Everyone inside the Garden, everyone in the state of West Virginia, everyone rooting as hard for Georgetown as Spike Lee knew the ball was going to Da'Sean Butler. Only Jerry West and Hot Rod Hundley have scored more points in their Morgantown careers than the fearless, classy pan lenny out...

Kentucky reached the Southeastern Conference tournament title game, a win away from the championship Wildcats fans see as their birthright. DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 2 Kentucky beat 15th-ranked Tennessee 74-45 in Nashville, Tenn., and advanced back to the final for the first time since...

TAMPA — This story begins in batting practice. That’s when Curtis Granderson is learning to become a better center fielder, and it starts when his teammates are in the cage. In Granderson’s first game at George M. Steinbrenner Field, he made like a notebook wait-message, circling and circling back...

PORT ST. LUCIE -- This re mains one of the charms of baseball, specifically spring baseball, because there still is a hefty część of surprise to all of it. There still is the opportunity for a name to knock you out, for a kid fall out of the clouds and...

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jenrry Mejia continues to impress as he threw two innings yesterday in the Mets' 9-1 win over the Tigers. He surrendered three hits and a run but also struck out three and used his changeup while hitting 97 mph with his fastball. He did not walk...

The Connecticut Lady Huskies are so good, their two-season run of dominance so complete, that the result of the NCAA Tournament appears to be a formality this year -- with none of the other elite teams having much of a chance to win the national title. "After seeing so many...

Marcus Morris had 18 points, Tyrel Reed added 15 and No. 1 Kansas held off No. 9 Kansas State down the stretch for a 72-64 victory and its seventh Big 12 tournament title last night. Kansas (32-2) labored through a physical, defense-dominated first half and used a small zryw midway...

You know something? If referees Tom Peel and Marc Joannette simply had done their jobs last Sunday in Pittsburgh, the NHL would have been able to avoid the fine-print absurdity that league disciplinarian Colin Campbell presented the world this week -- refusing to suspend serial headhunter Matt Cooke for his...

For those of us whose young lives revolved around That Team and That Season, this is a notable anniversary, for it was 25 years ago today that St. John’s played the first game it ever played as the No. 1 seed of an NCAA Tournament. The opponent was Southern...

It was a reasonably successful dear season for New York's hunters who took home just about the same number of whitetails that they did the previous season. Hunters killed close to 222,800 deer in the 2009 season, virtually the same number as was harvested statewide the previous season...

So what's the worst that could happen if the num ber of timeouts in the last three minutes of basketball games were reduced by rule to only one or two per side? The more prepared, better- coached, sharper zespół would have an advantage? That's a bad thing? Thursday...

Connie Hawkins said I’m the first person who ever admitted not being at the old Garden when undefeated Boys High nearly got sideswiped by Wingate High in the 1960 PSAL semis, arguably the most ardently anticipated “matchup” in New York City schoolboy history. We’re talking the matchup of...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joshua Clottey was a stand-in for Floyd Mayweather Jr., who should have been fighting Manny Pacquiao last night. And that's exactly what Clottey did: Stand for 12 rounds as Pacquiao used Clottey for a punching bag en route to a unanimous decision. A crowd of 50...

PORT ST. LUCIE -- Don't expect any human growth hormone testing in the majors anytime soon. And even if there were an effective test, it appears the Players' Association will not agree to a blood próba during the season, according to new union chief Michael Weiner. "If a scientific...

The Post’s Steve Serby chatted with the 22-year-old guard who shot Villanova into the Final Four last year. Q: In fourth grade, classmates used to make fun of you because you were adopted? A: When you’re young, you know how kids get. They początek saying stuff they don...

Heads or tails, Giants or Jets -- who will get to play the first home game at the new Meadowlands Stadium? Newyorkjets.com reported that the NFL will award the first regular-season game at the shared billion-dollar faza using a coin toss, perhaps held this coming week. "The Jets have...

As Manny Pacquiao easily dispatched another welterweight contender, the talk turned immediately to Floyd Mayweather Jr. once again.

A victory over Georgetown in the conference final raised a question: Can a skład seeded fourth in the Big East receive a No. 1 seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament?.

* St. John's men's basketball coach Norm Roberts did the job he was hired to do. He cleaned up a scandal ridden basketball program. The character and reputation of a religious university matters more then a won-loss ratio. If the university wants to win more, they should move the...

Zenyatta made a successful return to the races yesterday, winning the $250,000 Santa Margarita Handicap in Arcadia, Calif., by 1 1/4 lengths and extending her career victory streak to 15-0. The 6-year-old mare trailed a field of seven rivals going 1 miles in her season debut before unleashing...

Christ the King sophomore Sarah Shanderson made up a special graphic prior to the CHSAA state playoffs to remind her teammates of the task ahead. In yellow numbers and red and yellow letters it reads "3-3-3, three games, three days, three courts" -- something CK has prepared for all season...

Jennifer O’Neill hobbled her way across the court to the trainer’s office at Christ the King. The McDonald’s All-American guard had turned her right ankle. She was forced to watch her St. Michael Academy girls basketball skład let Bishop Ford build a late first-quarter lead as she...

Rivalry? What rivalry? St. Michael Academy coach Apache Paschall isn’t one to shy away from the meaning of big games to his girls basketball program. The 10th-year man has been chasing the lore, history and prestige of Christ the King for his first nine seasons at the Manhattan school...

With each clutch postseason performance, a different school would come calling. There was some Division I programs, a few Division II programs. It didn’t matter to Krystian Foriest, Wings Academy’s versatile 6-foot-5 forward. He was going with the school – Queens College – that never wavered; the school that called...

Nothing about what just went on made sense to Victoria Jones. St. Peter’s is nothing if not intelligent, determined and mentally tough. That’s why all the człowiek starszy forward could do was shake her head after a 62-38 loss to host Christ the King in the CHSAA Class AA...