March 19, 2016
NCAA's bracket-busting face -- and tongue -- is Internet heartthrob
Raymond Walkup, father of Stephen F. Austin’s Thomas Walkup, suddenly☂ the most intriguing player in the NCAA Tournament, understandably was taken aback by that notion. “Well, I don’t know if...
Giants' active offseason plows ahead with low-key re-signing
Not every signing has to be a blockbuster. The Giants are making a low-key move, ad♕dressing their depth on defense by re-signing Jasper Brinkley, a fill-in starter at middle linebacker...
What we know of NHL Las Vegas framework: It shafts good🍸 teams
There is no other league in the world like this one, no other league that habitually le�🔴�gislates against its strongest teams the way the NHL does, and will continue to...
Two incr൲edible goals save the Red Bulls from an 0-3 start
Two world-class goals by Felipe and a face save by Sal Zizzo in the clꦯosing seconds of injury time helped the banged up Red Bulls avoid their worst start since...
Islanders come up empty in key test versus elite Stars ✃
DALLAS — Kari Lehtonen made 27 saves — and a strong case to be the Stars’ No. 1 goalie in 𓆉the playoffs. Leht🌃onen had the Stars’ first shutout since December...
Meet the 10 scariest fugitives roam♍ing the streets today
🌳 The FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list turned 66 years old last week — and it ain’t your gra൩ndfather’s catalog of thugs and hoodlums anymore. Like crime in America, the...
🐻 Gonzaga a powerful Cinderella with lottery-pick shutdown
DENVER — The NCAA Tournament selection committee overl♒ooked Gonzaga, but Las Vegas didn’t. The lesson, as always: Trust the bookmakers. They installed the 11th-seeded Zags as favorites all weekend, and...
💮 MSNBC bigwigs make moves
News tattlers are wondering when new daytime boss Janelle Rodriguez is going to become the new head of M📖SNBC — and where MSNBC President Phil Griffin might land next. Prompting...
Devils just can't find a way to beat the Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Blue Jackets trail t♈he New Jersey Devils in the standings by nine points. It hasn't looked that✤ way when the teams have shared the same rink,...
Why it's time for a Trump revolution
My friends are worried about me. They insist something is not right and suggest prayer, counseling🌟, even rehab. “Take a break,” they urge. “Get away for a few days and...
Kansas a♛ven💞ges tourney duds with loud UConn statement
DES MOINES, Iowa — Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden Jr. never forgot what the pain felt like, they never for💎got the disappointment that stained two great seasons. A 12th straight...
The last chance ꧙for Villanova seniors to shed choker label
Jalen Brunson, Villanova’s stud freshman guard and the heir apparent to Ryan ꦿArcidiacono, knew before he played his first college game that he was going to a program burdened with...
Middle Tennessee State may have answer for Syracuse's zone
ST. LO♔UIS — Middle Tennessee’s Blue Ra𒊎iders proved they were bracket-busters when they upset No. 2 seed Michigan State on Friday. On Sunday, they will try to be zone-busters when...
Dear John: What can I do with these P⭕layboy stock certificates?
Dear John: I am stumped and hoping you can help explain the🍸 performance of my 401(k) portfolio. I am 44 years old and invested in 2040 target-date funds (SMTAX, TRRCX... 🌸
The hottest SXSW event was⛎ a Soul Cycle class ♍
The parties weren’t so wild at SXSW Interactive — and the most exciting technology may have been the party invites that le🍃t you rub shoulders with th🅠e likes of model...
No surprise: No Brook Lopez, no victory for woeful Nets 🌱
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Brooklyn looked broken with ﷽no Brook. A virus kept Brook Lopez out of the Nets’ lineup Saturday against the Pistons, and Detroit took advantage, with A♍nthony...
These kiosks chargඣe your phone so you can♋ shop
A ꩲgood cell phone charge is hard to come by when you’re out and about, but a growing number of retailers are offering kiosks that a𒁏llow customers to charge their...
Michael Conforto on bachelor life, 'it' factor and Matz showdown
Amazi꧂n’ outfielder Michael Conforto fields some spring training Q&;A from Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What message would you give to Mets fans about how close you came to a...
Tཧhe 2015-16 Knicks: officially losers
WASHINGTON — Losers! Officially now. Carmelo Ant𒅌hony hid in the trainer’s room a♔fter this one — said to have developed a migraine in the first quarter and too ill to...
The uglier the better if 🐲Wisconsin wants to pull upset
ST. LOUIS ꦜ— If Wisconsin gets its wish, Sunday’s matchup with Xavier for a berth in the Sweet 16 will be an ugly, grind-it-out game that will frustrate the Musketeers....🐠
'Let me take him': UVa's Brogdon defensive lobbying pays off
RALEIGH, N.C. — There was one consistent theme to the 💞message Virginia coach Tony Bennett delivered to his players before they played Butler in Saturday night’s NCAA Tournament second-round Midwest...
'Fingers crossed': Why Jacoby Ellsbury's injury worries Girardi
TAMPA — Watching Jacoby Ellsbury grab his rightܫ wrist and crouch in pain Saturday after getting hit by a pitch from Julio Teheran had to freeze Yankees bones everywhere. Mark...
Yanks' and Mets' safety nets for stars turned roster handcuffs
Not long ago, you could get a pretty good argument going about who was the best third baseman in📖 New York: Alex Rodriguez or David Wright. Now, you could debate...
Paramount's Brad Grey needs big success to save his job
Tinseltown is a cruel place, and ne♐ver more so than when a studio 🍌boss is on the hot seat. Folks are murmuring that Paramount Pictures boss Brad Grey may be...
You're probably losing money by overpaying taxes
Some taxpayers give until it hurts. For many 💦Americans, taxes are their biggest expense, and 🌜yet millions continue to give much more to Uncle Sam than they must. That’s because...
How Europe's No. 1 fugitive evaded capture for months
BRUSSELS — A🗹s the net cl𒐪osed in around Salah Abdeslam, Europe's No. 1 fugitive was holed up, apparently anonymous, in an apartment in the place he knows best, the Brussels...
Iowa St🍎ate star ends Arkansas-Little Rock’s Sweet 16 dream 𒉰
🔯 DENVER — Georges Niang’s first NCAA Tournament ended in tears. His second in injury. His third in bitter disappointment. His 🍨fourth has been by far the most satisfying. Iowa State’s...
ౠ Ex-McKinsey analyst finds new path as lavish jeweler
Few jewelers — if any — can boast that a Federal Reserve honcho sits on its advisory board. But before Zameer Kassam, 36, launched his epﷺonymous fine jewelry business in...
Calipari, Kentucky done after Indiana showdown they didn't want
DES MOINES, Iowa — Don’t expect Joh𒁃n Calipari to start scheduling Indiana again anytime soon. In the first meeting in four ✨years between the longtime rivals, fifth-seeded Indiana knocked off...
Voters with bad credit are suܫpporting Donald Trump 🃏
As anger over being shut out of America’s economic recovery fuels the 2016 presidential race, a new poll pulled the curtain back on the cred🌠it profiles of potential voters. In...
Harvey, Wright take big steps toward Mets' Opening Day
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets open 🌳their season two weeks from Sunday in Kansas City, and though🎐 rain washed out their scheduled game against the Nationals in Viera, two...
'Garbage' Rangers point fingers at selves -- after Sather does
🎃 SAN JOSE, Calif. — This was damning in so many ways, and when team president Glen Sather walked into the Rangers locker room, he didn’t need to tell them —...
It's time for QE for the people, not the banks
The masses could 🅷use a little quantitative easing. Instead of the backdoor funding of banks, why not give Americans a tax cut to help turn the economy around? Federal Reserve...
Arno𓆉ld Schwarzenegger walks out of interview over Trump question
There's one topic off limits when interviewing Arnold Sc🌠hwarzenegger: Donald Trump. The former governor of California walked off the set during an interview on Australia's "Weekend Sunrise" program Saturday morning...𒉰
Adam LaRoche twist: Players complainedꦡ behind his back
PORT ST. LUCIE — Adam LaRoche still is retired, but the reasoning behind his departure keeps getting more complica🐓ted. According to a USA Today report, White Sox VP Ken Williamꦗs...
Low-wage buyers might🅰 star﷽t defaulting those auto loans
The subprime economy is roaring back, but this time, instead of forecl🙈osures, you’ll see new cars being towed away from the owner. That’s because the record US auto sales we...
Bill de Blasio's surprising Trump-envy
💯 Mayor de Blasio may think Donald Trump is “a racist promoting pro-fascism” — but he also says he’s actually pretty sympathetic to Trump’s message, as are most Democ🌺rats. Problem is,...
After Silver-Skelos scandals, Albany's ethics Rx is: Nothing
Felonious ex-leg♈islative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos go before federal judges for sentencing April 13 — and a year-plus of truly eye-popping scandal may come to an end without...
Girl whose father was slain died from gunshot wounds 🔯
HOU💎STON — The 14-year-old Houston-area girl whose body was found in a grassy field in west Houston died from guns♏hot wounds, medical examiners said in a report Saturday. Adriana Coronado,...
In My Lib🎃rary: Rajendra Roy
When you’re chief c🔜urator of the Museum of Modern Art’s film department, as Rajendra Roy is, you see at least 1,000 movies a year. Then again, Roy notes wistfully, he...
💫 Duke can exhale after battle of SAT ꧙scores got dramatic
♛ PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Put that in your pipe and smoke it. In a battle of the upper crust staged in a building sponsored by a doughnut chain wh🐭en a fine...
Anti-Trump activist🐓s clasᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚh with police during protest march
The NYPD pepper-sprayed and arrested unruly pro🃏testers among 700 activists who marched on Fifth Avenue and dangled from Central Park statues during an anti-Trump rally Saturday. Cops shut down several...
'I wanted to scare him': Teen says he didn't mean to kill friend
♋ An 18-year-old Long Island man charged with killing his high school pal said he was looking to “scare him” when he pointed a loaded .22-caliber revolver at him and pulled...
Miami dances past pesky Wichi🅷t𝓰a St. into Sweet 16
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Jimmy from The Bronx is going to the Sweet 16. Ag🅺ain. Ten years after he guided tiny George Mason to the Fꦚinal Four and three years after...
🧔 Sydney among first cities to switch off lights for Earth Hour
🎶 Cities on Australia's east coast were among the first in the world to turn lights out on Saturday for the 10th annual Earth Hour, a global lights out event designed...
Jose Calderon interrupts Knicks' PG search: I want to be back
🤪 WASHINGTON — Knicks maligned point guard Jose Calderon isn’t sure he will be around next season, but he claims he would like to be, even as a backup. “For sure,...
Salah Abdeslam backed out of being Paris suicide boꦜmber 🦋
A little serendipity and a suspicious pizza order may have led Belgian cops to the alleged mastermind of the deadly Paris terror attacks, according to a report. Salah 🌼Abdeslam, 26,...
Rutgers to hire Stony Brook's Steve Pikiell as head coach
Steve Pi🎃kiell turned Stony Brook from a punching bag to a mid-major power. That will look like a walk in the park compared to his next challenge — making Rutgers...
Hostage John Cantlie appears in new ISIS vi🃏deo
//youtu.be/youYqcn6FAc Captive British journalist John Cantlie appeared🧸 for the first time in more than a year in an ISIS propaganda video released Saturday in which he mocks President Obama. The...
Cardinals scoop up Ruben 🐎Tejada for possible Mets torment
VIERA, Fla. — Ruben Tejada has a new home after signing a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Cardinals the team announced Saturday. The 𓄧shortstop was released by the Mets...
ꦦ The pope is way more popular♍ than you on Instagram
//www.instagram.com/p/BDI-e6JgQv7/🍌?taken-by=franciscus A photo of Pope Francis kneeling in praye꧃r created an instant sensation Saturday as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics officially launched his Instagram account. Already...
Soon you can visit Muhammad Ali's childhood home
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As a boxer and humanitarian, Muhammad Ali stood out. So does the bright pink home i𝕴n Kentucky where he shadowboxed and played pranks on his brother. The...
Yale will cover vs. Duke -- and 4 more red-hot NCAA select🀅ions
DES MOINES, IOWAও – Me and Mrs. Hoops – who filled out her first-ever bracket this week – have the same number of Final Four teams remaining. And that’s all...
Philippine airliner with 254 aboard makes emer🌠gency landing
MANILAဣ, Philippines — A Philippine Airlines plane ca🍒rrying more than 250 people made a safe emergency landing in Manila on Saturday shortly after takeoff on a domestic flight due to...
How a 300-year-old violin saved doze𒁃ns from the Holocaus🐭t
It was prized, stolen and disguised — after helping its owner and Albert Einstein꧑ spirit dozens of musicians out of Hitler’s Germany. No wonder Joshua Bell cherishes the 300-year-old Stradivarius...
🌳 El Chapo is getting fat ไin prison
MEXICO CITY — Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is getting some self-help advice and gaining a bit of weight in prison under his new,ꦆ tighte♍r-security regime, but Mexico's formerly...
Woman lying iꦛn street fatally d𓆏ragged by taxi
𒈔 A woman lying 😼on a street was dragged to her death by a yellow taxi Saturday, police sources said. Kenya Flores, 44, was in the bus lane on First Avenue...
Pizza deliveryma♊n stabbed during fight near Penn Sta💯tion
A pizza deliveryman was stabbed in the torso and slashed in the face during a fight with a man outside a pizzeria near Madison Square Garden and Penn Station Fr♔iday...
Five dead after suicide bomber attacks Isཧtanbul shopping street
ISTANBUL -- A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on Istanbul's main pedestrian shopping street on Saturday, killing fiv🐓e people, the city's governor said. Turkey's health minister said 36 people were...
Captured Paris attacks s🎀uspect m🍨oved from hospital to jail
Belgian police moved Europe's most wanted man from hospital to a high-security jail on Saturday, where he will face questions about the Paris attacks and likely charges, a day after...𒁃
Dead Brussels gunman wanted to be ISIS suicide bombeꦕ𝔍r
PARIS -- The Algeဣrian gunman newly linked to the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris after being killed by police joi𝔍ned the Islamic State group in 2014 and told the extremists...
Drone nearly collides with 🐲plane over Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- A drone came within 200 feet of hitting a Lufthansa jet near Los Angeles International Airport on Friday - the latest run-in between aircraft and the increasingly...꧒
Protesters, Trump supporters clash outside Utah rally 🍸💟
SALT LAKE CITY -- Protesters clashed with supporters of Donald Trump after he gave a speech in Utah on Friday, ending a day f🐟ull of presidential candidate appearances that also...
Isaac Mizrahi's awesome life: RuPaul, bridge games and bearded lumberjack bears
Isaac Mizrahi — fashion designer, 🌞artist, entrepreneur, theater director, TV star — is now the subject of “Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History,” a career survey that just ope🍃ned at the...
♐ The Met has gone totally hipster
Oh, what a difference a da Vinci makes — and a Rembrandt, a Michelange🅘lo and a van Gogh. A whole who’s who of old masters and impressionists is hanging on...
30,000 flowers are literally blooming inside Macy's
Three cheers for the red, white and blue ... blooms! When Macy’s unveils🐻 its 42nd annual flower show on Sunday, visitors will be treated to a plethora of patriotic blossoms....
Diners are goiಌng nuts for these adorable pig buns ⛎
You can get some of the cutest buns in the city without having to do a s♏ingle squat or leg lift. Joy Luck Palace, a new Chinese restaurant on Mott...
Teen showing off gun accidentally shoots and kill🅠s friend: cops
A teen fatally shot his friend — appa𝐆rently accidentally — on Long Island Friday afternoon, cops said. Nefi Reyes, 18, was showing off a gun inside his home on Great Neck...
The games to watch on Saturday,൲ Day 3 of NCAA Tournament
The games to watch on Day 3 of the NCAA Tournament 12:10 p.m., CBS: (3) Miami vs. (11)🐻 Wichita State Saturday’s slate open♊s with arguably the best No. 11 seed...
'Empire' return can't come soon enough
"Empire” finally returns March 30 for the second half of its second season — and it looks like the Lyon family is once agaꦿin knee-deep in drama and intrigue. When...
Kentucky-Indiana: How new play🅰ers view old-school rival🎉ry
DES MOINES, Iowa — 🦹No player on Kentucky or Indiana knows what it’s like to be part of the schools’ incredible rivalry🌠. No player on either side knows what it’s...
Prince announces he's writing an 'unconventional' memoir
⛦You’ve heard of purple ⛎rain, but now it’s time to get ready for some purple prose. With his career now spanning four decades, Prince announced on Friday that he is...
Meet the red-bearded upstart who knoc🐲ked out Wes𒉰t Virginia
If Merle Webb✱ had a bushy red beard, he would be Thomas Walkup, who Friday nig🅘ht did it for all the small schools that never really had the chance to...
Cops on hunt for susp♓ects who stole IDs to withdraw from ATMs 🍸
Police lo༺oking for the two ID-theft suspects, who allegedly withdrew more than $14,600 from bank ATMs in 27 incidents citywide. Cops say the pair installed skimming devices at two Manhattan...
Joe Girardi sou﷽nds like an Adam LaRoche apologist
TAMPA — Joe Girardi isn’t privy to what went down between the White Sox front office and Adam LaRochꦅe, who retired this week instead of reducing the time his 14-year-old...
Fox News slams Trump for 'sick obsession' with Megyn Kelly
Fox News blasted Donald Trump Friday night for his “crude and sexist” tweet trashing anchor Megyn Ke♎lly and for telling his supporters to boycott her program. The network released a...
Alex Rꦑodriguez bre꧋aks down Yankees: Trades may be difference
TAMPA — Alex Rodriguez said his Yankees have something to prove in 2ꦓ016. And that will make all the difference. “I think this team is hungry, the overall feeling is...
♔ People w꧙ho like bitter foods are bitter about life too
People who prefer bitter-tasting foods tend to be, well, bitter, a study൩ claims. They’re also meaner and more “anti-social” than those who like sweets, according to researchers at Austria’s University...
🐈 Hulk Hogan may have just destroyed Gawker
ST. PETE𝔉RSBURG, Fla. — Gawker will have to wrestle with serious financial problems that could ultimately put it out of business, sources told The Post Friday after the Hulk Hogan...
Xavier🌠 claims a👍nxiety-inducing double-digit win over Weber St.
ST. LOUIS — After watching Michigan State, the No.2 seed in the Midwest Region, lose to 15t꧃h-seeded Middle Tennessee on the same court earlier in the day, Xavier (28-5), seeded...
UConn knows you think it can't beat No. 1 Kansas
DES MOINES, Iowa — Connecticut has been told too many times what wouldn’t happen. In 1999 it was Duke, standing as a 10-point favꦬorite in♔ the way of Khalid El-Amin...
Kris Dunn spurning NBA's millions is paying off now
RALEIGH, N.C. — His father told him to 𝔉go. So did his coach. But Kris Dunn had other ideas — mature ideas that surely will shape his life for the...
How Notre Dame took out football riva💜l Michigan on hardwood
Not𓂃re Dame is famous for come-from-behind wins in football, including against longtime rival Michigan, but on Friday, the Fighting Irish pulled one out against the Wolverines’ basketball team, a 70-63...
💜 Man amaziﷺngly escapes hail of bullets with only one wound
A 💟28-year-old man was wounded in a hail of bullets on a quiet Brooklyn street Friday morning. At least 10 shots were fired, but the victim, whose name was withheld...
ꦰSounds like smokeless tobacco ban would be issue for anonymous Mets
PORT S💃T. LUCIE — Aဣdhering to a proposed law that would ban smokeless tobacco for fans and players at ticketed sporting events in New York could be a challenge for...
Red Bulls, still scoreless on season, 🌠need spark vs. Houston
The Red Bulls began the season as the Supporters’ Shield holders and Las Vegas favorite to hoist MLS💟 Cup, but they sure haven’t opened it the way they had hoped.... ౠ
✨ Law would restri💎ct tip-hungry menaces of Times Square
A group of City Council members believe they have a solution for wrangling Times Squꦗare desnudas and other characters — giving the DOT the power to contain them in pedestrian...
In crazy NCAA tourney, Virginia could be next power to fall 🙈
RALEIGH,♍ N.C. — While many in the college basketball world wait for Virginia to stumble on its No. 1 se༒ed, the Cavaliers hope to validate it in Saturday night’s Midwest...
Number of store closur🐓es already set to outpace last year
The grim reaper is on a shopping binge. The number🐻 of shuttered stores this yea𝐆r is already outpacing last year’s rate — and showing no signs of slowing down. Last...
Staples and Office😼 Depot slam FTC over opposition to merger ౠ
Staples and Office Depot went to war with US antitrust enforcers on the eve of a federaꦜl court hearing Monday to determine the fate of their proposed $6.3 billion merger....
De Blasio on controversial nonprofit: We followed 'broken laws'
Mayor de Blasio on Friday staunchly defended setting up a controv💖ersial nonprofit that took large contributions from special interests🍒 to advance his agenda, saying he was following the broken “laws...
Man ꧅nearly killed by fall꧒ing crane sues city for $30M
Warning: Graphic content. The 73-year-old man who nearly died when a construction 🐬crane crashed onto his car on Worth Street in February plans to sue the city for $30 million...
Coun🐓cilman wants clos🧜ing churches converted to schools
𝓰 A Manhattan legislator says the possible downsizing of Catholic churches in the Big Apple could provide desperately needed space to the public school system. City Councilman Ben Kallos fired off..꧑.
Rangers are who🎃le: But are they good enough to win a Cup? 💝
SAN JOSE, Calif. — These are the Rangers, for b🅰etter or worse. There is no knight in shinning armor waiting to be traded fo🥀r, no young stud in the AHL...
CC Sabathia is two beatdowns away from being $25M reliever 🐲
TAMPA — CC Sabathia has two more exhibition starts to instill confidence in Joe Girardi that💎 he is worthy of being one of the manager’s five starters. Never a great...
Tim Bradley's very personal response to Manny Pacquiao
At first Tim Bradley didn’t want to address the recent comments Manny Pacquiao made saying gay people ar🦋e “worse than animals.” The conference call this week was meant to promote..༒.
🌱Villanova -- and fiery fans -- learning other side of Cinderella 🐼
Cinderella was following the blueprint nicely🌠. We know the script by heart. The first thing you loo๊k for is the body language: Does Cinderella look like she belongs? When the...
Wright's spring debut comes with admission of test awaiting
PORT ST. LUCIE — David Wright is every bit the happy camper for the Mets, but there is a🎉lso a difference between spring training and the heat of a pennant...꧙
This NBA star's son could be the key to Gonzaga's NCAA hopes
DENVER — Gonzaga graduated its starting backcཧourt and lost its top low-post presence in late November when 7-foot-1 center Przemek Karnowski went down with a back injury. March was an...
♐ W🧸hy to root for Little Rock: bombs-away star, hand-shattering coach
🐲 DENVER — He hit The Shot Heard ’Round Little Rock And Beyond, and Josh Hagins doesn’t want it to end Saturday night against Iowa State. It was Hagins, as fearless...
Students are bringing more deadly weapons to city ꦆschools ꩵ
The number of weapons seized at city public schools last year shot up 25 percent to 1,678 ꦑ— including 62 Tasers and stun guns, according to data released Friday. In...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Police are searching for a man who robbed a bank in Flatbush-Ditmas Park this month. A suspect walked into the Chase branch on Foster ꦓAvenue near Marlborough Road at about...