October 4, 2015
One thing is clear after Nets camp: Brook Lopez can't be stopped
It’s always dangerous to take away too much from snippets of training camp practices, when everyone is fresh and optimistic for the season. But the universal thought to come out...
Meet the Astros' stud ace who's completely baffled Yankees
BALTIMORE — Rosters still need to be set for the Yankees wild-card game against the Astros in The Bronx on Tuesday, and though Joe Girardi likely will sweat over some...
Disrespected Giants show Rex Ryan who the real bullies are
ORCHARD PARK — They were Big Blue Bullies, clad in red, white and blue, and they made wrecks out of Rex Ryan’s Bills. They played in a rage, they played...
Girardi finally says obvious, reveals Yankees' wild-card starter
BALTIMORE — Shortly before noon Sunday, Joe Girardi sat in the third-base dugout at Camden Yards and didn’t know who Tuesday night’s wild-card opponent would be or in which city...
The breakthrough year of the one Met Collins can always count on
It couldn’t have ended any other way — at least it shouldn’t have. One of the biggest reasons for the Mets’ unlikely ascension back to the playoffs, closer Jeurys Familia,...
Why stats don't tell the story of Giants' big-time run game
ORCHARD PARK — The Giants running backs and offensive linemen were well aware of what the outside expectations were for them in Sunday’s game against the Bills and Rex Ryan’s...
Hondo Sea’s the light
Hondo rolled with the Jets on Sunday in London, but he was deserted by Arizona so the accounts payable grew slightly to 1,392 largents. Monday night: Mr. Aitch will invest...
Yankees' Stephen Drew loss has surprisingly hurt (against righties)
BALTIMORE — Who knew how much the Yankees would end up missing Stephen Drew? Drew had been mired in a horrific slump when a vestibular concussion forced him from the...
Chris Ivory carried Jets all day with a 'sick' performance
LONDON — Chris Ivory sat at his locker unable to move, his T-shirt drenched with sweat. “I feel sick,” he said. This was a few minutes after his career-best 166-yard...
Mets must abandon underdog role and expect to win -- big
They took their victory lap, and they saluted their fans, and it was a fine mingling of joy and hope. The Mets had just scratched out a 1-0 win over...
Can Mattel save Barbie?
This is going to be one interesting Christmas for Barbie. With sales of the 56-year-old doll headed for their fourth straight annual decline — they were down 16 percent in...
'The Affair' goes full-frontal in premiere
The titular tryst of Showtime’s “The Affair” may have ruined her marriage, but newly single Helen (Maura Tierney) was the one getting some action in Sunday’s Season 2 premiere. And...
'Not horrible' Michael Pineda doesn't look like playoff solution
BALTIMORE — So much for Michael Pineda being an ace. The season began with talk of the right-hander finally emerging as a top-of-the-rotation starter, but he came up small again...
Ereck Flowers rolls his ankle -- and proves a lot to Tom Coughlin
ORCHARD PARK — Ereck Flowers was under the watchful eyes of Tom Coughlin in pregame warm-ups, as the veteran coach wanted to make sure the rookie left tackle would be...
Rex Ryan's epic rant about Bills' 'fight' trumping penalties
ORCHARD PARK — His undisciplined team committed 17 penalties for 135 yards, so Rex Ryan, a 24-10 loser to the Giants, was asked: How in the world can a team...
Jennings' 'awesome' play may have saved Giants' season
ORCHARD PARK — Sometimes one play in one game can save not only the game, but an entire season. Too soon? Too dramatic? No one truly will know the long-term...
Todd Bowles' best qualities are making these Jets special
LONDON — The Jets and Dolphins both played like their coaches Sunday. The Jets came out aggressive and were unfazed by adversity, just like first-year head coach Todd Bowles. The...
Kavanaugh's Relativity return near as bid is accepted
Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh has pulled a rabbit out of a hat. The founder and chief executive of the Hollywood mini-studio who guided it into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July...
Did Suh kick off helmet of suddenly scrambling Fitzpatrick?
LONDON — Maybe the Jets should consider an option offense with the way quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ran Sunday against the Dolphins. Fitzpatrick was not always accurate with his passes, but...
Why Mets, Yankees seasons are already big successes
You are a New York baseball fan and you are furious right now. You want to curse out the window and rant on Twitter about the Mets losing their way...
Yankees preaching fresh start -- but do they have anything left?
BALTIMORE — Reprieve. Reset. Rebirth? The Yankees achieved their weekend’s goal in the most unwieldy, least impressive manner possible. So the only encouragement they can offer their jittery fans goes...
Guys, get your fall fashion tips here
The weather is turning cool, and men are wondering what to wear now that their surfer shorts are packed away. These magazines will try to help you decide — and...
NoMad a 'Blank Slate' for new upscale cafe
As NoMad continues its upward trajectory, casual delis are disappearing — and being replaced by a hybrid of upscale coffee shop/cafés. The latest is Blank Slate Coffee + Kitchen, which...
Jennifer Hudson to join parents' fight against school injustice
Of course, Wednesday’s rally is about far more than just the Success schools: It’s about system-wide injustice. The march comes in the wake of the Families for Excellent Schools report,...
De Blasio keeps on snubbing charter schools
Come Wednesday, 15,000 parents and kids will march across the Brooklyn Bridge in a “Rally for School Equality.” Today, Mayor de Blasio will likely show why they have to march...
How new US 'green' rules will kill New York jobs
Manufacturing has seen better days. Over the last year, New York’s manufacturers posted the largest job losses of any sector here. And a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank...
One school's pathetic and perverse ban on patriotism
What’s the last place in the nation you’d expect a ban on patriotism? Well, a Wyoming high school canceled the school’s homecoming tradition of America Day for fear some kids...
The fall of the Berlin Wall parallels Germany's open door to refugees
Germany’s unlocking its doors to refugees reveals a striking set of parallels with another fateful moment in the history of opened borders: the fall of the Berlin Wall. In both...
Team Obama is throwing Israel to the diplomatic wolves
President Obama’s determination to turn America into just another one of the United Nations’ 193 members sends a clear message to Israel: You’re on your own. And nowhere was that...
Five ways to be a truly modern woman
If there was one thing last week that the entire Internet could agree on, it’s that the “27 ways to be a modern man” piece in The New York Times,...
Bears TE compares Jay Cutler to 'excellent guy' Jesus
Jesus Christ and Jay Cutler have the same initials. Coincidence? Martellus Bennett thinks not. The Bears' oft-beleaguered quarterback, who seems to nearly always be on the bad side of the...
Swooning Yankees gifted home field, but mighty Keuchel looms
BALTIMORE — Ten teams have a shot at winning the World Series, and the Yankees are one of them. And they will face the Astros on Tuesday night at Yankee...
Giants report card: Swarming defense silenced top rush attack
Offemse Numbers aren’t great (and an ugly 3 of 15 on third down) but run game at least was competitive (92 yards) and Eli Manning was on target, unless, strangely,...
The Giants' afterthought DE who took over the game
Hero Running back Rashad Jennings, whose 51-yard catch-and-run gave the Giants a 24-10 lead in the fourth quarter, breaking open a game that had become too tight for comfort. Jennings...
Mets finish regular season with a win and serious offensive worries
Ninety wins for the Mets — and time to hit the reset button. After slumping over the last week, the Mets finally got a victory Sunday, using Curtis Granderson’s eighth-inning...
Frustrated DeMarco Murray begins Eagles' Chip Kelly backlash
Chip Kelly's vaunted hurry-up offense is also lightning quick to gain detractors. The blowback has begun for the Eagles after a 23-20 loss in Washington on Sunday, dropping Philadelphia to 1-3...
Body ID'd in Brooklyn gas explosion
The woman killed in the horrific gas explosion in Borough Park was identified Sunday as 64-year-old Ligia Puello. Puello lived on the third floor of the 4206 13th Ave. building...
Amateur cyclist dies after flying off winding road
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- An amateur cyclist was killed after losing control on a winding California mountain road during Levi's GranFondo charity ride, an event founded by former national champion...
Blue Jays' kindness to retiring Buehrle backfires immediately
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Blue Jays left-hander Mark Buehrle has come up short in his bid to become the fifth major leaguer to pitch 200 or more innings in 15...
Hillary Clinton vows she 'will not lose'
WASHINGTON – Her poll numbers may have slumped, but Hillary Clinton pledged victory Sunday in the Democratic nomination. “I’m not going to lose,” Clinton told the Rev. Al Sharpton in...
One enormous play later, charging Giants 'are relevant'
ORCHARD PARK — The joint was jumping, the Bills were howling and the Giants were shrinking. What once was a 16-3 lead had been trimmed to 16-10, the momentum was...
Netanyahu on Iran deal: Let's look forward
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it’s time to move past the "disagreement in the family" and work with the US on building up Israel's security edge. "Now...
Ndamukong Suh: the Dolphins' $114M no-show
Hero Chris Ivory ran like the Dolphins insulted his family. The Jets running back picked up a career-high 166 yards on 29 carries and one touchdown. Ivory missed last week...
Jets report card: What a week of coaching by Todd Bowles
Offense The Jets rolled up 425 yards and were aggressive from the start. RB Chris Ivory (29 rushes, 166 yards, one TD) set a career-high in rushing yards after missing...
Man killed in Queens hit-and-run
A Queens man was knocked out of his sneakers and fatally dragged several feet by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday, police sources said. Mariano Contreras, 41, stepped onto College Point...
Jason Chaffetz challenges Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker
WASHINGTON – Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) launched an insurgent campaign for House Speaker Sunday, insisting he’s the “fresh face” needed to bridge GOP turmoil in the House. “Today, here, I...
South Carolina pounded by heavy rainfall, flooding
A swath of South Carolina remained submerged Sunday as rain continued to fall throughout the state — while authorities renewed their efforts to locate the cargo ship that went missing...
Youth football league punishes kids for parents' tumbling brawl
Warning: Video contains inappropriate language and violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzChwtyYkv4 The violence inherent in football spread to the stands, and the youth players on the field are getting penalized for it. Two...
Snoop Dogg, Internet go wild after Josh Scobee is booted
PITTSBURGH — Josh Scobee's miserable fourth quarter against the Baltimore Ravens cost him his job. The Steelers cut the veteran kicker on Saturday, less than 48 hours after a pair...
Missing mother may have caused deadly Brooklyn explosion
A mother of two who was moving out of her apartment due to an eviction may have caused the fatal gas explosion in Borough Park — and is now missing,...
Priest 'pointed musket' at 8-year-old over Giants-Cowboys rivalry
https://twitter.com/fox5ny/status/650093081698529281 A New Jersey priest was arrested Friday after allegedly pointing a musket at an 8-year-old boy for rooting for the Cowboys, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said. Father Kevin...
Doctor with 'dark secret' left for dead in Chelsea doorway
A respected Long Island doctor and mother of three who went out partying with her girlfriends in the city was found dead in the doorway of a Chelsea apartment building...
'Championship football': Jets blast Dolphins in London beatdown
LONDON — The Jets brought their own toilet paper, but the only thing they flushed Sunday was the Dolphins. The ultra-prepared Jets wiped the Wembley Stadium field with the Dolphins...
Trump: World would be better off if Saddam, Gadhafi still in power
The Middle East would be better off with dictators Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gadhafi still in power, Donald Trump insisted Sunday. “It’s not even a contest,” the GOP front-runner said...
Legally blind player secretly makes college football history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xmthwkSxSk NEW ORLEANS — Tulane long snapper Aaron Golub became the first legally blind person to play in a Division I football game on Saturday, according to the school. Golub,...
Mets reveal playoff rotation -- with a 3-man wrinkle
Three could be enough for the Mets’ NLDS rotation. Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Matt Harvey — in that order — will start the first three games of the NLDS...
More than 240 inmates escaped custody on way to halfway houses: records
WASHINGTON — More than 240 inmates have slipped away from federal custody in the past three years while traveling to halfway houses, including several who committed bank robberies and a...
LeBron James pressures Cavs on Tristan Thompson 'distraction'
https://instagram.com/p/8Zs5W-CTOi/ Tristan Thompson of the Cleveland Cavaliers is officially a rare NBA holdout. And LeBron James, the most important figure in the organization, is now on the record pushing the...
Bad heroin suspected after 74 overdose in 3 days in Chicago
Nearly 75 people reportedly overdosed on dangerous narcotics, possibly heroin laced with painkiller fentanyl, in Chicago over a three-day span, according to city health and fire officials. The Chicago Tribune,...
2 brothers gunned down in Staten Island
Two Staten Island brothers were fatally gunned down Sunday by a man determined to settle a score, police sources said. Terrell Ford, 27, was shot in the torso and Justin...
More than a dozen die in French Riviera flash floods
ANTIBES, France — Flash flooding around the French Riviera has killed at least 16 people, some drowned in a retirement home and others trapped in cars and campsites. Torrents of...
Times Square leader rails against creeps
Creeps are not welcome in the Crossroads of the World, a Times Square business leader declared Sunday. “Hey look, this is Times Square. Quirky is fine, but creepy is not,”...
Pope asserts marriage is forever at family meeting
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened a divisive meeting of the world's bishops on family issues Sunday by forcefully asserting that marriage is an indissoluble bond between man and woman....
Doctors Without Borders leaves Afghan city after airstrike
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. and Afghan governments vowed Sunday to jointly investigate the attack on a hospital in Kunduz that killed 22 people, as street-by street battles continued between...
Nurse learns dying patient is her brother
A Southern California nurse said she was working in the emergency room when she learned a patient dying from a hit-and-run crash was her brother.
Mike Petke hailed as legend in emotional Red Bulls return
In the end, Mike Petke couldn’t stay away. No matter how much it hurt being fired by the team he loved – no, make that loves – arguably the most...
Anti-Christian shooter was son of gun-loving mother
WINCHESTER, Ore. -- The deranged gunman who shot up an Oregon college carried out his deadly deed with firearms gifted to him by his doting mom, a family friend said...
Hillary is your favorite bartender on 'SNL'
Hillary Rodham Clinton popped up on “Saturday Night Live,” portraying a sympathetic bartender who serves a few stiff vodkas to a certain, purple pants suit-wearing — and sloshed — Democratic...
Miley Cyrus breaks down during 'SNL' premiere
It only took her 15 seconds to crack a tired, self-referential weed gag, and her costumes invited outrage and confusion as per usual. But Miley Cyrus used her appearance on...
Suspect arrested for Time Warner Center ISIS threat
Police arrested a man suspected of leaving a threatening package inside a bathroom at the Time Warner Center on Wednesday. Jonathan Lamptey, 34, of 760 E 214 St. Bronx, was...
Putin's power grab in Syria draws weak response from DC
Vladimir Putin's Syrian gambit has demonstrated once again the Russian president’s knack for outfoxing President Obama. Again and again, Russia threatens and the president folds. The administration even reacted to...
Kinky Orthodox priest brought down by 'cake porn' sex tape
A high-ranking Greek Orthodox priest starred in kinky sex tapes with his much-younger parish-school principal and was forced to resign after the affair — which he’d denied for years —...
Delta Force considered staging fake hijacking after 9/11
Sean Naylor's new book, "Relentless Strike" reveals some of the psy-ops missions— and proposed ideas — by Joint Special Operations Command. Fake hijacking After 9/11, Delta Force operators brainstormed for...
Tasty bits from the history of the Jewish deli
Try reading Ted Merwin’s new book, “Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli” (NYU Press) without having your mouth water. Merwin offers plenty of delicious descriptions as...
Need an ambulance in The Bronx? That'll take 15 minutes
If you’re really sick, avoid The Bronx. City EMTs and paramedics took almost 15 minutes to get to Bronx patients who called 911 this year — four minutes longer than...
Cuomo aide was casualty of bloody gang war
They once were brothers in crime — two small bands of street thugs who shared drug corners and gang customs, like wearing their hats to the right and greeting one...
Delta Force secretly killed Iranian agents in Iraq -- with IEDs
The Iraq war was, in part, a proxy battle between the US and Iran. But fighting it had “political restrictions,” author Sean Naylor writes. In his new book, “Relentless Strike:...
Charter schools suspend kids, public schools don't -- which does better?
Progressive educators are at it again, claiming that suspending students from school is unfair. Never mind that keeping disruptive kids in class is unfair to the ones who want to...
Every song you love was written by the same two guys
Strummer Camp Songwriting today is not the romantic notion of one kid with a guitar. As John Seabrook writes in his new book “The Song Machine,” it’s an impersonal, assembly-line-driven...
Hillary has long history of beating up Bill behind closed doors: book
She’s on a mission to be a softer, warmer, funnier candidate — but according to a new book, the real Hillary Clinton is so volatile and prone to violent outbursts...
Wife of Jet star Antonio Cromartie has record of violence
The wife of Jet cornerback Antonio Cromartie — who griped that she was stopped by police in New Jersey for “driving while black” — has a history of violent and...
Brooklyn neighbors battle over parking spaces
Neighbors in Brooklyn are at war over a parking spot. Eight years ago, Iryna and Igor Dzik bought a home on East 28th Street in Sheepshead Bay that they say...
Long Island artist: Toyota ripped off my unicorn sculpture
A Long Island artist claims in a suit that his once-famous sculpture of a winged unicorn has again taken flight — in an ad for Toyota. More than 30 years...
Tom Hanks seen in character as hero 'Sully' Sullenberger
That’s not flying ace Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger out on the Hudson River Saturday — it’s Tom Hanks, playing the hero of US Airways Flight 1549. Afloat on the river last...
Woman surrenders to cops after 'punching' boy in bodega
A Brooklyn woman turned herself in to cops Saturday on charges she slugged a boy she thought was behaving rudely at his father’s Bronx bodega. Jathiyah Richards, 47, surrendered to...
It's time to give the Mets the rally song they deserve
In 1986, the Mets not only triumphed over the Red Sox in the World Series, they also had a winning rally song. As they captured the title in Game 7,...
Hope Solo to face assault charges after court appeal
Hope Solo, the goalie who led the US Women’s National soccer team to victory in the World Cup this summer, will once again face domestic-assault charges after a previously dismissed...
Who will pitch Game 1? Is Matz a go for NLDS? Collins answers
Jacob deGrom will get the call for Game 1 of the NLDS, and Steven Matz hasn’t been ruled out for the series just yet. “We’re going to watch Jake a...
Softball coach had porn star give team life advice: suit
The porn star named in bombshell sexual-harassment lawsuits filed by female softball players against their coach at a Christian college is aghast that her life-advice chats with the team are...
Jon Niese states case for playoff roster spot after solid pen outing
Bryce Harper already had belted the two-run homer that would swing the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Mets, making an already sparse Citi Field crowd a little smaller....
Woman sues Cuomo for 'trying to kill' grandmother, wants $500B
A gubernatorial wannabe has filed a lawsuit calling Gov. Cuomo a granny killer. “In 2013 Cuomo and his cronies sent mercenaries to Jamaica, West Indies, to not only rob my...
Man crushed to death by elevator in 'act of God': landlord
The gruesome death of a man in an apparently faulty Brooklyn elevator was an “act of God” that couldn’t have been predicted, the landlord of the luxe building insisted. “Acts...
Michael Conforto on life as a rookie, NAVY seal breathing exercises and Russell Wilson
Mets rookie left fielder Michael Conforto fielded some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Since you’ve come up to the big leagues, what’s the biggest thing you’ve learned about...
Pedestrian shoots motorist for making nearby U-turn
A hotheaded pedestrian who thought a motorist making a U-turn came a little too close for comfort pulled a gun and shot the driver Saturday morning in Brooklyn, police sources...
Bride's mom goes dumpster diving after designer dress tossed in trash
The mother of a Park Avenue bride picked through a New Jersey garbage dump to rescue her daughter’s Oscar de la Renta wedding dress after it was mistakenly tossed away....
De Blasio grilling city's cultural institutions on staff diversity
The city is grilling museums and cultural institutions about the racial and ethnic diversity of their entire staffs — and if they don’t answer, they’ll be cut off from taxpayer...
Carlos Beltran's personal matter sidelines him
BALTIMORE — The Yankees were missing a big bat for the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Orioles at Camden Yards because Carlos Beltran was tending to a personal...
Hondo gunning for pay dirt
Hondo cashed Saturday with TCU for his fourth straight conquest, but was prevented from hitting pay dirt by Ole Miss and UCLA, which elevated the filthy figure to 1,382 metcalfs....
Mets have to turn the page on their worst nightmare -- fast
This sure is a no-no way to go into the postseason. Or raise the NL East flag. The Mets were no-hit by Nats ace “Double No-Hit” Max Scherzer on Saturday...
'Speechless' Scherzer controls everything -- except his fielders
The final weekend of the season was circled for much of the summer, potentially pitting the Mets against the Nationals with a division title on the line — until Washington’s...
Have-it-both-ways approach failing miserably for Yankees
BALTIMORE — The Yankees want to have their cake and eat it too, and maybe even sell the leftover slices through Steiner Sports. They want to catch the bad guy,...
Greatest start ever? No-hitter shame? Takeaways from Scherzer brilliance
There were so many things in play as Max Scherzer stalked the mound at Citi Field on Saturday night, putting the finishing touches on his second no-hitter of the season....
Maura Tierney on sex scenes: 'I kind of have to throw my ego out the window'
1. The Affair Sunday, 10 p.m., Showtime Veteran actress Maura Tierney, 50, returns Sunday night for Season 2 of “The Affair” on Showtime. Part of Sunday’s opening episode is told...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Investigators have identified the man pictured above as a suspect in the stabbing death of a 21-year-old man last weekend in Morrisania. Cops found Sekou Touray with a...