January 1, 2017
Giants need Eli Manning to be super for championship run
LANDOVER, Md. — They are a tough, hard-nosed, together team that will fight you for 60 minutes, reminiscent of one of those throwback Bill Parcells teams that would play you...
Rangers look forward to major offensive boost in New Year
If Jan. 1 is truly a day for optimism, then count the Rangers in. It hasn’t been an easy road for the Blueshirts, now almost at the halfway mark of...
Paul Perkins has made his case that he should be starter
LANDOVER, Md. — The changing of the guard at running back means a babe shall lead them. Rookie Paul Perkins, 21 carries for 102 yards, gashed the Redskins after earning...
DC Court of Appeals' global warming decision threatens First Amendment
As Americans were preparing to trade Christmas presents last week, the DC Court of Appeals was moving to take a gift away: Americans’ right to free speech. The court ruled...
How Josh Norman proved Odell Beckham's ready for playoffs
LANDOVER, Md. — Odell Beckham Jr. showed something to his teammates Sunday when he did not engage with Redskins cornerback Josh Norman even though Norman committed two blatantly aggressive penalties...
Government benefits tend to keep beneficiaries stuck in place
Americans see themselves as people on the move. When the going gets tough or when opportunity beckons, we get up and go. We move around a lot. Actually, we don’t...
The slow, loud emergence of Alabama's next fearsome RB
ATLANTA — It’s great to have a great quarterback, but Nick Saban doesn’t need one. The coach has won five national championships with four different starting quarterbacks — Matt Mauck...
Minnesota football rape case emblematic of campus witch-hunt culture
After a college football coach dared to stand up for 10 black players’ legal rights, a mob of at least 3,000 has petitioned for the University of Minnesota’s president and...
The moment Giants afterthought has waited for doomed the Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. — Tavarres King’s wait took four years and well into the final quarter of the final regular-season game of that fourth year, but his big NFL opportunity finally...
Giants report card: Ben McAdoo pulled every right string
Grades from the Giants' 19-10 win in Washington on Sunday: Offense Best part of this performance was no turnovers. Season highs in rushing attempts (40) and rushing yards (161) and the...
Inspiring effort shows everything that's wrong with Jets
The entire day, in every possible way, was so very Jets. Because of course they picked the final day of a lost season soiled by rampant underachievement and occasional dysfunction...
Jets coach can't explain that vicious Hackenberg report
Jets rookie quarterback Christian Hackenberg did not play a down this season. Todd Bowles, after the 30-10 win over the Bills at MetLife Stadium, said they never considered playing him...
The reality behind Giants history shows how special this year is
There are some around the country who smile at the confidence New York City tends to have in the Giants whenever we get a version of the Giants like the...
Teen makes off with cop car after being cuffed for drunk driving
A North Carolina teen humiliated three NYPD cops early Sunday by escaping a Manhattan DWI checkpoint in a police cruiser — despite having been tossed into the back seat with...
Ranking Super Bowl contenders as playoff field takes shape
The NFL playoff field is set, and it’s shaping up to be one loaded with Super Bowl contenders. There are obvious favorites at the top, but the NFC is deep,...
Veteran Rockette has a message for protesting dance troupe
A well-respected veteran Rockette is urging members of the famed dance troupe to put politics aside and do what they do best — by kicking up a storm at the...
Giants rip Redskins' heart out on road to clash with Packers
LANDOVER, Md. — Eli Manning did not say he had that feeling, but he has a certain feeling he has felt before and the Giants are hoping their franchise quarterback...
2,500 participate in unusually warm polar bear plunge
It was easier than ever to take the polar bear plunge in Coney Island this year. “Last year, it was much colder. When you went in, the shock of everything,...
The conversation Bowles and Revis need to have has begun
After a long, miserable season, Darrelle Revis finally showed some signs of life on Sunday. And while it was far too late to make a difference in a lost year...
Cuomo, de Blasio take inaugural Second Avenue Subway ride
The governor and some 300 of his closest friends — plus Mayor de Blasio — celebrated the long-awaited inaugural ride on the Second Avenue Subway on Saturday night. The new...
Jets report card: Can defense play EJ Manuel every week?
Grades from the Jets' 30-10 victory over the Bills at MetLife Stadium on Sunday: Offense The Jets’ offense put up 329 yards against a Bills defense that looked like it...
Crazy fans hang Dakota Access Pipeline protest banner from Vikings stadium
Two daredevils hung a banner — and themselves — from the rafters of the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on New Year's Day in protest of the controversial Dakota Access...
Which is the real Ben McAdoo?
Before the New York Giants kicked off against the Washington Redskins on Sunday, Giants head coach Ben McAdoo stopped to greet a fan dressed exactly like him, only much smaller....
Kennedys and victim’s family react to Michael Skakel’s murder re-conviction
While one family matriarch’s “prayers have finally been answered,” another’s “nightmare continues.” Such is the turbulent story of Dorthy Moxley, 84, and Ethel Skakel Kennedy, 88, whose lives have been...
Todd Bowles gets a chance that Jets fans hate giving him
Todd dammit. That’s the reaction of many Jets fans to the news Todd Bowles will return as the head coach of the Jets in 2017. The team made the announcement...
Tourist bitten by crocodile after trying to take a selfie with it
She just snapped. A French tourist was bitten by a crocodile after posing next to the enormous reptile in a misguided attempt to take a selfie, according to reports. The...
This puppy has racked up $155,000 in vet bills
This French bulldog might be the most loved dog in New York — and his owners have $155,000 in vet receipts to prove it. After Williamsburg couple Kate and Ben...
Obama's closest adviser says president has been scandal-free
Scandal, what scandal? President Obama has been squeaky clean, according to his closest adviser, Valerie Jarrett. “The president prides himself on the fact that his administration hasn't had a scandal...
Eagles eject one reporter, threaten the rest of them
The City of Brotherly Love, unless you're in the press box. Jeff McLane, of the Philadelphia Inquirer, was kicked out of the press box by a member of the Eagles' media...
Jets destroy Bills in merciful, bizarre end to miserable year
The Jets-Bills regular-season finale lived up to the hype: some bad football and lots of empty seats. In the end, the Jets managed to put the Bills away with a...
At least seven NY lawmakers may run for City Council
At least seven state lawmakers are eyeing City Council seats in 2017. Queens Democratic Assemblyman Francisco Moya is raising money to challenge Corona Democratic Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras in what could...
This sums up Mark Sanchez's day
The Cowboys' quarterback controversy does not include Mark Sanchez. Rookie Dak Prescott has dazzled since seizing the starting spot in the absence of Tony Romo, who has since returned quite...
Hornacek vaguely rips effort as Knicks' moment of truth is here
The Knicks limp into 2017 with a losing record and a four-game losing streak, and they'll soon be battered by a brutal January schedule stuffed with 17 games, four back-to-back sets...
Barack Obama is very picky about his shower head
President Obama is very particular about his … shower head. “One thing that we were very aware of is the new president wanted a special shower head,” Stephen Rochon, the...
National Grid bumps up gas bills for city residents
More than a million National Grid gas customers in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island face three years of wallet-busting rate hikes starting Sunday. A National Grid home-heating customer in New...
Greek ambassador's 'cheating' wife says she had nothing to do with his murder
All sides agree on two things in this fatal international love triangle: Kyriakos Amiridis, the Greek ambassador to Brazil, is dead, and his wife’s young police-officer lover killed him. But...
Cuomo vetoes bill requiring state to pay poor defendants' legal fees
Gov. Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have put the state on the hook for legal bills for defendants too broke to hire a lawyer themselves. His veto came...
This taste of Tony Romo is everything Jerry Jones wanted
Tony Romo replaced Dak Prescott -- for just a moment -- for the playoff-bound Dallas Cowboys in the second quarter Sunday at Philadelphia. Jerry Jones couldn't have scripted it any...
WNBA stars were right next to Turkey atrocity
A handful of WNBA players, including Essence Carson, Chelsea Gray and Jantel Lavender of the Los Angeles Sparks, were next door to a deadly shooting in a nightclub in Istanbul...
Riders say Second Avenue Subway already has issues
The Second Avenue subway took nearly 70 years and $4.5 billion of dollars to complete, but it took just 30 minutes for its first problems to arise -- and for...
Beloved NYPD cat passes away
He was one of the city’s Finest felines.
Jeff Garcia emerges from oblivion desperate for 49ers job
Remember Jeff Garcia? He hopes you do. The 11-year NFL quarterback who last played a game in 2009 wants to make a comeback, this reincarnation as a coach. A litany of jobs...
Welcome to Hollyweed
Hollywood is starting 2017 on a high! The famous “Hollywood” sign in Los Angeles was vandalized early Sunday to read “Hollyweed” — celebrating the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in...
North Korea says it will test long-range missiles soon
TOKYO — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted Sunday that Pyongyang may ring in the new year with another bang — the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile....
NYC welcomes first baby of 2017
A Queens couple got a 7-pound surprise to help them ring in 2017! Carmen Peralta, 39, wasn’t expecting her bundle of joy to arrive for another two weeks — but...
Cuomo's decision to commute Brinks heist driver's sentence is an outrage
Judith Clark was no shrinking violet who got caught up in something that got too big for her to handle.
Private developers running discussions over Brooklyn, Queens trolley
It’s a streetcar named conspire. The city claims the big-money developers who lavished cash on Mayor de Blasio’s campaign and nonprofit are not involved in the planning of the multibillion-dollar...
Gary Kubiak likely opening up best NFL job on the market
DENVER -- There's growing speculation that Broncos coach Gary Kubiak will step down after the season because of health concerns just 11 months after leading Denver to a triumphant Super...
Geraldine Ferraro's son wins pardon in coke dealing conviction
The son of former vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro won a pardon Saturday in his 1998 conviction for dealing coke.
Critics blast Cuomo’s clemency for Brinks heist driver
Gov. Cuomo made a merciful decision by commuting the 75-year-to-life sentence of convicted terrorist Judith Clark for her role in the deadly 1981 Brinks heist, supporters hailed on Saturday --...
Nunes blasts the coach behind Ronda Rousey: She was doomed
LAS VEGAS — Just seconds after Amanda Nunes handed Ronda Rousey a savage, 48-second TKO, she went over to the former champion’s corner and put her finger to her lips...
At least five injured in separate New Year's Day shootings
A Bronx man ringing in the New Year at his sister's Brooklyn apartment was struck by a stray bullet just seconds after midnight, police and witnesses said. Immediately following the...
Three dead in separate car crashes across the city
Three men were killed in separate car crashes across the city early New Year’s Day, police said. Hit-and-runs claimed the lives of two of the victims, while the third man...
Don Lemon downs shots, gets ear pierced in bizarre broadcast
New Year’s viewers got an earful from CNN anchor Don Lemon, who started to rail about a dreadful 2016 after downing tequila shots and getting his ear pierced. And then...
Mariah Carey on NYE meltdown: 'S--t happens'
The 46-year-old superstar promised not to stop bringing drama into the new year, flaunting her botched New Year’s Eve performance on social media.
Cops hunt for gunman in Istanbul attack
Turkish police continue to hunt for a terrorist who killed 39 revelers in a crowded Istanbul nightclub, whose owner said Sunday that he ramped up security in the past 10...
The 40 best books of 2016 you must read immediately
The Post’s books team on the titles they most loved — and some that, curiously, escaped notice. Maureen Callahan When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (Random House) On page...
City pols to meet with top contender for DNC chairman
Manhattan politicos will get to quiz Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, a top contender for Democratic National Committee chairman, on his controversial views at a Jan. 6 reception. Ellison, 53, earned...
25 life hacks to help you save money and stay organized in 2017
From smartphone apps to new uses for laundry aids, here are clever solutions to some of life's small but nagging problems.
Your pets holiday ailment will cost you a fortune
Pets are hitting the chocolate sauce a little too hard over the holidays. Owners spend an average of $27 million a year on holiday-related ailments in their pets, according to...
Trump promises to disclose details about Russian hacking
Donald Trump rang in the new year by promising to disclose unknown details regarding the alleged Russian hacking that meddled in the presidential election -- and announced his resolution for...
Man tried stealing three officers' guns in Times Square
An unhinged man tried to steal the guns of three cops just hours after the New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, police sources said. Scott Zaleski, 40, first...
Todd Bowles' massive changes likely will begin with Chan Gailey
While Todd Bowles will return in 2017, many of his assistant coaches will not. Bowles is preparing to make major changes to his coaching staff, according to league sources. Those...
Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at US utility
The Washington Post has retracted its story about Russian hackers penetrating the nation’s electricity grid with a virus found in a Burlington, Vt., electric company laptop. “Authorities say there is...
Handcuffed teen goes on long joyride with stolen cop car
A handcuffed 18-year-old stole a cop car in Upper Manhattan early New Year’s Day and took it on a nearly 12 mile joyride before being recaptured, police sources said. Dekota...
Dozens of Russian diplomats board flight to Moscow
Nearly three dozen Russian diplomats boarded a private plane Saturday in northern Virginia for a flight back to the motherland on orders from President Obama. The Kremlin sent the Rossiya...
Trump tells Schumer he likes him more than other GOP leaders
Donald Trump told Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer in a phone call he likes him more than his GOP brethren House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a...
Port Authority blocks Twitter users who complain about delays
The petty Port Authority, plagued by reports of sleeping mechanics and corrupt cops, once aimed to silence its true enemies — Twitter users. The agency blocked 99 Twitter accounts with...
Business owners rejoice as Second Avenue Subway opens
They weren’t invited to the Second Avenue Subway’s gala New Year’s Eve opening party, but Upper East Side business owners and residents were celebrating on Saturday anyway. “I’m ready to...
Long Island barber howls at local coyotes to save them
When Frank Vincenti heard the sound of a coyote howling on the night of Nov. 7, he knew his efforts had failed. Staked out in his car at a baseball...
'Cannibal Cop' dishes on how his twisted ‘role plays’ came to a boil
In September 2012, Kathleen Mangan called the cops to report her new husband, NYPD Officer Gilberto Valle, was involved in a plot to kidnap, kill and eat a woman. She...
Start your 2017 off right with these workout moves
The hottest trainers around reveal how to shake up your workout in 2017. The muscle toner The favorite move of Noah Neiman, co-founder of the soon-to-open Flatiron District boxing studio...
'American Masters' salutes legendary filmmaker Sidney Lumet
By Sidney Lumet Tuesday, 8 p.m., PBS Every New Yorker knows the films of Sidney Lumet. Dark, gritty portraits of underdogs, rebels and lost men, they left an indelible mark...
Hopeless Jets fans are turning to therapists for treatment
Rooting for the Jets is not good for your mental health. So say local shrinks whose Gang Green-loving patients grow more depressed with each loss. The 4-11 Jets, who mercifully...
Hairstylist sued for $3M over violating non-compete contract
A star hairstylist stands accused of secretly cutting and running from a Flatiron District salon — and taking her clients with her — in a $3 million lawsuit. The Eva...
These families have elaborate escape plans if terror hits NYC
Some anxious parents of college-bound teenagers shell out for Mace and key-chain flashlights to keep their kids safe. And then there’s the two New Jersey families who split a $7,500...
Hit-and-run deaths are rising despite traffic safety push
Hit-and-run fatalities have surged 37 percent since 2014 despite a city push to improve traffic safety. So far in 2016, 37 pedestrians, cyclists and motorists have been killed by drivers...
Management at fault in fatal apartment blaze: suit
A deadly blaze in a Hell’s Kitchen high-rise spread due to “dangerous, defective and unsafe conditions,” a new lawsuit alleges. Edward Singh-Walia, a former resident at the luxury Strand Condominium...
I was scalded by hot contents in my exploding blender: suit
A Brooklyn woman trying to make a healthy smoothie was scalded when the high-performance blender exploded in her face, a new lawsuit charges. Latisha King, 36, used the NutriBullet on...
Trump is already delivering the jobs he promised America
This week marked another victory for President-elect Donald Trump and his partnership with the American worker. Two companies, Sprint, the wireless provider, and OneWeb, a satellite internet provider startup —...
Why bash Trump when you can try to convince him?
Dear John: I saw your columns about jump-starting the economy. Since you occasionally talk to President-elect Donald Trump, I thought I would run an idea by you. The US owns...
Here's why a Fed interest rate hike would backfire
Dear John: I keep hearing the Federal Reserve talk about higher interest rates. I cannot figure out how the US could pay higher rates on its debt. The increase would...
How Trump could exact revenge against the NFL
There is said to be no love lost between President-elect Donald Trump and the National Football League. The NFL, you remember, beat Trump and the upstart USFL (Trump owned the...
These socialites flocked south for New Year's Eve bashes
Some of the monied set not in Aspen (or Davos) are warming their buns in Florida. Film producer and real estate heiress Francine Lefrak, banker Martin Shafiroff, his philanthropist wife,...
Hilfiger spends New Year's on slopes with A-Listers
Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger is spending New Year’s weekend on the slopes in Aspen along with other A-Listers — Kris Jenner, and boyfriend Corey Gamble, Kourtney Kardashian, Seal and Kate...
Spotify, Soundcloud and Sirius XM gear up for strong 2017
Our tea-leaf readers say 2017 is going to be a big year for the digital music guys. Spotify’s long awaited IPO is expected to pop as long as founder Daniel...
Will billionaires ditch forum's last day to attend the inauguration?
Billionaires have a January dilemma on their hands: Attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 or stay for the third and final day of the annual World Economic Forum in...
Gun-wielding man steals deliveryman's bike and food
A man stole a bike -- and a meal -- at gunpoint from a Chinese food deliveryman on Saturday on the Upper East Side, police said Cops said the worker...
Why Giants can't consider making playoffs a success
LANDOVER, Md. — The season is a success, because only the Giants expected to make the playoffs with a rookie head coach following four seasons of watching them. The Giants...
Noah Syndergaard calls Bryce Harper a 'douche' out of nowhere
Bryce Harper and Noah Syndergaard are well known for their competitive spirits and fiery attitudes on the baseball field. That conviction now apparently has translated off the field and into...
Brad Wing on living with Odell Beckham, hanging with Drake
Giants punter Brad Wing, who has been named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week twice in the last month, took some time for some Q&A with Steve Serby:...
Henrik Lundqvist passes boyhood idol in record books
DENVER — Of course it was with an aerobatic save, with his stick somewhere out of his hand and sliding on the ice, that Henrik Lundqvist passed his boyhood idol,...
Drunken off-duty firefighter plows car into parked vehicles
A drunken off-duty city firefighter crashed his car into several parked vehicles on the Upper East Side Saturday morning, officials said. Carlton Wilson was driving south on Park Avenue when...
The remarkable comeback of Aaron Rodgers' longtime running mate
With all the backstories, developments and injuries in a given week in the NFL, it is tough to know what to look for Sunday: Here are five things to watch:...
How Deshaun Watson overcame his major mistake
GLENDALE, Ariz. — His first pass of the evening was intercepted, and most of those at University of Phoenix Stadium let him hear about it, a majority of the 71,279...
Mariah Carey closes 2016 with disastrous NYE performance
Mariah Carey really dropped the ball in Times Square on New Year’s Eve — with lip syncing that was decidedly out-of-sync.
Giants' biggest challenge isn't on the field, it's in their heads
LANDOVER, Md. — College prep is a lucrative industry. History indicates it is beneficial to test before the actual test, a graded run-through taken in conditions that perfectly simulate the...
Feds add hundreds of jobs despite promise to freeze hiring: report
Federal agencies are rushing to add bureaucrats to the payroll before President-elect Donald Trump “drains the swamp,” allegedly breaking a promise by Obama administration officials that they would freeze hiring...
Sidney Crosby back in rarefied air with these all-time greats
A few days before Christmas in Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby walked through the locker-room corridor after the morning skate, almost comically loaded down with bags filled with gifts. “Tis the season,”...
Grading de Blasio's pivotal year
Happy New Year to Bill de Blasio, who today begins his fourth year as mayor of New York City — and the year he’ll run for a second term. How’s...
'Part of my life is gone': Businesses to be demolished after five-alarm blaze
Fourteen Queens stores will be demolished after the five-alarm fire that ripped through a block of businesses, officials said Saturday. Authorities are still investigating what sparked Friday’s blaze on Vleigh...
Flight attendants can't 'think straight' after 'toxic fumes' leak
British Airways attendants began babbling, stuffing food in their mouths and forgetting where they were during a flight after “toxic fumes” leaked into a cabin, according to a report. At...