March 28, 2015
Good luck figuring out these up-and-down Nets
Determining what the deal is with Stonehenge. Solving the Riddle of the Sphinx. Figuring out the 2014-15 Nets. Some stuff baffles even the greatest minds. “It’s tough to decipher this...
Red Bulls topple Columbus Crew to move into first place
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mike Grella chipped in the decisive goal from long distance in the 67th minute and the Red Bulls beat the Columbus Crew, 2-1, on Saturday night. Bradley...
Yahoo!’s Mayer trying to appease activists
Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer eased some M&A concerns on the street last week by executing an additional $2 billion stock buyback. Earlier in the week, we heard Mayer was concerned...
Kentucky somehow escapes Elite 8 over heartbroken Notre Dame
CLEVELAND — The invincibility is gone, but the undefeated season remains. Two days after destroying West Virginia in a 39-point massacre, No. 1 Kentucky avoided an unimaginable all-time NCAA Tournament...
Obama’s race to chaos
If you’re confused about the Saudi Arabia-led air attacks against Islamist rebels in Yemen and can’t tell one group of head-choppers in Iraq and Syria from another, don’t despair. All...
Knicks officially become worst in franchise history in loss to Bulls
CHICAGO — The Knicks made dark history Saturday night, officially becoming the franchise’s worst team ever. The Knicks are the losingest team in a history that dates to 1946-47. The...
In My Library: Sara Gruen
Fans of Sara Gruen’s “Water for Elephants,” “Riding Lessons” and “Ape House” no doubt recognize an animal lover when they read one. And they’re not mistaken: This writer shares her...
Different strategy needed for grind of daily fantasy sports
Plenty of fantasy egos have been crushed by an uneducated foray into daily fantasy sports. I own one of those egos. I’ve worked, to some degree, in fantasy sports since...
'SATC' stylist teaches you how to look 15 years younger
When Sutton Foster was 15, she made a bucket list. It included singing at Carnegie Hall, running a marathon and writing a book. While the tome is still unwritten and...
Reeling Devils whipped by Hurricanes
RALEIGH, N.C. — Eric Staal and Justin Faulk scored in the third period, and Carolina beat the Devils, 3-1, on Saturday night. Patrik Elias gave the Devils a 1-0 lead...
Defiant CC Sabathia doesn't give a 'f--k' about poor spring outings
TAMPA — Nine and two-thirds inning of game work for CC Sabathia this spring, the last five of those coming Saturday at the Yankees’ minor league complex for Triple-A affiliate...
Why high school coaches aren't sad to see Steve Lavin go
LOS ANGELES — The dismissal of coach Steve Lavin by St. John’s on Friday was met with mostly shrugs from the New York City high school basketball coaching community. Very...
The unspoken, arrogant and greedy horrors of the NCAA tourney
The NCAA Tournament, as presented by CBS and Turner TV, in three acts: Act I: No ado about something Thursday night on CBS, as West Virginia’s 6-foot-7 Jonathan Holton was...
Woman who inspired The Beatles’ 'Dear Prudence' once dated Robert Durst
Two months before she went missing, Kathie Durst received a call from her husband’s mistress. On the other end of the phone was Prudence Farrow — the sister of Mia...
Shorthanded NYCFC suffers first loss in franchise history
New York City FC coach Jason Kreis had talked about how deep his expansion team’s roster is, built around cornerstones David Villa and Frank Lampard. But both stars watched from...
The sentimental case for Chris Mullin to reject St. John's
For the next few paragraphs, I’m removing the press credential that perpetually dangles from my neck, I’m hopping in the time machine, I’m spinning back to the winters of 1982,...
Walt 'Clyde' Frazier on defining cool, his suits and 1 Knick regret
Knicks legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier, who is celebrating his 70th birthday on Sunday, blocked out some time for a Q&A session with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How would you...
Kaminsky, Dekker carry Wisconsin into Final Four
LOS ANGELES — The conversations were brief and to the point. Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker discussed their options with each other, the possibility of entering the NBA Draft, of...
A 'Fantastick' run
Try to remember, if you can, a day...not in September, but in May — way back in 1960. That was when a slight musical called “The Fantasticks” first opened at...
Council bites dog
Man bites dog? The City Council — usually consumed with blocking cops from doing their jobs, imposing new burdens on local business or harassing school reformers — may this week...
An 'illegal' dancer returns to the stage — 70 years later
Billy Rose nicknamed her “Jailbait” — but Paulette Harwood was too young to know what the great showman meant. After all, she was just 16 when she started dancing at...
Rick Pitino: Knicks could be on cusp of another Ewing-like era
SYRACUSE — Remember what Patrick Ewing’s arrival did for the then-moribund Knicks? Rick Pitino — who once coached Ewing and the Knicks and knows a thing or two about building...
The funniest jokes on Twitter from the past year
Just in time for April Fools Day, The Post presents the year's most hilarious Tweets. (See our roundup from last year). Patton Oswalt https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/567953015405064192 Amy Schumer, Mark Normand Kate Hendricks,...
How 'Fast & Furious' became a billion-dollar juggernaut
With the exception of fine wine and J.K. Simmons, nearly everything in the universe gets worse with age. And that often goes double for movie franchises. Would you rather watch...
Rangers lay an egg in Henrik Lundqvist's return
BOSTON — Not very many of The King’s horses showed up to support Henrik Lundqvist in his return to nets, that’s for sure. For whatever reason, the Rangers couldn’t have...
Google controls what we buy, the news we read — and Obama's policies
It’s 2020. The New England Patriots, winners of six straight Super Bowls, are having yet another routine meeting with the Commissioner’s Office. Deputy NFL Commissioner Tom Brady and his chief...
Mets discuss contract extension with Duda
PORT ST. LUCIE — This is the first time Lucas Duda will be compared to Corey Kluber, but bear with me a second. The Mets and Duda are discussing a...
Slumping Islanders drop another
The Islanders are trying to create a soundproof room to insulate themselves from the perceived noise on the outside. And that noise is really just the echoing of one word....
Nats give Mets good look at lefty reliever
PORT ST. LUCIE — In what either was a showcase — or one heck of a coincidence — the Nationals had their very available southpaw reliever, Jerry Blevins, face the...
7 injured after shooting at early-morning spring break party
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Seven people were injured, some critically, during an early-morning spray of gunfire Saturday at a spring break party on the Florida Panhandle, police said. An...
Gregorius pulled with wrist injury, X-rays negative
TAMPA — In the nanosecond following his left wrist being bent back while diving for a ground ball, Didi Gregorius believed he had suffered a devastating injury Saturday against the...
Woman discovered bound, dead in boyfriend's apartment: sources
A woman was discovered bound and dead inside her boyfriend’s Bronx apartment Saturday morning, police sources said. The lifeless body of Milagros Rolon, 46, was found wrapped in a blanket...
Mariano: Yanks’ pen will be OK
TAMPA — Mariano Rivera dropped into Yankees camp Saturday for a quick visit and proclaimed the rebuilt bullpen will be OK. “The bullpen will be fine,” Rivera told The Post....
Yemen's president calls rebels 'stooges of Iran'
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- Yemen's embattled president on Saturday called Shiite rebels who forced him to flee the country "stooges of Iran," directly blaming the Islamic Republic for the chaos...
Nigerians turn out en masse to vote in tight presidential election
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerians turned out en masse to vote in a presidential election Saturday that analysts say is too close to call between President Goodluck Jonathan and former military...
Brooklyn Bridge closed after gas pipe ruptures
Workers accidentally hit a gas pipe in downtown Brooklyn Saturday morning, starting a leak that shut down traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, officials said. A high-pressure pipe was struck with...
Lundqvist to start for Rangers against Bruins
BOSTON — It is The King’s throne once again. Eight weeks to the day since being struck in the throat by a shot from Carolina’s Brad Malone and 54 days...
17 dead after Al-Shabab siege at Somalia hotel
Warning: Some of the following images contain graphic content MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somali troops on Saturday took full control of a hotel that extremist gunmen stormed and occupied for more...
School tells special-needs athlete he can't wear varsity letter
A Kansas boy who plays on his high school’s special needs basketball team has been told he can’t wear a varsity letter jacket because he isn’t a varsity athlete. Wichita...
Nets rewind: An angry Lebron seemed a little off
Here are three thoughts on the Nets’ 106-98 win over the Cavaliers in Brooklyn Friday night: 1. Whenever LeBron James is in the building, all eyes are on him, and...
Mom in critical condition after rushing into burning building to save daughter
A heroic Brooklyn mom is fighting for her life after she ran into a burning building to rescue her two-year-old daughter, who was seriously injured in a blaze, authorities said....
This week's couple: Question and answer
Is it possible to fall in love with anyone? Maybe, if you ask them the right questions, according to psychologist Arthur Aron. He’s come up with 36 probing queries that...
The reality TV beginnings of how The Who came to be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fxv9fvhmFI Who knew The Who came about from a sort-of reality show? The documentary “Lambert & Stamp,” out Friday, reveals how the band became successful due to the desire of...
What celebrity chefs want for their last supper
NYC chefs wouldn’t want any old loaves and fishes for their final meal. For the actual Last Supper — commemorated this Thursday — Jesus supposedly dined on tilapia, bread, honeycomb,...
Fair-trade condoms are now a thing
Lauren Singer composts, buys in bulk and has used so little waste over the past two years that all of her trash fits into a mason jar. But when it...
6 signs your kid is ready for a dog
As the city thaws after a seemingly endless winter, the parks are again filling with stir-crazy adults, kids and canines alike, enjoying their first warm outdoor ventures of the season....
Tom Cruise has 'tantrum' unless he does his own stunts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNPZGc0WmfM In the new trailer for “Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,” the franchise’s fifth movie, hitting theaters July 31, Tom Cruise does as Tom Cruise does. He kicks bad-guy butt,...
Intellectual uptown gal wants a man who will make her think
Kyle, 23, is a culture nerd who can spend hours in a museum, and she’s looking for a guy to expand her horizons. "I want to date someone with their...
Ozzy's unknown daughter is about to make it big
When your dad is Ozzy Osbourne, the usual teenage rebellion of smoking, drinking, drugs and blasting metal from your bedroom is unlikely to make much of an impact. In times...
Watch out Manhattan: Sources say Masiello would love St. John's job
CLEVELAND — Steve Masiello would be extremely interested in the vacant St. John’s coaching position, multiple sources close to the Manhattan coach told The Post following Friday’s announcement Steve Lavin...
At Wisconsin, buying into Bo Ryan's system trumps talent
LOS ANGELES — Bo Ryan spends about as much time combing through high school basketball rankings as he does worrying about preseason predictions. “It’s just so overrated,” the Wisconsin coach...
Top Steve Lavin recruit may now leave St. John's
LOS ANGELES — Brandon Sampson, the crown jewel of fired coach Steve Lavin’s 2015 recruiting class, plans to wait to see who St. John’s hires before deciding on his future...
After bolting from Kentucky, this star is shining at Gonzaga
HOUSTON — It always goes back to Kentucky in this college basketball season, of course, even on a night when the Wildcats aren’t playing, even when the Cats are quartered...
Kentucky knows one way Notre Dame can beat them
CLEVELAND — In a season guided by perfection, Kentucky may have had its magnum opus on Thursday night against West Virginia, producing one of basketball’s most beautiful beatdowns. Every strength...
College baseball team cancels its season over hazing charges
NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- St. Olaf College announced Friday that it is canceling the rest of its baseball season because of hazing. St. Olaf said federal law and college policy limit...
Full recovery expected for heroic Boston Marathon cop shot in face
BOSTON -- A decorated Boston police officer shot point-blank in the face by a suspect was in stable condition at a hospital Sunday and improving after surgery to remove a...
TSA agents clear SLA terrorist for expedited security screening
If you can’t trust a convicted terrorist, who can you trust? Two angry US senators want to know why the Transportation Security Administration allowed a woman who admitted she planted...
Hillary deleted e-mails after request by State Department
Hillary Clinton permanently deleted all e-mails from her personal server — and it appears she did so after Oct. 28, when the State Department asked her to turn them over,...
Fordham rumors put to bed as Robert Morris coach stays put
LOS ANGELES -- Fordham’s next men’s basketball coach won’t be Andy Toole. The 34-year-old Robert Morris coach, seen as a rising star in the business, has opted to stay put...
Notre Dame's quiet 1st step to possible Kentucky upset
CLEVELAND — In their heart of hearts, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish believe they can prevent history, and make history Saturday night in their Elite Eight Midwest Region showdown against...
Isles' help is finally on way in Visnovsky
With the playoffs quickly approaching, the Islanders likely will get a key contributor back for Saturday afternoon’s Coliseum match against the Ducks. Defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky has missed the past five...
Familiar faces, familiar stakes for Wisconsin and Arizona
LOS ANGELES — It was anybody’s game, a nail-biter that wasn’t decided until the final seconds of overtime, an instant classic. History will repeat itself on Saturday, when Arizona and...
Earl Clark's whirlwind day ends with key bench contribution
When Earl Clark woke up Thursday morning, he was ready to go through another day of workouts, hoping to get a call to come back to the NBA. Within a...
Commish, Boras and Cubs: Shut up about hopeless phenom debate
JUPITER, Fla. — It’s time for everyone involved in the current Kris Bryant saga to shut up. For the good of the kid and — more vitally — the good...
Jose Calderon may be done for year after Achilles complication
Jose Calderon expressed major doubt he’ll be back this season after once vowing to return from a strained Achilles. Calderon, who first injured the tendon in Boston on Feb. 25,...
Frat students learned racist chant at leadership retreat: report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXxnxtSsAiQ NORMAN, Okla. — Members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity apparently learned a racist chant that recently got their chapter disbanded during a national leadership cruise four years ago...
Take the points, but not the Wildcats with Final Four bids on the line
CLEVELAND — Anyone who watched Kentucky’s 39-point annihilation of West Virginia knows the Wildcats are the best team in the nation and unstoppable when at their best, a team so...
'Ugly Betty' actor irks conference crowd with 'bawdy' jokes
If you can’t take a joke, don’t invite a joker as your keynote speaker. State Hispanic leaders learned just that after they asked actor Tony Plana — who played the...
Cops corral escaped mini horses
Police officers in Alaska's biggest city became wranglers early Friday morning, rounding up a couple of miniature horses that escaped from their corral. A photo tweeted from the Anchorage police...
Ex-NYPD cop, brother get 3 years for overseas gun dealing
A disgraced NYPD cop and his California customs officer brother were both sentenced to three years in prison Friday for illegally trafficking military grade weapons to contacts in their native...
High school dean suspended after leading protest at City Hall
Civil disobedience is not in the curriculum when it involves the schools chancellor. The dean of a Bronx high school has been suspended for leading a protest Wednesday inside the...
Izzo and Michigan State do just enough to fend off Oklahoma
SYRACUSE — It was about 14 games ago, Tom Izzo recalls now, when the feeling came over him that his Michigan State team had to change its ways. “We were...
'Heels' yeah! Chantelle Fraser shakes it up on Bravo
Don't expect “Blood, Sweat and Heels” to fall into a sophomore slump when it returns to Bravo Sunday night. The reality series, which chronicles the lives of Manhattan’s feistiest go-getters,...
Time is running out on Daniel Murphy making Opening Day
JUPITER, Fla. — Daniel Murphy’s rehab from a pulled right hamstring isn’t going as smoothly as the Mets would like. Manager Terry Collins admitted Friday the second baseman again is...
The red flags and turnovers -- and talent -- of Knicks' new hope
New Knick Ricky Ledo committed seven turnovers Wednesday against the Clippers — a statistic he didn’t want to talk about after the contest. But the enigmatic shooting guard with a...
EPIX feat as Katy Perry unveils 'Prismatic' concert
Katy Perry isn’t one for subtlety — and her current world tour is definitely more psychedelic than sedate. If you haven’t witnessed the visually vibrant songstress live, you can grab...
Oy vey! This 90-year-old Passover staple is leaving NYC
On a blustery March afternoon on the Lower East Side, Streit’s matzo factory is running at full steam. Passover starts Friday night, and what’s a seder without matzo? But this...
Strike-machine Matt Harvey's happy sign the season's close
JUPITER, Fla. — Time flies when you’re throwing strikes. Matt Harvey claims it didn’t hit him the Mets are so close to concluding spring training until people began mentioning his...
How to see dinner and a show for less than $50
People always complain that theater is too expensive. And it is — if you’re referring to Broadway, with its $150 orchestra seats and its overpriced Theater District restaurants. But the...
The 'other' frosh phenom lifts Duke into Elite 8
HOUSTON — Art, it was not. This is what you get sometimes when you play basketball games in football stadiums. You get games that, if you choose to be kind,...
City expects 'significant' job growth over next two years
Mayor de Blasio is sitting pretty when it comes to the city’s finances, with significant job growth anticipated over the next two years, according to the Independent Budget Office. The...
A-Rod getting first shot to prove Girardi wrong at 1st base
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Besides being former Yankees first basemen, what do Lou Gehrig, Chris Chambliss, Don Mattingly, Tino Martinez and Jason Giambi have in common? All have a better chance...
Condo board fumes over trust-funder's 'pot smoke'
A 27-year-old trust-funder is smoking out the neighbors of her ritzy Chelsea condo by sending constant plumes of pot throughout the building, the board complains in a new lawsuit. Jacqueline...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Police have released a surveillance image of a would-be rapist who allegedly assaulted a Williamsburg mom. The assailant, reeking of alcohol, approached the 36-year-old woman at a bodega on...
Knicks celebrate Walt Frazier's birthday by getting sliced & diced
The Garden held a 70th birthday party for Walt Frazier on Friday, a night when the woebegone Knicks closed in on a franchise-record 60th loss. In losing 96-92 to the...