March 8, 2015
Knicks thinking unthinkable with excelling Bargnani: a return?
DENVER — A healthy Andrea Bargnani finally is putting up big numbers in Phil Jackson’s triangle offense, and it’s putting a pause in what seemed the inevitable: the Italian’s summer...
Talbot makes history in shutout as Rangers roll past Chicago
CHICAGO — Eddie Giacomin and ... Cam Talbot? That’s the company the Rangers backup goalie joined with Sunday night’s thrilling 1-0 overtime victory over the Blackhawks at United Center, becoming...
'A tough road': Dustin Johnson puts exclamation point on comeback
DORAL, Fla. — Whether or not Dustin Johnson’s six-month hiatus from golf was self-imposed (as he has tried to indicate) or an unannounced PGA Tour suspension (which sources have said...
2 Chechen men charged in Nemtsov murder
A suspect with ties to one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top henchmen was charged Sunday in connection with the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Zaur Dadayev, who...
What Darvish injury should convince Mets about Dillon Gee
PORT ST. LUCIE — The sad word circulated throughout the game Saturday that Yu Darvish likely needed Tommy John surgery. The Pavlovian response, when it came to the Mets, was...
Poisoning probed in show dog's death
LONDON — The organizer of Britain's biggest dog show says an investigation is under way regarding claims that a dog who competed at the annual Crufts show has died after...
Helen Mirren rules Broadway in 'The Audience'
To the surprise of exactly no one, Helen Mirren is absolutely terrific as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience,” which opened on Broadway Sunday night. Admittedly, Mirren had practice, having...
Manhattan routs St. Peter’s, sets up MAAC title showdown with Iona
ALBANY — The best basketball rivalry in New York will have its rubber game. No. 1 Iona and No. 3 Manhattan will battle for an NCAA Tournament berth on Monday...
Clinton Inc. is what's wrong with America
Here’s the bottom line of the latest HillaryWorld scandals: Clinton Inc. embodies what’s wrong with America. It’s about getting stinking rich from the inside connections forged in a life of...
Eating our young: The dark truths of 'House of Cards'
The usual critical rap on “House of Cards” is that the Netflix series is sexist. Sorry: More striking is how it viciously eats its young, men and women alike. And,...
NYCFC blows late lead, ties with Orlando on historic day
ORLANDO, Fla. — Twenty years ago, MLS was a new league many thought wouldn’t survive. Four days ago it was locked in a labor struggle many thought would end in...
Reeling Nets, Deron Williams see how far they've fallen
It’s always dangerous to base any judgments off one game within an 82-game NBA regular season, or off one game over a four-year period. But it was very hard, if...
Anti-Israel marchers in the Celebrate Israel Parade
Why are the organizers of this year’s Celebrate Israel Parade letting a vehemently anti-Israel group march along down Fifth Avenue? Sunday, May 31, brings North America’s largest one-day celebration for...
Collateral damage of Obama's disastrous Iran deal
President Obama may be about to make the biggest of his many foreign-policy mistakes. Both Washington and Tehran have hinted that an accord on Iran’s nuclear program may come as...
Malone approaches Bolloré with Universal in mind
Media mogul John Malone is playing again in the music arena. The chairman of Liberty Media approached Vincent Bolloré, the chairman and biggest shareholder of Vivendi, to gauge the French...
Iona races past Monmouth and on to MAAC title game
ALBANY — Don’t let the fable fool you — tortoises have no business racing hares. Entering the MAAC Tournament semifinals with a regular-season split against Monmouth, top-seeded Iona exploited the...
Thousands cross Selma bridge on anniversary of bloody struggle
SELMA, Ala. — Thousands of people crowded an Alabama bridge on Sunday to commemorate a bloody confrontation 50 years ago between police and peaceful protesters that helped bring about the...
Cops ramp up security after 2 men seen videotaping synagogue
Two men were seen videotaping the outsides of two south Brooklyn synagogues Saturday afternoon -- and cops are now adding extra patrols to area.
Darvish, Cliff Lee show just how frail Yankees season is
TAMPA -- Yu Darvish and Cliff Lee are cautionary tales that pitchers' arms are as fragile as champagne glasses in a twister, even in March, when nothing counts. Darvish, the Rangers’...
Vatican receives ransom note for stolen Michelangelo letters
The Vatican has received a ransom note for a rare letter written by Renaissance artist Michelangelo that was stolen from its archives nearly 20 years ago. Not only was the...
Jets, Texans in three-way QB battle as Revis need grows
The Jets may be dancing the Texans Two-Step this week. As the Jets search for a veteran quarterback on the free-agent market, it appears they may get involved in a...
New Jersey Transit's 'chosen people'
To NJ Transit officials, its riders are “the Chosen People.” Chosen, that is, to plug any cash gap, which is now at $80 million. According to Gov. Chris Christie’s budget,...
Hands off, don't shoot
Hasn’t Ferguson suffered enough? Last summer, the city exploded into chaos and the entire nation was roiled by the activists’ rallying cry of “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” after Officer Darren...
Cuomo's moment
Andrew Cuomo has said all the right things about the abysmal state of public education in the Empire State. He’s noted that if money were the answer, New York would...
Baylor's mammoth, 410-pound tight end experiment
Bringing down a 6-foot-7, 410-pound freight train in the open field? That's a heavy order. And that's the problem Baylor hopes to force on its opponents, as the Bears are toying...
American tourists carved initials into Roman Colosseum, took selfie
Two American tourists will be leaving Rome with a memento they weren’t expecting: a criminal record. Security detained two young California women Saturday for carving their initials into a wall...
Bucs cheerleaders win $825K in lawsuit against team
Give me a K! Or, 825 of them! A group of Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleaders reached a settlement with the team, netting the pom-pom'ers $825,000 for gross underpayment. Manouchcar Pierre-Val filed a...
'Have to be alarmed': Cliff Lee with dreaded Dr. Andrews appointment
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee was temporarily shut down after experiencing soreness in his pitching elbow, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Sunday morning. Lee had an...
Obama administration, Netanyahu bicker on Twitter
WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have sunk to the level of social media sparring.
Schumer: FAA computers could be hacked by terrorists
The next plane disaster could be caused by Sony-style hackers — possibly putting passengers in mid-flight peril. The Federal Aviation Administration’s weak cyber security leaves wide open the possibility of...
St. John's Pointer snubbed, held off All-Big East 1st team
So much for that talk of Sir’Dominic Pointer as a Big East Player of the Year candidate. St. John’s do-everything senior didn’t even make the league’s all-conference first team, a...
Donald Trump returns lake-retrieved 3-iron to Rory McIlroy
https://twitter.com/CadillacChamp/status/574614112342245376 DORAL, Fla. -- On Friday, in a moment of frustration, Rory McIlroy heaved his 3-iron into the lake adjacent to the eighth hole during the second round of the...
NFL's 'dirtiest player' is leaving the Lions
The race is on to catch the Super Bowl champion Patriots. It is barely March, but each of New England's AFC East rivals already has made a significant splash in an offseason...
Jets running back Chris Johnson injured in fatal drive-by shooting
Jets running back Chris Johnson was shot in the shoulder in the early hours of Sunday morning in his hometown of Orlando, Fla. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in...
Cleveland Indians Twitter hilariously trolls criticizing fan
Playing manager from home, while yelling at the actual manager, is a time-honored baseball fan tradition. Getting passive-aggressively silenced by that team in public is a bit more novel, but consider...
Hillary email purge absent messages from infamous Libya trip
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House committee investigating the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans on Sept. 11, 2012, said there are “huge gaps” in the Hillary...
Soccer star snaps leg in bone-crunching collision
Warning: Video is graphic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVwVS5reGVc MILAN — Roma was held 0-0 Sunday at Chievo Verona as the capital side's title hopes took another blow in a Serie A match which...
Car crashes through front door of church
A car plowed through the front door of a Long Island church early Sunday, authorities said. The black sedan rammed into Second Baptist Church in Baldwin in Nassau County around...
Punch-trading 'melee' at NCAA women's game causes double forfeit
HOUSTON — Southern and Texas Southern were battling for the Southwest Conference women's basketball regular-season title Saturday night when a bench-clearing fight broke out midway through the second half. Officials...
Boko Haram pledges allegiance to ISIS
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram group, newly weakened by a multinational force that has dislodged it from a score of northeastern towns, reportedly pledged formal allegiance to the...
A-Rod flawless in first shot at third base
It's one start, but Alex Rodriguez looked natural at the hot corner. A-Rod was the starting third baseman for Sunday's 3-2 win against Washington. He had been the designated hitter in...
One dead in George Washington Bridge car crash
A person was killed when a car collided with a tractor trailer on the George Washington Bridge early Sunday, authorities said. A Honda Accord with four passengers collided with the...
'ISIS' hackers attack swanky Montauk hotel
ISIS versus The Hamptons? A posh Montauk hotel got a rude surprise Saturday night, when its Web site was attacked by hackers claiming to be ISIS terrorists. Anyone logging on...
MH370 locator beacon battery had expired: report
The first comprehensive report into the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Sunday revealed that the battery of an underwater locator beacon had expired more than a year before...
Pregnant perp ran from cops
The next bars she sees won't be on a crib. A pregnant car thief who gave police the slip Friday evening in Brooklyn is back in custody, officials confirmed Saturday....
The bizarre memoir of America's most famous pimp
Dennis Hof is the owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch, Nevada’s most famous legal brothel thanks to HBO’s late-night reality show “Cathouse,” which starred Hof and some of the working girls...
Assistant: 'My job was to be my boss's wicked-hot wing woman'
A titillating legal battle has busted out between a jet-setting Hollywood investor and his assistant — a “Lingerie Bowl” player who claims her job was to look good and help...
Schilling: Women should fight online harassment
On the afternoon of Feb. 25, a Wednesday, Gabby Schilling received a long-awaited piece of mail: her acceptance letter to Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. She was also informed...
Welfare rolls increasing, even as economy improves
Welfare is making a comeback under Mayor de Blasio, with 13,000 more New Yorkers on the dole by the end of his first year in office, according to a new...
Obama's nod to China could bring NYC real estate boom
It hasn’t gotten as much attention as his other immigration decrees, but President Obama has agreed to let Chinese citizens apply for multiple-entry business and tourist visas that last for...
Women seeking happiness should ditch drugs, including the Pill: doctor
New York women, it’s time to embrace your inner bitch. And that means ditching the drugs. “Too many of us are out of sync with our bodies and our environment,...
Out-of-touch food critics think you actually want to eat this
A hamburger with a giant bone protruding from between the buns. Barred knifejaw, a rare deep-ocean fish virtually without flesh and tasting mainly of bilge. Sound like anything you want...
The cult of Hillary: Dems stumble unquestioningly into 2016
Hillary Clinton is “one of the finest public servants this country has produced” and “a person of extraordinary integrity,” says Mayor de Blasio. He is completely confident that “measures were...
Hey moms! There's nothing wrong with clutter
Not very far into her book, “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” Japanese cleaning guru Marie Kondo describes what she does with all her spare moments now that her...
Why smash-hit 'Empire' 'scared the hell' out of its biggest star
After playing a cop for three years on the New York-based procedural “Person of Interest,” Taraji P. Henson was done with television. But her manager kept begging her to read...
Was 'Empire' inspired by these real hip-hop stars?
Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) The CEO/ founder — and at one time, biggest artist -— of the Empire label calls to mind Jay Z and Diddy, who transitioned from the...
Girardi gives timetable on when A-Rod will play third in game
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Alex Rodriguez is going to play third base Sunday or Monday, but the Yankees manager wasn’t sure which day. “My lineup is...
Lehman College too small for PSAL championship fans
The PSAL keeps dropping the ball. After dithering until the very last minute, the Public School Athletic League finally found an arena for Saturday’s semifinal basketball championship games - the...
Fisher cops to talks of giving Greek rookie spot on Knicks
Knicks coach Derek Fisher said it’s out of his hands whether to fill the open roster spot but admitted their unsigned second-round pick, shooting guard Thanasis Antetokounmpo, continues to be...
Wisconsin teen fatally shot by cop was unarmed: police chief
A 19-year-old black man who died after being shot by a police officer was unarmed, the Madison, Wis., police chief said Saturday. Tony Robinson was shot Friday night after assaulting...
Red Bulls get ready to kick off new era without Thierry Henry
After a tumultuous offseason that saw captain Thierry Henry retire and popular coach Mike Petke fired, the Red Bulls aren’t just kicking off a new season Sunday at Sporting KC...
Man created dating site — and he’s the only one on it
After joining a new dating site a month ago, Brandon Scott Wolf was thrilled by the response: 650 people contacted him about going out. Then again, he doesn’t have a...
Harsh reality Knicks face as top-flight free agent already says no
Marc Gasol apparently has inflicted the first dose of the harsh reality Knicks fans could face more of during the offseason. Big-name players aren’t necessarily going to be in a...
Seasoned basketball coach sues to get job back after dismissal
A venerable Queens basketball coach says the city Department of Education committed a personal foul when it canned him based on a single complaining parent. John Demas, 65, is fighting...
Phil Mickelson explains why he's suffering a crisis of confidence
DORAL, Fla. — Phil Mickelson feels his game inside of him, but he has not been able to deliver it on the golf course consistently this year. “I think last...
How NYCFC can buck the trend and 'beat everyone'
MLS has had plenty of expansion teams throughout its history, and almost every one without fail has, well, failed. Most have lost, some of them at a historic rate. But...
Former Ken Thompson staffer calls office 'torture chamber'
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson has banished veteran staffers to office purgatory, where they remove staples or shred documents eight hours a day, insiders told The Post. One staffer —...
Rory McIlroy, top pros starting to set their sights on the Masters
DORAL, Fla. — There has been — and still is for some — a golf tournament to try to win for the world’s best players at Trump Doral. But, even...
No more Henry, Petke: Can brand-new approach save Red Bulls?
Mike Petke has been replaced. Thierry Henry has retired. Though the former had the fans in open revolt, the latter has them asking how Bradley Wright-Phillips will score, and how...
J.B. Holmes in prime position for wire-to-wire win at Doral
DORAL, Fla. — The only thing that might be able to stop J.B. Holmes from winning the WGC-Cadillac Championship is Donald Trump stepping and telling him: “You’re fired!’’ Holmes, who...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Maybe he just needed a good night’s sleep. Cops released surveillance video of a cranky pillow thief who assaulted a worker and fled a University Heights store with...