March 23, 2013
Louisville rolls to Sweet 16 on Kentucky's home floor
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- If there was any doubt about what team owned Rupp Arena this week for the NCAA Tournament second- and third- round games in the Midwest Region, it...
Rapper Gucci Mane wanted for allegedly hitting fan in head with champagne bottle
ATLANTA — An arrest warrant has been issued for Gucci Mane after a fan accused the rapper of hitting him in the head with a champagne bottle at a downtown...
Tiger takes lead heading into final day at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods is one round away from returning to No. 1 in the world. With key par saves early in his round and an eagle for the...
Giants free agent Umenyiora says he wants to win in Atlanta
Osi Umenyora hasn’t left the Giants and signed with the Falcons just yet but he his sure sounding as if he’s very close to changing uniforms.Umenyiora met last week with...
Fordham women reach final 16 of WNIT
How Sweet it is. Fordham advanced to the Sweet 16 of the Women’s NIT tournament on Saturday afternoon, beating Boston University 58-44 at Rose Hill Gym in The Bronx. “We’ve...
Michigan State outmuscles Memphis to move to Sweet 16
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Here we go again for Michigan State. Make it to the NCAA tournament, prepare for any possibility in the first two games, and then focus on...
The Politics of 'Heaven's Gate'
Friday I went down to the Village's Film Forum, which had sold about 60 tickets for the afternoon showing of "Heaven's Gate," which is showing in its full 3 hr...
Actress Swinton sleeping in glass box as part of MoMA performance piece
Tilda Swinton’s latest performance is a real snooze. The Scottish actress is the newest exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, in a performance piece where she sleeps all day...
New addition D'Agostini looking for 'fresh start' with Devils
Although the Devils are the oldest team in the NHL (an average of more than 29 years old), it’s apparent that, in recent times, general manager Lou Lamoriello is turning...
Yankees sign former ace Wang to minor league contract
TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Yankees have brought back a familiar face, signing pitcher Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract.The Yankees said Saturday that Wang would report right...
St. John's turns attention to trying to win NIT
St. John’s began the NIT talking about the benefit the postseason tournament could have for next year. Now, after Tuesday’s thrilling win in Philadelphia over St. Joseph’s at the buzzer,...
Mourners remember Brooklyn teen Kimani Gray, who was shot by cops, at funeral
Hundreds of distraught mourners, some wearing shirts engraved “Justice for Kimani Gray,” packed a Brooklyn church this morning to remember the 16-year-old teen shot by cops after he allegedly pointed...
NCAA tournament third-round picks (Saturday's evening session)
Each game day during the NCAA tournament, the Post's Marc Raimondi, Anthony Sulla-Heffinger and Justin Terranova will be providing you with their input for that day's games. For the night...
Michigan breezes through VCU press in impressive victory
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Michigan made Havoc look helpless. Now Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and the rest of the cool-headed Wolverines are part of the school's longest NCAA tournament...
Man wrongly convicted of rabbi slay has heart attack after being freed from prison
The man locked up 23 years after being wrongfully convicted of murder suffered a serious heart attack just a day after finally being released from prison. David Ranta, 58, was...
Battle of UFC vets Arlovski, Johnson a treat for local MMA fans
Andrei Arlovski is a former UFC heavyweight champion and left the organization on a three-fight winning streak. Anthony Johnson is a former UFC welterweight title contender, who accumulated a 7-4...
Richardson mourns late Knicks teammate Williams
TORONTO – On the day Ray Williams passed away, was it karma or coincidence that Micheal Ray Richardson was on the Knicks’ scene Friday night at Air Canada Centre?The Knicks...
No telling when Mets' Santana will be ready to pitch again
PORT ST. LUCIE — Forget Opening Day, there’s no telling when Johan Santana will be ready to pitch in the majors, and even Santana can’t predict what kind of pitcher...
Men busted for stealing hundreds of thousands using fake credit cards: cops
Four men from Los Angeles and Las Vegas were busted for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Manhattan bank accounts using fraudulent debit and credit cards, police said. Chase...
Gunman who shot four at Coney Island housing project arrested
Police have arrested the gunman who killed one man and shot three other people yesterday in a Coney Island housing project. Cops took Joseph Brown into custody at his friend's...
Cyprus Finance Minister says 'significant progress' made on new legislation to raise bailout funds
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Politicians in Cyprus were racing Saturday to complete an alternative plan raising funds necessary for the country to qualify for an international bailout, with a potential bankruptcy...
Obama ending mideast trip with tour of Jordan's fabled ancient city of Petra
PETRA, Jordan — President Barack Obama set aside the Middle East's tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the beauty of one of the region's most stunning sites, the fabled ancient...
Pope Francis tells Benedict, 'We are brothers'
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — The two men in white embraced and showed one another the deference owed a pope in ways that surely turned Vatican protocol upside down: A reigning...
Cops shoot dead knife-wielding man in Brooklyn
Cops shot and killed a Brooklyn man Friday after he lunged at the officers with a knife moments after stabbing his roommate, police said. The man allegedly stabbed his roommate...
Senate approves Democratic budget plan that recommends $1 trillion in tax increases over next decade
WASHINGTON — An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade...
Orange brace for rowdy Cal fans
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The road to the Final Four has Syracuse playing what amounts to a road game. The fourth-seeded Orange will be going against more than just 12th-seeded...
Minnesota outmuscles UCLA in NCAA second round
AUSTIN, Texas — Andre Hollins scored 28 points and Minnesota rolled past punchless UCLA 83-63 on Friday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament, a game that could...
No. 1 Kansas survives Western Kentucky upset bid
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jeff Withey scored 17 points and top-seeded Kansas struggled to put away scrappy Western Kentucky in a 64-57 victory Friday night that avoided what would have...
Meteor lights up the sky along East Coast
WASHINGTON — Social media sites were buzzing Friday night with reports of a brief but bright flash of light that streaked across the sky along the East Coast. Bill Cooke...
Franklin leads San Diego State past Oklahoma
PHILADELPHIA — Jamaal Franklin scored 21 points, James Rahon had 17 and San Diego State beat Oklahoma 70-55 on Friday night to earn its third NCAA tournament victory. The seventh-seeded...
Iowa State hammers disappointing Notre Dame
DAYTON, Ohio — Freshman Georges Niang matched a season high with 19 points and Iowa State, showing it can do much more than just fire away from outside the 3-point...
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: Help on way for Seton Hall?
Good news could finally be on the way for Seton Hall.Coming off its worst season in more than a decade, the Pirates lost prized recruit Aquille Carr, who recently announced...
Business briefs
Insider $ting John Kinnucan, the expert networker sentenced to more than four years in prison for passing tips to hedge fund clients, should pay a triple penalty in a civil...
Wallflower of a day for new BlackBerry
Shares of smartphone maker BlackBerry got slammed yesterday — and it was as though investors knew what was happening inside AT&T’s Rockefeller Center store. On its first day on the...
Cyprus nyet worth
It looks as though the Russians are going to get whacked. Government leaders in Cyprus worked well into the evening yesterday on a series of measures aimed at saving two...
More young viewers stopped watching Leno after he started going head-to-head with Kimmel
NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt can be faulted for many things, but he knows how to read a ratings report. The percentage of young viewers walking away from Jay Leno’s...
CBS buying half of TV Guide network
CBS has a deal to acquire its first mainstream ad-supported cable channel, buying a 50 percent stake in TV Guide network. Network CEO Les Moonves, who has been on the...
Bell tolls on Dell foes
Go to Dell, Blackstone! Dell Inc.’s chances of finding a rival bidder, including Blackstone Group, were quickly fading yesterday as a midnight “go-shop” deadline to trump private equity-led Silver Lake...
JPMorgan board supports Jamie Dimon keeping CEO and chairman roles
No one’s the boss of Jamie. JPMorgan Chase’s board yesterday voiced support for Jamie Dimon keeping his dual roles as CEO and chairman of the bank — despite last year’s...
Peltz’s hunger game
Nelson Peltz may be getting hungry for more snack deals. The Brooklyn-born junk-food tycoon has shelled out at least $2 billion to amass fresh stakes in PepsiCo and Mondelez, the...
SEC: Belesis a fraudster
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday smacked brokerage CEO Tommy Belesis, who appeared in Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street 2,” with fraud charges. The watchdog filed an administrative action against Belesis...
‘Take our Nooks – please’
Barnes & Noble announced yesterday it would offer a free Nook Simple Touch e-reader to customers who buy its high-definition Nook HD+ tablet next week, a sign it may still...
Prison for sushi embezzle
A sex-crazed former bookkeeper for one of the city’s swankiest sushi joints is going to prison for a year for admittedly embezzling almost $100,000 — and blowing half the money...
It’s not gonna fly, guy!
Catch him if you can — and they did. Cops busted a French traveler who tried to pull off an action-movie-style con after he posed as a pilot, then sneaked...
NYPD Passover pilgrimage
The NYPD Shomrim Society, a fraternal group of Jewish cops, plans to distribute more than 150 charitable packages of Passover goods tomorrow morning on the Lower East Side for the...
B’klyn officers kill knife-wielder lunging at them
Cops shot and killed a Brooklyn man last night after he lunged at the officers with a knife moments after stabbing his roommate, police said.The man had allegedly stabbed his...
Myanmar bloodbath
MEIKHTILA, Myanmar — Myanmar’s president declared a state of emergency yesterday in a central city shaken by sectarian bloodshed that has killed at least 20 people.Black smoke and flames poured...
Syrian vow of revenge
DAMASCUS, Syria — President Bashar al-Assad vowed yesterday to “wipe out” Muslim extremists in Syria, blaming them for a suicide bombing at a mosque that killed dozens of people, including...
Obama makes ‘friends’
JERUSALEM — President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked Turkey — and achieved a rare thaw in Mideast relations. In a dramatic conclusion to Obama’s three-day visit here,...
Unwelcome mat for O where Christ was born
JERUSALEM — President Obama paid a visit yesterday to a sacred church in the biblical birthplace of Jesus, but there were reminders that not everyone here is ready to turn...
Cabby allegedly stole woman's iPads after she questioned fare following 'scenic' ride
A greedy cabby took a Staten Island family on a circuitous ride to beef up their tab — and then sped off with the mom’s two iPads when she questioned...
More cyclists are chillin’
The number of people riding bikes in the city has spiked 58 percent since 2008, growth spurred in part by huge increases in riders tooling about in cold weather.The Department...
$5M cop-attack payout
A Brooklyn jury yesterday awarded a $5 million verdict to a mentally ill man who sued the NYPD, claiming cops broke his hip during a 2005 arrest.Demetrio Davila, 42, was...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A home health attendant who stole as much as $170,000 from her 90-year-old Upper West Side charge was “addicted” to spending, law-enforcement sources said. Rosaline Macheke, 24, allegedly...
Bullet barrage
Four people were shot yesterday at a Coney Island housing project, including a man who was fatally wounded and a beloved granny who took a bullet in the stomach, sources...
Acquitted cop sues feds for $17M
A Westchester cop who beat the rap in a criminal civil-rights case sued an FBI agent yesterday for allegedly destroying evidence favorable to him.José Quinoy’s Manhattan federal court suit seeks...
Gas-station power play
ALBANY — New York’s new state budget provides funding for a stockpile of emergency generators so gas stations can keep pumping and avoid the shortages and long lines that plagued...
NY lawmaker blasts ‘Tonight Show’ tax credit
Late-night host Jimmy Fallon can go work on his tan! New York state would be better off spending money on services for the developmentally disabled than on tax credits to...
Quinn seeks deal on ailing sick-leave bill
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is trying to reach a compromise on a contentious bill that would require businesses to provide their employees with at least five paid sick days...
Senate in budget vote-a-rama
WASHINGTON — The US Senate yesterday began a “vote-a-rama” to work through a massive stack of spending amendments, as the Democrat-run chamber inched closer to passing its first budget in...
Beatles $ignature album
DALLAS — Advance bids for a copy of The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album autographed by all four band members are even higher than anticipated.Dallas-based Heritage Auctions...
Fortunate Lindsay
Manhattan prosecutors have declined to prosecute Lindsay Lohan over a Florida fortune teller’s claim that the star sucker-punched her during a late November fracas at a popular Manhattan nightclub. The...
I vant Ivanka
He just wants to be Mr. Ivanka Trump. “I want to be her husband,” accused stalker John Enabnit, 32, told cops, prosecutors revealed yesterday. The nutjob was busted on March...
Pope Francis calls Buenos Aires kiosk to cancel newspaper subscription
The new pope shocked the owner of a Buenos Aires newspaper kiosk when he personally called to explain he no longer needs his morning paper delivered each day, a report...
Look, up in the sky!!
A fireball bright as a full moon streaked across the sky last night, alarming earthlings from Florida to New England. NASA said the flash appeared to be a lone meteor...
Feds give $20M for gun fight
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will offer states more than $20 million to strengthen their gun-background checks.States are critical to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. They keep criminal...
Mike wild about Harry
WASHINGTON — Mayor Bloomberg yesterday lauded Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for pushing forward a gun-control bill that focused on universal background checks for gun buyers. “Since the tragedy in...
Husband of Brooklyn teacher accused of sleeping with student files for divorce
The cuckolded husband of a Brooklyn high-school teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student is finally divorcing his wife. Jimmy Lathrop, 40, who was humiliated when his spouse...
Bidens’ European trip costs taxpayers $1 million
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden stuck taxpayers with a hotel bill of more than $1 million from London and Paris on a diplomatic trip through Europe last month, documents...
Brooklyn man furious his roommate wanted to move out allegedly murdered her fish
That’s coldblooded. A Brooklyn man furious that his longtime roommate wanted to move out turned his rage on her pet fish — flushing one down the toilet and letting the...
SI tollbooth clerk stole $10,000 in tolls
A Staten Island tollbooth clerk who worked at three Port Authority bridges stole $10,000 over five months by pocketing pricy cash tolls paid by big-rig trucks, authorities said. William Bradshaw...
Pol denies new raps
State Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., yesterday pleaded not guilty to a slew of new charges leveled against him this week. Federal prosecutors hit the embattled Brooklyn Democrat with an indictment...
NYPD cruiser hits dirtbike, killing driver, during Bronx chase
A graphic video of an NYPD cruiser slamming into two men on a dirtbike in The Bronx — killing the driver and injuring the passenger — raises questions about whether...
Bloomberg blasts Quinn’s plan to monitor NYPD
Now it’s war! Mayor Bloomberg hit the breaking point yesterday over longtime ally Christine Quinn’s Big Brother NYPD watchdog plan — saying the City Council speaker is shelving common sense...
‘A’ for schools under mayor
Mayoral control of the city schools — fiercely opposed by the teachers union in a new campaign — has dramatically increased student achievement, a new study found.In some cases, the...
Big Brother Bloomberg
The eye in the sky will soon be following your every move, says Mayor Bloomberg.“You can’t keep the tides from coming in,” the mayor remarked when asked about drones on...
Safety minded Democrat making the frisk case
The most electric moment on the mayoral campaign trail occurred this week when Bill Thompson, a concerned father of a teenage son, found himself vigorously defending stop-and-frisk before a predominantly...
NYPD deputy: Controversial policies work
He doesn’t care what anyone says: Quotas — and stop-and-frisk — work. A scandal-scarred NYPD official yesterday defended his past use of quotas, saying his demand that cops produce 10...
City alert on meningitis
The city Health Department has issued new recommendations for vaccinating against a lethal strain of bacterial meningitis.The disease — which so far has been found only in men and contracted...
‘Qaeda’ sick call
A man charged with being an al Qaeda terrorist failed to appear at a court hearing yesterday after questions arose about his mental health because of his aggressive behavior.Ibrahim Suleiman...
Feds' plan to move Statue of Liberty security screening puts ferry passengers at risk of terror attack: NYPD
The NYPD yesterday slammed the feds’ new plan to move security screening for Statue of Liberty visitors from Manhattan to Ellis Island, saying it would leave ferry passengers vulnerable to...
Federal prison guard gives birth to cop killer’s baby - and names him 'Justus'
First, she tarnished her prison-guard badge by bearing the child of a cop killer in her care — then insulted the victim’s families by proudly naming the baby Justus. Nancy...
Man wrongly convicted of killing rabbi celebrates first night of freedom with 'a big steak'
The man who spent more than two decades locked up for a murder he didn’t commit celebrated his first night of freedom with a steak after a judge wiped out...
Mugger teens kill tot: cops
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Two teenagers were arrested yesterday and accused of fatally shooting a 13-month-old baby in the face and wounding his mother during their morning stroll through a leafy,...
Nix on DA atty. as fed judge
President Obama yesterday pulled the plug on his nomination of a Manhattan DA’s Office lawyer to a federal appeals court.Caitlin Halligan, general counsel for the DA’s Office, had asked Obama...
Bam’s chemical test
President Obama’s fast-fading Syrian red line is raising eyebrows across the Mideast, where he completed a mostly successful visit yesterday. Was an American line crossed this week? Were chemical weapons...
Attacking the NYPD: wannabes’ bid for votes
The Issue: Whether the City Council’s push for more oversight of the NYPD would help or hurt the city. *** It doesn’t seem plausible that a successful city agency needs...
A strategic sorry
President Obama saved the breakthrough for the final moments of his Israel trip: He persuaded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize to Turkey for the 2010 Israeli naval raid on...
Heeere’s . . . Jimmy!
We’ve never quite forgiven Johnny Carson for moving “The Tonight Show” from New York to California. So when we learned the show might be returning home with Jimmy Fallon as...
The education of Andrew Cuomo
Gov. Cuomo is agreeing with us yet again about statewide teacher-rating systems: They serve no point if they expire before they can be used to fire bad teachers. For that...
Immigration reform: the GOP’s road back
Sen. Rand Paul’s embrace of immigration reform this week shows just how far the GOP has come on this issue since the election. Two years ago, the Tea Party’s favorite...
Where is today’s Kemp?
The harsh assessment of the RNC “autopsy” committee would be that it talked to 2,600 people, yet one of its top proposals is reviving a minority-inclusion council from the 1990s....
Kids calendar
Today KINDUR GARDEN: Like stepping into a fairy tale, interactive performance “Kindur” at BAM invites kids onstage to explore a make-believe landscape of glaciers, volcanoes and flower-filled gardens. In case...
Showtime essentially the official home of Golden Boy fighters
Though he won’t admit it, Showtime’s boxing boss Stephen Espinoza had to be grinning from ear to ear when he heard HBO announce last week that it would no longer...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order 1. 1 mile; $23,000; clm($12,500); 3up READYSETKETCH drew inside and drops in class while using jock that loves to...
Tomorrow’s Gulfstream Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 1/2 fur; $20,250; clm($16,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Soul oftheNorth(L),123A Smith7-2-4Quiroz2 Hour Man(L),109E Zayas6-6-7Pita3 Tiger(M),123J Alvarezx-x-xPompay4 Firsttotheline(M),118JCastellanx-x-xPletcher5 Baumgartner(L),116F Jara5-5-6Pita6 Rich Intentions(L),111H Sanchez4-7-8Lee7...
Vic Cangialosi at Parx Graded Entries
FIRST-1 mile; $21,000; clm($7,500); 4up4-Lasamanamam9-55-TheSlverMche12-11-DangersBehvr20-16-ALadyCalledMx7-22-EsthersClssyLs9-27-Noctivagant 8-13-Sweets Galore 5-2SECOND-1m&70yds; $17,000; cl($10,0); 3Y3-PartyGirlAppel8-55-Chapel Wine 6-11-Regal Surprise15-16-BelievinginHers5-22-ShotgnMyrMr15-17-Echo's CutiePie4-14-Got the Walk 15-1THIRD-1m&70yds; $23,000; clm($10,0); 3YO1-Sir Cotton 5-25-Three for Two 8-12-O K Lefty 9-26-It's a...
Aqueduct Charts
March 22nd, 2013Clear and Fast©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $24,000; clm($16,000); 4upOff: 12:50. Good. 3w,drive 1/4-fin 70ydsTime: 22.48, 46.12, 58.12, 1:04.63.Trainer: David JacobsonWinner: B G, 5, by Grand...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Champ Ravens must open on road Instead of celebrating their Super Bowl title with a home game, the Ravens will start the 2013 regular season on the road, because...
Christ the King reaches final
On the same night he led Christ the King to the New York State Federation Class AA championship game, Jon Severe was named Mr. New York Basketball, the award given...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST: mile trot; $9,500; cond4IdelRevenue(MMller)13.405.404.003Gotthemusicinyou(DMiller)3.602.802Tonato Of Love (C Callahan)4.60* Exacta (4-3) $48.60 * Trifecta (4-3-2) $342.20Scr: Battle Ready.SECOND: mile pace; $15,000; Rags to Riches6CaneRdge(CCallahan)3.402.202.101Tamayo (D Miller)2.802.404Blade Runner (R Pierce)3.00* Exacta...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Power Of A Moment (7th)FIRST: Mile pace; $12,500; cond6 Terror High(RPierce)1-3-22-17 LongFightHanver(MMcDnld)2-1-55-25 LetsRockTogether(Cmpbell)6-7-49-21 Hydrusko(MLewis)7-9-415-12 ToBeachHsOwn(RSchnttker)4-7-56-13 Stallone Blue Chip(SAllard)5-4-28-14 What'sTheStory(PLachance)4-8-410-1SECOND: Mile pace; $9,000; cond3 Olde Time...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $25,650; clm($25,000); 3YOAD MELIORA second this distance and level last out. KAHNEETA closed to finish third in dirt debut. INVASORA races with Lasix for career...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1m(T); $28,300; clm($35,000); 3YO5Pleiadian (Prado)18.8010.406.401It's Tme to Regn (Rosro)8.205.003Bailoutbobby (Velazquez)4.00Scr: T. V. Plasma, Baffoonery, Fire Mission, Pack a Punch.* Exacta (5-1) $146.80 * $1 Superfecta (5-1-3-8) $1,221.10 * $1 Trifecta...
U.S. men win real snow job
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — On a snowy night more suitable to slaloms than soccer, Clint Dempsey scored early in his first start as the American captain and the United States...
The Post Line
NCAA Basketball TournamentThird RoundAt Lexington, Ky.FavoriteLineUnderdogMarquette2ButlerLouisville10 1/2Colorado St.At Auburn Hills, Mich.Michigan St.5 1/2MemphisMichigan3VcuAt Salt Lake CityGonzaga6 1/2Wichita St.Arizona10HarvardAt San Jose, Calif.Saint Louis4OregonSyracuse7 1/2CaliforniaTodayNITSecond RoundALABAMA4StanfordCollege Insider TournamentSecond RoundE. CAROLINA3 1/2RiderEVANSVILLE4 1/2E....
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing12:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice: Auto Club 400 SPEED1:30 p.m.NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying: Royal Purple 300 SPEED2:30 p.m.IndyCar Qualifying: Grand Prix of St. Petersburg NBCSN3:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Auto...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 23SUNMar. 24MONMar. 25TUEMar. 26WEDMar. 27THUMar. 28FRIMar. 29KnicksToronto7:30MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMENOGAMEBos.7:00TNTESPNMem.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMECha.7:30MSGESPNNetsClippers10:30YES NetworkWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMPho.9:00YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMEPor.10:30YESWFANNO GAMEDen.9:00YESWBBRSt. John'sNOGAME+ UVa.11 a.m.ESPNWBBRNOGAME+ TBD+ TBDNO GAMENO GAMERangersNOGAMEWash.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEPhi.7:30MSGWBBRNOGAMEOtt.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMEIslandersNOGAMEFla.5:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEWash.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEPhi.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEDevilsFlorida7:00MSG PlusWFAN 660 AM/101.9...
Pain and gain: These injury-prone players worth a shot in later rounds
Injuries unfortunately are a big part of sports. They are unplanned, unpredictable events that can change the course of a season or even a career. As a fantasy owner, you...
Woodson seeks a more consistent Knicks rotation
TORONTO — Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Friday it was time to establish a set starting lineup and rotation as the playoffs inch closer with 15 games left after last...
Struggling Mickelson makes an early exit
ORLANDO, Fla. — The scene was a rare one: Phil Mickelson packing away his golf clubs in the back of his SUV on a Friday, readying to head to the...
Woods trails by 4 after porous finish
ORLANDO, Fla. — For nearly five hours yesterday, there were signs all around Bay Hill indicating that Tiger Woods was about to dominate. Woods, who has won five times in...
Nets not prepared to celebrate — yet
LOS ANGELES — Ever since Deron Williams was traded to the Nets a little more than two years ago, he has yearned to get back to the playoffs after making...
Heat triumph, streak at 25
MIAMI — It’s becoming almost commonplace now, this trend of the Heat getting off to slow starts and having to dig their way back from double-digit deficits.Apparently, they do not...
Jeter may DH today, but not with Yankees
TAMPA — It’s not quite the same as being on the field for Opening Day, but Derek Jeter could be back in a game as soon as today. The Yankees...
Yankees' Nova rocked by Twins
Ivan Nova wasn’t pleased after his shaky outing yesterday, but more disturbing was that his catcher couldn’t offer a reason for it. “I don’t know what’s going on,’’ Chris Stewart...
Mets great Franco huge Wright fan
PORT ST. LUCIE — One Mets captain has welcomed another to the club. John Franco wasted no time calling David Wright on Thursday, congratulating the Mets third baseman on his...
Ailing Santana to stay behind, says Collins
JUPITER, Fla. — Johan Santana won’t be breaking camp with the Mets. In a hardly surprising announcement, considering Santana has not thrown from a mound in nearly three weeks, manager...
Rangers eye speedy Swede
Help could be on the way Fast for the Rangers, whose inability to score is suffocating the team’s chances of qualifying for the playoffs. Informed sources have told The Post...
Islanders continue to make bad luck a habit
It’s self-destructive behavior of the worst kind. The Islanders are fighting more than just a recent trend of third-period meltdowns. At this point, every time something seems to be going...
Jets' Ryan: ‘No clear-cut’ fave
If Rex Ryan has a feeling on who he wants to be his starting quarterback this fall, he’s not giving any clues. Asked on ESPN Radio yesterday if he has...
Report: Giants free agent Osi and Falcons talking
Osi Umenyiora could be heading south. The Giants’ free-agent defensive end is being courted heavily by the Falcons, and the two sides are trying to get a deal finalized before...
Melo, Martin lead Knicks to 3rd straight win, playoff berth
TORONTO — What a difference a knee drain makes. Friday night’s official clinching of a playoff berth was a small step for the Knicks’ lofty goals, but the win was...
Ex-Knicks guard felled by cancer
TORONTO — The Knicks drafted Ray Williams with the 10th pick in the 1977 draft as Walt Frazier’s successor. As terrific a talent Williams was, it never worked out that...
‘Killer’ charm
So what was all the fuss about? When all is said and done, tonight’s Lifetime movie, “Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story,” isn’t much different from any of its by-the-numbers,...
Val, Mary book trip to ‘Cleveland’
Terminally ill Valerie Harper will reunite with her “Mary Tyler Moore Show” co-stars for an upcoming episode of TV Land’s “Hot in Cleveland.” Harper, 73, who revealed earlier this month...
‘Thrones’ prequel?
‘Game of Thrones” creator George RR Martin says he’s talking to HBO about a prequel to the fantasy series. Martin told ign.com that the series would revolve around his “Tales...
Face time
It’s spring — allegedly — and soon, skin that has been hiding under big puffy coats and wool hats all winter will be seeing the light of day. To get...
Weird but true
Think your house is a zoo? Try visiting Nancy Champagne’s mobile home. Maine officials found 75 dogs, 17 birds and three chickens in residence. Champagne, whom police escorted from the...
Relaxed Louisville gears up for Colorado St.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The dateline really should be — LAUGHINGTON. That’s because here, in a city where college basketball is revered, the NCAA Tournament’s most irreverent, fun-loving, not-a-care in the...
Billikens ride emotion into tournament
SAN JOSE, Calif. — If there’s a feel-good story in this region of the NCAA Tournament, it is fourth-seeded Saint Louis. The Billikens (28-6) are riding a wave of emotion...
Hofstra fires Cassara after slew of arrests
Hofstra relieved head coach Mo Cassara of his duties yesterday, a move made after six players were arrested over the course of the season. Assistant coach Patrick Sellers was elevated...
Sharpshooter Sina on Pirates’ radar
Good news finally could be on the way for Seton Hall.Coming off its worst season in more than a decade, the Pirates lost prized recruit Aquille Carr, who recently announced...
Future Big East foes Marquette, Butler battle for Sweet 16
LEXINGTON, Ky. — One of the greatest rivalries in college basketball, a rivalry that was killed off this year by greed, began on Feb. 15, 1930 in less than stellar...
Michigan-VCU looking like a big-time matchup
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Michigan’s poise and VCU’s pressure.Control versus chaos.This third-round NCAA Tournament South Region matchup will indeed be strength against strength.“They’re trying to wreak havoc,” Wolverines coach John...
Hoosiers’ D smothers JMU
DAYTON, Ohio — Right after Victor Oladipo swooped in for a layup midway through the second half yesterday, Indiana held a 31-point lead. Will Sheehey then stole James Madison’s inbounds...
Minny ha-ha: Gophers crush UCLA
Andre Hollins scored 28 points and Minnesota rolled past punchless UCLA 83-63 last night in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Austin, Texas, a game that could be...
Brash Henderson leads Ole Miss to upset
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Finally, Marshall Henderson had nothing to say. Mississippi’s outspoken guard had been quieted throughout his long-awaited NCAA Tournament debut, hitting one of his first 13 shots....
Jump on Michigan
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Do you feel burned after these past few days, like Justin Timberlake finding out about Britney Spears? Just remember, there’s a Jessica Biel right around the...
La Salle stuns Kansas St.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — La Salle shocked a crazed crowd at the Sprint Center, but not before nearly being stunned itself. The 13th-seeded Explorers came close to implosion after blowing...
Unknown 15th seed from Fla. a Hoya destroya
PHILADELPHIA — At a time when they might have cracked, the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast soared. They had taken the game to heavily favored Georgetown, shockingly so, but the...
Survival guide: Top seed Kansas holds on
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There will be a day, there will be a game when basic logic prevails and a No. 1 seed goes down in its first game of...
Duke fends off Albany
PHILADELPHIA — The scent of an upset was not quite in the air, but it was brewing. Albany had trimmed a 16-point deficit to eight and, seemingly, had the ball...
North Carolina gives Roy his 700th win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In case anyone missed Villanova’s up and down regular season, the Wildcats needed only 40 minutes to reenact a five-month roller-coaster ride. Trailing by as many...
Iona Gaels little more than a breeze against Ohio State
DAYTON, Ohio — This is what happens when Goliath rips the slingshot out of your hands, breaks it over his knee, and leaves the pieces strewn everywhere inside University of...
Ohio State ends Iona’s NCAA dream in blowout
DAYTON, Ohio — Ohio State’s lead was down to 10 points at halftime, which was hardly insurmountable for Iona. Gaels guard Sean Armand believed, though, the second half’s first basket...
Unluck of the Irish: Cyclones destroy Notre Dame
DAYTON, Ohio — That’s four straight seasons of postseason underachievement for Notre Dame. Last night the Fighting Irish were bounced in their NCAA Tournament opener for the second straight year...
Amaker gives Harvard
SALT LAKE CITY — Tommy Amaker and Siyani Chambers’ relationship dates back years, to when the former was slogging through an eight-win debut season at Harvard and the latter was...
’Zona senior conquers ordeals
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s fitting that Arizona senior Kevin Parrom has applied for another year of eligibility via a hardship waiver. Few players will ever know more about hardship...
Three must-see games on Day 5 of the NCAA tournament
The Post highlights three games that are must-see as the NCAA tournament continues with eight games on Saturday. (4) Michigan vs. (5) VCU – South Region, 12:15 p.m., CBS The...
NCAA tournament third-round picks (Saturday's afternoon session)
Each game day during the NCAA tournament, the Post's Marc Raimondi, Anthony Sulla-Heffinger and Justin Terranova will be providing you with their input for that day's games. For the afternoon...
Big app-le adventures!
City folk balk at the idea of hiking. All those bugs and mud, the chance of getting lost “Blair Witch”-style, and nary a Starbucks in sight? But just because you’re...
Haas leads, Tiger four shots back at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bill Haas wanted to atone for the way he finished his opening round. He did that and more Friday and was tied for the lead in the...
Florida chomps down on Northwestern State
AUSTIN, Texas — Erik Murphy had 18 points to lead four Florida players in double figures and the Gators shut down the NCAA's highest-scoring team Friday night, beating Northwestern State...
North Carolina powers past Nova to give Williams 700th win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In case anyone missed Villanova’s up and down regular season, the Wildcats needed only 40 minutes to reenact a five-month roller-coaster ride. Trailing by as many...
Struggling Islanders blow another lead in loss to Penguins
It’s not like the Islanders don’t create momentum, it’s they always find a way to give it up so quickly. Though Friday night’s 4-2 loss to the Penguins did not...
Knicks clinch playoff spot with win over woeful Raptors
TORONTO — It’s just a small step to the Knicks’ lofty goals but on Friday night in Canada, they officially clinched a playoff berth. Carmelo Anthony put forth a dynamic...
Craft, Ohio State bottle up high-powered Iona
DAYTON – The lead was down to 10 points at halftime, which was hardly insurmountable for Iona. Gaels guard Sean Armand believed, though, that the second half’s first basket had...
Wedding bells? Ivanka Trump stalker tells cops: 'I want to be her husband'
He just wants to be Mr. Ivanka Trump. "I want to be her husband," the homeless accused stalker of The Donald's brainy, beautiful daughter has told cops, prosecutors revealed tonight....
Big East’s Georgetown shocked by unknown 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast
PHILADELPHIA — At a time when they might have cracked, the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast soared. They had taken the game to heavily favored Georgetown, shockingly so, but the...
Nets are in the playoffs and it's up to Lopez to determine how far they go
LOS ANGELES – Philadelphia’s loss in Denver on Thursday night simply made the Nets making the playoffs official. It had already been something that was been expected since the season...
Wake for Brooklyn teen Kimani Gray, killed in confrontation with cops
Hundreds of family and friends filtered through a Flatlands funeral home today to remember Kimani Gray, the teen gangbanger fatally shot by cops earlier this month. “I came to show...