the deputy social-media editor at Reuters, on one count of conspiracy and two counts of computer fraud....

Shame game

Sorry, Michael Goodwin, shame is not a rare concept in today’s culture (“Bring Back Shame,” March 10). Liberal lawmakers, opinion-makers, television producers and media mavens are happy to use shame...

Too tough to die

Ben Thompson describes his nine-year-old website, badassoftheweek.com, as a safe place for the so-inclined to indulge “your insatiable desire to read about grown people punching in the mouth or beating...

Required reading

The Baroness The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild by Hannah Rothschild (Knopf) As a child in early-1900s England, Nica Rothschild lived on an estate where her uncle kept a...

In my library Frances Sternhagen

If you’ve watched TV, films or have been to the theater in the last 60 years, you’ve probably seen Frances Sternhagen. The two-time Tony winner played the lead in Off-Broadway’s...

Stranger inside

I was 5 feet 7 inches tall and I weighed 308 pounds. I was terrified I’d never stop gaining. I tried diets and felt like a failure every time all...

Adopt me!

Little Man is an adorable 8-year-old Shih-Tzu mix. He rocks a fierce one-eyed pirate look, but’s he’s actually a cuddly softie at heart. Meet him from 11 a.m. to 4...

Bye, bye Birdy

He loved Mozart, melons and mirrors — though any shiny, reflective surface would do. And he never had a bad word to say about anyone, mostly because he never learned...

Her claim to dame

She may be 4-foot-11, but Kristin Chenoweth casts a big shadow, on Broadway and off. Since blowing everyone else off the stage in 1999’s “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”...

Bob Holman: My poetic New York

How Justin got his groove back

He's renowned as a perennial nice guy, but in the lead up to his big pop comeback, Justin Timberlake managed to make a few enemies. During a recent interview with...

Bob Holman: My poetic New York

Considered one of the most influential poets in New York City, Bob Holman has been around since the days when beats like William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg roamed the...

Analyze this

The computers are getting scary.There are now tablebases — that is, extensive endgame databses — that can analyze perfectly every position with seven pieces or pawns.A world-class human can look...

Bridge

Cy the Cynic has two unfavorite holdings. One is a doubleton K-Q, which reminds him of marriage, an institution he distrusts. (Cy says that he who marries best puts it...

Starr time!

When Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington announced the winner for Best Short Film at the Academy Awards a few weeks back, New York City’s indie-rock community collectively fell off their...

Take home an Oscar

It’s time to roll a red carpet right up to your home theater console. On Tuesday, three top Oscar-nominated films — “Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Hobbit” and “Les Misérables” —...

Fans, Vegas, media see dark days ahead for Yankees

This is not the first time we have heard about Yankee vulnerability. I have had the same group of executives and scouts predict the Yankees’ demise because of an overabundance...

Veteran Knicks guard’s storied career has had ups & downs

Gary Payton remembered a toughness he adored in the 13-year-old back on the playgrounds of suburban Oakland, Calif. Payton purposely beat on the kid. But always, Jason Kidd came back...

Clouds loom over squad despite receiving sunny dose of news

LOS ANGELES — There is something to be said for this place, let’s be fair. While flakes and flurries were falling in your neighborhood yesterday, undergrads here were plotting whether...

Knicks' Melo, Chandler duck serious knee injuries

LOS ANGELES — Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler are expected to rest their knees today vs. the Clippers at Staples Center and a matinee blowout could be in the offing....

Sports Shorts

GOLF: Three tied for lead in tight PGA tourney In Palm Harbor, Fla., Kevin Streelman had a 6-under 65 and was tied for the lead at the Tampa Bay Championship...

Gulfstream Analysis

Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1m(T); $35,100; alw; 3YO(f)TRICOLETTE closed to finish second by neck this distance and level. IMPLIED second going shorter and was claimed. DIMPLES won as favorite and was...

Parx Results

FIRST-$22,000, mdn cl, 4 & 5YO F&M, 7f 6 Glowng Rte (Uske) 8.60 4.20 2.60 5 Jaz E Jaz (Salgado) 6.00 3.20 1 a-Fit to Jump (Bermudez) 2.20 Scr: Holiday...

Meadowlands Results

FIRST: mile pace; $57,000; Aquarius6EscapeTheNews(YGingras)5.002.201Warrawee Needy (M MacDonald)2.104Yo Cheyenne Rocky (D Miller)2.10* Exacta (6-1) $9.00 * Trifecta (6-1-4) $59.40SECOND: mile trot; $50,000; Horse & Groom4Quick Deal (YGingras)3.402.802.401Harbor Point (R Pierce)9.207.207Not...

Aqueduct Analysis

Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 mile; $32,000; clm($20,000); 4upSMOKIN CANDY cuts back in distance after tiring versus state-breds and being claimed for the...

Tomorrow’s Parx Entries

All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-7 fur; $20,000; clm($7,500); 4upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 BerryBerryBuen(L),108ACastillJr1-3-7Andrade9-22 Catch Me Kaz(L),118A Castillo5-1-2Aristone7-23 Kat's Hope(L),118J Ferrer7-6-6Shvelsn10-14 Turn to Travis(L),118C Orm5-6-7Abrams12-15 Food Rules(L),118L Flores4-5-10Landicini6-16 Jet...

Gulfstream Results

FIRST-$18,900, mdn cl, 3YO up, 1 1/16m9Mjor Score (Lnere)5.203.002.408Right Right (Prado)3.803.207First Won (Argueta)6.60Scr: Image of Alydar.* Exacta (9-8) $17.20 * $1 Superfecta (9-8-7-5) $1,052.10 * $1 Trifecta (9-8-7) $102.80SECOND-$33,150, cl,...

Parx Graded Entries

Post Time: 12:25 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $17,000; clm($10,000); 4&5YO5-Rosie's Ball 3-14-MyWildIrishRse6-11-Real Lovely 15-16-MissDunnriddle7-22-BennyStayHme5-17-Pride of Purge12-13-My Libertine 9-5SECOND-1 1/8m; $19,000; clm($7,500); 4up2-Jackpot Lady 9-55-Power of Gold 15-11-Forejudge 5-26-Prunella deVille4-13-R Patricia 5-17-ChngetheVerd15-14-Caymus...

Aqueduct Charts

March 16th, 2013Snowing and Fast©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $23,000; clm($12,500); 4upOff: 12:50. Good. 3w,herded out,won bobTime: 23.16, 46.19, 58.31, 1:11.38.Trainer: Randi PersaudWinner: B C, 4, by Mineshaft-KonvinchaHorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsMinescape113 2...

Red Bulls’ hard work leads only to a draw

The Red Bulls walked off the field after their home opener yesterday delighted with the way they played, but disappointed with the result, pleased with one of their best performances...

The Post Line

NCAA Basketball Atlantic Coast Conference Championship: At Greensboro, N.C. Favorite Line Underdog Miami Pick Unc Southeastern Conference Championship: At Nashville, Tenn. Florida 10 1/2 Mississippi Atlantic 10 Conference Championship: At...

A coach for all seasons

* To say the late Archbishop Molloy baseball and basketball coach, Jack Curran, was loyal to his school and his players is a gross understatement. I played baseball for Curran...

Home Team Lineups

TODAYMar. 17MONMar. 18TUEMar. 19WEDMar. 20THUMar. 21FRIMar. 22SATMar. 23KnicksClippers3:30ABCESPN 98.7 FMUtah10:30MSGESPNNO GAMEOrl.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMETor.7:00MSGESPNTor.7:30MSGESPNNetsAtlanta8:00YES NetworkWFAN 660 AMDet.7:30YESWFANNO GAMEDal.8:00YESWFANNO GAMENO GAMELAC10:30YESWFANRangersNOGAMECar.7:00MSGESPNDevils7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEFla.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMENO GAMEIslandersNOGAMENOGAMEOtt.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEMon.7:00MSG+WRHUPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEDevilsNOGAMENOGAMERangers7:00MSG+2WFANNO GAMECar.7:00MSG+2WFANNO GAMEFla.7:00MSG+WFANYankees* Pittsburgh1:05No TVNOGAME* Phi.1:05ESPN* Bos.1:05ESPN* Minn.7:05YES*...

Today's Sports on the Air

Auto Racing1 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice: Food City 500 FOXBaseball1 p.m.Exh.: Braves at Mets WPIX, WFAN (660 AM)1 p.m.Exh.: Cardinals at Marlins MLBN4 p.m.Exh: Indians at Reds MLBN4 p.m.Exh.: Cubs...

Jets pay Revis $1 million bonus

Darrelle Revis, despite the angst of his uncertain status with the Jets, became $1 million richer yesterday. As part of his contract, if Revis was still on the Jets roster...

Busy Patriots eclipsed by Dumervil fax-gate fallout

Players were signed and released, but all anyone in the NFL still wanted to talk about yesterday was Elvis Dumervil and the fateful fax. The fallout continued from Friday’s bizarre...

Giants acquire former Raiders TE Myers, two others

In with the new, out with the old? That could be the Giants plan based on the three free agent acquisitions they made yesterday, agreeing to terms with inside linebacker...

Nets' Williams recovering from severe ankle pain

In case mediocre statistics were not a giveaway, Deron Williams’ body language provided a clue. Leadership was out of the question. It’s sort of tough to lead when you can’t...

'It's personal': Knicks' Kenyon thought Clippers would re-sign him

LOS ANGELES — Kenyon Martin thought his work with the Clippers last season would have earned him a spot there this year. Despite his yeoman work in the playoffs, the...

Offensively challenged Rangers in free fall

PITTSBURGH — A sold-out crowd packed Consol Energy Center with extra energy, fueled by the Penguins’ perch atop the Eastern Conference, the struggling Rangers in town and the St. Patrick’s...

Devils fall to Canadiens

The Devils honored former goaltending coach Jacques Caron in a pregame ceremony, but that wasn’t their problem. It was the lack of offense that doomed the Devils in their 2-1...

Isles fend off Panthers, move ahead of Rangers

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Islanders nearly paid for relaxing too early against the Panthers. Nursing a three-goal lead in the third period, the Islanders got quite a jolt when the...

NHL plan out of alignment

Look, this imperfect realignment plan the NHL and NHLPA have adopted for the next three years won’t be as injurious to the sport as the one the MLBPA pushed on...

’85 title game something special

LOS ANGELES — Some people have a Super Bowl in their personal bank of memories, Giants fans mostly, maybe a few scattered, aging Jets fans who made the trip to...

Time has come to change offensive Redskins name

Why do we have to make a federal case out of everything until it becomes, well, a federal case? The move to rid the Washington Redskins of that particular nickname...

USA should take lesson from Cano, Dominicans

M IAMI — With Team USA nothing but a World Baseball Classic memory, this is now Robinson Cano’s tournament. One collapse in the WBC might be considered a fluke. A...

Murphy’s comeback strained for Mets

PORT ST. LUCIE — Daniel Murphy took a sidestep yesterday in his comeback from a strained rib cage muscle. A day after playing defense and running in a minor league...

Yankees' Jeter in field again, only for 4 innings

TAMPA — It will take some time before Yankees manager Joe Girardi is convinced Derek Jeter is back to his old self after offseason surgery on his fractured left ankle....

GM still shopping as Boesch joins Yankees

TAMPA — Brennan Boesch arrived at Yankees camp yesterday, and with the ink on his contract barely dry he immediately was put in the lineup. The former Tigers outfielder likely...

Turner follows Wright as injured Mets 3B

PORT ST. LUCIE — Somebody will play third base for the Mets on Opening Day. Right? Justin Turner’s candidacy to replace David Wright at third became murky yesterday when he...

The rumble

Coming soon to a minor league stadium near you: the newest addition to a fledgling softball league. The New York/New Jersey Comets, the latest team to join the National Pro...

Detective Peggy Olson

The trappings will seem familiar: A young girl in peril by a mountainside lake. A young , seemingly frail, female detective so committed to solving a case that she neglects...

Don't miss

Homeward bound When a death occurs in Nick’s family, Jess (Zooey Deschanel), Schmidt (Max Greenfield) and Winston (LaMorne Morris) travel with Nick (Jake Johnson) to the Windy City to help...

Sweet Jesus

House of horrors

The creators of “Bates Motel” may have fooled around with time and integrity, but they left one thing alone: the forbidding three-story Bates house itself, set back on a hill...

Sweet Jesus

Can we just say, they never cast an actor from the Middle East to play Jesus. The actors who’ve played Christ our Lord have been Swedish, Canadian, British (Christian Bale)...

'Psycho' babble

Maybe the old saying “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” simply never crossed veteran producer Carlton Cuse’s mind. As show runner of the new A&E series “Bates Motel” —...

Jersey trial too hot for local news

Who is Shiquan Bellamy? Why is it unlikely that you never heard of him? 1) Following last week’s selection of a jury, the double-murder trial of Bellamy, now 21, was...

Reel good

The Shining, 1980 Sunday, 8 p.m., BBC America Jack Nicholson gets to make a lot of scary faces as a blocked, tortured novelist who takes his wife (Shelley Duvall) and...

Look Who’s Talking

Kelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Emma Stone; Timothy Olyphant. Tuesday: Gerard Butler; Phil Robertson; Willie Robertson. Wednesday: Hugh Jackman; jennifer Lawrence. Thursday: Bruce Willis; Anne Hathaway. Friday:...

Semi-celebs find work

Reality creeps into fiction this week as the guest-star lineup features quasi-celebs playing themselves: * “Hawaii Five-0” (Monday, 10 p.m., CBS): There are times when this tropical cop series is...

“Stop! In the name of style”

The actors in the new Broadway musical, “Motown: The Musical,” may not have been born in the ’60s (or even ’70s), but the stars portraying Diana Ross, Berry Gordy, Smokey...

Celebrity style trend: Citrus tones

Get set for spring with a bunch of citrus styles. Follow the lead of Hailee Steinfeld and Elizabeth Banks, who have gone totally juicy with their couture.

Knife of the party

I must admit, I’ve always found the idea of cooking your own food at a restaurant curious. “Hey,” the eatery seems to saying, “You know the two advantages that going...

Three more ‘class’ acts

1. Cook with bouley Living Pantry at Bouley Test Kitchen, 88 West Broadway; 212-964-2525 Some of the classes held at the Bouley Test Kitchen are taught by Chef David Bouley...

Meet Market: Brooklyn cyclist sks a girl who will make his heart spin

Ride out Adam hates the subway and instead gets around the city by bike. “I like being able to go anywhere and just lock it up,” says Adam. Spokesguy Adam...

Top 5: Worst St. Patty’s Day pickup lines

“I may not have a pot of gold, but can I interest you in a potbelly?” — Gerry “Irish you were hotter, but you have a great personality!” — Jenn...

This week's couple: Ice breakers

SPORTS are usually a great way for people to bond. So when Michael, 29, and Sam, 31, discovered they both appre-ciated skates and pucks over dinner at the Gramercy steakhouse...

Game on

It’s a Saturday night at the packed Lucky Dog bar in Williamsburg when a young man sidles up to the pinball machine. Out of the shadows emerges a young lady,...

Weird but true

This complainer is in hog hell. A neighbor of the San Francisco eatery Bacon Bacon complained to the city about the scent of fried pork wafting through Haight-Ashbury. The anonymous...

Serby's Sunday Q&A with... Tim Cluess

Before his team takes off for the NCAA Tournament, Iona coach Tim Cluess took time for a Q&A with Post columnists Steve Serby. Q: Your coaching style? A: Disciplined, hard-working,...

Fatherhood changes Iona's ‘Momo’

The Lamont “Momo” Jones who will end his Iona career in this NCAA Tournament isn’t the same one who arrived on campus two summers ago. The kid from Harlem who...

Hurricanes will blow past Tar Heels in ACC title game

Miami (Pick) over North Carolina: Well, apparently the Hurricanes are doing just fine. Miami was in midseason form against N.C. State yesterday, with Durand Scott’s career-high 32 points and Shane...

Fordham women fall to St. Joe’s

The Hawks are flying on Cloud nine.Natasha Cloud, voted the Most Outstanding Player after her 15-point performance in the Atlantic 10 Championship game, powered Saint Joseph’s to a 47-46 come-from-behind...

Wisconsin shocks Indiana in Big Ten semis

Ryan Evans scored 16 points to help No. 22 Wisconsin upset No. 3 Indiana 68-56 in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament yesterday in Chicago. The Badgers (23-10) allowed...

VCU avoids upset to reach A-10 final

As difficult as it is to prepare to play Virginia Commonwealth in the regular season, just imagine how hard it must be when you only have 16 hours to prepare...

Louisville rally smokes Syracuse for Big East title

Though potential No. 1 seeds and conference favorites flopped on their faces from coast to coast this weekend, Louisville arrived in their coach’s hometown as jovial as a St. Patrick’s...

Boeheim’s dream exit ends with nightmare

It hurt to say goodbye this way. It hurt Syracuse to say goodbye to the Garden last night, goodbye to a rollicking, shaking and quaking homecourt advantage it will not...

Hofstra player arrested

Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, the troubled Hofstra wing, found his way into trouble again, News 12 Long Island reported. Police told the station Coombs-McDaniel was pulled over for driving without a seat...

Syracuse blows 16-point lead in Big East tourney title loss to Louisville

Though potential No. 1 seeds and conference favorites flopped on their faces from coast to coast this weekend, Louisville arrived in their coach’s hometown as jovial as a St. Patrick’s...

St. Joseph's foils Fordham women to become A-10 champs

The Hawks are flying on Cloud 9. Natasha Cloud, voted the Most Outstanding Player after her 15-point performance in the Atlantic 10 Championship game, powered Saint Joseph’s to a 47-46...

Islanders stave off Panthers, move ahead of Rangers

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Islanders nearly paid for relaxing too early against the Panthers. Nursing a three-goal lead in the third period, the Islanders got quite a jolt when the...

Devils fall to Canadiens

The Devils honored former goaltending coach Jacques Caron in a pregame ceremony, but that wasn’t their problem. It was the lack of offense that doomed the Devils in their 2-1...

Reaction to the Red Bulls home opening tie

The Red Bulls were held to a scoreless draw in today's home opener, despite outshooting archrival DC United 24-4. Captain Thierry Henry left without speaking to the media, but here...

Giant additions: Jints acquire Myers, two others

In with the new, out with the old? That could be the Giants plan based on the three free agent acquisitions they made today, agreeing to terms with inside linebacker...

Judge to announce verdict Sunday in Ohio HS football players rape case

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The trial of two Ohio high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl ended Saturday with the judge saying he would issue his verdict the...