March 21, 2009
CALHOUN, UCONN BEAT TEXAS A &M 92-66
Jim Calhoun returned to his regular seat on the bench and led Connecticut to a familiar spot in the round of 16. A.J. Price scored 27 points, Jeff Adrien had...
DOMINANT JOBA ROUNDING INTO FORM
TAMPA Joba Chamberlain wears the fifth-starter tag because his resume is light compared to the others in the Yankees' rotation, but such labels are not permanent. The right-hander had all...
MAINE KEEPS GETTING PUMMELED
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Is it too early to start worrying about John Maine? Maine and the Mets say it is, but the right-hander's numbers this spring have to be...
This and that
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Some tidbits after a Mets lineup missing almost all of its regulars was pummeled 12-1 here today by the Braves in Grapefruit League action at...
JIM CLARK TO WED KRISTY HINZE
It's good to be Jim Clark. The techno-billionaire, who is set to marry a golden-haired swimsuit model half his age tomorrow in the British Virgin Islands, continues to lead a...
FAMILY'S FURY
A furious Bronx family is reeling at the apparently botched investigation into their teenage daughter's brutal rape, murder and misidentification. "They're really distraught right now," family friend and neighbor Marcus...
4 DEAD IN UPSTATE NY GROUP HOME FIRE
Fire has killed four of the nine residents of a state-run group home in upstate New York. Gov. David Paterson said the fire started around 5:30 a.m. Saturday in the...
'NOVA REACHES ROUND OF 16 WITH 89-69 WIN OVER UCLA
Rollie Massimino sat on the edge of his seat, rooting on his former team from behind the bench. No need to sweat this one out, Coach. The Wildcats had it...
AGE OF THE NON-APOLOGY
Nothing my alcoholic, belt-wielding father ever did to me as a child enraged me as much as the day he pulled me aside, said how sorry he was for his...
What's the matter with Maine?
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Is it too early to start getting concerned about John Maine? Maine and the Mets say it is, but the right-hander's numbers this spring have...
Red Bulls sign rookie Nick Zimmerman, reserves draw Portland 0-0
The Red Bulls signed rookie draft pick Nick Zimmerman yesterday, and he played in the reserves' 0-0 draw with the USL Portland Timbers.The 22-year-old Zimmerman was a third-round pick out...
LISA LING'S SISTER JAILED IN NORTH KOREA
Lisa Ling's sister and another journalist have been detained by the North Korean government for allegedly crossing their border illegally. Authorities are investigating the two women, who were seized Tuesday,...
A1A to Pacific Coast Highway, Overrated Yankees
A few days ago I was on AIA in Florida; today I'm driving down California's Highway 101, PCH, the Pacific Coast Highway.Surfers are in the water, joggers and bicyclists are...
RBNY: Sorry in Seattle. Home opener next
Red Bull captain Juan Pablo Angel called Thursday night's season-opening 3-0 bomb in Seattle unacceptable. I'd tack on unbecoming, uninspired and undisciplined, too. And that's for starters.I was actually holding...
No Magic here
By MARC BERMANORLANDO - Missed last night's Sacramento game to be at a wake and memorial service, not realizing the Knicks would be staging their own at the Garden.Imagine my...
DRUNK HITS QUEENS LAUNDROMAT
An out of control drunk driver slammed into an Elmurst, Queens, laundromat this morning, sending one person to the hospital in critical condition, police said. Cesar Monge, 39, was driving...
Grapefruit: Mets at Braves
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Mets' lineup is ready for what will be John Maine's fifth spring start here today at the Disney Wide World of Sports complex against...
MOORE'S 3-POINTER GIVES SIENA 2 OT WIN
DAYTON, Ohio Not once, but twice, Ronald Moore took Siena from the brink of a bitter defeat and shoved his gritty Saints to an improbable and incredible victory. Moore hit...
BIG DRIVE GIVES COWBOYS VICTORY OVER VOLS
DAYTON, Ohio The little man came up with the biggest shot for Oklahoma State yesterday in the NCAA Tournament. Byron Eaton, a 5-foot-11 senior, used an exquisite crossover dribble to...
'CUSE IN CONTROL FOR FIRST NCAA WIN IN FIVE YEARS
MIAMI It had been a long, cold five years since the last NCAA Tournament victory for Syracuse, where success in the Big Dance used to be as much a rite...
SUN DEVILS OUTSHINE OWLS WITH TEAM PLAY
MIAMI Temple came into the NCAA Tournament concerned with Arizona State's star sophomore guard James Harden, one of the most dynamic players in the nation. The Owls did a great...
'CATS QUIET CRITICS, UTES
MIAMI Arizona, in the eyes of many who follow the NCAA Tournament selection process, shouldn't have been invited to this dance, having lost five of its last six games entering...
CARDS DEAL DOSE OF REALITY TO UPSTART MOREHEAD ST.
DAYTON, Ohio Twenty minutes of fun and then you're done. That's what Louisville allowed Morehead State to experience last night in a first-round Midwest Regional game at University of Dayton...
NO. 1 PICK IS NOT ISLES' TOP PRIORITY
The Islanders are rarely the talk of the NHL anymore. That's what two straight years out of the playoffs and 16 consecutive without a postseason series victory will do to...
NETS HAVE BITTEN INTO FAIR SHARE OF BAD APPLES
When Sean Williams was arrested in a Denver suburb Monday, it was his second arrest in 29 days. Though charges were dropped in his first incident, it worried some around...
FATHER KNEW LONG AGO NATE WOULD BE GREAT
Jacque Robinson, a former Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl MVP running back at Washington, has watched his son Nate from the West Coast blossom into a New York folk hero....
ELIAS CLEARS MANY HURDLES TO SET DEVILS' SCORING MARK
He wasn't the most likely candidate, but in becoming the Devils' all-time leading scorer, Patrik Elias overcame the odds. He wasn't even a first-round pick, dispatched to the minors for...
ISLES WASTE 4-GOAL SECOND PERIOD
RALEIGH, N.C. The last-place Islanders stunned the Hurricanes with four second-period goals, but Carolina rallied for a 5-4 victory that vaulted them past the Rangers into sixth place in the...
TRADES ARE NOTHING NEW FOR NEW RANGER MORRIS
At least this time Derek Morris knew it was coming, but that didn't make handling the third trade of his career all that much easier. "It was beneficial for me...
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
LANE'S END STAKES Turfway Park, 10th race. Grade 2. Purse: $500,000. Mile-and-an-eighth, 3-year-olds. Post: 5:43 p.m. LOWDOWN: West Side Bernie won the Kentucky Cup Juvenile over this track by three...
ROTO FILES
With the season right around the corner, now is the time to get your fantasy baseball draft plan in order. Here's a look at the top corner infielders to look...
GROUD ZERODEVELOPERSEEKS BAILOUT
Mega-developer Larry Silverstein is going hat in hand to the Port Authority to help finance long-stalled projects at Ground Zero, according to a published report. Under the plan, the agency...
ORANGE BREEZE TO 1ST NCAA WIN IN FIVE YEARS
MIAMI It had been a long, cold five years since the last NCAA Tournament victory for Syracuse, where success in the Big Dance used to be as much a rite...
TOP-SEEDED PITTSBURGH SWEATS OUT WIN
DAYTON, Ohio The marching orders for Pittsburgh this year were: Get past the Sweet Sixteen. But if the Panthers don't play more effectively than they did in yesterday's shaky 72-62...
23 YEARS LATER, CLEVELAND ST. PULLS ANOTHER STUNNER
MIAMI Wake Forest junior guard Ishmael Smith was leaving campus earlier this week for the Demon Deacons' NCAA Tournament first-round game against Cleveland State when a police officer approached him...
MOORE'S 3-POINTER GIVES SIENA 2 OT WIN
DAYTON, OHIO Not once, but twice, Ronald Moore took Siena from the brink of a bitter defeat and shoved his gritty Saints to an improbable and incredible victory. Moore hit...
AS SIMPLE AS PIE
AS the Hey-Ya Brothers prove, there's nothing that pleases kids more than seeing their parents get a cream pie in the kisser. So it was when clowns Joel Jeske and...
WHAT'S UP
**TODAY** FIT AS FLEAS: Calypso, Cajun, Cab Calloway . . . the family-friendly band Dog on Fleas switches up all these styles and more in its up-tempo tunes. Hear some...
FIELD OF READS
THE crack of the bat. The pop of hardball hitting leather. The rustle of turning pages . . . These are the sounds of our great national pastime. Wait rustling...
THE STARS ARE IN THE CARDS
WHAT would you do with a piece of Jessica Biel's clothing? Wait, don't answer that, we don't want to know. How would you get a piece of her clothing? Well,...
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN
THE recession is such a bummer. Wouldn't it be nice to time travel to a simpler era the 1950s when money was plentiful, appliances were shiny, and rock was just...
LOOKING AT ANNUAL $1T DEFICIT
WASHINGTON Despite new estimates that say President Obama's budget deficit will average nearly $1 trillion a year, the White House insists that the flood of red ink will not swamp...
MONKEYING AROUND IN ORANGU-TOT HOSP
You will go bananas over these radiant redheads. Deep in the Malaysian jungle is a unique hospital committed to saving the endangered Borneo orangutan. The place is Bukit Merah Laketown...
TEEN NAILED IN FATAL LI FAMILY FIRE
A teenage firebug sparked a blaze that killed a mom and her three kids on Long Island only to show up moments later as a volunteer firefighter in a sick...
MIXED-DOUBLE TROUBLE
The tennis world is abuzz about a 22-year-old German pro ready to take the women's tour by storm except that rivals say she's really a man. Sarah Gronert was born...
DIGGING 'FIRST' GARDEN
WASHINGTON First Lady Michelle Obama pitched in in a big way yesterday, teaming with 26 DC schoolkids to break ground yesterday for a produce and herb garden on the White...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A man died after accidentally shooting himself in East New York, police sources said yesterday. Isiah Liverpool, 27, was found with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen on...
NUTTY KID'S 25G SANDWICH
A Pennsylvania fifth-grader who cooked up a peanut-butter-and-chicken sandwich won a $25,000 college scholarship yesterday and that's not peanuts. A panel of judges at the Culinary Loft in SoHo sampled...
'RIHANNA' AGONY ON WEB VID
The horrific night in which Chris Brown allegedly beat girlfriend Rihanna has been brought to life in vivid detail in a public-service video made by a youth organization. DoSomething.org has...
FOE WOULD LOOSEN MAYOR'S ED. GRIP
City Comptroller Bill Thompson yesterday proposed dramatically scaling back the mayor's power over the schools. In testimony to a legislative committee, Thompson, a potential challenger to Mayor Bloomberg this fall,...
'SLAY' THUGS CRUISED FOR GALS
The heartless thugs accused of beating an Ecuadorean immigrant to death because they thought he was gay went cruising for babes right after the horrific attack, one of the men...
MUSEUM $$ HIKE
The Brooklyn Museum is raising its suggested admission price by $2. Beginning today, admission for adults will be $10 and seniors and students will pay $6. It is the first...
HONEST TO DODD, I'M A VICTIM
On-the-ropes Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd swung back at his critics yesterday, claiming he was misled over the hefty taxpayer-funded bonuses for AIG executives. Dodd made the comments amid fury over...
GUY IS 'FELINE' BAD FOR EX
He really is P-whipped. "Project Runway" hellion Kenley Collins' ex-fiancé, Zak Penley, said yesterday he felt sorry for his nutty former gal pal, who was arrested for hurling a cat...
ASTHMA GAL IN RAPE-SLAY
A 16-year-old Bronx girl, who was missing for more than a month and then declared dead from an asthma attack, was actually raped and murdered, authorities said yesterday. Relatives last...
LULLABY OF BROADWAY
In the final, heart-wrenching moments before Natasha Richardson's family made the decision to remove her from life support, her mom, legendary actress Vanessa Redgrave, sang to her "Edelweiss" from "The...
2ND GAL IDS 'STALK NUT'
A court officer charged with stalking a Queens model was busted again yesterday on suspicion of harassing another woman, The Post has learned. The second woman told cops that she...
GOV: I'D END SOLE CONTROL OF STATE PENSION $$
ALBANY A day after two top aides to ex-Comptroller Alan Hevesi were indicted for allegedly scamming $30 million from the state pension system, Gov. Paterson said yesterday he favors ending...
WAXERS WIN ON A-PEEL
New Jersey is smoothing out differences over a plan to ban bare-it-all bikini waxing. State Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman yesterday decided to reverse course on the proposal after angry...
BOWLING ACE TO BAM: BRING IT ON!
A Special Olympics pin-hitting champ yesterday challenged President Obama to take his foot out of his mouth and lace up his bowling shoes for a pickup game on the lanes....
MIKE & AHNOLD'S $$ PITCH
WASHINGTON President Obama met with Mayor Bloomberg and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday to discuss spending stimulus money on infrastructure needs as the White House released new guidelines to make...
TOP GOPERS HIT BRAKES ON BONUS TAX
Key Senate Republicans are preparing to stall bipartisan legislation to take away big-bucks bonuses from AIG and large firms that got bailouts as a wave of public outrage gets ready...
POISON-PEN LETTERS: MAY HE BERN IN HELL!
Throw the book at him and his wife! Penniless investors and outraged observers want justice meted out to mega-Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, according to more than 100 letters and e-mails...
QUIVERING IDIOT
It all began as a stupid act of fooling around. Eric Collins was moving into his grandparents' place in Riverdale and wanted to show off an archery set he pulled...
MOB BIG IS GOING POST-AL
Crime boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano is sick of waiting a month and a half to read the New York Post. But the convicted Bonanno big will be stuck reading...
THEY MADE SWEDE LOVE
HARTFORD, Conn. An "off the reservation" countess who complains she can't live on a measly $36 million divorce settlement admitted she had a steamy affair with a strapping Swedish swordsman...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Whatever you do, don't drink the water. A Fort Lupton, Colo., woman lives in constant fear because natural gas has gotten into her water supply, to the point where she...
BEHIND MOSCOW'S ARMS BUILDUP
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has unveiled a plan that commits his government to spending $140 billion on arms within the next two years the most massive rearmament program in Russian...
BAM'S FULL-TIME GIG: IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER
President Obama's probation period for his pathetic, amateur-hour performance as POTUS is quickly coming to an end ("No Joke," March 20). His solution to forestall the imminent downswing of his...
SOMETHING TO WINE ABOUT
Since Prohibition, wine and spirits retailers couldn't sell any products except for wine and spirits. Grocery stores, on the other hand, can and do sell thousands of products ("A Win-Win...
INVITATION TO A SCAM
ATTORNEY General Andrew Cuomo has alleged vast corruption in the massive taxpayer-guaranteed state pension fund, bringing criminal charges against political consultant Hank Morris and the fund's former chief investment officer,...
ANOTHER DELAY HITS XANADU
The opening of the long-delayed Xanadu retail and entertainment complex in New Jersey's Meadowlands has been pushed back again due to a default on a construction loan, a project spokesman...
CITIGROUP'S BIG SHUFFLE
Citigroup financial chief Gary Crittenden was reassigned to supervise a sell-off of the troubled banks' toxic assets. Crittenden who remains generally well-regarded despite his failure last year to foresee the...
WATCH THE REAL MONEY
'WE will hunt you down!" thundered Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) during the AIG bonus demagogue-a-thon on the House floor Thursday. "If they're not going to give [the bonuses] back, we're...
ANTE SOARS FOR CARMAKERS
General Motors and Chrysler, which have requested as much as $21.6 billion in additional government aid, may need "considerably" more than that, said Steven Rattner, the Treasury's chief auto adviser....
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Seizures US regulators seized two credit unions one in Kansas and one in Cali fornia with total assets of $57 billion, to stabilize a system used by 90 million customers....
GOLDMAN BIG DEFENDS $12.9B PAID BY AIG
Despite catching flack for having accepted $12.9 billion in taxpayer funds as payment for bets it made with beleaguered insurance giant American International Group, officials at Goldman Sachs were unapologetic...
MARKETS' RALLY QUITS WHILE IT'S IN THE RED
Wall Street's quest to repeat last week's stock-market rally fell short yesterday as bear-market fears returned to send it into triple-digit declines. The end result was a far cry from...
INVESTIGATOR CLOUSEAU
You'd think the city's Department of In vestigation commissioner might have uncovered a clue regarding New York's fiscal situation. Apparently not, given Rose Gill Hearn's bellyaching about City Hall's instruction...
QUESTIONS CONGRESS WON'T ASK
Was it just a couple of weeks ago that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other DC Democrats were pushing hard for a South Africa-style commission to "learn the truth" about...
'COMMUNITY' CORRUPTION
Bronx Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo seems to be no great fan of mayoral control of the schools. But what, precisely, does she have against common decency? Arroyo got positively uncivil last...
PONZI SCHEMERS COULD BE HIDING IN THE HEDGES
The Securities and Exchange Commission is extending its hunt for Ponzi schemers into the world of hedge funds on a bet that scam artists might be taking advantage of the...
FOR PUBLISHER FRIES, IT'S TIME TO GO
Time magazine Publisher Don Fries is leaving his role at the Time Inc. magazine as it wrestles with the worst ad-page decline in its history. Mark Ford, the group president...
'MIRACLE PILOT' BOOK
"Miracle on the Hudson" pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III plans to tell his story in two books to be published by William Morrow, an imprint of News Corp.'s HarperCollins....
$1T TOXIC SHOCKER
Embattled Treasury boss Tim Geithner could as soon as Monday pull back the curtain on a plan to purge the country's financial giants of the more than $1 trillion in...
LIVAN CLOSER TO ROTATION AS METS OPTION NIESE
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Jonathon Niese's loss appeared to be Livan Hernandez's gain in the Mets' No. 5 starter derby yesterday. The Amazin's took another step toward making Hernandez the fifth...
RANGERS' CHEMISTRY FAR FROM UNS-AVERY
When the Rangers were winning hockey games the first half of the year, they credited their success to the bond they'd created as teammates and off-ice buds. It was pretty...
THREE AND OUT FOR PEREZ
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The Mets wisely took it easy on Oliver Perez yesterday. Less than a week after Team Mexico manager Vinny Castilla wore out the left-hander with an 85-pitch...
POSADA'S THROWS 'GETTING STRONGER'
TAMPA The results say he went 0-for-3 throwing out base stealers, but Jorge Posada had enough zip on the old fastball to deem yesterday a success. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOG...
JETER SHOWS WRIGHT WAY
LOS ANGELES This is a world stage, even if most American fans don't quite get the World Baseball Classic. On that stage yesterday at timeless Dodger Stadium sat Derek Jeter...
BERGTRAUM GIRLS BLAZE INTO FINAL
Ed Grezinsky has steered Bergtraum to 10 straight PSAL girls titles, but even though his Lady Blazers have had so much success at Madison Square Garden, he's still anxious headed...
BELTRAN'S QUIET, BUT STILL AMAZIN'
PORT ST. LUCIE This was late last season. A table in the Shea Stadium press dining room occupied mostly by scouts. The subject was Carlos Beltran and his shortcomings. COMPLETE...
MARTY CHASING ANOTHER RECORD
One giant record broken, the other wobbling. They should attach the replacement netting to Martin Brodeur's goal cage with Velcro, just to save us all time. "I think it's going...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Mauer unlikely for Opening Day Twins catcher Joe Mauer said yesterday he doubts he'll be ready to play by Opening Day due to lingering pain and inflammation in his...
NETS AVOID GETTING BURNED BY WADE, HEAT
There simply were not that many folks with a working pulse who liked the Nets' chances down the stretch last night. The Heat had just rallied from a deficit that...
SACRAMENTO CRUSHES KNICKS' PLAYOFF HOPES
In a must-win game against sorry Sacramento, the Knicks gave an effort that was uninspired, unacceptable and downright unforgivable. And talking beforehand about going down fighting, they rolled over with...
DEFENDING CHAMP JAYHAWKS WIN TOUGH OPENER
MINNEAPOLIS Cole Aldrich's long arms emerged above the lane to snatch the rebound and slam it in, drawing a foul he turned into a three-point play and a nine-point Kansas...
OT SHOT OF WISCY FLOORS FSU
BOISE, Idaho Trevon Hughes banked in a spinning shot over two defenders for a three-point play with 2 seconds left in overtime to lift Wisconsin to a 61-59 upset over...
MARYLAND A LIVE 'DOG
Each day during the NCAA Tournament, the Post's Tim Sullivan offers his plays of the day: SURVIVE and advance. You will hear that term a lot over the next 16...
HAYWARD HUGE AS EAGLES BARELY BEAT UTAH STATE
BOISE, Idaho Lazar Hayward scored Marquette's first and last points. He had plenty of big plays in between, too, scoring 26 to lead the Golden Eagles to a 58-57 win...
MARYLAND LOOKING TO STOP SALLIE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. For the clever and high-energy Maryland defense, it's one great 3-point shooting team down and one great 3-point shooter to come. By disrupting its timing and keeping...
UCLA FACES 'NOVA IN ITS BACKYARD
PHILADELPHIA Most of the hardened and headstrong players in the Villanova locker room weren't even teenagers when March Madness was known as the UCLA Invitational. Ten national championships in a...
CALHOUN GLAD TO BE BACK AFTER HIS HOSPITAL STINT
PHILADELPHIA The very worst definition of March Madness, especially for Jim Calhoun, is being held hostage overnight in a hospital without his basketball team to coach. Being unable to dance...
DAYTON DANDY KEYS UPSET WIN OVER WVU
MINNEAPOLIS It would be hard to imagine a player and moniker meshing more seamlessly than Chris Wright and the Dayton Flyers. With dunks exceeded in ferocity only by the altitude...
HEELS POINT GUARD LIKELY TO PLAY AGAINST LSU
GREENSBORO, N.C. When the Tar Heels face LSU in today's second round, it will mark the eighth time in 11 tournament games that the South Region's top seed is playing...
WESTERN KY. LOOKS TO FOLLOW GONZAGA'S PATH
PORTLAND, Ore. Western Kentucky has goals that reach beyond the NCAA Tournament, and among them is to be consistently considered one of the nation's top mid-majors. After an unexpected run...
FEEL THE BERN
YEAH, yeah. We know. " 'Law & Order,' " as the show's reps like to say, "is fiction." That may be (wink, wink), but "L&O" has also built its sturdy...
CLAPTON ADDS ALLMAN JOY
MONTHS ago, when fans bought their tickets to hear the Allman Brothers Band at the Bea con for Thursday's performance, they hoped it would be good but they had no...
BAM LIFTS JAY
PRESIDENT Barack Obama's unprece dented visit to the "Tonight Show" paid handsome dividends for Jay Leno. Obama, who became the first sitting US president to appear on a late-night show,...
ELLEN 'O'FFER
OPRAH Winfrey offered to share the cover of O magazine with Ellen DeGeneres, and DeGeneres who's been campaigning for the spot has accepted. Winfrey surprised DeGeneres with the offer during...
2 CORPORATE CREDIT UNIONS TAKEN OVER BY FEDS
Federal regulators on Friday seized control of two large institutions that provide wholesale financing for U.S. credit unions, a move they say was needed to stabilize the credit union system....
CONN. BIOLOGIST VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT CHIMP
A Connecticut biologist warned state officials nearly five months ago that a 200-pound chimpanzee who mauled a woman last month could seriously hurt someone if he felt threatened, according to...