ALBANY -- State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced yesterday that New York took in nearly $800 million more than expected during the first three months of the new fiscal year -- but he warned that storm clouds lay ahead. "Revenue... Read Full Story
The crowd was packed in tight as could be. People were hanging on the fence outside the park. Some climbed up onto a nearby garage. And this was at 6 p.m. – more than two hours before the scheduled tip Wednesday of what was being billed as... 5:21 AM
Eric Fanning was expecting to see college coaches watch him play in July. He figures he’d see assistants – and he did over the first 10-day live period...
Sara Mitchell has had more than her fair share of setbacks. Coming out of George Westinghouse, she was the PSAL’s leading scorer and her school’s valedictorian, but had to go to junior college without an offer she was satisfied with. Mitchell chose... 2:54 AM
If Jamie O’Hare was holding her own personal NBA Draft, Lafayette was her Kyrie Irving, her John Wall, her Blake Griffin. “It was my No. 1 pick,” the Staten Island star said. So even though it’s only roughly midway through the July recruiting...
The next step in Williams Jerez’s journey to the major leagues has begun. The Grand Street Campus star center fielder, a first team All-City selection by The Post, signed for slot money – believed to be around $443,700 – with the Boston Red Sox and...
Joel Angus spent a lot of time in the post this season at Bishop Loughlin. At 6-foot-5, he was one of the Lions’ tallest players. It didn’t hamper his production – Angus had a strong season featuring buzzer-beating baskets against All Hallows and...
Anthony Heyward has been around for an eternity by streetball standards. The one they call Half Man Half Amazing is now 40 years old and in his 26th...
Kiwan Smith grew up as a baseball player. Now he’s ever-so-close to making a good living playing basketball. The chiseled, 6-foot-8 forward from...
Katie Poppe has been hearing the name Boston University for quite some time. The Holy Trinity star rising senior went on a visit to the America East...
Steve Masiello did not run out to the nearest Duane Reade to buy out the store's supply of antacid after being informed by The Post that his road...
Malik Stith turned 22 this week but his newbie St. John's teammates have been calling him "Pops" all summer. Stith finds himself in the most remarkable of positions. He has gone from being a player that wasn't wanted to being the player St. John's...
Tweet by tweet, Eric LeGrand is making progress in his recovery from a fractured vertebrae suffered while making a tackle against Army on Oct. 16. On...
READING, Pa. -- It has been roughly four months since the Rutgers basketball team's season ended, when the Scarlet Knights were robbed by the referees...
READING, Pa. -- Shaquille Davis was very much like the other 700 kids at Albright College for last week's Hoop Group's Elite Session 1. He was looking to catch the eye of a few college basketball coaches, gain Division I interest or a scholarship...
Consider this the first Robbins Nest quiz: Which New York university will send its basketball team to Europe this summer for a five-game exhibition tour to prepare for the 2011-12 season, when it will play one game in the Garden? St. John's?...
You hope there's never before been a story like this and pray there never will be another one like it again. It's a story that makes parents walk into their child's room at night just to see the rise and fall of his or her chest. It's a story...
Curtis Kelly is ready to move forward. He just isn’t sure where that is yet. The former Rice star is coming off a frustrating final season at Kansas State after a stellar junior campaign. He started the year in coach Frank Martin’s doghouse and was...
Jeremy Hazell is completely healthy. It’s something he hasn’t been recently. Former Seton Hall star spent last season battling injury and even a gunshot wound, while trying to be the Pirates leader. Hazell, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, broke a bone...
The potential for an NBA lockout isn’t getting Brian Williams down. He is more than happy taking his game outside the United States instead of waiting and hoping for a call. “They said the lockout could last over six months,” the former University...
The autograph seekers ran immediately over to Dwight Hardy after his game at Hoops in the Sun. During the contest Saturday afternoon, the famed streetball tournament’s announcers Uncle G Stacks and Bobby C expressed their disappointment to the...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats have selected the star of this spring’s NCAA tournament, point guard Kemba Walker of Connecticut, with the ninth pick in the NBA Draft. The 6-foot-1 Walker averaged 23.5 points in leading the Huskies to the...
Virginia ace Danny Hultzen and Tyler Wilson did their part from the start. It took the Cavaliers' offense a lot longer to get going. Finally they...
If you were God, you proba bly would carry some sort of identification because, let's face it, there are a lot of doubters out there. So God'sgift Achiuwa, the rugged 6-foot-9 forward from Nigeria who will don a St. John's jersey next season,...
OMAHA, Neb. -- The College World Series opens at the new TD Ameritrade Park today after 61 years at Rosenblatt Stadium, and coaches are doing all they can to keep their players focused on what happens between the lines. There's a lot of CWS...
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