May 2, 2015
'Take a deep breath': Mets turning psychological with Flores
Manager Terry Collins said Wilmer Flores’ night off Saturday was scheduled, and had nothing to do with his recent struggles in the field. But Collins admitted he might give his...
Obama shrinking from responsibility
If ever America needed a president who could speak to and for all the people, this would be such a moment. If only we had such a president. Wherever you...
Alex Ovechkin's circus goal was almost too good for words
The Rangers had three of their best defensive players in position. It was 1-on-2 with Henrik Lundqvist waiting in net. It didn’t matter. Alex Ovechkin scored anyway, a goal no...
In My Library: Christopher Bollen
Murder and art intersect in Christopher Bollen’s “Orient.” Out this week, this literary thriller is set in the North Fork hamlet Bollen stayed in while finishing his first novel. “I...
NYCFC ready to meet the franchise they hope to be one day
Building an expansion team from the ground up is tough in any league in any sport, notoriously so in MLS. New York City FC is finding that out the hard...
A's are OK with Hondo
Hondo whiffed with the Rays and finished up the track with Carpe Diem in the Derby on Saturday, which expanded the accounts payable to 270 odoms. Sunday: Mr. Aitch, after...
Nets' coming upheaval very real as Hollins jabs Deron
The 2014-15 version of the Nets reconvened for one final time Saturday morning, holding a brief meeting at their New Jersey practice facility before disbanding for the summer. As the...
After hitting coach's wife's health scare, Yanks step in to help
BOSTON — Jeff Pentland’s initial reaction to the February news his wife, Liz, would need to undergo a mastectomy was to either take a leave of absence or resign as...
How Big Bird escaped death on the doomed Challenger shuttle
Throughout his 46 years playing Big Bird on “Sesame Street,” Caroll Spinney has always stood apart from the show’s other puppeteers. For one thing, the full-body costume means he can’t...
Why the next A-Rod milestone might not be as controversial
BOSTON — Having tied Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time home run list at 660 on Friday night with a game-winning, pinch-hit blast over the Green Monster, Alex...
Brian Cashman lays down the law to A-Rod: We'll fight for $6M
BOSTON — It’s pretty clear Alex Rodriguez isn’t just going to have a hard time getting the ball back from his 660th home run. General manager Brian Cashman said Saturday...
The one Ranger you simply couldn't miss on Saturday
The answer on Saturday was this: You. Couldn’t. Miss. Him. As in, you couldn’t miss Chris Kreider on the Garden ice in Game 2 against the Caps. Period. Exclamation point....
Eovaldi has shot to become one of the Yankees' best weapons
BOSTON — The challenge is to pitch inside, with authority. Let the batter beware. Ever so slowly Nathan Eovaldi is getting the hang of the art of pitching in the...
How the World Series caused suicide of Hitler's right-hand man
What does the suicide-by-cyanide of Nazi Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Field Marshal Hermann Goering have to do with major league baseball and American football? Oddly enough, plenty. This Thursday makes...
Michelle Beadle, Rachel Nichols -- Mayweather critics -- banned from fight
LAS VEGAS — For some reporters, getting credentials was as hard as getting tickets for Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao bout. Early reports surfaced on Twitter that the “Mayweather team”...
Mets waste Niese gem, get shut out by Nats
A day after Matt Harvey beat the Nationals in a tight pitcher’s duel, the Mets suddenly stagnant offense wouldn’t let Jon Niese do the same. Niese gave the Mets a...
Grading all 32 teams' drafts: Good news for Giants, Jets
The Post’s Bart Hubbuch breaks down how all 32 NFL teams fared this weekend: Arizona Cardinals: B Restocking the defensive line was Arizona’s obvious priority as three of its top...
Theme of Giants' draft strategy: asserting dominance
As Tom Coughlin was finishing up his comments about Owa Odighizuwa, a muscular defensive end from UCLA taken in the third round of the draft, the veteran head coach hit...
After Game 1 blunder, Rangers' Boyle nets key power play goal
“They didn’t bring me here to win a game in December. It’s big picture. Hopefully down the stretch, I can make it count more when it matters most.” — Dan...
Fast times: Right wing switch pays off for Rangers
Adjustments in a playoff series are how coaches make their mark, and what Rangers coach Alain Vigneault did for Saturday afternoon’s 3-2 win over the Capitals in Game 2 of...
Jets stockpiling RBs, swing trade for young Ram
The Jets did not draft any running backs, but they secured one at the end of the draft Saturday. The team made a trade with the Rams for Zac Stacy,...
UN report outlines how Hamas used kids as human shields
The headlines in most places were entirely predictable: “UN Says Israel Killed 44 Palestinians in Schools During Gaza War.” That was indeed one finding of a UN report published Monday...
Bridgegate boneheads blew up Christie's brand
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was quick to claim personal vindication after Friday’s indictments and guilty plea of former aides and friends in the Bridgegate scandal. That’s fair enough —...
American Pharoah wins Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Brilliant but untested, American Pharoah was put to a fight in the Kentucky Derby and won. Sent off as the 5-2 favorite by the record crowd of...
Officer's vital signs plummet after being shot in the head
The distraught family of NYPD Officer Brian Moore was preparing for the worst Sunday as his condition deteriorated from a bullet wound to the head that left him on life...
Jack Black dishes on James Marsden sex scene in 'The D Train'
Jack Black’s new comedy, “The D Train,” hitting theaters Friday, was one of the buzziest flicks to come out of the Sundance Film Festival in January, and it’s all thanks...
Derek Stepan on broken jaws and secretly liking the Yankees
With the Rangers embroiled in a second-round Stanley Cup playoffs clash with the Capitals, center Derek Stepan took a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Have...
Track Fido's fitness with new wearable tech for pets
Thought the wearable-tech trend had reached the end of its leash? Think again: not only can you now monitor your own fitness levels, but those of Fluffy and Fido, too....
How Diana Ross' daughter learned her dad was Berry Gordy
Blood will out. Which is why — after her Emmy-nominated turn in the soap “Another World” and launching a real estate firm — Rhonda Ross is singing again. Backed by...
Canadian prime minister visits Iraq as bombings kill dozens
BAGHDAD — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a surprise visit Saturday to Iraq, pledging to continue Canada's support for the battle against the Islamic State group as bombings across...
Is Brook Lopez returning to the Nets? He 'doesn't know'
The biggest question the Nets will face this summer is what the future will hold for their biggest player. Brook Lopez has the ability to opt-out of the final year...
Red Sox latest to look helpless against Betances
BOSTON — If you believe the Yankees are for real, that the recent run of series wins is sustainable despite some ill bats, you put a lot of stock in...
Sheryl Sandberg's husband dies at 47
SAN FRANCISCO — Family members say tech executive Dave Goldberg, head of the online SurveyMonkey site and husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, has died. Goldberg died suddenly Friday night,...
O.J. Simpson, Floyd-Manny and the craziest sports days ever
All you needed was a fully functioning remote control, maybe picture-in-picture, and an inclination to drop the better part of a C-note, and you had yourself quite a sports day...
How almost dying renewed Ron Jeremy
"This,” explains Ron Jeremy, “was as good of an experience as you can get from almost dying.” In 2013, the (VHS) world nearly lost its most famous — and hairiest...
NYU student busted for trying to sneak into North Korea
A New York University student has a scary way to spend a semester abroad -- he's locked up in a North Korean jail. Won Moon Joo, 21, was arrested April...
NHL needs review to avoid missed calls in big games
There is no reason that another NHL playoff game should end with a goal scored following a missed offside call the way that Game 1 of the Tampa Bay-Montreal series...
Rangers hold off Caps to tie series
It could have hung over this series like a dark cloud, the time of 1.3 seconds that remained in Game 1 when Joel Ward scored that infamous game-winner for the...
MLB's worst free-agent contract ever leaves A-Rod's in dust
We now have the answer to the worst free agent contract ever, because with Josh Hamilton the Angels not only lost money, but their minds, too. Jason Bay, for example,...
Baltimore chants 'no justice, no peace, no racist police'
BALTIMORE — Chants of "no justice, no peace, no racist police" were already echoing through the streets of Baltimore Saturday even before the start of a march that organizers billed...
Iowa declares state of emergency over bird flu outbreak
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak, saying the entire state was at risk from the spread of...
Prince William, Kate emerge from hospital with baby girl
Congratulations — it’s a princess! Prince William and his wife, Kate, presented their new daughter to the world Saturday, emerging from a London hospital just 10 hours after her birth....
Active Jets land polarizing Petty: 'Can be a good QB'
The Jets’ quarterback situation grew a little more interesting Saturday. The team moved up one spot in the draft to select Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty in the fourth round, taking...
The 10 best bucket-list bars for any occasion
Best rock 'n' roll bar: The HiFi Bar, 169 Ave. A If it’s rock snobbery and rough riffs you seek, this Alphabet City spot is the place. There are resident...
My husband forgot Mother's Day flowers, so I had sex with someone else
The adulterers website Ashley Madison is expecting a massive 500 percent spike in sign-ups from women on the day after Mother’s Day. According to its data, there was a 442 percent...
This week's couple: No pulling power
Looks aren’t everything, but they typically determine what kind of date we have. When Boli and Andrea, both 37, met for dinner at Artisanal Fromagerie Bistro in Murray Hill, Andrea...
How a broken leg helped Action Bronson find his rap career
For New Yorker Action Bronson, the phrase “break a leg” doesn’t relate to good luck. In 2011, he was working as a cook at his dad’s restaurant in Queens when...
Low-key M.D. seeks a woman to play doctor with
Emeka, 27, is a busy resident at an uptown hospital, but he’d find time in his schedule for the right gal. Sunny side up: Breakfast is Emeka’s meal of choice....
Cowboys' Greg Hardy panned for 9/11 tweet
IRVING, Texas — Dallas defensive end Greg Hardy, who is facing a 10-game suspension for his role in a domestic violence case, stirred criticism Friday night with a joking reference...
How ’bout them Cowboys! Another red-flag player on Dallas roster
CHICAGO — Second chances were the story of the second night of the NFL draft. Some prominent first-round talent whose red flags had caused them to fall didn’t have to...
Why Giants' top pick Flowers and his dad have inseparable bond
When you’re a single father and your only son was just drafted by the Giants with the ninth-overall pick in the NFL draft, you feel like you’ve been drafted, too....
Chris Algieri: Pacquiao beat me, but he can't defeat Mayweather
Chris Algieri fought Manny Pacquiao in November 2014, suffering a loss after lasting 12 rounds. The Long Island native offers his thoughts on Saturday’s big fight. As told to The...
The formula Rangers must employ to win series vs. Capitals
You could feel the heat rising with every word that came out of Alain Vigneault’s mouth during the coach’s press briefing following the Rangers’ practice on Friday. Fourteen hours after...
Pacquiao's best quality will be his undoing vs. Mayweather
LAS VEGAS — The first time Floyd Mayweather ventured to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, he was 17 years old and had traveled from Grand Rapids, Mich., to watch...
Plea deal for 'killer' who was cleared after mom couldn’t find a seat in court
He owes her an epic Mother’s Day present. An accused Brooklyn killer whose 15-years-to-life sentence was tossed because his mom couldn’t get a seat for his jury selection did a...
Cuomo sets date for e-mail rules 'summit'
ALBANY — Six weeks after promising to review the state’s e-mail-retention policy, Gov. Cuomo on Friday set the date for a “summit” to create new rules and slammed fellow elected...
Mom stabbed and mugged while putting her baby in a stroller
A young mom pushing her tot in a stroller was stabbed by a mugger in Chelsea after she refused to hand over her purse, police sources said Friday. Shanell Rodriguez,...
Teacher charged with choking 13-year-old student
A hotheaded Bronx middle-school teacher flew into a rage — flipping a desk and choking a 13-year-old student — after a classroom argument, police sources said Friday. William Gomez, 39,...
DNA match links suspect to 20-year-old rape case
Authorities nabbed a suspect for a two-decades-old West Village rape after his DNA profile was entered into a Florida database earlier this year and matched the victim’s rape kit, Manhattan...
Nail salons fight back against 'letter grade' proposal
Nail salons are scratching back at a proposal to assign them letter grades just like restaurants. “Bringing the letter-grade system to beauty and nail salons will have a very bad...
Bratton drafting formal complaint against council's 'decriminalization' plan
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Friday he’s drafting a formal objection to the City Council plan that would decriminalize a host of “quality of life” offenses. “The line in the...
It's a princess! Kate Middleton gives birth to baby girl
LONDON -- A princess is born. Prince William's wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, "was safely delivered of a daughter" Saturday morning, less than three hours of checking into central London's...
This is it, the day sports fans have waited for ... Sportsmageddon!!
Days such as this usually only exist deep in the subconscious of every sports fan — a wild fantasy, if you will. But Saturday, May 2, is a day that...
Good times keep rolling for Chris Mullin, St. John's
Maybe all the St. John’s alumni and fans who packed themselves into Carnesecca Arena 30 days ago knew something everyone else didn’t. Chris Mullin’s introductory press conference was one big...
Construction worker injured after hole caves in on him
A construction worker in Brooklyn nearly sealed his own fate Friday, haphazardly digging a trench that caved in on him. The unidentified worker was digging the hole in a basement...
Bridgegate closes Christie's White House road
Republican activists have a bridge to sell to anyone who thinks Chris Christie still has a shot at the White House. A guilty plea in the Bridgegate scandal by one...
5 questions that need answers now that A-Rod has tied Mays
Q: All right, now that Alex Rodriguez has tied Willie Mays with his 660th career home run, what’s the next step in his legal dispute with the Yankees? A: The...
MTA defends right to ban political ads
MTA lawyers on Friday argued that the agency had every legal right to revise its policy on political advertisements — and that it wasn’t done to quiet a pro-Israel group...
City has issued over 165,000 municipal ID cards
It’s become the hottest card in town. The city has handed out 165,399 municipal ID cards since launching the program three months ago — double expectations, officials said Friday. With...
Feds set to indict Dean Skelos on corruption charges
Dean Skelos, the Republican leader of the state Senate, will soon have something in common with Sheldon Silver, his former Democratic counterpart in the Assembly — a federal grand jury...
'Dazed and confused' Dan Boyle tries to downplay hard check
Here’s the state of Dan Boyle after he took that now-infamous check from Nicklas Backstrom in the waning seconds of Thursday night’s Game 1 of the Rangers-Capitals second-round playoff series:...
No drama in NFL draft: Ratings down more than 25 percent
Without a nail-biting story line, ESPN’s live coverage of Round 1 of the 2015 NFL Draft averaged 7 million viewers on Thursday night, according to Nielsen, down 29 percent from...
Irate Vigneault blasts Rangers, refs, Capitals in message to team
So the question now is: How are the Rangers going to respond? In the wake of their shocking last-second 2-1 loss in Game 1 of the second-round playoff series against...
Success stinks: 'Veep' and 'House of Cards' were better before their leads became president
When people get what they want on a TV series, it’s bad news for the show. Just look at what’s happened on “House of Cards,” and is currently unraveling on...
David Wright's delayed return gives Herrera a shot
David Wright has been on the disabled list since April 15, but even though he’s eligible to come off the DL, the Mets admit the hamstrung third baseman probably won’t...
At long last, an encouraging sign from CC Sabathia
BOSTON — CC Sabathia didn’t get the victory Friday night in a 3-2 Yankees win over the Red Sox that was dominated by Alex Rodriguez tying Willie Mays for fourth...
A-Rod: The perfect villain, and loving every second of it
BOSTON — Alex Rodriguez did it his way. He always does. As boos came ringing down from the 35,444 fans at Fenway Park on Friday night, pinch-hitter Alex Rodriguez decided...
Alleged victim says 'naked' violinist 'tried to smother me'
She was expecting the cleaning lady. Instead, the tourist opened the door of her Midtown hotel room to a stark-naked 6-foot, 200-pound man lunging for her neck. “I opened the...
Hondo's full of Carpe
Hondo fired up an air ball Friday night with the Nets, who were obliterated by the Hawks to raise the accounts payable to an even Steven 200 sturtzes. Saturday: Mr....
'Phenomenal' Jets top pick can devastate QBs, stop Gronkowski
They call him Big Cat, and he wears a tattoo of a lion, his favorite animal, on his left hand. He is so soft-spoken it is difficult to imagine him...
A-Rod's not only one who wants cash for his homer
BOSTON — Alex Rodriguez may not be the only one who wants to get paid for his 660th home run. Rodriguez hoped that whoever got his historic homer would throw...
Disgraceful Nets expect good vibes from failure of a season
Maybe it’s hard to blame Lionel Hollins, if you think about it. After all, he saw more of the Nets than anybody, saw them up close, saw so much bad basketball...
Slain shelter worker was 'fighting for more security'
The father of a murdered Bronx shelter manager said on Friday his daughter might still be alive if city officials listened to her pleas for added security at the troubled...
Dealing Matt Harvey is somehow nearing the sky-high hype
It’ll take a while longer to accomplish, and that’s not Matt Harvey’s fault. It’s our fault. But it looks doable, and that’s a tribute to the Mets’ young ace. Yes, sooner...
Gray family, protesters cheer arrest of six Baltimore officers
White House to West Baltimore, the arrests of six cops in the death of Freddie Gray were met with joy and relief Friday. “These charges are an important step in...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Two hammer-wielding thugs forced their way into a Norwood apartment and stole thousands of dollars in cash, authorities said. The crooks rang the doorbell at the apartment on...