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After an alarming report detailing conceivable MBTA service cuts, the state’s top transportation official insisted yesterday a final plan is far from being determined.

With the T facing a $160 million budget deficit, officials have warned fare hikes and service cuts

“People are outraged.”

Lee Matsueda of the T Riders Union will happen without help from the Legislature by July 1. The Boston Globe reported last week one option includes cutting weekday commuter rail trips after 7 p.m. and all weekend trips, lightly traveled bus routes, six Green Line stops and other evening subway service, citing an internal trans-

portation document.

The news sparked a rash of public fury on the Web, as riders sounded off on message boards, blogs and Facebook.

“People are outraged,” said Lee Matsueda of the T Riders Union.

However, Transportation Secretary James Aloisi said yesterday

that an analysis of potential options isn’t complete and that the public will have its say.

“There is a no particular proposal. We’re going to look at a variety of options,” said Aloisi, who has previously indicated riders could see a 25 percent fare hike.

Lawmakers will soon begin debating new revenues, such as the governor’s proposed 19-cent gas tax hike, to rescue the state’s debt-ridden transportation system.

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Those filing their tax returns at the last second will not get much help from the U.S. Post Office, which will not keep its branches open any later than usual on deadline day tomorrow. Taxpayers will need to get their returns in by the normal closing time, or head to the Fort Point Channel Post Office, which is open until midnight. METRO/TL

Dozens wait in line as John Shiers has his résumé looked over by David Griswold of David Griswold and Associates during yesterday’s Boston Job Fair at the Radisson Hotel. METRO

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Caught in the middle Local Somali-Americans discuss pirate attacks off the coast of their homeland Coffee and conversation flowed yesterday inside the Butterfly Cafe, a cozy Roxbury spot that acts as a second home for local Somali-Americans.

Reaction to recent events overseas and how they affect Somali-Americans living in the Boston area dominated the discussion.

“It bothers me that they would take American hostages,” said Mustafe Jama,

24, when asked about the standoff that ended Sunday when sharpshooters killed three pirates to free Capt.

Richard Phillips. “Most Somalis just wished there was no bloodshed.”

That’s not to say Jama or any others on hand defended the pirates, who have tormented mariners off the Somali coast for years. In fact, local Somali-Americans are irked by blanket statements linking the actions of a few to the troubled nation, and to the thousands that left it behind.

“That is obviously always

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Somali natives Mohamed Chame, left, and Mustafe Jama talk current events at the Butterfly Cafe in Roxbury yesterday.

a concern,” said Abdirahman Yusuf, executive director of The Somali Development Center, when asked

about such links. “This is not something new to us ...

Clearly myself and the people of Somalia are very hap-

py to see this sailor be freed.

But the problem is not going away. These [pirates] are desperate people.”

Such was the concern at Butterfly, where conversation focused on revenge threats from surviving pirates.

“Somalis are worried how the pirates will react,” said Harun Farah, 26.

“That’s not a good sign.”

According to Yusuf, roughly 8,000 SomaliAmericans live in the Boston area. Every last one, he said, was praying for Phillips’ safe release.

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Police identify murder victims BOSTON. Police announced the identities yesterday of two teenage males gunned down in the last week.

Mario Oviedo, 18, of Mattapan, was killed from a single gunshot wound on Homestead Street early Sunday morning. Jamayl Wilson, 17, was fatally shot on Pleasant Street in Dorchester on Thursday night.

No arrests have been made in either case. Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact the Boston Police Homicide Unit at 617-3434470. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call 1-800-494-TIPS or text 'TIP' to 27463.

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County District Attorney Gerry Leone is recommending jail time for former state Senator J. James Marzilli Jr., who is accused of sexually harassing four women in Lowell last year.

In a memorandum filed in court last week, prosecutor Elizabeth Dunigan said that if Marzilli were to plead guilty before trial, she would recommend he serve one year in jail, followed by four years of probation. After his release, he would also be required to wear an electronic monitoring device, undergo sex offender treatment, and complete 400 hours of community service.

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News in brief Members of the T Riders Union, from left, Taisha O’Bryant, Michelle McGruder and Lee Matsueda prepare to present the MBTA Board with a check for $199.35 which the union raised by holding a bake sale outside the State House earlier last month.

T board delays investment plan vote GREG ST. MARTIN greg.stmartin@metro.us BOSTON. The MBTA board of directors delayed approving a five-year capital investment plan yesterday after several members refused to support the measure, which calls for the debt-ridden agency to borrow another $1 billion.

MBTA financial officials

argued the five-year, $3.68 billion plan — $2.58 billion of which the T is responsible for — is dedicated to necessary maintenance and the T’s “state of good repair” program, including new subway cars, track replacement and bridge repairs.

However, board member Ferdinand Alvaro said while the investments are not a “bad idea,” they would make the T’s finan-

cial problems “even worse than they are today.” Board member Darnell Williams later called the T’s financial situation “a house of cards" and wanted more evidence to support the spending.

Transportation Secretary James Aloisi, the board’s chairman, said the plan is not a spending commitment but rather a legallyrequired step to determine projects the T can later ask

Lots of debt The T already faces $5.2 billion of debt that could reach $8 billion by the time it’s all paid off. Thirty percent of the T’s revenue is dedicated to paying off debt.

to be funded. He eventually agreed to postpone a vote to a special hearing before May 1.

SOMERVILLE. The city of Somerville announced yesterday it will host a 2.7-mile “Shape Up the Old Somerville Road Race” on May 3. To register, visit www.baeevents.com/ somervilleroadrace. METRO/TL BOSTON. A Dorchester man pleaded guilty yesterday to killing his ex-girlfriend’s new lover outside of a baby shower last year, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office announced. Before his trial for second-degree murder began, Ryan Gillespie, 24, admitted he gunned down 23-yearold Joseph Clarke last January.

Gillespie was sentenced to 12 to 14 years in prison.

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Hundreds of firefighters from across Massachusetts will “sound the alarm” at the State House today, urging lawmakers to increase

Firefighters will lobby today.

The annual rally, organized by the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, will start with a unity march to the State House where firefighters will lob-

Forum promotes clean energy Rep. Edward Markey joined some of President Barack Obama's top science and energy advisors for a forum on clean energy yesterday at MIT, where an audience was given insight into the struggle for a healthy environment amid economic turmoil.

Markey said that debate will soon begin in the House of Representatives over his proposed American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which CAMBRIDGE.

he believes will create millions of new green jobs.

Some 80,000 such jobs are already expected in Massachusetts as a result of Obama’s stimulus package.

“We must break with America’s historic allegiance to fossil fuels,” he said.

MIT President Susan Hockfield discussed the advances being made at her school in the area of clean energy, including the refinement of nuclear power and mechanisms to capture carbon dioxide.

Discussion on carbon emission reduction was at

said two-thirds of state’s fire departments are understaffed, and only 10 percent are equipped to respond to a building collapse.

“I have firefighters laid off in Fall River, New Bedford, Shirley, Amesbury,” McCarthy said. “If something is

not done by July we’re all going to get whacked.”

McCarthy said the group is also amenable to “reasonable pension reform,” which has been a major topic of interest on Beacon Hill during the budget crisis to identify savings and waste.

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The group’s president, Robert McCarthy, said he’s asking the governor to allocate $90 million in stabilization funds from the federal stimulus package to avoid layoffs that will jeopardize safety across the state. He

The panel Carol Browner, assistant to the president for energy and climate change, and John Holdren, assistant to the president for science and technology, joined Markey and other experts on the panel.

the root of the talk, with ideas shared on how to charge those most responsible for the presence of carbon in our atmosphere.

“We’ll never make it to a carbon-free environment as long as carbon is free,” Hockfield said.

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Spector gets guilty verdict in 2003 slay

The military also is drawing up proposals to aid the fledgling Somalia government to train security forces and develop its own coast guard, said the officials, who

Somali rebels retaliate Somalia’s militant Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said yesterday it fired mortars at a plane carrying U.S. Representative Donald Payne as he left the anarchic country following a rare visit by a U.S. official. Payne’s plane took off safely and no-one was hurt.

requested anonymity. The plans will be presented to the Obama administration as it considers a coordinated U.S. government and international response to piracy,

the officials said.

Security analysts said making shipping lanes safe would require disrupting the pirates’ support network on land.

President Barack Obama opened a crack yesterday in a decades-old U.S. embargo of communist Cuba, allowing telecommunications firms to start doing business there and relaxing other restrictions on the island.

As part of a shift from the Bush administration’s more hardline approach to Havana, Obama lifted limits on family travel and money transfers by CubanAmericans in the United States to Cuba. REUTERS

WASHINGTON.

In 1992, under then-President George H.W. Bush, U.S. forces that landed in Somalia to confront widespread starvation found themselves in the middle of a civil war. Forty-two Americans died before former President Bill Clinton pulled out the troops in 1994.

No such broad military effort is being seriously considered now, the defense officials said.

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The U.S. military is considering attacks on pirate bases on land and aid for the Somali people to help stem ship hijackings off Africa’s east coast, defense officials said.

Legendary music producer Phil Spector was found guilty yesterday of second-degree murder in the death of a Hollywood actress at his home in 2003.

A Los Angeles jury returned the verdict against Spector, 69, after a five-month retrial.

Spector, 69, could spend the rest of his life behind bars after he is sentenced on May 29. The first trial ended in a jury deadlock in September 2007.

Actress Lana Clarkson, 40, died from a shot through the mouth fired from Spector’s gun in the foyer of his home on Feb. 3, 2003. The two had met only hours earlier at a Hollywood nightclub. REUTERS

Obama relaxes limits with Cuba

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Jan. 1991 Mohamed Siad Barre, then-president of Somalia, is overthrown by four opposition groups — one most notably led by Mohamed Farah Aidid — clammering to control the country.

Sept.1991 Fighting among the factions breaks out in Mogadishu and spreads through the entire country.

The agriculture of the country was destroyed, and starvation becomes epidemic.

Protesters burn tires as the Thai military takes over the streets in Bangkok yesterday.

Protests slip into chaos in Thailand U.S. forces attack a safe house for Aidid’s forces in Mogadishu in 1993.

20K Number of people killed in the first year of the conflict, between 1991 and ’92.

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Clinton to travel to war-torn Haiti WASHINGTON. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Haiti on Thursday to talk about how to promote stability in the Western hemisphere’s poorest nation despite its history of violence and political unrest.

Riots sparked by skyrocketing food prices led to the ouster of Haiti’s government last year, a period during which the Caribbean nation lost some 800 lives and suffered an estimated $1 billion in damage when four hurricanes roared through.

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News in brief NEW YORK. Spike TV has given

the green light to a series following the U.S. fight against pirates off Somalia’s Gulf of Aden. The series — “Pirate Hunters: USN” — will document the U.S. Navy’s attempt to guard the vital shipping corridor in the Arabian Sea, where poor, armed Somali fishermen have been halting international merchant vessels and holding them for ransom.

The network will place cameras and a crew aboard a METRO pair of Navy vessels.

Oct. 1993

Aidid defies a U.N. call for peace, and 24 peacekeeping troops are killed.

G U.S. swings into full military operation mode, battling Aidid’s opposition.

G Unexpected insurgency foiled Americans’ ground operations, and ambushes took down two U.S. helicopters, killing scores of U.S. soldiers.

G With no contingency plan, the U.S. retreated on METRO Oct. 4.

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Aug. 1992 U.S. deploys relief workers to quell fighting and restore order.

May 1992

Mohamed Farah Aidid in Sudan in 1992.

U.S. forces raid a safe house for Aidid’s henchmen.

Seventy-three were killed, including five journalists.

Obama: We’ll fight piracy President Barack Obama yesterday called Richard Phillips, the captain taken hostage by pirates in Somalia, a hero and reiterated that he was resolved to work with other countries to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia.

“We’re going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks,” Obama said. “We have to continue to be pre-

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pared to confront them when they arise.”

More than 250 hostages of many naObama tionalities are still being held along the Somali coast by pirates who have seized dozens of vessels, from tankers to yachts, in recent months. REUTERS

“I ... want to thank everyone involved in rescuing Richard and ensuring his safe passage home to his children and me. You all just gave me the best Easter ever.” Andrea Phillips, in a statement

Troops fired at crowds of anti-government protesters who fought back with petrol bombs and rocks in Bangkok yesterday, in violence that killed two people, injured dozens and pushed Thailand deeper into political crisis.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who declared a state of emergency in Bangkok on Sunday after former premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s supporters forced an Asian summit to be cancelled, said just before midnight most of the city was back to normal.

BANGKOK, THAILAND.

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Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo admitted yesterday he fathered a child when he was still a Roman Catholic bishop, as the scandal threatened to weaken him politically. Lugo, a 57-year-old leftist, said in a televised address that he had an affair with a woman who is now 26, and conceded he was the father of her child. REUTERS

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The queen is old school, however. So when Michelle Obama casually put her arm around the royal shoulders, the act risked being the order of misfortune that ensued when George W. Bush massaged Angela Merkel’s neck. Instead, the palace quickly issued an uncharacteristically warm pronouncement that no protocol had been breached.

What was truly remarkable, however, was that the queen, for the first time in her public career, had reached out her frail, white-gloved, little-old-lady hand, the one heretofore used only for waving, and encircled Michelle Obama’s waist. For many throughout the British Commonwealth, this was a mime of egalitarianism, an unexpected kabuki theater of respect and mutual regard. Michelle Obama had somehow pulled off a superlatively graceful transgression — a symbolically charged moment of the kind that quietly turns a bit of the old world upside down, yet leaves us smiling at the new world glimpsed beyond.

Patricia J. Williams is a professor of law at Columbia and columnist for The Nation.

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n 1985, Deborah Gray White published her nowclassic little book, “Ar’n’t I a Woman?” This gem of historical research examines the archetypes by which slave women in the plantation South were confined — the brazen, sexualized Jezebel; the domineering, emasculating Sapphire; the dependable, selflessly neutered mammy; and the perpetually loveless, suicide-inclined, tragic mulatta. These tropes haunt black women still: from the adventures of Flavor Flav and Strom Thurmond to the depictions from Don Imus and the minstrelsy of Tyler Perry.

It’s not easy living on the receiving end of this unhappy iconicity. That’s why so many minority women are so smitten by the work that Michelle Obama performs, if at a purely symbolic level. She defies the boxes into which black (as well as many Latina, Asian and white) women have been caged; she expands the force field of feminism in ecumenical and unsettling ways.

What’s frequently missing from the discussion of black women is their role as loving mothers, beloved wives, valued partners, cherished daughters, cousins, relatives. Where, for heaven’s sake, is a picture of black femininity (in particular, that of darkerskinned, nontragic femininity) that might signify beauty, chic, elegance, vulnerability, sophistication?

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‘A product of that moment’ DOROTHY ROBINSON dorothy.robinson@metro.us INTERVIEW. It’s impossible to

talk about ’80s fiction without mentioning Jay McInerney. The author helped to define a generation with his bombshell debut novel “Bright Lights, Big City” in 1984. But McInerney hasn’t gone the way of big hair and shoulder pads; he’s kept up his literary chops, publishing six other novels as well as a large repertoire of short stories. He chats about what it was like to compile some of those old stories

and add in many new ones in “How It Ended” (Knopf, $26).

Why a short story collection? Why now?

Well, I’ve always loved them and I’ve been writing them my entire life. This features 12 new stories, but some that go back to the ’80s, so it’s the span of my career.

While researching, did you read any past works that made you cringe?

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“I was quite pleased to reread most of these.”

McInerney these. They hold up pretty well, but now I couldn’t write the stories I did in my 20s — they are a product of that moment.

What is it about the wealthy that makes you love to write about them?

The very wealthy form a very small part of my oeuvre. They hardly make up the majority of my collection of work.

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McInerney’s new collection compiles his life in fiction But it’s not like you’re writing about coal miners going to Dairy Queen for lunch.

That’s not my turf. I write to the extent of the world I live in. I live in Manhattan, I go to Pastis, so my characters go to Pastis. I haven’t been to a Dairy Queen in 20 years.

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Maria Taylor: Pop folk’s version of David Hasselhoff

‘My Boys’ COMEDY. PJ is concerned she

may have been awarded a newspaper column because of her looks, not her writing skills. Um, Peej — don’t sweat it. You are a print journalist with a job, and that’s all that really matters. 10:30 p.m., TBS

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Alabama native Maria Taylor is sitting in a coffee shop in Hamburg, Germany, grabbing breakfast and catching up with her e-mail.

Her BlackBerry is sitting idle though, and Taylor is itching to get back to the U.S. in a few days’ time, when she can fire up her “crackberry,” as she calls it.

She’s musing on the idea of her popularity in Europe and in America. She’s not particularly worried by the degree of admiration she has in either place. But the word “popular” seems to be irksome, having — for Americans — the stigma of traumatic high school competitiveness.

“Hmmm, haven’t heard that word in a long time,” she says quizzically. “Well, the shows are pretty comparable here in Germany to the ones I play in the U.S.” Her former musical entity, the duo Azure Ray, enjoyed well-attended shows in Europe. And although she’s been busy with her just-released third solo album, the delightful and ambitious folk pop gem “Ladyluck” — which features collaborations with Michael Stipe, Nate Wal-

Cody, left, and Spelling star in “90210.”

‘90210’ DRAMA. Donna Martin, fash-

ion designer (otherwise known as Tori Spelling), returns to Beverly Hills to style Diablo Cody (who appears in a cameo) for a red carpet premiere. You can decide which part of that sentence is the most exciting/strange.

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cott of Bright Eyes and Mckenzie Smith of Midlake — Taylor says Azure Ray isn’t totally over: “There is talk of a new record in the near future.”

Taylor moved to Los An-

“Hmmm, haven’t heard that word in a long time.” Taylor, referring to being called “popular”

geles a year and a half ago and says new experiences there influenced the songs on “Ladyluck.” Still, when it came to recording, she went for her comfort zone, once again working with Saddle Creek alums, producers Andy Lemaster and Mike Mogis.

“I have worked with them many, many times before. They are both incredible musicians and producers,” she emphasizes.

Gibson getting divorced; guess who he blames!

TheWord Dorothy Robinson dorothy.robinson@metro.us GOSSIP. Remember back in 2006 when a very intoxicated Mel Gibson went on an anti-Semitic tirade when he was pulled over for a DUI? He allegedly said to the arresting cops, “F—ing Jews. ... Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.” So we can’t help but wonder what religion the actor is going to blame his new struggle on — it was announced yesterday that his wife of 28 years,

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Robyn, is filing legal papers to divorce the star.

According to TMZ.com, Gibson’s worth is around $900 million (or at least it was back in 2006), meaning Robyn could soon be a very wealthy ex-wife.

And apparently, Gibson is still trying to figure out “What Women Want,” though we have a guess: a man who isn’t a racist with a drinking problem and a Colonel Sanders moustache. Pretty easy, actually.

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That’s a big reason why I love working with them. I know what to expect. I feel so comfortable and trust them with anything.”

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A new park is nice, but is it Boston getting long trips out of the way early this year worth the cost?

It appears the scheduling gods are smiling down on the Red Sox this year.

They memorably opened up last season against the Oakland A’s in Japan, then continued on to the West Coast before finishing the harrowing road trip in Toronto. After the All-Star break, the Sox ventured to the Pacific again.

Traditionally, the Sox have always endured a second-half West Coast trip.

Not this year. Boston — currently on a six-game stretch through Los Angeles and Oakland — will knock both western swings out in the first two months once they’ve con-

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Can going early on be something they’ll use to their advantage later?

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good weather-wise. That’s always a bonus to [go west] early and get them out of the way.”

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enway Forever! That’s how it’s gonna be. Why not rally behind it? Get the bumper stickers. Paint the billboards. Fenway Park will never die. It’ll never be torn down and rebuilt in the same location. Never. It’ll never be moved outside the city limits. Never.

The state-of-the-art Citi Field in Queens and the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx cost a combined $2.3 billion. Several hundred million dollars were contributed in public financing, tax breaks and infrastructure improvements, but the teams are picking up the rest of the tab. Who’s going to come up with that kind of cash here, and when? No one. And never.

The good fans of Boston will never enjoy the comforts of a new ballpark.

But that’s OK. They’re hardy New Englanders. They chew steel and spit nails. They tell the warm, tan people of Southern and Western states that they love long, cold, snowy winters. Makes a man (or woman) out of you!

Welcome to Boston! Home of the cramped wooden seat that points in the wrong direction. Home of Fenway Park — the forever fixer-upper where things are much better than before, but won’t ever be nearly as good as they are where cities and governments have found a way to replace old with new.

The Red Sox ownership has received many deserved compliments for doing what the previous ownership couldn’t, or wouldn’t, do. This new ownership group has had tremendous vision and has made improvements to Fenway Park that others never imagined. In many ways, what they’ve done to make the Fenway experience more enjoyable is remarkable. But in nearly every way other than the passion of the fans, the Fenway experience will never be as good as it is in these newer ballparks.

From the smallest details like cup holders on the seats to the big and impressive high-definition scoreboards, these billion-dollar ballparks are bigger, better, cleaner, more comfortable, more everything.

But ticket prices at Yankee Stadium are up over 76 percent from a year ago. It’s a beautiful place, but who can afford to go? With Red Sox ticket prices already among the highest in baseball, what would happen if the owners had to pay for a new ballpark?

It’s probably better this way. Sure, that new house being built at the edge of the neighborhood is bigger, with a jacuzzi. But a little paint and maybe some new curtains and your place will be better than ever!

“Who’s going to come up with that kind of cash here?”

Bob Halloran is a sports anchor and reporter. He’s also the author of “Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward,” published by The Lyons Press.

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Dikembe The Wizards Anyone Mutombo for finally trying to for his douretiring beat the ble-double their gold Cavs. Too Friday. A finger-wagjerseys. They were much talent, depth ging 42-year-old. Wow. flat-out embarrassing. and royalty.

Blake Griffin’s chances of being a franchise player. Everyone’s body is big in the NBA.

Celtics this week

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• Tomorrow vs. Wizards — Will this finally be the return of Mr. Garnett?

Around the NBA Rumor mill LOADING UP: Everyone wants to be a Dominican. Charlie Villanueva and Trevor Ariza are trying to join Al Horford and Francisco Garcia on the Dominican national team — even though both “CV31” and Ariza were born in the U.S. RETURNING: Chris Webber says he wants to be in an NBA front office as soon as next season. What would he be in charge of?

How to not hustle and still get $10 million a year?

HIRING: According to various reports, Flip Saunders will be the next coach of the Wizards. Isn’t there any fresh coaching blood out there?

Alternative awards ADAM LEVITAN alevitan@metro.us

You’ve heard enough about the race for MVP. You don’t care about the sixth man award. The “most improved” award reminds you of middle school.

Let’s get to some more interesting awards; ones that won’t be given out by David Stern: NBA.

Rip-off of the year: Jason Kidd, Mavs — $21.3M: When you make more than Kobe, Tim Duncan and Paul Pierce, you can’t have a mediocre season. Mavs fans are asking themselves if he’s $13.5M better than Devin Harris.

Bargain of the year: Mo Williams, Cavs — $8.3M: The Cavs won 45 games last year. They have already won 65 this year. LeBron didn’t improve that much — it’s all about Mo.

Real honors Our picks for trophies that will actually be handed out:

NBA prospect watch

COACH: Erik Spoelstra,

What he did: Led the country in scoring at 28.4 points per game last season.

Heat: Even with Dwyane Wade, that team should be nowhere near the fifth seed.

ROOKIE: Derrick Rose,

the Pistons will get cap relief this summer.

It’s the rare instance where both teams won. Denver became a legit title contender and

Injury of the year: Amare Stoudemire, Suns: A torn ACL is one thing. But when a detached retina ends your season, it just wasn’t meant to be.

Sports in brief NHL. The Colorado Avalanche

SOCCER. Tomorrow is the 20th

have agreed to a new contract with defensive player of the year James Harrison. The outside linebacker will receive $51.75 million over six years, making him the second-highest paid Steeler ever. The first is quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who is signed for $102 million and eight years.

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fired general manager Francois Giguere yesterday. The Avs, once a perennial Stanley Cup contender, fell flat this season, finishing 32-45-5, 31 points behind Northwest Division champion Vancouver. There was no announcement on who will succeed Giguere, who came to Colorado in 2006.

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anniversary of the death of 96 Liverpool fans at Hillsborough stadium before the club’s 1989 FA Cup semifinal match against Nottingham Forest. It was the worst stadium-related disaster in British history. Too many fans were forced into a standing-room corral, and many were crushed.

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Where would he go: Mock drafts have Curry between 10th and 16th overall.

Who he reminds us of: Best case scenario is Mike Bibby. Worst case is another great college scorer who can’t defend or get his own shot off at the NBA level — like J.J. Redick or Adam Morrison.

Bulls: Teams already have to gameplan for him.

Allen Iverson for Chauncey Billups:

NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers

Why we’re watching: If he decides to leave school, Curry immediately becomes one of the most interesting players in the draft.

MVP: LeBron James, Cavs: Not just the best player, but also the best leader.

Trade of the year:

The Cavs got themselves a real steal in Mo Williams.

Name: Stephen Curry Class: 2010 Team: Davidson Position: Guard

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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on whether he’ll still be aggressive with salaries despite the economy.

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fice bunt but got a little too much air under it, and NU first baseman Brendan Stokes made a tremendous diving catch. He then scampered back to the bag to double up the runner, eliminating the UMass threat.

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A baseball first? The Northeastern pep band made an appearance at the Beanpot final, playing a shortened version of the

“We thought it would be a fun way to end the year.”

NU band director Dayna Bradstreet NU fight song after Huskies runs. It was a Baseball Beanpot rarity, and just as uncommon for the players from BC and Harvard to see a pep band at a baseball game.

Win

• Seattle Sounders FC suffered the first loss in franchise history over the weekend, dropping a 1-0 game to the Kansas City Wizards at Qwest Field. Davy Arnaud knocked home his third goal of the year in the 80th minute of the match to give the Wizards the victory. The New England Revolution, meanwhile, had the weekend off. They visit D.C. United on Friday (7 p.m., ESPN2).

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