April 19, 2015
Joe Girardi thinking an extra day of rest might be best for Tanaka
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Masahiro Tanaka’s regular turn to start is Thursday against the Tigers in Detroit. However, with the Yankees in a stretch when they are scheduled to play...
Losing quickly taking the novelty away from NYCFC
Has the shine come off the new toy? This is a question followers of New York City FC have to be asking themselves about the MLS expansion club that resides in...
Top prospect keeping Mets calm despite loss of d'Arnaud
The Mets felt Kevin Plawecki was close to being major league ready out of spring training. Hopefully two weeks in Las Vegas completed the job. It had better have, because...
It wouldn't be the Mets without a full-blown crisis at 10-3
Problems are never completely solved in baseball. That’s what makes this game such a challenge. Catcher Travis d’Arnaud knows this better than anyone. D’Arnaud was off to a terrific start...
Another late goal extends NYCFC’s winless skid to five
The Mets aren’t the only blue-clad team in town being decimated by injuries. They’re just the only team finding a way to win despite them. Sunday saw New York City...
What the Rangers must change to take Game 3 vs. Penguins
PITTSBURGH — If it has seemed as if the Rangers were stuck in neutral for much of their opening two-game split at the Garden against the Penguins, that’s because they...
The one thing Derek Fisher clearly mastered his first season
Derek Fisher won a lot of press conferences during the 2014-15 season, just not a lot of games. Fisher is the 26th coach in Knicks history and is ranked dead last...
Boychuk doesn't want attention for his superb performance
Johnny Boychuk wanted to deflect the praise, but there was no hiding from the fact he acted like a shutdown cornerback on Alex Ovechkin all Sunday afternoon. “It’s just your...
Oilers found good fortune, now it's up to them to finally cash in
PITTSBURGH — In the afterglow of the Oilers doing what they do best, which is winning something as bystanders, GM Craig MacTavish crowed so much he sounded like a guy...
Matt Harvey was sick on Sunday ... but not in a good way
At 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Matt Harvey contacted the Mets. “I woke up, I can’t swallow. At that point, not sleeping and coming to the park, I texted one of the...
The Cisco Kid
Wonder why there’s so much concern about the billions raised by the Clinton Foundation? Consider one small tale. In 2009, tech company Cisco Systems Inc. faced an investor revolt over...
Jersey's junk finances
And then there were nine — New Jersey debt-rating downgrades, that is, since Gov. Chris Christie took office. And all for the same reason: the Garden State’s seemingly hopeless, endless...
De Blasio's Iowa error
Here’s the funny thing about Mayor de Blasio’s lecturing Iowans about inequality last week: He doesn’t have anything to teach them, because his city is one of the most unequal...
‘Fun Home’ isn't perfect, but immensely likable
Don't let its perky title and the cute children in its cast fool you: “Fun Home” isn’t a show for tourists. Based on Alison Bechdel’s autobiographical graphic novel, Lisa Kron...
Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'Star Talk' brings science to late-night TV
After hosting Fox’s “Cosmos” reboot last year, astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson had no ambitions to do another TV show. But after being pressed by producers, he realized he was...
It's the wrong era for this Clinton
Presidents are inevitably shaped by the circumstances in which they campaign for — and come into — office. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt called for “bold, persistent experimentation” and followed through...
Why Arabs distrust Obama
Last week, President Obama finally set a date — May 13 — for Washington’s Arab allies to gather at an “urgent” summit. Obama made the invitation to calm Arab fears...
Hey, Uncle Sam: Leave those raisins alone
In oral arguments Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear the government defend its kleptocratic behavior while administering an indefensible law. The Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 is among the...
Gifts for New York's rich
The City Council styles itself as more “progressive” than our progressive mayor. So why is Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito pushing a giveaway to the rich — offering cash to the...
Mets will need to get creative with bullpen after losing Blevins
One of the Mets’ strengths over the season’s glorious first two weeks is suddenly looking like a major weakness. Left-handed specialist Jerry Blevins, so integral to the Mets’ 10-3 start,...
'Vanishing' mom now in legal battle over late husband's estate
A Long Island woman who vanished last month in Manhattan along with her 14-year-old daughter is in the midst of a vicious battle over her late husband's estate. Iona Costello,...
Nets hang in, but can't get over top in playoff-opening loss to Hawks
ATLANTA — The Nets spent the previous four days hearing about how they shouldn’t be in the playoffs, how no one wanted to watch them play, how the Hawks had...
Floral lovers flock: Lilly Pulitzer for Target sells out in hours
Ain’t that a beach — Target’s already out of Lilly Pulitzer! Cheap chic discounter Target was faced with a slew of irate customers after a Lilly Pulitzer capsule collection sold...
Reunited: Tim Tebow expected to join Eagles, Mark Sanchez
He’s baaaaaack. Tim Tebow is returning to the NFL, at least on a trial basis, after Eagles coach Chip Kelly pulled off yet another head-scratching move by agreeing to sign...
Police: Seal or sea lion pup abducted from LA beach
LOS ANGELES — Whoever snatched a seal or sea lion pup from a Los Angeles beach early Sunday should not confuse the animal's cuteness with its potentially vicious bite, according...
Empty chairs honor 168 victims of Oklahoma City bombing
Every day when Dr. Rosslyn Biggs goes to work as a federal government veterinarian, she is reminded of her mother, one of 168 people killed in the Oklahoma City bombing...
Raucous crowd making Coliseum's final days 'unforgettable' for Isles
It is 23.7 miles from here to there, from today until tomorrow, from this dusty old epicenter for the bedroom communities of Nassau County to the gleaming basilica at the...
6 personalized jewelry pieces perfect for Mother's Day
Like refined emojis, these mix-and-match earrings send the message that she’s the queen of your heart.
DA says Apple, Google software helps terrorists
Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. sounded a battle cry Sunday, calling on law-enforcement agencies to battle Apple and Google over software that makes it impossible for authorities to “decrypt” cellphones...
Pete Rose hired as Fox guest analyst
Disgraced baseball slugger Pete Rose is proving to be a tough out. The all-time hits leader -- who's banned from America's Pastime for gambling on games -- has been hired...
Cops pull body from Hudson River
Police pulled the body of a 23-year-old man from the Hudson River near Battery Park on Sunday afternoon, cops said. The corpse was discovered fully clothed floating in the water...
Yankees head back to reality with trip to Detroit
ST. PETERSBURG Fla. — It’s back to the varsity schedule for the Yankees starting Monday night. After stinking against the Blue Jays, Red Sox and Orioles to start the season,...
De Blasio flunks 'report card' on city school improvements
Send him to detention! Mayor de Blasio got lousy marks in more than half the subjects parents graded him on concerning campaign promises he made to improve city schools. Parent...
Stringer blasts 'stomach-crawling' state of city animal shelters
City-funded animal shelters are administering medicine that’s more than a decade old to suffering strays, according to a scathing new report unveiled Sunday. In announcing the findings, city Comptroller Scott...
Mets win eighth straight, but lose Blevins, d'Arnaud to injuries
So you’re the Mets and you have a six-run lead with Matt Harvey on the mound. That is a scenario you fantasize about. But the dream situation became a nightmare...
700 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes in Mediterranean
ROME — A smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off Libya's coast as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy and intensifying pressure...
Islanders take 2-1 series edge over Caps thanks to Tavares' overtime goal
It’s not easy to pinpoint maturation. It wasn’t easy for Islanders captain John Tavares to do it, either. But the differences between so many thens and now — the growth,...
Giants close to filling huge hole at safety with Stevie Brown
The Giants have a gaping hole at free safety and would like Stevie Brown to fill it. There’s a good chance that happens soon. There’s an offer on the table...
ISIS video shows execution of Ethiopian Christians
ISIS terrorists released their latest blood-drenched video on Sunday, showing the shootings and beheadings of two groups of Ethiopian Christians in Libya. “You will not have safety even in your...
Rubio: People are born gay, but don't have right to marry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio believes gays and lesbians are born that way — but they don’t have a fundamental right to marry. Marriage should be between one man and one woman,...
LPGA player wins tournament with 154-yard holeout eagle
Sei Young Kim holed out from 154 yards for eagle to win the LPGA Tour's Lotte Championship on the first hole of a playoff Saturday with Inbee Park.
The story behind Alex Torres' goofy baseball cap
Yes, it's easy to make fun of Alex Torres and his cartoonish hat that looks like a UFO uses it as a landing strip, but it's no laughing matter to...
Female artist left dangling after she hung herself on fire escape
An artist fascinated with the morbid hanged herself from the fire escape of her Brooklyn apartment building Sunday — horrifying residents who were left to walk past her dangling body...
Islanders fans create early party atmosphere at Coliseum
Sunday's playoff game against the Capitals may have started at noon, but Islanders' fans were in a party mood outside Nassau Coliseum early in the morning for Game 3 of...
Woman jumps to her death from George Washington Bridge
A woman attached a plastic bag to each of her ankles — one containing her car keys and the other a goodbye letter with her parents’ contact information — and...
Woman's search for birth mother leads to co-worker
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A 38-year-old woman's quest to find her birth mother ended in a surprising place - the company where she works. WKBN-TV in Youngstown reports that La-Sonya Mitchell-Clark requested...
The man who shot Reagan lives a cushy life in a gated community
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The last man to shoot an American president now spends most of the year in a house overlooking the 13th hole of a golf course in a...
Truck hits Brooklyn wall memorializing traffic victims
In a bizarre case of life imitating art, a tractor-trailer plowed into a Brooklyn wall where safe-streets activists were creating a mural memorializing people killed in city vehicle crashes last...
Principal gets off easy after 'revenge' review on teacher
A controversial principal has been nailed again — this time for giving a bad review to a whistleblower. Greta Hawkins of PS 90 flunked teacher Vicky Giasemis last school year...
FDNY hosting citywide ‘Open House’ for 150th anniversary
The FDNY is planning to celebrate its 150th anniversary by holding a citywide “Open House,” The Post has learned. Every firehouse and many EMS stations will open their world-famous doors...
Sony leaks lay bare the depressing reality of moviemaking
Sony is ruing the day it let Charles Sipkins go. The former p.r. chief, who left in November, seemed like the shrewdest person there. “Let’s talk on the phone please,”...
'Ad partner' lets MTA secretly censor ads on subways, buses
The MTA has a secret censorship system for its bus and subway ads.
Taxi flu 'epidemic': Most cabbies are not vaccinated
Catch a cab — and the flu! Only 17.7 percent of New York cabbies bothered to get an influenza vaccination, endangering themselves and their passengers, according to a new study....
Motorcycle ride to honor cop killed in ‘Harlem Mosque’ incident
It’s billed as the “last ride.” Sunday morning will mark the 10th — and likely last — memorial motorcycle ride by the Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club of Nassau...
Union's bill would limit hotels converting rooms to condos
The hotel-workers union is trying to steer a bill through the City Council to force hotels to get city permission before converting rooms into apartments. Critics have called it a...
Cab fatally hits pedestrian in Brooklyn
A woman struck by a green taxi in Brooklyn has died from her injuries, police said early Wednesday. A green cab slammed into Barbara Gracey, 61, in Clinton Hill and...
Local police amassing arsenal of surplus Army weapons
Maybe they’re getting ready for an invasion from Canada. The police in upstate Watertown, a city of 28,000 people 30 miles south of the border, have a mine-resistant vehicle in...
Parents of 'murdered mob victim’ suing crime-family turncoats
The parents of an apparent mob murder victim have filed a $10 million wrongful-death claim against two crime-family turncoats. Carmine and Rosa Gargano say wiseguys Dino Calabro and Joseph Competiello...
Elephant kills big-game hunter who shot leopard dead
Pals stick together — even in the wild kingdom. A big-game hunter who killed a leopard hours earlier was reportedly crushed to death by an elephant during a safari in...
Nine shot in separate incidents across city
The warm weather came with a hail of bullets Saturday night as nine people, including a 15-year-old girl, were shot across The Bronx and Brooklyn. None of the victims suffered...
Welfare recipients used strip club ATMs, despite new law
Welfare recipients swiped their electronic benefits cards to get cash at strip clubs, peep shows, porn shops and liquor stores for months after a state law was enacted to stop...
Accused bar-bathroom rapist: I'm a real Cary Grant
The serial sex offender accused of raping a woman in a Flatiron District bar professed his innocence on Saturday during an exclusive jailhouse interview — in which he bizarrely likened...
ESPN rager Britt McHenry 'abandoned' car in lot overnight
The ESPN reporter caught on camera berating a tow-yard employee reportedly abandoned her car overnight at a Chinese restaurant parking lot before the vehicle was towed away. Britt McHenry, who...
Boyfriend drove hair-care entrepreneur to suicide: sister
Titi Branch had it all — a multimillion-dollar hair-care empire she built up from a humble Brooklyn salon, a loving sister who was her business partner and confidante, and a...
Loophole lets shelter house 60 sex offenders near schools
The city has turned a homeless shelter near two schools into a dumping ground for dozens of degenerates, a state lawmaker charged Saturday. New NYPD and state data show at...
What Garry Trudeau gets wrong about comedy and radical Islam
When cartoonist Garry Trudeau was scheduled to receive a Polk Award at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus on April 10, it hardly seemed worth covering. Everyone could easily predict exactly...
Did an FBI call accidentally kill an NYPD officer?
Today, the Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club will ride in honor of Phillip Cardillo, an NYPD officer who was killed 43 years ago inside a Harlem mosque. Later this...
Why hasn't the economy fully recovered? Debt, debt, debt
America’s economy has grown for nearly six years and with particular vigor over the last six months. By historical standards, we’re due for another recession. When that downturn comes, it...
Why de Blasio's criticism of Clinton will backfire
Bill de Blasio ran Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign in 2000. Now it’s 2015 and he’s giving her a hard time. This is odd. “It’s time to see a clear, bold...
Inside the military program that put women in combat
From the beginning, Ashley White set herself apart. When she enrolled in the ROTC program at Kent State University in 2011, she was 18 years old and determined to train...
An 'oppressive society' isn't forcing women to marry and have kids
“Are women people yet?” This is the question with which Kate Bolick concludes her new book “Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own.” Bolick, the 40-something singleton, argues that even...
YouTube celebrates 10 years of making users Internet-famous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw Ten years ago this week, the first-ever video was uploaded to YouTube. And it didn’t even feature a single cat or Kardashian. The 18-second clip, entitled “Me at the...
Bruce sits down with Diane Sawyer — a must-watch this week
1. Scandal Thursday, 9 p.m., ABC The team taking down B613 is forced to take drastic measures to ensure their own safety. Over at the White House, Mellie (Bellamy Young,...
The hits and miss-tresses of 'Sex Bomb' Tom Jones
Who else could inspire groups of women to shed their underwear and throw it on stage? Only Tom Jones. It’s no wonder then that man who sang “Sex Bomb,” “Delilah,”...
The best dating apps for landing a tech millionaire
Looking for a Mark Zuckerberg or Sheryl Sandberg of your very own? Look no further. We talked to some in-the-know techies about their favorite dating apps. Give them a try...
Job-hoppers are deflating tenure rates
It’s always a good time to think about your next job, since you’re probably leaving this one sooner than you think. That’s because the average American worker seeks a new...
Hondo turns red after loss
Hondo dropped back into the red Saturday when the Padres failed to show the Cubs who their daddies are. As a result, the deficit now stands at 50 tenaces. Sunday:...
Small business owners scaling back amid 'uncertain' economy
Linda Passante has ridden the boom-and-bust economic cycles of New York City over the last 20 years, and current conditions feel like a bottom to her. “These are anxious times...
Older investors 'don't trust' the market
The ghosts of 2008-09 hang over older investors, many of whom saw large portions of their wealth wiped out in very little time. With that distaste still lingering, many Americans...
The inevitable struck, and Crosby finally makes Rangers pay
It was only a matter of time. Facing the Rangers in the playoffs the past two seasons, Sidney Crosby has often been made to look mortal, even made to look...
Mets' save goes to the bizarre, halo-esque protective cap
It must have been the hat. Alex Torres enjoyed his best outing as a Met on Saturday night, coming in with the tying run on first base and striking out...
Rangers finally snap, air out power-play frustrations
The frustration with the Rangers power play finally seems to have come to a head. After some kind words following a 1-for-5 performance in Game 1 of this first-round series...
The much bigger Rangers' problem than just a Game 2 loss
To a man, the Rangers understood the Penguins would play with desperation following their Game 1 defeat at the Garden on Thursday. Who wouldn’t have? Thus, an intelligent man or...
Collins explains how freakish Matt Harvey's command is
Matt Harvey’s first start at Citi Field was subpar by his lofty standards, and Terry Collins wasn’t surprised because of how many great pitchers have told him how difficult the...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn The suspect pictured above stole cash and a dozen boxes of cigars from an East New York bodega, authorities said. The prowler slipped beneath a metal roll-down gate outside...