August 24, 2014
Hondo's three-for-all
Hondo, who is having a less than august month, took a Sunday punch with the Royals in Texas, which, along with his whiffs with Garcia and Fowler at The Barclays,...
Puig's foolishness hands Mets first triple play since 2010
[mlbvideo id="35645071" width="618" height="346" /] LOS ANGELES — Lucas Duda saw Yasiel Puig heading toward home and couldn’t believe his luck. “I was lucky enough to just have enough time...
'That's a great sign': Tanaka getting closer
Masahiro Tanaka had no problems with his right elbow and played catch Sunday, a day after his 35-pitch simulated outing. “I have not had any emergency meetings in my office,...
Yankees offense — not Robertson — gets the save for once
David Robertson had it plotted in his mind. He would come in out of the Yankees bullpen in the ninth inning, slip a first-pitch breaking ball past the White Sox’s...
Giants' O-line quickly becoming 'Oh no' line as Mosley goes down
After starting left guard Geoff Schwartz went down — possibly for the season — the mantra coming from Giants practice Sunday was next man up. But whoever that next man...
Meet the newbies storming this year's Emmys
One of the criticisms regularly leveled at the Emmy Awards is that the same people and the same shows are nominated, year after year. Not this time. After a much-better-than-usual...
Please stop asking Tom Coughlin about his ailing No. 1 pick
Tom Coughlin is tired of having to answer questions about his first-round pick not practicing. Whether he’s vexed by rookie Odell Beckham Jr.’s nagging injury or the constant questions that...
Hunter Mahan's extra special Barclays win: 'That's for you, Finny'
It was the breakthrough moment of the tournament, and for Hunter Mahan, it was a moment of perspective. With The Barclays hanging in the balance, with a leaderboard that spent...
How Jets will replace Jacoby Ford's role
The Jets made their initial cuts over the weekend and wide receiver Jacoby Ford was the most surprising among them. The team signed Ford in April to a one-year deal,...
Ad Week getting an extra jolt of star power
New York’s Advertising Week is ramping up the star wattage. Compared to the Cannes Lions ad festival on the celebrity-studded French Riviera, the city’s annual industry gathering has been a...
Yankees have found fight since team meeting
When the Yankees hitters met Thursday, this is what they talked about: Adding more energy, adding more fight to their game. Four games later, the Yankees have four straight wins,...
How did Mason Plumlee's stock rise so much so fast?
Mason Plumlee is used to having to prove himself. When Plumlee was drafted by the Nets last summer, his arrival was immediately overshadowed by the blockbuster draft-night deal that saw...
D'oh! Charter blasted for 'Simpsons' tweet amid outages
Charter Communications customers blasted the cable company after it tweeted details of a “Simpsons” marathon rather than address an Internet outage across its service area. Subscribers slammed the fourth-biggest cable...
Kardashian endorsement helps Keek against big-name rivals
Video-sharing app Keek is ready for prime time. With a freshly minted CEO, a new ad strategy and a celebrity endorsement from the Kardashians, the app for sharing short video...
Chicago falls in Little League World Series title game
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Jae Yeong Hwang drove in two runs and Hae Chan Choi weathered a late Chicago rally to lead South Korea to an 8-4 win in Sunday’s...
Jennings sees success ahead for Giants' offense
The common theory is a running back’s best assets are his legs. Rashad Jennings thinks it’s the eyes. Jennings, who starred at Liberty College and played with the Jaguars and...
See no evil Democrats
Here’s a switch: Republicans are getting behind President Obama more than Democrats — at least when it comes to airstrikes in Iraq. And that says a lot more about the...
How to pay less for college
Think nothing can be done about spiraling college costs? Then take a look at Purdue University — and how President Mitch Daniels is proving otherwise. At Purdue, the former governor...
The making of an NYC tax hike
Everyone knows Mayor de Blasio loves to spend money, but where will the city get the funds to pay for it all — unless he’s planing a tax hike? Higher...
Why you should keep your family far away from amusement parks
With summer drawing to a close, parents are desperate. Camp’s over; the kids’ friends have left for more exotic destinations. A trip to the pool doesn’t yield the same excitement...
Taxi academy puts wannabe cab drivers to the test
Terry Gelber lumbers into a filled classroom and greets his new students with handshakes and some unexpected courtesies. “Mr. Vice President,” he says to one man before moving down the...
Blonde and talented, but don't call Bouchard 'next Sharapova'
Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard knows glamour when she sees it. The 20-year-old French-Canadian blonde, amid her breakout year on the court and magazine covers, is right at home at the US...
Likely lame duck Colon throws a gem, gets help from offense
LOS ANGELES — If this were Bartolo Colon’s finale in a Mets uniform, he will be leaving the club on a positive vibe. The veteran right-hander, who reportedly has been...
New York City's 100 percent
At this month’s summit on inequality, Mayor de Blasio told the nation’s mayors, “We’re still going in the wrong direction.” Actually, they can go in the right direction by taking...
2014 VMA red carpet
Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Miley Cyrus are among the celebs rocking the red carpet at the 2014 Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California.
Thrill-seeker arrested after scaling Brooklyn Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNCA2AbtJM0 A backpack-wearing thrill-seeker was arrested Sunday for climbing atop the Brooklyn Bridge in yet another security breach on the famed span. Yaroslav Kolchin, 24, of Manhattan, was busted after...
How to stay sane during your daily commute
It's a universal truth that New Yorkers disagree on many things. For starters, there’s the pizza debate: Di Fara in Midwood? Grimaldi’s in Brooklyn Heights? But for all the arguing...
My co-worker makes more money than me -- what do I do?
What’s the best way to ask for a raise? I just learned one of my colleagues earns more than I do, and we have the same job — and that’s...
Richard Attenborough dies at 90
LONDON — Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, has died. He was 90. The actor's son, Michael...
Wright exits game with muscle spasm, says he'll be back soon
David Wright might as well have changed the words of Randy Newman’s hit single and belted out a chorus of, “I Hate L.A.” The Mets third baseman concluded his weekend...
Inside the sleazy world of professional poker
When most people think of poker, they think gun-obsessed Instagram party douche Dan Bilzerian and his legions of bikini-clad hangers on, smoky dens full of cigar-chomping Italians, or smooth-talking suaveness...
McCann hits pinch-hit, walk-off homer as Yanks sweep White Sox
Brian McCann’s first season in The Bronx has not gone according to plan, for him or the Yankees. Sunday’s game-winning, pinch-hit homer in the bottom of the 10th inning of...
After being AWOL 2 days, Jets CB returns to team
The Jets’ already tenuous situation at cornerback took a bizarre turn this weekend when projected starter Dimitri Patterson went AWOL. General manager John Idzik revealed on a conference call with...
Rams QB Sam Bradford tears ACL, done for year
The Rams' worst nightmare has happened again. Sam Bradford, who missed nine games last season after having surgery on his ACL, has again torn an ACL and is finished for...
Motorcyclist killed after crashing into van
A motorcyclist was killed when his bike crashed into the back of a van on a Bronx highway Sunday morning, authorities said. The 24-year-old man was riding his 2005 Yamaha...
Gentlemanly Peyton Manning drops F-bomb on opponent
It's not often a quarterback gets a taunting penalty. It's less often that quarterback is Peyton Manning. Manning reached his breaking point Saturday, shouting a two-word invective to Texans safety D.J....
US journalist kidnapped in Syria 2 years ago is freed
It’s a kinder, gentler al Qaeda— at least when compared with ISIS. Syrian militants linked to al Qaeda released kidnapped US journalist Peter Theo Curtis Sunday, just days after the...
Michael Sam taunts Johnny Football after sacking him
All that was missing was Tim Tebow. The two biggest NFL offseason stories in recent memory, Michael Sam and Johnny Manziel, collided quite literally Saturday night. Sam, attempting to become...
Jets cut speed-demon Jacoby Ford, 5 others
The Jets reduced their roster to 75 on Sunday by cutting six players, the most notable being wide receiver and kick returner Jacoby Ford. Ford signed a one-year deal with...
What Henrik Lundqvist learned from last season
Last year, the Rangers endured a season-opening nine-game road trip, which came on the heels of a preseason odyssey through western Canada, all while breaking in new coach Alain Vigneault....
Masked jihadist 'John the Beatle' identified
The masked jihadist known as "John the Beatle" has been identified by British security services, sources said Saturday. MI5 and MI6 officials did not reveal the man's name publicly, but...
4-year-old left home alone falls after playing on fire escape
This is the moment just before a 4-year-old girl who was left home alone took a tumble off a Queens fire escape Sunday and smacked into the concrete about 10...
Soccer star killed by fan's thrown object
CAIRO — A star soccer player has died after he was hit in the head by an object thrown from the crowd during a game in Algeria's top league. The...
Day care worker killed toddler while trying to 'toughen him up': sources
A state-licensed day care worker accused of killing a 20-month-old toddler told authorities she wanted to “toughen him up” when she placed him in a bathtub with scalding water in...
China developing its own OS to compete with Apple, Microsoft
China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals such as Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Apple Inc, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday....
Brosnan still hot 15 years after he was the 'sexiest man alive'
The spy thriller “The November Man,” out Wednesday, finds Pierce Brosnan playing an ex-CIA agent named Peter Devereaux, because Pierce Brosnan is apparently required by law to play characters with...
Kate Downey: My booty-ful NY
Museum Hack, which started about a year ago, offers unorthodox tours of museums throughout New York — including one dedicated to the perkiest posteriors on display at the Met. “An...
Why aggressive dog humping isn't always about sex
She took up her usual position: balanced on hind legs with the front legs resting on top of the other dog’s rump and then thrust, thrust, thrust. At the Madison...
Inside the war at home for military wives
Angela Ricketts’ memoir of her years as an active-duty Army officer’s wife “can’t be told in a linear way,” she writes, but rather in a “zigzagging” style, a metaphor for...
Powerful preacher endorses Malcolm Smith for re-election
Indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith is getting some divine intervention in his bid for re-election: an endorsement from the most influential pastor in his Queens district. Powerhouse preacher Rev. Floyd...
Earthquake rocks wine country, injuring at least 120 in California
SANOMA, Calif. — The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years sent scores of people to hospitals, ignited fires, damaged multiple historic buildings and knocked...
8 things to watch this week
1. 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday, 9 p.m., MTV Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke were not invited back. Instead, Thrice-nominated Ariana Grande will open the show, singing her new single...
Bushwick's newest bar serves up BBQ and boobs
The newest bar in Bushwick is the neighborhood’s most, er, titillating place to drink. The Boobie Trap opened last weekend as a cheeky shrine to all things boobs: The walls...
Local contestants get it on in the Air Sex Championships
As the song built to a climax, so did Jessica Kim. Onstage, the contestant was costumed as an Asian grandmother, with fake teeth and a bushy white wig comically attached...
Single guys with perfectly — thick eyebrows listen up
Celebrity eyebrow stylist Joey Healy, one of the stars of Bravo’s real-time dating series “The Singles Project,” will be out at one of his favorite neighborhood haunts, Chelsea’s Elmo, on...
Reality star's new sweater line is match in promotion heaven
Never before has there been a more appropriate reality-star business venture than Jax Taylor’s sweater line. It’s a match made in product promotion heaven. Taylor, a bartender and actor, is...
Stalled economy burns oil
There were no dog days of summer for most of the country this year — so folks didn’t have to suffer through intense heat and humidity. Instead, we were confronted...
Legal spat threatens popular Utah ski resort
Memo to Robert Redford, Katherine Heigl, Mitt Romney and other habitués of Park City: Unless you’re willing to forgo those ski runs into town from Utah’s most accessible ski resort,...
Duane Reade stores will be co-branded with Walgreens
New York City’s iconic Duane Reade drugstore nameplate looks like it’s getting downgraded. At a new store on Seventh Avenue just north of 34th Street, the sign in front reads,...
'Stingy' Harvard Club ditches penny-pinching ways
The good times are back at the exclusive Harvard Club. Management’s penny-pinching ways — which kept bartenders from pouring the robust drinks members had come to expect — have eased...
'Expendables 3' tanked because of leaked version: distributor
When “The Expendables 3,” with Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Ronda Rousey opened Aug. 15, it tanked at the box office because, the distributor claims, 2 million-plus people downloaded a...
Goose’s signature ‘Deuce’ at the US Open
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic leads the world’s best tennis players in the US Open on Monday — and while sports fans will eat up the action, corporate sponsors hope the fans...
Toys ‘R’ Us' Christmas wish: debt refinancing
Toys ‘R’ Us wants its Christmas present early — thanks to the hot credit markets. The retailer’s powerful owners — KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust — have hired...
Kalanick Uber-wise to bring in Plouffe
Uber’s strive-talking chief executive Travis Kalanick made headlines again this week when he hired political heavyweight David Plouffe to be the ride-sharing app’s “field general” — to push the San...
Promotions without more pay irking workers
Take this job and shove it! Workers across the US could be singing this popular country song after winning promotions or agreeing to take on more duties — but not...
Pittman heads to desert festival in fancy RV
Commercial radio kingpin Bob Pittman is firing up the Falcon 900 jet and heading to the Burning Man festival in the desert this week, according to On the Money tipsters....
Atypical registries a gift to retailers
Greed is good — for the growing online gift registry market. Years ago, students trooping off to college would never have typed up lists of 30 must-have items for their...
FDNY firefighter accused of marijuana use claims discrimination
The FDNY is trying to ax a black firefighter — who allegedly tested positive for marijuana — before he can retire on a three-quarters disability pension. If he wins, firefighter...
Israeli airstrike levels seven-story building in Gaza
http://youtu.be/6AZkNkxhMKs GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes leveled a seven-floor office building and severely damaged a two-story shopping center in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, signaling a new escalation...
Two kids among five dead in gruesome car crash
BABYLON, N.Y. — Authorities say a car veered off a New York highway, struck a tree and burst into flames, killing all five people in the vehicle, including two children....
MoMA intern in tragic fall at rooftop party
A boozy farewell party on the roof of a Greenwich Village townhouse ended in tragedy early Sunday when a young woman danced too close to the edge and plunged to...
Drunk man dives off Circle Line boat to avoid security
He was soused and doused. A 20-something Circle Line passenger was three sheets to the wind when he started shooting off fire extinguishers during a concert cruise Saturday night, a...
20-month-old dies at Bronx day care
A Bronx day care employee is charged with manslaughter after a 20-month-old boy died in her care Friday afternoon, authorities said. Cops responding to a 911 call at 2:20 p.m....
Pharmacy charges 9/11 responders $150 for medication records
A pharmacy near Mount Sinai Hospital is gouging sick 9/11 responders by charging $150 for a simple printout of the medications they take, advocates told The Post. Madison Avenue Pharmacy,...
Chinese chef dies after severed cobra head bites him
A Chinese chef cooking a dish with cobra flesh was killed by the snake he had planned to eat — when the creature’s severed head chomped down on him first....
Obama's golf outing after Foley beheading was a huge mistake
Sometimes a round of golf is just a round of golf. And sometimes it reveals the essence of a man. President Obama’s decision to hit the links and yuk it...
Bieber among the worst 'SNL' guest hosts: cast
Justin Bieber has topped the charts again — for being one of the worst hosts of “Saturday Night Live.” “I really didn’t enjoy having Justin Bieber around,” former cast member...
Times Square bus-tour ticket hawker says rival stabbed him
It’s not just costumed panhandlers raising hell in Times Square — a veteran tour-bus ticket hawker says he was stabbed in the face by a competitor as they battled for...
Men 'humiliated' after doctor posted pictures after plastic surgery
Two fashion photographers say their plastic surgeon turned the lens on them when they were just vulnerable patients, then put the post-op pics online for all to see, according to...
Couple fights to keep dignity in suit over infant's death
They lost their baby girl — and are fighting to keep their dignity. A couple whose infant was killed by a falling tree limb at the Central Park Zoo are...
Marijuana-promoting van found with illegal drugs inside: cops
Ganja buffs in a van covered with images of pot leaves and the words “Medical Marijuana Doctors” were busted with a massive stash of cocaine and ecstasy after cops searched...
John McEnroe's charity helps bring kids to tennis
A packed crowd turned out at Sportime Randall’s Island on Thursday night raise money for The Johnny Mac Tennis Project, John McEnroe’s charity that helps kids get involved in tennis...
Senators using taxpayer money for mailings that resemble ads
It looks like a campaign ad, but it’s taxpayers who are footing the bill. New York state senators sent out $3.2 million worth of state-funded mailings for the six-month period...
Wright's 0-for-5 stinker, deGrom's dud sink Mets
LOS ANGELES — Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain reeking. David Wright, reduced for most of this season to a shell of the player who has been a perennial...
Inside the city's tiniest properties
He’s squeezing by. A merchant named Bala has been doing business for 20 years on a triangle of land in Greenwich Village barely bigger than a bedsheet — the smallest...
Hundreds of dogs saved from massacre on Puerto Rico
When Stephen McGarva and wife Pamela decided to move to Puerto Rico because of her job, he jumped at the chance to explore the sun-soaked islands. On their first week...
De Blasio doesn't march but doesn't explain not attending
Mayor de Blasio was a no-show at the “March for Justice” — and dodged reporters’ questions at an earlier appearance Saturday about why he wouldn’t attend. “I’m not going out...
How the 'broken windows' strategy saved lives in NYC
In a startling bit of revisionist history, some activists argue that the miraculous drop in crime in New York City was inevitable — and didn’t have anything to do with...
Teachers union head calls Garner death 'teachable moment'
Blasted for leading his members to rally against the NYPD, the head of the city teachers union declared the chokehold death of Eric Garner a “teachable moment” for the entire...
6 celebrities share their most meaningful pieces of clothing
Polonius was right — clothes do make the man — but he was wrong about why. Why you love certain garments has less to do with how they look and...
Why comedians and 'SNL' are shielding President Obama
At last, we know the reason why comedy writers don’t make fun of President Obama much. It turns out the man is completely unmockable. We learn this from Jim Downey,...