Last night, the campus of Seton Hall University was locked down for an hour after a man shot himself around 8:30PM. The man, identified as Anthony Papalia of Aberdeen, NJ, was not a student and was taken to University Hospital in Newark. The Star-Ledger reports Papalia drove to the school's South Orange campus because he was "despondent over [a] breakup" with his girlfriend, who is a Seton Hall student. The police aren't sure when or......

Yankees 10, White Sox 3: When Mike Mussina pitches well these days, he doesn't last too long. He cruised into the seventh inning in Chicago on Thursday before being derailed and helping give up a one-run lead. That didn't stop the Yankees, who used a Bobby Abreu double to take the lead for good in the eighth. Thinks got dicey with Kyle Farnsworth's appearance in the bottom of the inning, but an Alex Rodriguez......

Ottawa 6 Rangers 4: The Rangers took two periods off and then tried to make up for it with an impressive final 20 minutes. The problem was, they were behind 5-0 when the third period started and while they cut the lead to 5-4, they could not get the tying goal. Islanders 5 Boston 4: New York showed a lot of grit, fighting back from three different deficits to tie the game with less than......

Before the trial was supposed to begin, it was announced that the two men on trial for the murder of three students during a massive dorm fire had accepted a plea deal yesterday. In exchange for prosecutors dropping the murder charges, Joseph T. LePore and Sean Michael Ryan pleaded guilty to arson and witness tampering (which have five year sentences) in the January 19, 2000 Seton Hall fire case. The fire at Boland Hall......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a fatal MVA in Staten Island, a stabbing in Harlem, and an armed robbery in the Bronx. Now that he's the key to the balance of power in the Senate, everyone is kissing Lieberman's ass. Jewcy, makers of Hebraic-themed clothing, have branched out into media. Their blog is called the "Daily Shvitz." Nearly seven years after the Seton Hall fire that killed three students, the two men responsible have......

-Giants 7 Mets 6 12inn: It was a game that had a lot of familiar events. Armando Benitez blowing a save and the Mets coming back in dramatic fashion, but the ending was different. Jose Valentin and Lastings Milledge homered in the tenth off of Benitez to bring New York back from a 6-4 deficit, but Pedro Feliz knocked in the winning run in the twelfth to give the Giants a series win. -Baltimore 11......

OK, so Gothamist was talking about the NIT, but a #1 is still a #1, no? Yesterday the Manhattan Jaspers won their first round NIT game against the Maryland Terrapins. Sure, Maryland players and fans have no interest in the tournament (only 4,761 were at the game), but that's no really not much of an excuse. Win the win, Manhattan and Hofstra are now the only local men's basketball teams that are still playing in......

It is an annual right of spring; “Selection Sunday” gives way to “Moaning Monday”, a chance for the teams who didn’t make the NCAA Tournament to complain. Florida State, Michigan, Cincinnati and Maryland are all grumbling today after not being invited to the big dance. Locally, Hofstra certainly has a lot to complain about. They had the 30th RPI in the country and beat George Mason, a team that made the tournament, twice. Hofstra’a exclusion......

For a week, the Syracuse Orange used a label of "overrated" to motivate their run to the Big East title. Now, as Big East champions, they'll sit and wait to see how much they helped their seeding with a win over Pittsburgh in the championship game. Last year, West Virginia, like Syracuse, sat on the Big East bubble entering the conference tournament. The runners-up got a seven seed, and Gothamist thinks Syracuse can do better......

Gerry McNamara won a national title in his freshman year at Syracuse and he wasn’t going to miss the tournament in his senior year. McNamara hit a game tying three-pointer with 10 seconds left to force overtime in Syracuse’s 86-84 upset over UConn in the Big East Tournament. Syracuse will now face Georgetown in the semifinals tonight. The Hoyas outlasted Marquette 62-59 to advance. Pittsburgh and Villanova will meet in the other semifinal tonight after......

If it wasn't a big enough spectacle before, the Big East tournament now has even more power to its punch. Starting today at Madison Square Garden, the league's top 12 (out of 16) battle it out for the conference's tournament title and the berth in the NCAA tournament that comes with it. Of course, most of the teams are playing for seeding, but a few are on the bubble. Connecticut and VIllanova should receive two......

With a victory over Seton Hall in their final regular season game at Madison Square Garden, the St. John's Red Storm can still entertain thoughts of returning there for the Big East tournament. Their 58-47 win Tuesday makes it a possibiliy they can earn one of the berths given to the top 12 teams in the 16-team conference. St. John's finishes with Villanova on the road (a likely loss) and Rutgers at home. For St.......

After beating Pitt at home three weeks ago, St. John's appeared to have a good shot to avoid the pileup that is the bottom of the Big East conference. Since then, the Red Storm have lost five straight, including Thursday's 64-41 loss at Georgetown. As Georgetown coach John Thompson III put it, St. John's had "a bad night." Whether the recent collection of bad nights will cost St. John's a chance at the Big East......

Yesterday, the Manhattan Jaspers and Seton Hall Pirates were both eliminated from the NCAA tournament. Manhattan's Cinderella story was ended by Wake Forest and Seton Hall was bounced out of the tournament by Duke. The Jaspers were done in by Chris Paul, Wake's phenomenal freshman, who scored 29 points in the game, while the Pirates were done in by J.J. Redick. Both teams were presented with great challenges, and Manhattan almost overcame their's. Manhattan's......

The Manhattan Jaspers and the Seton Hall Pirates both look to move into the Sweet Sixteen with upset victories today. The two teams have more than a things in common - a Roman Catholic background, relatively small enrollments, history that dates back to the 1850s, and both are playing games in Raleigh, North Carolina today against teams from North Carolina. Both games will be difficult, with the Jaspers and Pirates playing against higher-profile teams......

After their victory over the Florida Gators yesterday, the Manhattan Jaspers are the talk of the town. As the game winded down, the crowd at the RBC Center in Raleigh rose to their feet, commending the Jaspers on their impressive victory. The victory was the perfect gift for Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez, who turned 40 yesterday. Of the victory, Coach Gonzalez said, "This is the best birthday present I've ever received." Senior forward Dave......

Fill out those brackets! The Road to San Antonio begins. It's that time of year, sports fans nationwide are making their picks, filling out their brackets, hoping they choose the winner of this year's NCAA Basketball Tournament. Which one of the 65 teams will emerge as champion? Gothamist remembers winning once way back in high school, but has not had tournament success since. For those IRS auditors out there, we were playing with imaginary......