August 7, 2014
Lionel Hollins OK with Nets playing for their nations
With five of the 15 players the Nets have under contract playing for their countries this summer, there are few teams around the league more impacted by international competition than...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn ■ A man yanked a necklace from the neck of a woman aboard a subway train in Sunset Park, cops said. The victim was seated on a southbound F train...
Squeegee men are back terrorizing NYC streets
They were the ultimate symbol of the lawlessness and blight of the 1980s and early 1990s — and now they’re making a comeback. Squeegee men are menacing motorists across New...
Times slimes Frick's grand plan
One of the most important and beneficial changes to the cultural life of New York City stands imperiled by a single article in The New York Times. A little over...
Scripps trips on Q2 profit drop
Scripps Networks Interactive stock is off and so is merger mania at the cable lifestyle giant, at least for now. The company, which reported second-quarter earnings Thursday, has seen its...
'Mike & Molly' co-star set to host Monopoly game show
“Mike & Molly” co-star Billy Gardell is game for a change. Gardell, who plays Mike Briggs to Melissa McCarthy’s Molly on the popular CBS sitcom, will host “Monopoly Millionaires’ Club,”...
French-Mediterranean Claudette a welcome whiff of near-exotic
Sweet fragrances mingle at Claudette, sexily ensconced in a long-jinxed space at Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street. Soft, West Village air wafts through open sidewalk windows on a summer afternoon...
James Van Der Beek to star in 'CSI' spinoff
James Van Der Beek is getting yet another chance to star in yet another TV show. The onetime “Dawson’s Creek” star will play the male lead in the new CBS...
Three new online services offer more options -- for a price
Instacart The service: This new app and Web site allows you to send a personal shopper — typically students or artists looking to make extra cash — to grab groceries...
How 'The Knick' turned the streets of Manhattan into old New York
Turning back the hands of time to 1900 was no mean feat on “The Knick,” which premieres Friday at 10 p.m. on Cinemax. The drama about a struggling New York City...
Knicks, Rangers owner looks like a winner — in Hollywood
Jim Dolan is finally looking like a winner — for an Academy Award. While the New York Knicks have been perennial losers under his ownership, Dolan-controlled AMC Networks is gearing...
‘Shark After Dark’ feeds off Discovery programming
Before hosting Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” after-show “Shark After Dark,” the extent of Josh Wolf’s interest in the monster fish was watching videos of airborne sharks and interviews with shark-attack...
Vick, Geno battle a draw as Jets win preseason opener
The Jets like to say they signed Michael Vick in March to push Geno Smith. Consider Thursday night a gentle nudge. Neither quarterback was overly impressive or unimpressive in the...
Netflix subscriber revenue surpasses HBO
Time Warner boss Jeff Bewkes is eating a little crow. The media executive, whose empire includes pay-TV giant HBO, famously dissed Reed Hastings’ Netflix back in 2010, saying the streaming...
Lululemon founder unloads half his stake back to firm
Lululemon’s controversial founder Chip Wilson has lured some old friends back to the yoga retailer’s board — and, as an incentive, he’s selling them half of his 27.7 percent stake...
Upbeat news from News Corp.
News Corp. announced Thursday that revenue for the quarter ending June 30 decreased 3 percent, to $2.19 billion, which beat analyst expectations of $2.17 billion. The results marked the end...
Terrorists violated cease-fire with rocket attack: Israel
CAIRO — A senior Hamas official said the group has decided not to extend a 72-hour cease-fire with Israel that expires on Friday morning. Before the end of truce, Gaza...
Paul Singer cheered for nemesis Argentina at World Cup
When Argentina’s soccer team was on the verge of losing to Germany in the World Cup finals in Brazil, a surprise fan was in the bleachers, cheering on the South...
Bills brought home more than $30M in profits last season
The Buffalo Bills posted an operating profit of between $30 million and $40 million last season, sources close to bidding for the team told The Post. New details of the...
Julia Stiles tanks in terrible rom-com play ‘Phoenix’
You'd think Julia Stiles would know better after all those movies, from “Save the Last Dance” to the Bourne trilogy. She even held up her own opposite Bill Pullman in...
Bar Mitzvahs, fasting, protecting Eli: Life as a Jewish Giant
There are legions of Jewish adults who look back on their youth, vastly inflate their athletic prowess and thrust an accusatory finger at an establishment that robbed them of a...
Obama authorizes airstrikes in Iraq
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday night authorized the use of airstrikes to prevent a “potential act of genocide” in the northern mountains of Iraq, after thousands of ethnic...
Hondo: Ray day! Ray day!
Hondo failed to extrapolate a victory Thursday with the Metamucils, whose inability to carry out their task in D.C. elevated the accounts payable to 1,295 lombardis. Friday night: Mr. Aitch,...
Toddler sets off alarms at White House
WASHINGTON — It's usually someone jumping over the White House fence that causes Secret Service agents patrolling the grounds to scramble. But on Thursday night, a toddler passing through slats...
Thugs take joyride after beating bus driver with fire extinguisher
Three teenagers were arrested Thursday after assaulting a Baltimore school bus driver with a fire extinguisher and trash can, then hijacking the bus for a joyride, police and local media...
These 2 plays Cervelli made saved the Yankees' victory
When David Robertson got Miguel Cabrera to hit into a double play in the ninth, it didn’t exactly mean Francisco Cervelli could breathe any easier. That’s because it sent Ian...
Mejia's calf 'acted back up' in latest bad news for Mets
WASHINGTON — Jenrry Mejia wanted the ball for Thursday’s 13th inning, but with the Mets closer battling a sore right calf, manager Terry Collins wasn’t about to risk it. “It’s...
Jim Furyk explained, by one very cool high school hoops tale
LOUISVILLE , Ky. — Don’t worry about Jim Furyk. He can handle it. Don’t feel sorry for Furyk for the seemingly endless succession of heartbreaks he has endured in his...
Rory at it again: McIlroy one shot behind leaders at PGA
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Look out, golf. Rory McIlroy looks like world dominance is his next goal. McIlroy — fresh off his British Open victory, a win last week at Bridgestone...
Does Terry Collins go down with this sinking Mets ship?
WASHINGTON — By the end there were only a few scattered disciples left at Nationals Park, most of the 38,611 already bound for their homes in the suburbs, or perhaps...
The Yankees have been here before. Now what?
Welcome back to high ground in The Bronx. Anyone know where we’re headed from here? Detroit’s March of the Cys through The Bronx wound up elevating the Yankees, rather than...
What will PGA broadcasts be without Tiger Woods?
Too much of a good thing ... Soon, the inevitable day that golf’s shortsighted TV shot-callers ensured, will arrive. Golf, as a TV enterprise, will be tethered to a ghost,...
New city program aims to expose illegal van operators
A new city program will help riders figure out what commuter vans aren't playing by the rules, as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's "Vision Zero" plan to end traffic...
Mom charged for abandoning child on street corner
Cops arrested a Manhattan woman on Monday and charged her with felony child abandonment after police say she ditched her 8-year-old son on an Upper East Side street corner. Natasha...
Mets' playoff dreams now just an illusion
WASHINGTON — The charade is nearly finished. After weeks of wanting to believe they still were playing meaningful games, the Mets can forget all talk that pertains to something special...
Anthony Weiner to open Rockaway restaurant
What's on the menu, wiener schnitzel and humble pie? Crotch-tweeting ex-congressman Anthony Weiner plans to open a restaurant in the Rockaways, featuring what is described as “locally sourced food,” according...
Mob boss cuffed on racketeering charges
A Genovese capo who was once buddies with Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested Thursday on racketeering charges involving loan sharking, extortion and illegal gambling. Daniel Pagano, 61, son of the...
Pentagon denies reports of US air strikes in Iraq
Media reports that the United States has struck targets in Iraq are not accurate, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday, as Islamist militants advanced across northern Iraq. "Press reports that...
Paul O'Neill to receive 'biggest honor I've ever been given'
Paul O’Neill won’t be bashing any Gatorade coolers on Saturday. The Yankees outfielder, who won four World Series with the Yankees and has stayed with the franchise as an analyst...
DWI charge after Porsche slams into truck on GWB
An upstate man miraculously survived drunkenly crashing his Porsche into a tractor trailer on the George Washington Bridge on Thursday — he was pulled from the wreckage with only a...
Buck Showalter finally positioned to reap rewards of a turnaround
The Yankees and Orioles find themselves in unfamiliar roles. Injuries and disappointments have turned this version of the Bronx Bombers into scrappy underdogs, while the Orioles have become the team...
5 questions with ... Tim Hasselbeck
Q: What’s the biggest area Johnny Manziel has to improve? A: I think he has enough arm strength and he has a feel for how to move and avoid defenders....
The day in photos
Ballerinas pose in a pool, an anteater is a momma's boy, the Great Buddha gets a great cleaning and more.
'Bored' teen who set blaze claims he was coerced into confession
A Brooklyn teen accused of setting a mattress on fire in the hallway of his Coney Island apartment building because he “was bored” — a blaze that killed a police...
Wine counterfeiter sentenced to 10 years in prison
Maybe they should just drink Yellow Tail. A once-prominent wine expert was sentenced Thursday to 10 years behind bars for selling tens of millions of dollars in counterfeit vintage wine...
Chokehold victim Eric Garner had no drugs, alcohol in system
The final autopsy report in the death of Eric Garner revealed Thursday that the illegal cigarette dealer was not high on drugs or alcohol, police sources exclusively told The Post....
Perry Fewell all fired up about retooled Giants defense
Perry Fewell attached the usual caveats to all the things he thinks the Giants defense can accomplish this season. They can be great, if they work hard enough. They can change...
ESPN suspends Dan LeBatard for LeBron-trolling billboard
https://twitter.com/BillyCorben/statuses/497104769551306752 You don’t mess with LeBron James. ESPN suspended radio host Dan LeBatard two days for purchasing “You’re Welcome, LeBron” billboards in Akron, Ohio. LeBatard, an unapologetic Miami homer, first...
Montana senator accused of plagiarism drops out of race
HELENA, Mont. — U.S. Sen. John Walsh of Montana said Thursday he is dropping his campaign for office amid allegations that he plagiarized large portions of a 2007 research project...
The 10 most expensive hotel suites in the world
Ever wonder how the other half lives? Word is, they live quite nicely — and travel even better, plopping down bundles of cash a night at some of the world’s...
Shane Greene dominates Tigers to keep Yankees streaking
Shane Greene’s gem was no longer under his thumb. Eight-plus innings of shutout pitching were complete and he was seated in the dugout watching David Robertson attempt to close out...
Ex-Knick Felton suspended 4 games over gun incident
Former Knicks point guard Raymond Felton has been suspended for four games without pay for pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm,...
StockTwits snags ex-Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn for board
StockTwits, an Internet upstart devoted to stock market junkies, has landed former Yahoo! CEO Ross Levinsohn for its board of directors. StockTwits is run by CEO John Melloy, a former...
None injured in NYC train derailment
A train derailed in Staten Island near the ferry terminal Thursday afternoon -- the second derailment for the train line in less than three months, authorities said. The last car...
The new kings of Cleveland together at last
BEREA, Ohio — For the first time at Browns training camp, the spotlight wasn’t on Johnny Manziel. LeBron James stole it. The NBA megastar got his football fix Thursday, showing...
Man guilty of murder after shooting unarmed teen on porch
DETROIT — A jury convicted a suburban Detroit homeowner of second-degree murder and manslaughter Thursday in the killing of a drunk, unarmed woman on his porch last year, rejecting his...
Argentina pulls US into debt dispute with hedge funds
Argentina is trying to rope Uncle Sam into its debt dispute with a group of “vulture” hedge funds. The embattled country sued the US in the Hague, contending that America’s...
Nixon rises from the dead to join Twitter
If you believe the media reports, Richard Nixon suffered a stroke in 1994 and died days later at age 81. He is buried in his native Yorba Linda, California, silent...
Tiger Woods: I 'wasn't very good'
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One day after his dramatic entrance to Valhalla to play the PGA Championship, Tiger Woods played his opening round with good news and bad news. The good...
The James Brown performances that inspired 'Get On Up'
Chadwick Boseman has won rave reviews for his star turn as James Brown in the new biopic “Get On Up,” but as the actor himself will no doubt admit, there’s...
Sleeping giant? Radio foes declare open season on Mike Francesa
http://youtu.be/qF-Zzl1gT9s Mike Francesa’s competition is treating him the same way the WFAN host treats his callers. Several national radio hosts have taken digs at Francesa over his blunders that became...
Landon Donovan will retire after season
CARSON, Calif. — Landon Donovan says he will retire from professional soccer at the end of the MLS season. The LA Galaxy forward is widely considered the best soccer player...
Five biggest conferences pave way to boost NCAA athlete stipends
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Board of Directors overwhelmingly approved a package of historic reforms Thursday that will give the nation’s five biggest conferences the ability to unilaterally change some of...
Teachers union president threatened to 'punch' Common Core opponents
http://youtu.be/ToNEs-C9HCU City teachers union president Michael Mulgrew flipped his lid at a national union gathering last month while defending Common Core — at one point pugnaciously threatening those who oppose it...
Badass woman uses app to hunt thief, corners him until cops arrive
She’s a real-life Wonder Woman! A gutsy Bronx gal used some superhero moves to track down and collar a man who snatched her wallet and used her credit cards for...
Remains of 9 Jonestown mass-suicide victims found in Delaware
DOVER, Del. — More than 35 years after the infamous suicide-murder of some 900 people — many forced to drink a cyanide-laced grape punch — in Jonestown, Guyana, the cremated...
Nationals letting Bryce Harper criticism fester into full-on headache
Thursday is Mike Trout's 23rd birthday, an occasion to heap plaudits on the Angels phenom now acclaimed -- about two years late, but hey -- as the best baseball player...
5 items we hope to see at Victoria Beckham’s charity sale
If you’re a fan of Victoria Beckham’s smartly tailored shift dresses, figure-flattering pencil skirts or droolworthy shoe collection, you’re in luck: The British fashion icon is paying it forward. Starting...
U.S. will drop supplies to trapped Iraqis, still mulling airstrikes
The United States has approved military air drops of humanitarian supplies in northern Iraq for religious minorities fleeing attacks by Islamist militants and they could start at any time, a...
Tedious 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' was cowabungled
They've been around so long that they’re now the Middle-Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles, and their ’80s vibe — cowabunga, dude! — is so strong that I kept expecting a cameo...
'Step Up' and meet Ryan Guzman
He's the leading man in Hollywood’s most visible dance franchise, “Step Up,” but before he joined the cast, Ryan Guzman hadn’t taken a single dance class. “My first dance lesson...
'Urban Momfare' writer on setting NYC motherhood to song
If there’s anyone who understands urban warfare — er, parenting — it’s Upper East Side native Pamela Weiler Grayson, who co-wrote with Alice Jankell the musical “Urban Momfare,” which debuts...
Ex-American Gladiator on bike 'flattened' woman: suit
A Manhattan woman jogging in Central Park got steam-rolled by a muscle-bound former “American Gladiator” star as he was flying along on his racing bicycle, she claims in a lawsuit....
Fabergé wins copyright suit against Brooklyn restaurant
Don't fool with Fabergé. A federal judge has ordered a Brooklyn restaurant and banquet hall using the name Faberge, to come up with a new moniker by the end...
Yankees in wait-and-see mode on Mark Teixeira
Joe Girardi will check with Mark Teixeira daily to see if Teixeira's lacerated left pinkie is well enough to play. “He is day by day, and we will see how...
Teen killed by boat's propellers was gymnast, honor student
A pretty Greenwich HS student who loved gymnastics and played field hockey was identified Thursday as the tragic victim of a fatal tubing accident, cops and friends said. Emily Fedorko...
Internet addiction the focus of 'Web Junkie' documentary
Brief and timely, this documentary directed by Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia is also frustrating. The setting is a division of a Beijing military hospital, where teenage boys are being...
Emails prove Zuckerberg bailed on promise: lawyer
New emails filed in California state court prove that Mark Zuckerberg tried to get out of a promise to hook up a real estate developer with some of his high-powered...
Body of US general killed in Afghanistan arrives at military base
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUf0y2xHAh0 The flag-draped coffin carrying the body of a two-star general killed by a terror-sympathizing Afghan soldier arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Thursday morning amid questions...
Producer of viral hit 'Friday’ returns with new song about cupcakes
http://youtu.be/pqrblgFsqEc Patrice Wilson, the evil genius behind former viral sensations such as Rebecca Black’s “Friday” and Alison Gold’s “Chinese Food,” is back with a new single. The topic of his...
Kate scolds Bieber, Clooney to wed in Armani and more
Rihanna trademarks her last name (yes, she has one). In other news, George Clooney chooses wedding-appropriate Armani and the reclusive Rodarte sisters spew some American pride. - Orlando Bloom wasn’t...
How Vikings might be first opponent to push back on Redskins name
MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota says it's working with the Minnesota Vikings to keep the Washington Redskins' nickname from being used when the two teams play on campus in...
Beyoncé set to perform, receive Vanguard Award at VMAs
Beyoncé and Jay Z’s marriage may be reportedly on the rocks, but that isn’t keeping her out of the spotlight. The current Mrs. Carter has been set to perform at...
Kirilenko bonding with new coach Hollins on South Africa trip
Not only is Andrei Kirilenko getting a chance to help people this week, he’s getting to know his new coach. Kirilenko is in South Africa working with the NBA’s Basketball...
Kardashians to launch a hair styling line
Just add styling products to the Kardashians' empire. Kim Kardashian, along with sisters Kourtney and Khloé, are teaming up with Houston-based hair company Farouk Systems Inc. to launch Kardashian Beauty....
Pope urges protection for Iraqi Christians
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is calling for world governments to take measures to protect Christians driven from their villages in northern Iraq and provide them with humanitarian aid. The...
6 celebs kiss and tell about their best on-screen smooches
Apart from maybe having to go naked, kissing a fellow actor on-screen can be a majorly awkward event. There’s the ever-so-important pre-smooch breath check, the necessary skill to stay in...
Bergdahl wants to leave the Army for college
WASHINGTON — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl wants to leave the Army and get a college education. After five years in Taliban captivity, Bergdahl has “bounced back quite nicely” and hopes to restart...
Netflix passes HBO in subscriber revenues
Time Warner boss Jeff Bewkes is eating a little crow this morning. The media executive, whose empire includes the pay TV giant HBO, famously dissed Reed Hastings’ Netflix back in...
Rival GM: LeBron, Love still second fiddle to Bulls in East
The Cavaliers have reached an agreement in principle to acquire All-Star forward Kevin Love from the Timberwolves to form the NBA’s latest significant Big Three alignment, league sources confirmed. But...
Could Weird Al perform at the Super Bowl?
The Super Bowl could get weird this year. Thousands of Weird Al Yankovic fans have signed a petition launched on Change.org this week imploring the NFL to ask the parody...
Gretzky threatened to nix daughter's wedding to Dustin
LOS ANGELES — It sounds like Wayne Gretzky had some stern words with his future son-in-law, Dustin Johnson, long before revelations of Johnson's hard-partying ways hit the press. Sources tell FOX411...
John Kerry makes surprise trip to Afghanistan after general's death
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Afghanistan late Thursday on an unannounced visit to press the country's two feuding presidential candidates on the urgency of...
Liberia, Sierra Leone race to enforce Ebola quarantine
MONROVIA, Liberia — Soldiers clamped down on people trying to travel to Liberia's capital Thursday from rural areas hard-hit by the Ebola virus hours after the president declared a national...
Iraqi militants seize country's largest dam
BAGHDAD — Residents living near Iraq's largest dam say Sunni militants from the Islamic State group have overrun the complex. The residents say the militants stormed the Mosul Dam complex...
From Syria to Ukraine, social media opens up warfare
In 2013, Eliot Higgins used videos posted online from Syria to track weapons and pinpoint a chemical strike in Damascus from a computer in the English Midlands. This year, the...
Michael Phelps swims maybe his worst race ever
IRVINE, Calif. — Michael Phelps botched his turn halfway through the 100-meter freestyle and finished next-to-last in a star-studded field at the U.S. national championships. Nathan Adrian led all the...
Department of Homeland Security reports cyber attack
A company that performs background checks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday it was the victim of a cyber attack, adding in a statement that "it...
Greg Oden's downward spiral continues with battery arrest
https://twitter.com/BruceKopp13/statuses/497348536208740352 INDIANAPOLIS — Former No. 1 NBA draft pick Greg Oden has been arrested in Indianapolis on battery charges alleging that he punched a woman in the face. Police in...
Girl swept away in tsunami reunited with parents 10 years later
An Indonesian girl swept away in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been reunited with her parents 10 years after she was given up for dead, her mother says. Raudhatul...
Daughter blasts cop parents in boyfriend's murder: 'I hope they rot'
TULSA, Okla. — Two Tulsa police officers who are married have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man who was walking with their daughter, authorities said. Jeremy...
Man who 'killed wife' & fled with kids is found dead
A man killed himself in Staten Island on Thursday morning, after murdering his wife in suburban Philadelphia and fleeing with their kids, authorities said. Keith Belajonas, 32, was found dead...
Final arguments begin in Pistorius murder trial
PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius was an "appalling witness" who repeatedly lied in his testimony in a crude attempt to defend against a murder charge for killing girlfriend Reeva...
Russia grants Snowden three more years of asylum: lawyer
MOSCOW — Edward Snowden's lawyer says the NSA whistleblower has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years. Snowden last year was granted temporary asylum of one...
Anchor without headscarf sparks outrage in Saudi Arabia
A female newsreader has caused outrage in Saudi Arabia after she became the first person to read the news without a headscarf. The Independent reports that the unnamed TV anchor...
Sanitation worker fired for stealing 240 gallons of gas
This city worker was clearly running on empty. A Sanitation Department plumber who allegedly stole 240 gallons of gasoline from his employer — and dangerously hoarded it in plastic bottles...
Study ties new gene to breast cancer risk
It's long been known that faulty BRCA genes greatly raise the risk for breast cancer. Now scientists say a more recently identified, less common gene can do the same. Mutations...
Russia bans food imports from US, allies
MOSCOW — The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and...
Obama to sign revised veteran health care bill into law
WASHINGTON — Veterans are expected to have an easier time getting government-paid health care from local doctors under a bill that President Barack Obama is set to sign into law...
Robertson: Yankees had their chance to keep me for less money
David Robertson, who has not discussed a contract extension, said he is content to finish the season before talking to the Yankees about his future and said the team might...
How Jon Niese's struggles muddles Mets offseason
WASHINGTON — The kids offer the encouragement, and only partially because of what they can do in the immediate. There was Zack Wheeler on Monday night, grinding through 6 ²/₃,...
Liu hits at Avella over alleged ethics violations
State Sen. Tony Avella's plan to introduce legislation involving his Democratic primary challenger John Liu is a misuse of taxpayer resources, Liu's campaign charged on Wednesday. The talk of a...
Man dies after falling down broken elevator shaft
A man died after falling down a broken elevator shaft in Queens Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was on the fourth floor of...
Lusting for more as John Legend plays Barclays Center
On Wednesday night at Barclays Center, John Legend played a concert that was almost entirely made up of songs about love and lust. “Love is in the air,” said the...
Crafty left-hander Chris Capuano keeps Tigers off balance
Yankees catcher Brian McCann had seen it all before. But this time, he really enjoyed the view. That’s because this time, McCann watched Chris Capuano work to him, as opposed...
Army begins questioning Bergdahl about capture
HOUSTON — The US Army has begun questioning Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl about his disappearance in Afghanistan that led to five years in captivity by the Taliban, his attorney and an...
Chris Young may have just 1 week left before Mets pull plug
WASHINGTON — Chris Young escaped receiving a pink slip earlier this week, but the Mets still may unload the underperforming outfielder. Bobby Abreu was designated for assignment Monday, at which...
All-Star Game turns out well for Red Bulls
With the Red Bulls already facing a mini-crisis at the heart of their defense, coach Mike Petke is trying to figure out who he will play at centerback Sunday at...
Bayern Munich coach snubs MLS in outrage over hard fouls
In Wednesday’s MLS All-Star game — possibly Thierry Henry’s last — the French star was all class, while Pep Guardiola showed no class. The MLS All-Stars pulled off a come-from-behind...
Does Sergio Garcia have his head straight enough to win a major?
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Eighteen questions into Wednesday’s PGA Championship pre-tournament press conference with Sergio Garcia, this question was posed: “Curious, have you ever seen a psychiatrist? And if you haven’t,...
Defending PGA champ Jason Dufner battling neck injury
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jason Dufner, the PGA Championship defending champion, said Wednesday he is suffering from a neck injury that has limited his play. Dufner, who had not played a...
Toms River earns No. 1 seed in regional semifinals
Toms River’s 11- and 12-year-old all-stars are now two wins away from reaching Williamsport — every Little Leaguer’s dream. The central New Jersey team rallied for a 11-10 win over...
Christian Borle joins ‘Peter Pan’ cast
‘Smash” star Christian Borle is the latest name to join the cast of NBC’s live musical production of “Peter Pan.” The Tony winner is finalizing a deal to pull double-duty...
Michael Pineda is 'feeling good' and closing in on return to Bronx
So did you hear the one about the Yankees starter who threw a bullpen session then did not need to be scratched from his next appearance? No joke, the Yankees...
Miss America runner-up hosts new court show
Meet Faith Jenkins — former Miss Louisiana, a Miss America runner-up and the host of TV’s newest court show. Jenkins will preside over the syndicated “Judge Faith,” airing weekdays on...
Tom Coughlin: Odell Beckham 'getting close' to return
Odell Beckham Jr. might actually get back on the practice field for the Giants, and soon. That was the word Wednesday from Tom Coughlin, who said the rookie first-round pick...
'The Opponent' is really on the ropes
The actors in the boxing drama “The Opponent” don’t pull their punches — which can’t be said of the slack play itself. For nearly two hours, Guy Van Swearingen and...
'Into the Storm' will be summer's biggest guilty pleasure
The found-footage disaster flick “Into the Storm’’ is “Twister’’ for dummies, but by no means is that an insult. The new film is enormous fun if you’re in the right...
Hondo teeing it up
Hondo, who had the good splitter working Tuesday night with the Mets and Dodgers, came right back Wednesday and hit a bomb with the Rangers as they smacked Sale to...
Times Square bus driver released after passing drug tests
The double-decker tour-bus driver involved in a Times Square crash has had his driver’s license suspended 11 times — and was headed to pick up passengers at the time of...
Fishing boat nets a small plane — with a body inside
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The crew aboard a New Zealand fishing boat Thursday hauled up a surprising and gruesome catch: a small plane with a body inside. Authorities suspect the...