September 11, 2016
Raiders coach sticks it to ESPN after showing game-ending guts
In the old days, a coach might beat his chest if he made a controversial decision that went right. Nowadays, he posts on Twitter about it. Shortly after the Raiders’...
How Giants' 3 high-priced additions made an immediate impact
ARLINGTON, Texas — The questions were coming at Olivier Vernon, and eventually, he had to clear things up. “I wasn’t here last year, but I’ve heard,” Vernon said. “I’ve heard.”...
Dak Prescott looks for real, and Tony Romo can start worrying
ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott’s flawless preseason was no August mirage. Too bad the rookie Cowboys quarterback was undone by the blunders of his more experienced teammates. Anyone wondering whether...
How Victor Cruz's moment unleashed a touching dance party
ARLINGTON, Texas — Every NFL player knows there are no guarantees you ever will have a dream moment again once you wreck your knee and your body keeps betraying you,...
Savvy Shields from Arkansas crowned Miss America 2017
Savvy Shields, of Arkansas, has been crowned Miss America 2017. The winner of the nationally televised pageant was announced Sunday night. The outgoing Miss America, Betty Cantrell, placed the crown...
Hillary Clinton cancels West Coast plans following medical episode
Hillary Clinton is calling off plans to visit the West Coast on Monday and Tuesday following a health episode at the 9/11 memorial. Clinton abruptly left the anniversary ceremony on...
Luis Severino has flipped a switch — and left a pitch behind
Luis Severino’s transformation from struggling starter to dominant reliever — albeit temporary — continued in the Yankees’ 4-2 loss to the Rays on Sunday at the Stadium. Severino came on...
End-game brain freeze only start of problems for Cowboys' goat
ARLINGTON, Texas — Not that it's any consolation to the Cowboys, but Terrance Williams vows that he’s learned his lesson. “Looking back, I’ll never do that again,” the veteran wide...
'Starting to figure it out': The key to Seth Lugo's success
ATLANTA — Seth Lugo is the Mets’ version of a “bend, but don’t break” defense. The rookie righty, who has shown an adeptness at escaping trouble over his brief major...
The difference between being laid off and fired could save your career
I got fired from my job because, I have to admit, I was pretty bad at it. I also hated the job, so I didn’t care. The company and I...
Four secrets to steal from Marines to be the best at your job
It's easy to gawk at Ken Marlin’s accomplishments: He received an MBA from a top school, spent years working in business and became a tech entrepreneur, all before founding his...
This company is turning veterans into entrepreneurs
For increasingly more United States veterans, starting a solo venture is a desirable career path following service. In fact, with 200,000 service members coming off duty each year over the...
My millionaire boss only paid me four dollars an hour
A hedge-fund manager who worked for billionaire George Soros paid a nanny a measly $4.16 an hour while forcing her to sleep on the floor of his luxury Fifth Avenue...
Clinton camp left reporters in the dark amid health scare
Hillary Clinton’s sudden exit from the 9/11 memorial service left her pool reporters in the dark about what happened to her — and outraged she was able to ditch them....
CIA warns of Russian hacking ahead of election
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan warned Sunday that Russia has “exceptionally capable and sophisticated cyber capabilities” and the US must stay on guard against threats to national security and...
How A.J. Green made a mockery of Revis Island
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis may never have looked worse than he did in Sunday’s season-opening loss, mostly because few receivers in the league could ever look as good as A.J....
Firefighters denied entry to Ground Zero event
Dozens of firefighters were left fuming Sunday morning when they were denied entrance to Ground Zero — while a host of politicians got to attend the 15th annual memorial ceremony...
Yankees' discarded Tommy John victim returns -- as a Ray
Sixteen months later, Chase Whitley was back on a major league mound, and it felt just as he imagined it: Emotional, nerve-wracking, exciting. Oh, and familiar — it was back...
Yoenis Cespedes has golden explanation for ignoring media
ATLANTA — The Mets came together on a day that is so important to their history and for the immediate future. One night after a terrible loss to the Braves,...
Todd Bowles in no mood to talk about Jets' one offensive star
The Jets debut of Matt Forte was one of the positives the team could take away from Sunday’s 23-22 loss to the Bengals at MetLife Stadium. Forte ran for 96...
Jets have to realize who Darrelle Revis is — and who he isn't
Revis Island became a destination point Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium. And by the time Bengals receiver A.J. Green was done torching the Jets, you figured he deserved a timeshare....
Giants report card: McAdoo's play-calling just comes through
Grades for the Giants’ 20-19 win over the Cowboys on Sunday: Offense More grinding than graceful. Eli Manning (19 of 28, 207 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT) was more than...
The Jets defensive line is beyond the menace QBs feared
If you stood around the lockers of the Jets’ defensive linemen after Sunday’s season-opening 23-22 loss to the Bengals, you might have been left with the mistaken impression the Jets...
Mike Nugent twists the knife on hurting Jets fans
Finally, the Jets got to see what a difference Mike Nugent could make. More than a decade after the Jets infamously used a second-round pick to take the kicker who...
Stan Wawrinka wears down woozy Djokovic for US Open title
Stan Wawrinka admitted he was a nervous wreck in the locker room before the U.S. Open men’s final against Novak Djokovic. He said he developed cramps as early as the...
De Blasio & Co. just can't stop lying about schools
Last October, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña testified in front of the New York State Assembly Education Committee and attempted to justify the continuation of New York City’s failing Renewal School...
The road to Trump's rise — big banks behaving badly
Eight years ago Wednesday, Lehman Brothers collapsed into bankruptcy. To stem the panic, the feds launched the biggest bailout the world has ever seen. In rewarding failure, America allowed a...
North Korea's latest nuke test exposes another failed Obama approach
North Korea’s fifth nuclear test signals continuing progress and sophistication in its decades-long effort to possess deliverable nuclear weapons. Moreover, both US and South Korean military experts assess that the...
Pier 55 clears a key legal hurdle
Expect work on the Pier 55 park to move full speed ahead now that another court has decisively slapped down the City Club of New York’s bid to derail the...
Cuomo's team still hasn't learned the key lesson of Hoosick Falls
After two legislative hearings on Hoosick Falls’ water crisis, it’s become painfully obvious: Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s water quality monitors dropped the ball. Disastrously. Worse, Cuomo & Co. refuse to take...
Hillary Clinton's health is now a real issue
Mother Nature once again graced the city with gorgeous weather for the 9/11 memorial ceremonies — yet Hillary Clinton was somehow overcome by the mild, low-80s temperatures, and left early...
Dangers the next president will face and other notable commentary
The veep speaks: Obama Weakens US Security Fifteen years after 9/11, have we learned from our past mistakes? In President Obama’s case, write former Vice President Dick Cheney and Liz...
The brutal reality of Nick Folk: Kickers have nowhere to hide
Mathematics can be cruel for NFL kickers, whose existence is so black and white with little gray area in between that rarely is the result of their performance up for...
Cowboys bonehead bails Giants out of last year's nightmare
ARLINGTON, Texas — Of course it did. How could it not? “Yeah, it went through my head,’’ Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie said. “I’ve been here, seen that happen a lot.’’ Yes, a...
Have Jets already found moment that'll haunt them all year?
Well what would Nick Folk know, anyway? This is only his seventh season as a Jet. He doesn’t know. He hasn’t seen. He hasn’t been around the block a time...
How Yankees played themselves out of Luis Cessa moral victories
Not long ago, the kind of start Luis Cessa had Sunday would have been accessed through a big-picture prism. There was good, notably his poise and stuff. And there was...
Giants stars dare NFL to fine them for cleats in tribute of 9/11
These guys are true blue. Odell Beckham Jr. and Victor Cruz paid their respects to the victims of 9/11 on Sunday by wearing the patriotic commemorative cleats as the Giants...
Red Bulls bring nasty habit home in 'unacceptable' draw
The Red Bulls' penchant for blowing late leads on the road has now infested their home. And on Saturday, they flushed a chance to move into first place by coughing...
Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday
An ill Hillary Clinton abruptly left a 9/11 anniversary ceremony Sunday and needed to be held up by three people before she appeared to stumble off a curb and was...
Report card: Can Jets defense get 2 different grades?
Grades for the Jets' 23-22 loss to the Bengals on Sunday: Offense The story of the game was the offense settling for field goals instead of touchdowns in the red...
Sniper takes out ISIS executioner from a mile away
A sharpshooter killed a top ISIS executioner and three other jihadists with a single bullet from nearly a mile away — just seconds before the fiend was set to burn...
Carson Wentz shows the promise that Robert Griffin misses
PHILADELPHIA — Carson Wentz had 278 yards passing and two touchdowns in a stellar NFL debut and the Eagles beat Robert Griffin III and the Browns 29-10 on Sunday. Promoted...
Bum caught masturbating in broad daylight next to Wi-Fi kiosk
This homeless man brought the wrong kind of jack to one of the city's new internet-enabled charging stations. A Murray Hill resident was horrified when she witnessed a vagrant masturbating...
Mets leave Atlanta in style, and here comes the real test
ATLANTA — A year later the stakes are much different, but for the Mets another important September series in Washington looms. After all but clinching the NL East in 2015...
Terrell Owens slams Kanye for fashion show disaster
Former NFL wide receiver-turned-clothing designer Terrell Owens has advice for Kanye West on how to make up for Wednesday's disastrous Yeezy fashion show, which saw models passing out after standing...
With NYFW in full swing, here's what everyone's talking about
Major changes are happening in fashion — and we’re not talking about the industrywide embrace of the Kardashian brood. The past year has been one of the biggest for shake-ups...
LinkedIn makes job searching for veterans easier than ever
If you’re a veteran looking for work, LinkedIn has your back — or at least the 2.2 million other vets and service members who belong to LinkedIn’s professional social network...
6 reasons every employer should hire veterans
Serving a cause higher than yourself is a goal that author and Navy veteran Mike Schindler believes most US veterans possess. “When you add someone to your team who feels...
Airport worker haunted by letting 9/11 hijackers on plane
The unsuspecting Dulles airport worker who helped two harried 9/11 hijackers get through check-in and onto American Airlines Flight 77 recalls feeling major guilt over it. Terrorist brothers Salem and...
Yankees’ magic — and Luis Cessa’s — runs out at bad time
There have been plenty of seasons in which a seven-game winning streak in September would have iced a playoff berth — and perhaps a division crown — for the Yankees....
Jets throw away crucial chance in ill-fated kicking battle
The Jets will be kicking themselves for letting their loss to the Bengals on Sunday come down to kicks. The Jets settled for field goals three times in the red...
Here's the distraught face of the other side of the NFL
The giddy world woke up Sunday with mouths watering, waiting for kickoff to mark the first Sunday of NFL football again. And then play began, and everyone was reminded of the...
Celebrate NFL's return with Aaron Rodgers doing crazy things
The Green Bay Packers’ passing offense struggled all last season with No. 1 receiver Jordy Nelson out with an ACL injury, but Nelson’s return Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars seems...
Arian Foster takes half-measure in protesting national anthem
Colin Kaepernick's disciples in protesting the national anthem primarily have been supporting actors, not co-stars. The sorts of names you don't know until they're taking a knee while the ode...
'Why are you so sick?': Martin Shkreli shows up to taunt Clinton
Attention-loving pharma bad boy Martin Shkreli took advantage of Hillary Clinton's Sunday-morning health scare to scream "Why are you so sick?" as she left daughter Chelsea Clinton's apartment afterward. The...
Dear John: The fight to resolve a Con Ed bill
Dear John: My troubles with Con Ed started back in October 2015. I made my October payment using Con Ed’s pay-by-phone service, as I have been doing for years. Everything...
Kids boutique accused of discrimination over limited return policy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJzsTlPBnrU/ A luxury online retailer offers full refunds to “dissatisfied” shoppers — unless they live in Brooklyn. Shan and Toad, a children’s clothing boutique based in California, also won’t refund...
Camila Alves Fashion Week diet trick? Baby food
Camila Alves is the latest celeb to go on a baby food diet, but the Brazilian model and wife of Matthew McConaughey isn’t choking down jars of Gerber. Alves, 34,...
Chief puts spin on Kaepernick's national anthem movement
https://twitter.com/jeff_rosen88/status/775016818675036161 Not everyone is following Colin Kaepernick's lead in kneeling for the national anthem, but the movement is evolving as players make statements in their own fashion. Marcus Peters, a...
Another seasoned model speaks out about today's social media beauties
When it comes to today’s girls being famous for being on social media and little else, supermodel Carol Alt isn’t a fan.
Don't expect Bill Bratton to take another public service gig
Outgoing Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said he's done with public service -- even if he is offered a high-profile gig leading the Department of Homeland Security. Speaking during an interview...
Iran welcomes cease-fire in Syria
BEIRUT — The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed a U.S.-Russian agreement on a cease-fire for Syria, where it has been a key ally of President Bashar Assad during the five-year...
23-year-old killed in Queens car crash
A 23-year-old woman riding in a packed car with six other people was killed when the vehicle collided with another car in Queens on Sunday, authorities said. Desray Leroy was...
Did Larry Fitzgerald tell everyone but dad about retirement?
Who really knows best: father or the media? Just ahead of kickoff for Sunday's first week of NFL football, reports streamed out that Larry Fitzgerald was passing word around the...
NFL players miss team bus, are so excited about Uber
Buffalo Bills linebackers Jerry Hughes and Zack Brown missed the first team bus to get to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore Sunday, so they decided to catch a ride using...
Poice aid arrested after slamming door on cop's foot
An NYPD administrative aid was arrested Saturday after fighting with an elderly relative, then slamming a door on the foot of an arriving cop, police said. Kadi Willoughby, 54, got...
Fordham looks like powerhouse in blistering offensive show
How’s this for openers? Fordham’s football team scored a team-record 83 points in a dominating home-opening 83-21 victory over Elizabeth City State at Jack Coffey Field Saturday afternoon. The Rams’...
Samsung Galaxy phone explodes in little boy's hands
A 6-year-old Brooklyn boy suffered burns when a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime exploded in his hands — and his grandmother says he’s now too scared to go near any other...
Fantasy football Week 1 start 'em/sit 'em: Yank Ivory now
Fantasy football is back, as are injuries! Here's what you need to know about the questionable players entering Week 1 of the NFL: Chris Ivory, RB, Jaguars: After he was...
Hillary Clinton leaves 9/11 ceremony after medical episode
Credit: Zdenek Gazda A frail-looking Hillary Clinton collapsed during the 9/11 memorial service in lower Manhattan on Sunday morning — prompting Secret Service agents to grab her arms to prop...
Football player arrested after sucker-punching ref
https://twitter.com/vcscolleges/status/774826022113980416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. — A California junior college football player has been arrested after he appeared to punch a referee during a game Saturday night. The Ventura County Star...
Obama observes 9/11 with moment of silence
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is joining the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died in the Sept. 11 attacks 15 years ago. The White House says Obama...
Trump Foundation donations came from other charities
Virtually all of the contributions made by Donald Trump’s foundation reportedly came from other charities — with The Donald just passing the money along. In one case cited by the...
Dead body found in trunk of burning car
A dead body discovered in the trunk of a burning car Saturday night is believed to be that of a 44-year-old transvestite from Queens who advertised himself as a male...
Trump and Clinton join mourners at 9/11 anniversary ceremony
Thousands of mourners including Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump gathered at Ground Zero Sunday to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The day of remembrance of...
NYPD nabs murder suspect after 2 years on the run
A man wanted in a 2013 murder was busted in Manhattan on Saturday after cops pulled him over for making an illegal turn. Edwin Burgos, 59, allegedly shot Luciano Cajigas,...
Samsung's new smartphone may catch fire: US officials
Apparently the hottest phone on the market isn’t the new iPhone. The federal government wants you to get off your Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone immediately — because its battery could...
First presidential debate could be ‘bigger than the Super Bowl’
Don’t even think about getting into Hofstra University later this month to see the political fight of the century. Tickets for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s Sept. 26 debate at...
Topless cyclists explore city's history in 'exhilarating' nude tour
These cyclists had the breast ride of their lives while learning about women’s history. The Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society teamed up with Loudest Yeller Bicycle Tours Saturday...
Relativity Media still flying high despite bankruptcy
Relativity Media may have been laid low by bankruptcy, but the studio’s executives are still flying high — or so they were until a “mechanical” problem last week forced an...
City schools confiscating more weapons than police data says
City schools have confiscated far more weapons from students than previously believed, The Post has found. School officials recorded 2,485 separate instances when staff took guns, knives and other potentially...
Buildings Department struggles to maintain its own building
The city agency charged with keeping buildings safe can’t keep its own premises in good repair. The city-owned landmark building that’s home to the Department of Buildings — best known...
Fashion show turns a SoHo street into gridlock disaster
Shutting down Greene Street for a runway show Saturday was a major Fashion Week fail, according to the Soho residents disrupted by the disaster. Rebecca Minkoff transformed the street outside...
How New York will mark 15th anniversary of 9/11
Moments of silence will be observed and church bells will ring out Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The first pause will come at 8:46...
Mom, widow in duel over burial of man who feared bling-thieves
The corpse of a Manhattan man who didn’t want an open-casket funeral because he feared mourners would steal his bling is now the object of a morbid tug-of-war between his...
Luke Skywalker wants me to 'abort my baby,' says ex-porn star
Luke . . . I am your grandchild. A baby-mama drama is unfolding in Mark Hamill’s family as a former porn actress prepares to give birth to Luke Skywalker’s first grandchild. Maegan...
Driver pushed a carriage horse to collapse in the street: witness
A 14-year-old carriage horse “collapsed” at a busy Midtown intersection, but the carriage driver was in no rush to help the fallen gelding, according to a man who claims to...
How America's presidents lived their final moments
“I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory,” says Alexander Hamilton in Broadway’s still-hottest musical about the founding father slain in a duel. But if you’ve ever...
Schneiderman tried to contact eco-tycoon amid Exxon probe
When state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman took on ExxonMobil over climate change last year, it seemed like an odd global crusade for a local politician. Perhaps he was drilling for...
How heroes of 9/11 live on in St. Patrick's Cathedral
The decades of soot and grime covering St. Patrick’s Cathedral have been washed away and the iconic spires once again gleam. The $175 million restoration of the cathedral is largely...
FDNY honors fallen heroes at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
It has been 15 years since the attacks, but Sept. 11 is still a day of devastatingly raw emotion. “This is a tough place,” Rich Savasta, 57, said at the...
Cuomo bashes de Blasio right before marching with him
Moments before marching side-by-side with Mayor de Blasio in a Midtown parade Saturday, Gov. Cuomo tore into him for withholding NYPD disciplinary records. “Just be straight with the people of...
Bridge and tunnel use in city is rising thanks to better economy
An improved local economy is crowding the city’s bridges and tunnels — so get used to those traffic delays. Some 392 million vehicles drove across the city’s tolled bridges and...
Hillary's media is torching its standards to cover the election
There is nothing more to learn about Hillary Clinton’s home-brew server, deleted e-mails, chronic cough or anything else that makes her look bad, according to The Washington Post. And The...
Inside the UN’s exotic garden on the East River
They’re giving peas a chance. The concrete jungle of the United Nations’ East Side complex now has a real jungle tucked among its towers — and it’s bursting with exotic...
NFL players might be taking a leak when they get in a huddle
If you attend the Jets or Giants season-opening games today and see a group of players huddled in a circle, don’t look too close — they might be hiding a...
Allen Iverson gives tribute to 'real love' ex-wife during speech
Theirs was one of the most tumultuous love affairs in sports — mired in allegations of abuse, drinking and multimillion-dollar debt. But when NBA superstar Allen Iverson made his Basketball...
You'll never guess where the 'bra bandit' victim stashes cash now
Elderly cash-swipe victim Maria Vasquez says she’s given up on brassiere “banking” — from now on she’s stashing her money inside a hidden, zippered panel in her undies. “I’m going...
How Ben McAdoo earned Giants' respect by sticking to his roots
No one could have envisioned Bill Parcells growing into a Hall of Fame head coach when he made his debut with a 16-6 loss to the Rams on Sept. 4,...
More than 30 injured after deck collapsed at college house party
Three porches collapsed on each other during a raucous house party at an off-campus house near Trinity College in Hartford Saturday night, sending at least 27 students to hospitals. But...
Jacob deGrom confident he'll be back but timetable looks murky
ATLANTA — Jacob deGrom remains confident he will pitch again in 2016. The Mets righty, who has been sidelined with forearm discomfort, threw 10 pitches from a bullpen mound Saturday...
CM Punk body slammed on Twitter with a mix of applause
The Twitterverse wasn’t much kinder to CM Punk than Mickey Gall. The overmatched former WWE star dropped his first mixed martial arts fight at UFC 203 – a quick first-round...
One way for Jets to prove they're over 2015 Bills debacle
Such is the lot of a True Believer, of a fan who invests so much of his soul in a professional football team, which has 16 chances every year to...
Terry Collins' strategical blunder costs Mets — and hurts Flores
ATLANTA — You could see the pain in Terry Collins’ eyes. This loss was on him and he knew it. And as soon as the 4-3, 10-inning loss to the...