February 19, 2017
Viewers miss good game while ESPN clutters TV with graphics
Two weeks ago, even before the Patriots’ stunning comeback, FOX’s Super Bowl telecast appeared odd — unusually good because we were provided the largest, clearest, most uncluttered view of an...
Anthony Davis wins All-Star MVP then gets even better surprise
NEW ORLEANS — The Kevin Durant-Russell Westbrook alley-oop connection was the highlight play of the night, but Anthony Davis was the highlight of the game, making the Big Easy proud....
'Buddy' Fletcher can't sell his Connecticut castle
Disgraced hedge fund manager Alphonse “Buddy” Fletcher has found a second endeavor he’s not excelling at — selling off some of his pricey real estate. On Friday, Fletcher, unable after...
Video surfaces showing Kim Jong Nam's assassination
Chilling video footage emerged Sunday, showing the moment female assassins fatally poisoned the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The grainy closed-circuit video captured a woman in a...
2016 was a good year for Condé Nast
In the midst of a huge downturn in print advertising, the Big Media bet by Condé Nast, the 115-year-old magazine publisher, is starting to bear fruit. Condé Nast Entertainment, run...
Cuomo wants to slash funds for disease control and prevention
Gov. Cuomo is drawing ire from both sides of the political aisle over his spending plan, which recommends slashing a funding stream for disease-prevention and -control programs by 20 percent....
Unhappy couples should stay together and other notable comments
Conservative take: Gov’t Rebels Against the People Last year, the people rebelled against the elites. Now, says Matthew Continetti at the Free Beacon, we have a revolt “of the government...
Why Knicks likely will strike out on each Carmelo trade
NEW ORLEANS — Knicks general manager Steve Mills was in town for All-Star Weekend, and it doesn’t appear he was here to finalize divorce proceedings with Carmelo Anthony. According to...
Can I save my job after lashing out at a meeting?
I hate my job. So much so that in the last boring, banal meeting, I blurted out, “Oh, shut up,” walked out and went home. It’s been two days and...
Meet 'The Walking Dead's newest leader
Rick may have met his match.
Stop losing sleep because of stress and overwork
Feeling frazzled and sleepless in the city that never sleeps? You’re not alone. According to a new study reported on BMJ Journals’ website, 97 percent of participants reported nonrestorative sleep...
'All-in' Mets open to payroll hike as World Series hunt begins
PORT ST. LUCIE — The gang was back together again. After an offseason in which the Mets decided against adding even one new player to the major league roster, the...
Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant finally have their moment
God bless Steve Kerr for giving us exactly what we wanted. Midway through the first quarter, Russell Westbrook (and Draymond Green!) headed to the scorer’s table to check into the...
Why 'Made in America' is so hard to do
Long before President Trump, American Apparel was making America great again: making clothes in Los Angeles and selling them to the mass market. Now, American Apparel is closing up shop....
Isles get Devils payback before brutally long road-trip test
This was one last bit of home cooking, one last taste of where it’s comfortable and where it works. And now it’s out into what is basically a do-or-die trip...
Lefties keep showing off their civic ignorance
Last week, cable news personality Sally Kohn tweeted what she called a “straightforward” plan that would eject Donald Trump and install Hillary Clinton into the presidency: “1. Impeach Trump Pence;...
Why Presidents Day isn't so patriotic after all
Monday is Presidents Day, a k a Washington’s Birthday (federally), a k a Washington and Lincoln Day (Colorado, Ohio, Utah), a k a Washington and Jefferson’s Birthday (Alabama), a k a Washington and Daisy Gatson Bates Day (seriously,...
Cuomo's right in not rushing to fill vacant seats in Legislature
Bill Perkins’ election to the City Council in last week’s special election leaves his former state Senate seat vacant, quite possibly for some time. Gov. Cuomo is unlikely to call...
George Washington: Founder for all Americans
One of the most compelling moments in the musical “Hamilton” is the entry of Gen. George Washington as the American rebels suddenly face 32,000 British troops in New York Harbor....
David Wright's hidden throwing reveals his tricky Mets limbo
PORT ST. LUCIE — He squatted. He lunged. He twisted and he stretched. He jogged forward, backward and laterally. Then David Wright slipped away, as inconspicuously as possible, from the...
Dustin Johnson is No. 1 and living dream that seemed impossible
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — It doesn’t seem like long ago that the narrative for Dustin Johnson’s golf career read a lot like a story that wasn’t going to end well....
Foundations are resisting Trump's immigration policies
New York’s well-heeled philanthropic groups are doling out big bucks to resist President Trump’s immigration policies and defend targeted social welfare and environmental programs. The Brooklyn Community Foundation created a...
How Mets see Neil Walker fitting in long term
PORT ST. LUCIE — Neil Walker has been clear in his desire to stay with the Mets long term, and the two sides continue to broach the possibility. On Sunday,...
Sydney Phillips scores big in first basketball game on boys' team
She scored in court — and then on the court! New Jersey seventh-grader Sydney Phillips, who won a bruising legal battle to play for her school’s boys basketball team, hit...
Yankees kicking the tires on Jon Niese
TAMPA -- Former Mets lefty Jon Niese has a minor league contract and an invite to major league spring training in place from the Yankees as he heads into a...
Video emerges of violent knockout aftermath in Darrelle Revis fight
A video emerged Sunday of the violent altercation last week in Pittsburgh involving Darrelle Revis that shows two men knocked out cold on the sidewalk while a man brags in...
Rangers' defensive system flexes with suffocation of Caps
The type of defensive-zone structure the Rangers showed Sunday afternoon against the powerful Caps and have adopted for the most part since the All-Star Game is the way playoff series...
In My Library: Lucinda Rosenfeld
Karen Kipple’s Brooklyn is a hipster’s paradise: a land of artisanal sausages, laundromats turned slow-drip coffee salons and parents who take seriously the need for hormone-free milk in the cafeteria....
This skateboarding dog is way cooler than you
Move over, hipsters — there’s a ruffer contingent in town. Coqui zips around Manhattan on a skateboard. He favors Converse-like sneakers, mirrored aviator sunglasses and a baseball cap. Pals have...
The hyped hair that captivates — and tests? — Yankees camp
TAMPA -- The most tired cliché around the Yankees is this: “If The Boss were alive, this wouldn’t have happened.’’ Of course, George Steinbrenner has been gone since 2010, and...
Yacht owner ran us over on Long Island waterway: suit
Where’s Gilligan when you need him? A comedy of errors on a Long Island waterway resulted in one boat dangerously circling a yacht, the fleeing yacht running over a clamboat,...
State assemblywoman's niece busted for embezzlement
The niece of a state assemblywoman has been busted for embezzling at least $25,000 from the Brooklyn pharmacy where she worked, police said Saturday. Jesenia Peralta’s aunt, Democrat Maritza Davila,...
The High Line divides neighborhood along class lines
The co-creator of the High Line, who claimed he had shafted the residents of Chelsea with his world-renowned park has in fact divided the neighborhood — with wealthy apartment dwellers...
Schumer urges Trump to reimburse NYC for security costs
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged President Trump to help with the enormous costs to protect his family in New York by adding funds to the federal budget...
Private equity firm founder pleaded guilty to escape Rikers violence: suit
An accused white-collar criminal pleaded guilty to grand larceny and money-laundering charges just to escape the brutal violence at Rikers Island that left him blind in one eye, according to...
Zack Wheeler takes first step to calming Mets' fears
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Zack Wheeler threw a bullpen session Sunday and later said there was no discomfort in his elbow. The righty had “tenderness” in the joint last week,...
This NYC neighborhood has the highest booze enforcement rate
Don’t drink on your stoop in East Harlem or it’ll cost you $25. Police in Manhattan’s 25th Precinct blitzed 2,399 people with tickets for quaffing booze from open containers last...
Why best and boldest Yankees lineup isn't one Girardi will pick
TAMPA – Joe Girardi plans to look at a lot of lineups in spring training games and feels he cannot settle on a standard order until “we see how right...
Missing woman found after Good Samaritan sends tip
A missing Westchester woman last seen in Manhattan was found when a Good Samaritan recognized her at LaGuardia Airport and called police, officials said. Veronica Hallock, 24, had been missing...
Embattled ACS misses city's deadline for annual report
The beleaguered Administration for Children’s Services has failed to deliver its annual report by the city’s deadline, an oversight mandate created by Bill de Blasio when he was a city...
ABC News correspondent defends the media against Trump
ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos An ABC News correspondent on Sunday defended the news media against President Trump's claim that they are the "enemy of the American people"...
Dellin Betances doesn't back down
TAMPA — No retreat. With a day to think about what he said in response to Yankees club president Randy Levine saying Saturday he was used by his agents to...
Kraft Heinz withdraws $143 billion bid to buy Unilever
Kraft Heinz has withdrawn its $143 billion offer to buy Unilever, backing away after the mayonnaise, tea and seasonings maker rejected the bid as too low. The companies announced the...
Vicious sucker punch and 'threat' at cop ignite brutal hoops brawl
NASHUA, N.H. — Nashua, New Hampshire, police have charged a member of the Daniel Webster College men's basketball team after a fight that required 25 officers to restore order. Authorities...
Prosecutor lost job after suing city for wheelchair access: suit
A Bronx prosecutor claims she’s being persecuted for suing the city over handicapped access to courthouses. Diana Lewis, 53, was injured in a 2011 accident that broke bones and caused...
Cops arrest teenager suspected of trying to rape woman in lobby
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy who allegedly tried to rape a woman as she was entering her building at the Stuyvesant Town apartment complex in Manhattan Sunday, authorities said. The...
These millennials can't wait to run for NYC mayor
There’s nothing these millennials think they can’t do -- even run for mayor of New York City. A trio of thirty-somethings -- Michael Basch, Mike Tolkin and Josh Thompson --...
This is why you don't dance during an MMA fight
Amateur featherweight Joe Harding demonstrated why you should never try to show up your opponent in the middle of a fight during British Challenge MMA 18 on Saturday. Harding tried...
Missing hiker found alive after 5 days in national park
A Central New York man who spent five days lost in the Colorado wilderness has been found alive, according to reports. Bryan Skilinski was discovered in "relatively good health" after...
McCain worries Trump will damage relationship with allies
Sen. John McCain said he worries about President Trump's grasp of issues facing the United States and his conflicting statements that create confusion among the nation's allies. "Well, I worry....
Ex-NFLer again arrested while naked in alarming pattern
WOODBURN, Ore. — Police say they arrested a former NFL player after he tried to force his way into an Oregon home and then took his clothes off. Police went...
US carrier sent on 'routine' operation in tense South China Sea
As tensions mount between America and China over the South China Sea, the US Navy has sent an aircraft carrier into the disputed waterway. The Navy announced the deployment of...
Jimmer Fredette outdoes himself in surreal 73-point show
Seventy-three. It wasn't enough to win, but maybe it's enough to get the NBA's attention. Jimmer Fredette went off, pouring in 73 points in a Chinese Basketball Association game Sunday, falling in double-overtime...
'He didn't have a face': Father of boy mauled by pit bull breaks down
The father of a 5-year-old Brooklyn boy who was mauled by a pit bull while trying to save his younger siblings wept Sunday as he recalled seeing the horrendous injuries...
Breitbart editor to speak at conservative conference
Controversial Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos will be the keynote speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference, according to a report. Yiannopoulos, 32, will share the stage next week with...
The media doesn't call the shots -- Trump does
The media smart set fixates on creating a narrative that explains the big picture of events and offers gripping examples. In that spirit, then, here’s a narrative to help them...
Ex-SEAL bails on interview after turning down security role
WASHINGTON -- Retired Navy Vice Adm. Robert Harward bailed Sunday on a scheduled ABC “This Week” interview, just days after turning down President Trump’s offer to be National Security Adviser....
National Security Council official fired after criticizing Trump
WASHINGTON — A senior Trump administration official was fired following criticism in a private speech of President Donald Trump's policies and his inner circle of advisers. Craig Deare, whom Trump...
Luckiest pilot survives plane crash in New Jersey street
A small plane spun out of control over Bayonne, NJ, and crashed into the street, smashing into parked cars and spilling wreckage along the sidewalk Sunday, officials said. Miraculously, no...
Man accused of dismembering wife lived with corpse for a week: cops
The man charged with murdering and dismembering his wife at their Brooklyn home lived with her corpse for nearly a week before tossing her body parts into a dumpster, authorities...
SpaceX launches rocket from NASA's historic moon pad
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/833325498075738112 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX rocket soared from NASA's long-idled moonshot pad Sunday, sending up space station supplies from the exact spot where astronauts embarked on the lunar...
Trump treats Cabinet interviews like reality-TV show: report
President Trump turned his interviews with potential Cabinet members into a reality TV-type show for members of his New Jersey golf club by encouraging them to stop by and view...
How 'The Elephant Man's inner pain became a surprise hit
In 1979, Jonathan Sanger, a young film producer from Brooklyn, found himself working with the great Mel Brooks. Their current project was “Fatso,” a comedy starring, written and directed by...
Iraqi forces advance on ISIS-held western Mosul
HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a large-scale military operation on Sunday to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, the latest phase in a...
Stranger attempted to rape woman in Stuy Town lobby: cops
A teenager allegedly threw a woman to the ground and tried to rape her in Stuyvesant Town on Sunday — but was caught when he flopped down drunk a few...
Swedes ask what Trump's 'smoking' after he cites phony terror attack
The former Swedish foreign minister wondered what Donald Trump was “smoking” after the president referred to a nonexistent terror attack in the Scandinavian country. “Sweden? Terror attack? What has he...
Trump must punish Russia for election interference:Graham
MUNICH — A senior U.S. Republican senator on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to take action against Russia over allegations that Moscow interfered in the election that brought him to...
Russia plotted to assassinate prime minister of Montenegro: report
Russia plotted to assassinate the pro-western prime minister of the tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro in October — to keep it from joining NATO, a news report said Saturday. Britain’s...
Cops kill teen robbery suspect holding pellet gun
Cops shot and killed an 18-year-old in Brooklyn who was armed with a pellet gun early Sunday, after he walked into a bodega and tried to steal some beer at...
Please stop comparing Trump's presidency to Orwell's '1984'
Here’s a simple test for detecting whether you are living in George Orwell’s “1984.” If you feel free to tell everyone you’re living in “1984,” you aren’t. Proving that they...
Melania Trump has a close friend in NYC – her trusted sister
The first lady’s closest confidante is only a New York minute away, and it’s the older sister nobody knows. Ines Knauss, 48, lives in a $2 million, one-bedroom apartment in...
Teacher's ouster marks third sex scandal at elite Brooklyn Tech
A third sex scandal in two years has hit elite Brooklyn Technical HS with the ouster of a music teacher accused of having an “inappropriate relationship” with her male student,...
Cameras nabbed 1.4 million speedy drivers in school zones
If the cops don’t nab you for speeding, the cameras will. The city’s 140 speed cameras captured 1.4 million drivers racing through school zones in 2016, a 36 percent rise...
Would-be groom in canceled wedding gets $125K ring back
With this ring, I thee have now fled. The would-be groom in a scuttled $325,000 Manhattan wedding — canceled after the rehearsal dinner devolved into a fist-flying brawl — has...
Trump's biggest fans honor him with vanity license plates
Donald Trump carried New York in 2016 — when it came to the vanity-plate vote. The Donald’s improbable run to the White House last year inspired 21 requests for license...
Three more firefighters say they were hazed by FDNY members
Three more FDNY firefighters have stepped forward to claim they were hazed and humiliated by fellow smoke-eaters, The Post has learned. The individuals contacted attorneys in the wake of a...
Fear of economic contraction sweeps Wall St. trading floors
While investors have enjoyed their portfolio gains, Wall Street pros don’t share the same high spirits. Fear of global economic contraction that could badly derail the US recovery — and...
Luxury leather bag upstart to launch fashion sneakers line
Oliver Cabell, a luxury leather bag upstart, is kicking around a new product. Barely a year old, the e-tailer just raised $500,000 to launch a line of fashion sneakers that...
Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai plans to meet Hollywood counterparts
The boss is in town. Sony Corp. CEO Kazuo Hirai has been making plans to meet his counterparts around Tinseltown, sources tell On the Money. The Tokyo-based executive, who was...
Why Joshua Kushner nixed bid to buy Miami Marlins
There is some rich irony to why Joshua Kushner’s bid to buy the Miami Marlins baseball team struck out last week. Kushner, whose brother Jared is married to first daughter...
NYC nightspot Goldbar celebrates 10th anniversary
Everything that glitters is going positive for Goldbar as the celebrated New York City nightspot marked its 10th anniversary last week, Julie Earle-Levine reports. The Nolita club, with 12-foot vaulted...
What to do after you 'won' a vacation -- but it may be a scam
Dear John: Now that the first of the baby boomers are hitting the age that requires mandatory IRA/401(k) withdrawals, can the government expect big tax revenue growth? Is this a...
Man in critical condition after police-involved shooting
Cops shot a man in Brooklyn early Sunday after he walked into a bodega and demanded cash, authorities said. Police said the man entered the Garden Deli and Grill at...
Police name four more suspects linked to Kim Jong Nam's death
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's senior police official says they are looking for four more North Korean suspects who had left the country the same day the North Korean leader's...
Judge to decide restitution for customers after $588K left behind in heist
Dozens of customers victimized by the brazen burglary of a Queens bank vault are now scrambling to divide the cash that was left behind. Maspeth Federal Savings Bank in Rego...
Mark Cuban trolls Trump at All-Star Celebrity Game
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a thorn in the side of Donald Trump, is needling the president with numbers. Cuban appeared at the All-Star Celebrity Game in...
Knicks legend would love it if Phil Jackson were coaching the team
NEW ORLEANS — Knicks legend Willis Reed knows what ails the franchise — not having Phil Jackson as its head coach. Attending the Hall of Fame press conference Saturday, Reed,...
Will Mets announcers keep defying logic in praise of Cespedes?
Yoenis Cespedes is the world’s most influential human. He often causes otherwise fit and intelligent people to suffer temporary blindness, loss of memory and, put indelicately, episodic, on-demand stupidity. And...
Another headache -- courtesy of car rental companies
Dear John: Regarding excess charges at Florida rental car companies, I ran into very much the same problem with Thrifty. I rented an economy car for six days, which was...
How Rangers are trying to reignite struggling power play
If curious how concerned the Rangers are with their struggling power play, how about a long video session before Saturday’s practice, and then jumping right into the man-advantage just 15...
John McCain stands up for the press
Arizona Sen. John McCain said President Trump is wrong to tweet the press is an "enemy of the American people" -- a label a "dictator" might use. "If you want...
Andrew Cuomo's great highway-sign debacle
If Gov. Cuomo learns the lesson of his great highway-sign debacle, it’ll be worth all the millions the taxpayers wasted on it. The latest bad news came from state Transportation...
The slow death of New York's public housing
New York City’s public housing is slowly sinking into decrepitude as its oldest developments creakily approach 80 years in age. It’s long past time to set ideology aside to fund...
Julian Assange may soon be booted from Ecuadorian embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. If candidate Guillermo Lasso wins Sunday’s election, he will give Assange, an Australian citizen, 30 days...
Some at NASA call for Earth's moon to be relabeled as planet
NASA scientists are calling for the moon to be reclassified as a planet. Investigator Alan Stern argues the Earth’s moon — along with the moons that orbit Jupiter and Saturn...