February 6, 2015
6 questions the Yankees and A-Rod need answered
Alex Rodriguez already got his meeting with new MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. Now, it looks like he will get a similar opportunity to address lingering issues with the Yankees prior...
Wladimir Klitschko: I'm no Louis, Ali or Frazier
Wladimir Klitschko has held a piece of the heavyweight title since regaining the crown in April 2006 with a victory over Chris Byrd. He has made 17 successful title defenses...
Cashman's lofty expectations for Teixeira, Sabathia
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Alex Rodriguez isn’t the only high-priced, aging Yankee entering 2015 with doubts surrounding him. Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia also fall into that category, and general manager...
Young Seton Hall squad entering crunch time for NCAA tourney bid
Seton Hall’s hailed freshmen have proven worthy of the hype. More than two-thirds of the way through their first season, the young Pirates have played their way into NCAA Tournament...
Why St. John's is desperate to find a win against Creighton
Phil Greene IV and D’Angelo Harrison didn’t hesitate. The St. John’s seniors heard the question — is Saturday’s Garden matinee against Creighton a must-win game? — and responded with the...
The critical matchups on tap for St. John's, Seton Hall
Games of the Week Creighton at St. John’s (Saturday, Noon) The Red Storm desperately need marquee wins — after losing seven of their past 10 games — but being swept...
Amar'e Stoudemire may ask Knicks for buyout
Amar’e Stoudemire’s status for Friday’s game in Brooklyn was clear. His status for the second half of the season was far more muddled, with the Knicks big man mulling over...
As Phil Mickelson bombs out, young stud rises at Torrey Pines
LA JOLLA, Calif. — One day after the biggest star of the Farmers Insurance Open bowed out of the field at Torrey Pines, the second-biggest draw in the field departed....
The sobering truth about golf after Tiger Woods
LA JOLLA, Calif. — By the time it had become clear Tiger Woods’ glutes had deactivated and he was unable to reactivate them, he deactivated himself from the Farmers Insurance...
Embattled CTPartners gets a $5 million lifeline
Bedeviled CTPartners found itself an angel. The troubled Wall Street headhunter got a $5 million lifeline from AWM Investment, a hedge fund controlled by reclusive financier Austin W. Marxe. The...
Shape sale chisels American Media Inc.'s debt
American Media Inc. got a small pat on the back from Moody’s for the sale of Shape and other titles to Meredith for $60 million — but it’s not out...
NYPD to sport 'Rolls-Royce' of bulletproof vests
Nothing but the best for the Finest. City officials said Friday they are dedicating $7.3 million for bulletproof vests that Police Commissioner Bratton hailed as the “Rolls-Royce” of all the...
NY Democrats claim 'clerical error' for deficit calculation mistake
After amending campaign filings with the Board of Elections three times this week, the New York County Democratic Committee still can’t seem to calculate its deficits correctly. It listed a...
Jobs lost after the holidays skew January data
The job growth for January that was announced Friday by the Labor Department was certainly impressive. And, I have to admit, it was a lot higher than I anticipated. Or...
Farewell to Giants matriarch Ann Mara
New York Giants matriarch Ann Mara was laid to rest Friday as friends and family gathered in Manhattan to honor “The First Lady of Football.” The 85-year-old mother of 11...
Heaviest part of snowstorm will go around New York City, hit Northeast
The Big Apple will dodge another winter storm bullet this weekend as forecasts of heavy snow and frigid rain shifted to areas upstate. Despite the change in plans, New Yorkers...
Watchdog group proposes garbage-collection fee for in NYC
A civic watchdog group is suggesting the city pare down its $1.5 billion budget for collecting and disposing trash by charging residents a fee based on how much they toss...
Exec's promotion could signal more spinoffs at MSG
The executive behind Cablevision’s spinoffs of AMC Networks and Madison Square Garden is poised for even more spins. That’s the take-away from Gregg Seibert’s promotion Friday to vice chairman of...
NYSE giving up Broad Street home in cost-cutting move
The parent of the New York Stock Exchange is giving up one of its longtime homes in the Financial District in a move that could also generate millions for the...
Little-known deal could be the downfall of Herbalife
A little-known but cushy deal between Herbalife and its distributors signed more than a decade ago could become a flashpoint in the controversy over the multi-level marketing company. The deal...
Patrik Elias picks up goal No. 400 as Devils cruise over Maple Leafs
Longtime New Jersey Devil Patrik Elias finally joined the 400-goal club. The "achievement" for the Maple Leafs on the same night was no cause for celebration. Elias ended a nine-game...
Forget Brodeur: Without Lundqvist, Rangers will be fine
Last year, when Jonathan Quick was sidelined for two months with a severe groin injury, the Kings went 14-7-3 with Ben Scrivens and Martin Jones filling in until the 2012...
The SS Mets settled for out to prove everyone wrong
PORT ST. LUCIE — Doubters can doubt, Wilmer Flores doesn’t care. Truth be told, he doubted himself last year when it came to playing shortstop, but this is a much...
In ugly one, Nets prove they're not as bad as Knicks
Neither of the local NBA teams has exactly lit the world on fire this season, but at least the Knicks and Nets combined to give their respective fan bases a...
Jurors visit Aaron Hernandez's home on tour of key spots in murder case
FALL RIVER, Mass. — A heavy police escort accompanied jurors in the murder trial of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez on Friday as they toured key spots in...
Stop-and-frisk lawyer makes more than $500k a year
The biggest winner in the stop-and-frisk lawsuit against the city is the court-appointed federal monitor in charge of NYPD oversight. White-shoe lawyer Peter Zimroth’s fees, which come to $43,750 a...
Planned warning lights were never installed at Metro-North crash site
State transportation officials planned five years ago to install more flashing warning lights at the Westchester train crossing where a driver and five commuters perished in a fiery crash Tuesday...
The Eva Moskowitz revenge act
We’re not back in medieval England, but you’d never know it from Democrats in the New York Assembly who have targeted Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz with a new piece...
New York's sleaze incentive
Send the bill to Shelly. Why should New Yorkers have to pick up the $545,000 tab for settling a lawsuit brought by two former legislative staffers who say they were...
Obama's bad Christians
President Obama made an excellent point this week about violence committed in the name of God and religion. It just happens to be the exact opposite of the point he...
The left's lame war on 'evil'
Where is Chris Kyle when you need him? The late hero of the movie “American Sniper” made no apology for killing as many members of Al Qaeda in Iraq, the...
Pretending the economy doesn't stink
Two phrases that Daniel Patrick Moynihan put into America’s political lexicon two decades ago are increasingly pertinent. They explain the insufficient dismay about recent economic numbers. Moynihan said that when...
Barbarians at the gate: Will we fight to destroy them?
I wouldn’t watch the video of Jordanian pilot Mouath al-Kasaesbeh being consumed by fire, because to do so was exactly what the Islamist barbarians who produced it wanted. They wanted...
Mom threatened to blow up school because daughter flunked exam: sources
An overzealous Staten Island mom was arrested for threatening to blow up her daughter’s high school because the teen flunked a Regents exam, law-enforcement sources said. A guidance counselor at...
Sorry Jimmy Fallon, 'Saved By the Bell' is still flunking
What’s that? Yeah, yeah, I saw the Jimmy Fallon “Saved by the Bell” reunion on “The Tonight Show.” And can we get real for a minute? “Saved by the Bell”...
Vanderbilt rapist says he's 'sorry' on Dr. Phil show
A former Vanderbilt player convicted of raping a fellow student with a teammate tells Dr. Phil in a jailhouse interview that he is sorry for his actions. Corey Batey was...
Who else should FX cast in its OJ Simpson miniseries?
On Thursday, FX announced that Courtney B. Vance will play Johnnie Cochran in its O.J. miniseries, “American Crime Story: The People Vs. O.J. Simpson.” Vance joins a laundry list of...
Anthem warns of scam emails after massive hack of 80M records
INDIANAPOLIS — After a huge hack, Anthem is warning about "phishing" scam emails that are targeting people it insures or has insured in the past. The company behind Blue Cross...
Pretty little liars: 5 celebs who’ve bent the truth
How quickly tall tales fall. In the days since Brian Williams inaccurately recounted his time in Iraq — misstating that he was aboard a helicopter that was “hit and crippled...
The day in photos
A newborn orangutan says hello to the world, a sheep poses for a selfie, President Barack Obama grins and more.
Family stages kidnapping of 6-year-old son to teach him lesson
A 6-year-old Missouri boy's mother, grandmother and aunt face charges after authorities said they staged his kidnapping because they believed he was too nice to people and they wanted to...
Kevin Klein homecoming reminder of trade Rangers dominated
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s a homecoming of sorts for Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein, as he goes back to play his former team, the Predators, on Saturday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena....
Mad subway slasher questioned by cops
A suspect is in custody for a string of random assaults — including three slashings with a box cutter — in Manhattan, police sources said Friday. The suspect, whose identity...
Alba and Teigen score with crop tops, while Fox fumbles in Ferragamo
Crop top and midi-skirt combos were all the rage on the red carpet this week. And while stars like Jessica Alba and Chrissy Teigen shined in these risqué looks, a...
TurboTax stops e-filing state returns after fraud spike
TurboTax, the most popular at-home tax prep software, has suspended transmitting its customers’ state e-filing returns to investigate an increase in fraudulent filings. “Some states have seen an increase in...
NYCFC gets Colombia midfielder as a Frank Lampard imitation
https://twitter.com/NYCFC/status/563724778646016000 New York City FC has added midfielder Javier Calle on a season-long loan, with an option to buy. The 23-year-old Colombian flew Friday with the team to Manchester, England,...
Warriors’ Kerr: I couldn't be the third Splash Brother
The immortal Mark Twain once observed, “There are three types of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.” Statistics say Warriors coach Steve Kerr was a better 3-point shooter in his...
Husband eulogizes wife who caused fatal Metro-North crash
In an anguished eulogy, the husband of the woman who drove her SUV onto Metro-North tracks in Westchester, killing herself and five train riders, told mourners Friday that the family's...
Will ‘Jupiter Ascending’ be Oscar hopeful Eddie Redmayne’s ‘Norbit’?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qINatQjwB5o Sometimes the stars align disastrously during an Oscar campaign, most famously when Eddie Murphy’s pursuit of an Oscar for “Dreamgirls” was dragged to Earth by the sheer gravitational pull...
Lillias White and Scott Wakefield lift otherwise flat ‘Texas in Paris’
“Texas in Paris” is described as a play with music, but the balance between the two parts is lopsided. The musical bits are strong — unsurprisingly, since one of the...
Lucky Magazine axes 12 staffers
The Lucky Group, formed last year when Condé Nast spun off Lucky magazine as a joint venture with e-commerce company Beachmint, laid off about a dozen people, sources said. Lucky...
Surviving a plane crash: Does where you sit make a difference?
An incredible story of luck and ingenuity has emerged in the wake of the tragic TransAsia plane crash in Taiwan on Wednesday. A Taiwanese couple and their young son switched...
Weirdest NHL in-fight yields shower-soaked tracksuit, nasty injury
Evander Kane's situation eventually was going to come to a head -- we just didn't know it would be a shower head. The defiant 23-year-old Winnipeg Jets winger was scratched from Tuesday night's...
The juggling act that will define once-promising Raptors season
You get the sense, being around the Toronto Raptors, they wouldn’t have minded getting off to a bit of a slower start in their 2014-15 campaign than they did. After blasting...
Hockey goon's devotion to fights degrades sport -- and his brain
So here’s something I’m not really supposed to say: I like Brandon Prust. When he was with the Rangers, he was always a nice guy to be around. He was...
Malia and Michelle Obama scouting NYC colleges
First Daughter Malia Obama is scouting out colleges in New York City. The 16-year-old high junior was spotted touring NYU this morning, with her mom and a Secret Service detail...
Officials probing whether 'hero' crew made tragic mistake in TransAsia crash
A pilot of a TransAsia Airways shouted, “Mayday! Mayday! Engine flameout!” before the plane flipped over and crashed into a river in Taiwan, killing 35 — and now officials are investigating...
Egyptian lawyer gets 25 years for role in US embassy bombings
An Egyptian lawyer was sentenced Friday to 25 years behind bars for conspiring with Osama bin Laden in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa that left 224...
This amusement park lets visitors go nuts with machine guns
Trigger-happy thrill-seekers have been bypassing Disney World to get their shot off at Florida's newest attraction — Machine Gun America. "Our mission is simple — to provide each of our...
ISIS: American hostage has died in airstrikes
WASHINGTON — ISIS claimed Friday that an American woman whom it has been holding hostage was killed by a Jordanian airstrike in Syria — but the terrorists didn’t offer any...
5 times SpongeBob caused a controversy
This Friday sees the return of everyone’s favorite underwater rectangle in “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water.” But you don’t get to such a big, splashy feature without making...
‘Downton Abbey’ costumes come stateside to the Biltmore Estate
We think even the Dowager Countess would approve. Forty outfits from the British costume drama “Downton Abbey” make their way to our shores for the exhibit “Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion...
Throat shot will keep Rangers' Lundqvist out at least a month
NASHVILLE, Tenn.— The King is dread. Rangers franchise goalie Henrik Lundqvist is expected to miss four-to-six weeks with a neck injury, as first reported by The Post’s Larry Brooks. The...
Brian Cashman: Yankees agree to A-Rod meeting
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — There’s no doubt Alex Rodriguez and Brian Cashman have plenty to talk about before Rodriguez gets back on the field. That meeting will happen, and the Yankees’...
Vatican building showers & barber shop for the homeless
VATICAN CITY — Rome's homeless are about to get some TLC. The Vatican is finishing renovations on public restrooms just off St. Peter's Square that will include three showers and...
The 6 most badass dragons of recent memory
If you listen to the critics, there aren’t many reasons to go see “Seventh Son,” the new fantasy flick in theaters Friday. No reason, that is, unless you really love...
Meet the 400-pound monsters coming to college football
At a combined weight of 830 pounds ... these two college football recruits are setting a new standard for pure, jaw-dropping girth. Among the most publicized recruits announced during Wednesday's...
Daughter of MLB All-Star will pitch against the boys in college
Sarah Hudek is following in her father’s footsteps more than most suspected possible. John Hudek was a journeyman reliever who made one All-Star appearance with the Astros and spent part...
Man so distracted by phone he misses humpback whale 2 feet away
http://instagram.com/p/yoUT8XnEtQ/?modal=true&utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=photo Never mind stopping to smell the roses — make sure you stop to watch a whale, especially if it’s right beside you. A professional photographer snapped a photo of...
Britney Spears strips down in sexy lingerie campaign
Britney Spears isn’t afraid to show a little skin, stripping down to her skivvies in her latest lingerie campaign. And with New York Fashion Week just around the corner, meet...
Jordan’s queen comforts pilot's widow
AMMAN, Jordan — A prominent jihadi preacher lashed out Friday against Islamic State militants for burning to death a Jordanian pilot, saying the action was "not acceptable in any religion."...
US added stronger-than-expected 257K jobs in January
US employers hired at a stellar pace last month, wages rose by the most in six years, and Americans responded by streaming into the job market to find work. The...
Chris Paul attacks 'ridiculous’ female ref's credibility
CLEVELAND — Clippers All-Star guard Chris Paul was critical of referee Lauren Holtkamp following a 105-94 loss to the Cavaliers on Thursday night. Paul was assessed a technical foul in...
Aaron Hernandez lawyer scolded for Deflategate joke
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- The judge overseeing the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has chastised his lawyer for making a joke about Deflategate while questioning...
2 officers accused of severely beating man in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Two city police officers were arrested Thursday and accused of knocking a man off a scooter and beating him so severely that another officer thought he had been...
Japan's plan to stop employees from working selves to death
TOKYO — College-educated and gainfully employed 36-year-old Eriko Sekiguchi should be a sought-after friend or date, planning nights on the town and faraway resort vacations. But she works in Japan,...
Stoudemire changes his tune, may ask for Knicks buyout
Amar'e Stoudemire is a conflicted man right now. One day after saying at practice he was content to ride out the season with the Knicks, he said in an interview...
Twitter revenue rises 97% in 4th quarter
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo didn’t deliver the user numbers Wall Street wanted, but at least he showed them the money. Shares of the social-networking site soared more than 10 percent...
Former cop compares police who kill violent mentally ill suspects to 'Nazis'
A Columbia University-hosted panel billed as “improving police-community relations” turned into a cop hate fest Thursday, with one former transit detective comparing cops who kill violent, mentally ill suspects to...
Principal encourages kids and parents to lobby against Cuomo
The city’s union-run schools have introduced a new lesson plan: brazenly lobbying students and staffers to campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s education reforms — while they’re in class. During her...
Driver peered into mangled cab before disappearing: witness
An accused hit-and-run driver on trial for killing a pregnant woman and her husband in Brooklyn got out of his BMW and peered into the windows of their crumpled livery...
MSG analyst Joe Micheletti: 100 is magic number for Rangers
MSG Network analyst Joe Micheletti talks about Henrik Lundqvist’s absence, the Rangers’ postseason push and the struggles of Dan Boyle and J.T. Miller. Q: Can the Rangers survive without Henrik...
Michelle Obama 'Happy' about $500M fit-kid gift at city HS
Her husband may be stressed selling his new budget, but Michelle Obama sure is happy. The first lady danced briefly to the hit Pharrell song “Happy” Thursday at Edward A....
Saddam Hussein's hanging noose up for auction
The rope used to execute ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could be yours for the right price. Mowaffak Al-Rubaie, a former Iraqi politician, has put the item up for sale...
Woman wins $1.5M after car crash turns her into a dominatrix
A woman claims a car crash changed her personality — transforming her from a star student to a lusty dominatrix — and now she’s getting $1.5 million in damages for...
Fatal crash leaves Metro-North riders wary of the front car
A man who had been in the second car of the train in Tuesday’s deadly Metro-North crash was back aboard the Harlem line Thursday — reluctantly riding in the first...
Brooklyn borough president puts out feelers for mayoral run
Mayor Bill de Blasio had better watch his back. The next mayoral election isn’t until 2017, but one of his supposed allies is already making moves for a possible challenge,...
Jeb Bush: I was offered NFL commissioner's job
WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush has revealed that he was offered the NFL commissioner’s job in 2006. “I was encouraged to consider it,” the former Florida governor and potential presidential contender...
Steve Lavin’s future at St. John’s rides on perilous 2nd half
Steve Lavin doesn’t sound like a coach concerned for his job. With just one year remaining on his initial six-year contract with St. John’s, Lavin said “it’s never been an...
Obama calls ISIS 'brutal, vicious death cult'
http://youtu.be/XU7RuilNq4w?t=6m46s WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday described ISIS as a “brutal, vicious death cult” that commits “unspeakable acts of barbarism,” in some of his most emotionally charged rhetoric about...
Ebola doc rips Cuomo, Christie quarantine orders
The Harlem doctor who contracted and beat Ebola lashed out at Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday, saying they acted out of fear and without...
Players know how to save 'watered down’ Knicks-Nets rivalry
With Brooklyn playing host to the Knicks on Friday at Barclays Center, the Nets admitted the rivalry had lost all of its juice because both teams have struggled so badly,...
Dustin Johnson makes rusty return from 6-month 'drug ban’
LA JOLLA Calif. — Amidst the drama of Tiger Woods’ mid-round withdrawal at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, Dustin Johnson quietly made his 2015 debut after what many...
Bratton uses ‘Man for All Seasons’ as a mayoral playbook
It can’t be easy working for mayors as dissimilar as Bill de Blasio and Rudy Giuliani, so Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says he seeks guidance from a celebrated film about...
World Series hero is secret weapon for St. John's baseball
Joe Panik walked into the St. John’s weight room and everyone froze. Baseball royalty was now among the Red Storm baseball team, a World Series champion who reached the top...
MoMA to stay open 24 hours for Matisse viewing
All day. All night. Art lovers who want to catch MoMA’s Matisse cutouts before the exhibit closes will be able to visit at any hour this weekend between 10:30 a.m....
After latest injury, is Tiger Woods finished?
LA JOLLA, Calif. — Tiger Woods is mired in the worst two-way miss of all in golf: He’s a mess both mentally and physically. Before Woods struck a ball in...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Two men robbed a straphanger minutes after he exited a subway station in Bushwick, cops said. The 23-year-old victim told cops he had left the Knickerbocker/Myrtle Avenue stop at 6...