July 29, 2017
Fantasy football is back and here are 5 priorities for getting started
In the first of a six-part fantasy football draft preview series, The Post looks at overall draft strategy. Next week: tight ends and defense/specials teams. Welcome back, football. We’ve missed...
Is AmEx liable for explaining the risks of credit downgrading?
Dear John: I received an offer for an American Express platinum card that promised me 100,000 points when I was approved. After a month, I called AmEx customer service to...
D'Angelo Russell's fame solves at least one of the Nets' issues
There is nothing worse than a bad team ... except a bland bad team. The Nets are hoping D’Angelo Russell can change both of those. Though Brooklyn has a developed...
How do I stop pedophiles from taking over YouTube?
Dear John: I am a “Trusted Flagger” for YouTube and recently read your article about abuse on the site. I specialize in the child safety area and try to keep...
The Jets' 'egoless' Big Cat is on the verge of stardom
He is easily recognized by his wild mane, and his teammates fully expect him to dominate the man across from him and impose his will on the afternoon or night....
Hamptons house prices are soaring this summer
There’s more than just the stock market that’s soaring this hot July. Buyers in the Hamptons are taking some of their equity in stocks and plunking down more for homes...
This is how much time employees spend slacking off
Answering that friend request while at work may not seem troublesome, but add up all the on-the-job smartphone screen time across the country and you’re talking $15 billion in lost...
Yankees dealing two prospects for Sonny Gray leverage
The Yankees are obtaining a lefty and leverage. The Yankees and Twins were on the verge of finalizing a deal Sunday morning that would send southpaw Jamie Garcia to New...
This generation's blue chip stocks are tech companies
Wall Street has always valued blue chip stocks — a name derived from the highest-value poker chip color — but today’s new blue chips are nothing like your father’s. If...
Boomer Esiason signs on to promote electric grill
Just as pro football camps open up to condition the players for the upcoming season, advertisers are also drafting their pitch persons. Our spies say former NY Jets quarterback and...
Silicon Valley preps for a potential flood of Snap shares
Our Silicon Valley spies are all atwitter over Snap and the more than 1 billion shares that may be flooding the market in the next two weeks after the 180-day...
This 90s tween retailer is coming back as a mobile pop-up
The faded ’90s mall favorite, Limited Too, is clawing its way back into brick and mortar by camping outside of the department stores from which it had hoped to be...
Rare golden spaceship replica swiped from Neil Armstrong museum
WAPAKONETA, Ohio — Ohio police say a rare gold replica of the lunar space module has been stolen from the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. Police in Wapakoneta responded to...
Trump is shooting at his own general in the war on MS-13
President Trump’s efforts against the ultra-violent MS-13 gang would be much more effective if he wasn’t warring on Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On Friday, Trump flew to Long Island to...
Michael Conforto gets hot just in time to impress folks back home
SEATTLE — Just call him the Homecoming King. The description certainly fits Michael Conforto this weekend, in his return to native territory for the first time in a Mets uniform....
Jaromir Jagr and other veterans victims of NHL’s need for speed
The NHL has become no country for old men. The league-wide obsession with speed has hastened the natural evolutionary process. Older guys who can’t skate, like Patrick Marleau, are dinosaurs...
These women chose to have children with their dead husbands' sperm
The woman was devastated when her beloved husband died unexpectedly of a heart condition in 2004. She pulled herself together enough to consent to the doctor’s suggestion that his organs...
Where’s my money, Stitches?
Attention campers! NFL training camps open for business this week. Coach Ben McAdoo has the Mara-men thinking Super Bowl as old man Eli nears the end of the line. J-E-T-S,...
Squabbling over the subway-repair bill
Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio are still waging their war of words over who should pay how much to fix the city’s broken subway system. Which one should we...
Paterson shows up on Rangel's FEC filings — even though he's not on campaign anymore
For the last two years, ex-Gov. David Paterson’s name could be found at the bottom of the first page of retired Congressman Charles Rangel’s filings to the Federal Election Commission,...
Inside 2nd rise of Jorge Mateo, which may end his Yankees career
By age 22, Jorge Mateo has been the Yankees’ best prospect, suspended, plunged into relative minor league obscurity and risen again as such an attractive trade chip that he is...
Trump hopes John Kelly can reign in chaotic White House
President Trump hopes a blunt, tough-talking general will bring order to a White House that has been bleeding employees, leaking information and seething with infighting almost since the day he...
East Village explosion victims go after ex-landlord's assets
Victims of the 2015 East Village gas explosion that killed two people want to freeze the assets of former landlord Maria Hrynenko, who recently sold the properties for $9 million....
Out-of-control van mows down pedestrians in Queens park
A 19-year-old woman enjoying a day in the park was critically injured when an out-of-control van ran off the road and smashed into her and a young man on Saturday...
De Blasio fires back at Trump with tweet of his own
Mayor de Blasio slammed President Trump on Twitter Saturday as “pathetic” — a day after the president took a veiled swipe at Hizzoner while speaking to cops on Long Island....
Cowboys never explained my release: Lucky Whitehead
Lucky Whitehead said he was never given an explanation by the Cowboys over his sudden release from the team. The wide receiver and kick returner, now a Jets hopeful, was...
Spending time with children may help dementia patients
Children keep the old young. Some elderly people suffering from dementia may just need to spend time with children to get better, experts say. Seniors in England and Wales who...
Critics say popular auction house can't verify its items are real
The auctions at a Manhattan antiques mall, where celebrities like Angelina Jolie have browsed for treasures, may really be selling a bill of goods, critics charge. Questions are being raised...
Silver's political club failed to disclose finances: activist
The Lower East Side political club that for years served as the home base for disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has failed to publicly disclose its finances, as required...
Mother killed on cruise was 'light of our lives': family
A Utah mother of three — killed, allegedly by her husband, aboard a cruise ship off Alaska — was “the light of our lives,” her grieving family said. Kristy Manzanares’...
Trump brags about election win again, slams China in latest tweetstorm
President Trump continued his criticisms of China in a series of tweets Saturday night -- continuing to blame Beijing for failing to keep North Korea’s nuclear ambitions in tow. “I...
Donald Trump is becoming trapped
Early last week, a friend who is generally supportive of President Trump offered his view that the president had only one move remaining — firing special counsel Robert Mueller. By...
Tim Raines meant more to the Yankees than their fans realize
In retrospect, it probably makes sense that the Yankees’ well-intentioned effort to honor Tim Raines at their Old-Timers’ Day last month fell a little flat. Can you identify Raines’ finest...
Hackenberg looks better as Jets' QB face-off kicks off
No reporters were hit by errant passes on Day 1 of Jets training camp. That’s progress. The great quarterback derby of 2017 picked up Saturday where it left off in...
Bomb that critically injured landlord was meant for gang member
The package had sat alongside the concrete stoop of a Queens two-family home for about a week before the landlord — a kind and generous man, 72 years old —...
Do Rockies already have the bullpen help they need?
The Rockies continue to contemplate another reliever after acquiring Pat Neshek from the Phillies. But they also wonder if the combination of Neshek and internal additions could save them from...
Jon Jones may be fighting for a juicy MSG headliner
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Could Jon “Bones” Jones be the next UFC superstar to headline at Madison Square Garden? That might be a tempting option if Jones recaptures the UFC light...
Man who jumped to death helped hundreds of 9/11 rescuers
The broke Manhattan chiropractor who jumped with his wife to their deaths was “a saint” who helped relieve joint pain for hundreds of 9/11 rescuers, close friends told The Post....
Mini boxing match tries to exploit big fight
The Floyd Mayweather- Conor McGregor match on Aug. 24 won’t be half as exciting as this one. A better boxing brawl will take place the day before, when a mini-Mayweather...
Yankees may try to flip young outfielders over roster crunch
A day after Ben Gamel won the International League MVP last August, the Yankees traded him to the Mariners. They envisioned a crowded 40-man roster, including lots of outfielders such...
Guide to fantasy football auction, where you must be unpredictable
So you’ve put on your big-boy pants for fantasy football and you have yourself an auction draft, huh? We don’t want to knock the snake-style format, but when it comes...
It took getting willingly replaced for Chase Headley to awake
Chase Headley was displaced on July 18 when the Yankees made a deal with the White Sox for three players, including Todd Frazier. Headley had been the starting third baseman,...
DeGrom loses mojo after hitting batter in face, and a streak dies
SEATTLE — Jacob deGrom’s eight-start winning streak was built mostly on performances stronger than this, but the Mets could have cut him some slack Saturday. It wasn’t to be. The...
First real look at Brandon Marshall is everything Giants want
It was described by Ben McAdoo as “just a play on the script,’’ which is accurate but not correct. What it turned out to be, unofficially but very much spiritually,...
Woman who's 'hell of a football coach' makes Jets history
Collette Smith made history Saturday in becoming the Jets’ first female coach. Smith, 44, is a coaching intern this summer with the Jets, assisting defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson. Smith...
Yankees' bullpen incumbents have turned a fearsome corner
For all the improvements the Yankees made to their bullpen by acquiring David Robertson and Tommy Kahnle from the White Sox, they still rely most of all on Dellin Betances...
These clues could have stopped 'Son of Sam's killing spree
On July 31, 1977 -- 40 years ago Monday -- David Berkowitz struck his last victims at the corner of Shore Parkway and Bay 14th Street in Bath Beach, Brooklyn....
Don't cheer Mandy Patinkin leaving 'Great Comet' just yet
The actors and activists appalled that Mandy Patinkin was going to replace a black actor in the Broadway musical “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” scored a victory...
NBC only wants 'good-looking' employees: lawsuit
Only the beautiful people belong at the Peacock Network. A fired NBC employee claims a recruiter who initially contacted her for a job as an audio-visual coordinator told her NBC...
Lucas Duda is showing Yankees what they missed
If there is pressure to produce when you get traded before the deadline to a contender, Lucas Duda certainly isn’t feeling it. Two days after he was dealt from the...
Two workers injured after manhole suddenly explodes
Two Manhattan Con Edison workers faced a nightmare on the job Saturday when a manhole they were working on suddenly exploded, officials said. The contractors were inside the hole at...
The Yankees misfits fans want dealt are keeping this together
There may be big things ahead for the Yankees in the coming days. There may be another few trades to coax, another few maneuvers to make. They are clearly hitting...
Video shows milk crate thief smashing worker in face with bin
This crook has never heard of the milk of human kindness. A thief who swiped a milk crate from the front of a Brooklyn bodega and tried to casually stroll...
Meet the sexy new star of The Weeknd's latest music video
Six weeks ago, Hannah Donker was best known for a couple of Canadian beauty ads. Now, she’s been viewed more than 46 million times on YouTube as the mysterious, levitating...
A Janoris Jenkins INT and return give peek at Giants' mindset
Janoris Jenkins made a leaping interception early in Saturday’s practice, maneuvering in front of Sterling Shepard to secure Eli Manning’s high-arced pass. More notable is what happened after the play....
The Terry Collins scouting report on Mets' new bullpen weapon
SEATTLE — AJ Ramos is expected to begin his Mets tenure on Sunday. The former Marlins closer was en route Saturday to join his new team, a day after the...
Brett Gardner magic isn't wearing off in another Yankees thriller
Brett Gardner has shown a flair for the dramatic against Tampa Bay, and the Yankees can’t seem to lose. His bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth gave the...
Michael Jackson's estate wants to appeal Quincy Jones ruling
A Los Angeles jury awarded Michael Jackson’s estate to pay Quincy Jones $9.4 million last week — but the legendary music producer better not spend it. Howard Weitzman, who represented...
New York's most iconic logo almost didn't exist
A logo that almost didn’t exist is now one of the most iconic in the world — thanks to a chance visit to Bermuda. The “I [heart] NY” emblem turns...
DOE director who oversaw fraudulent contracts joins MTA
The summer of hell may have just gotten worse. David Ross, the director of contracts and purchasing for the city Department of Education since 2004 who oversaw millions of dollars...
DOE fails to track payments in $101M 'leadership' contracts: audit
The city Department of Education has awarded contracts worth up to $101 million to the NYC Leadership Academy -- but didn’t keep track of where the money went, a bombshell...
The internet's hottest doctor still needs a place to crash
The internet’s favorite hot Pakistani doctor has finally arrived — and the Big Apple is ready to take a bite out of him. “I was walking through Times Square, and...
What is wrong with the AL East's 'most talented team'?
What if before this season we told you that the Red Sox’s trades for Chris Sale and Craig Kimbrel would prove golden? That Sale would be the best pitcher in...
This will soon be the most famous cat in NYC
About a month ago, a 1-year-old orange tabby was found scrounging for food in a feral colony near Hempstead, LI. Now, he’s chasing toy mice, cuddling with an array of...
Hedge fund accused of Ponzi scheme is ruining athletes' lives: former NFL player
An alleged Ponzi-scheming hedge fund that preyed on pro athletes is still ruining lives, according to a former NFL player. Ex-NFLer Nic Harris was one of nearly two dozen athletes...
Broner still owes Vegas waitress $200K from sex tape lawsuit
Yo, Adrien — pay up! Brash boxer Adrien Broner hasn’t paid a penny of the $206,858 he owes a Las Vegas waitress who successfully sued him for broadcasting their sex...
Fans killed in stampede outside as soccer game goes right on
JOHANNESBURG — Fans at a soccer match in a South African stadium that hosted the 2010 World Cup final tried to push through the gates on Saturday, causing a stampede...
Inside the illegal death traps where poor Hamptons workers live in squalor
Shortly after arriving from El Salvador four years ago, Maria moved to the Hamptons, where she quickly found work washing dishes in a Caribbean-themed restaurant and cleaning palatial homes that...
Conor McGregor shows off proof that he's not ready for boxing
Conor McGregor showed old habits die hard as he pulled off a UFC move during a sparring session. The Irish superstar will switch the octagon for the ring when he...
Here's where to speed if you want to beat a ticket in NYC
If you want to beat a speeding ticket, get caught in Brooklyn. The 57 percent conviction rate at the Brooklyn South traffic court in Coney Island has been the lowest...
The 1st basemen Yankees should hunt to bench Headley's pop-less bat
Chase Headley has accepted relegation and relocation like a pro. He not only moved to first base without rancor, he actually has played it well defensively while hitting – at...
Trump fumes over health care reform after 'skinny repeal' defeat
President Trump hasn't given up on health care reform -- even though the Senate's GOP leader say it's a dead issue for now. "After seven years of "talking" Repeal &...
Famed photo editor behind historic war pics dies at 100
PARIS — John Morris, a celebrated American photo editor who helped bring to the word's eyes some of the most iconic photographs of World War II and the Vietnam War,...
Ship sets record for earliest crossing of Northwest Passage
NUUK, Greenland — After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles), the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica has set a new record for the...
Americans don’t need elite tastes to join the upper class
Is what ails America’s struggling middle class a kale chasm? A breast-feeding barrier? A Pilates pitfall? Is having a grasp of these things required to be a full member of...
A's either bluffing or 'crazy' with a Sonny Gray Plan B
There is little unanimity on where Sonny Gray will go. I have had executives insist the Yankees are front-runners, and I have had at least one official use the term...
Taliban assault in Afghanistan kills 12 police
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan official says the Taliban has laid siege to police outposts in southern Helmand province killing at least 12 police, several of whom were members of...
Man accused of torching pregnant girlfriend while kids watched
Police in Hialeah, Fla., are searching for a man who doused his pregnant girlfriend with gasoline and lit her on fire — all while her two young children watched, cops...
Chicago inmates are getting Narcan upon their release
CHICAGO — Chicago now gives at-risk inmates the overdose-reversing drug naloxone upon their release from jail and Los Angeles is poised to follow suit, putting the antidote in as many...
Democrats need these conservatives to win in 2018
Rep. Kurt Schrader says he's a member of an “endangered” species — the Blue Dogs. Founded in 1995, the Blue Dogs are a conservative coalition of New Deal Democrats who...
Man charged with attempted murder of cops
An armed Queens man accused of dragging an officer with his car and clipping another faces attempted murder charges that could send him to prison for 25 years to life,...
McConnell says 'it's time to move on' after GOP health care defeat
WASHINGTON -- The resounding Senate crash of the seven-year Republican drive to scrap the Obama health care law has led to finger-pointing but also has left the party with wounded...
Our phones are making us more heartless
For more than two long minutes, five teenagers watched and laughed and recorded on their phones as a disabled man drowned in a pond near his home in Florida earlier...
Cab driver arrested for killing elderly pedestrian
A yellow cab driver was arrested after he hit and killed an elderly woman as she crossed a Manhattan street, cops said Saturday. Barbara Horn, 80, was attempting to cross...
Hamburg attacker was known to security forces as Islamist: minister
HAMBURG - The migrant who killed one person and injured six others in a knife attack in a Hamburg supermarket on Friday was an Islamist known to German security forces,...
Why millennials cheat less than their parents
When Amanda Chatel’s husband cheated on her after a year and a half into their marriage, she was flabbergasted. “I think cheating is one of the worst things you can...
Trump blasts Senate filibuster, claims Russia was against him in election
President Trump tweeted Saturday that the Senate's GOP majority will "NEVER win" unless the Senate eliminates the filibuster, a rule that bars its 52-member GOP majority from unilaterally passing bills....
Iran says US Navy fired 'unprofessional' warning shots near its vessels
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fired a warning shot in an "unprofessional" confrontation with Iranian vessels, the official IRNA news agency...
Elizabeth Smart finally ready for movie to tell her story
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Elizabeth Smart said it required years for her to participate in a movie about her kidnapping ordeal. Smart said Friday that she couldn't have done so...
Does Yankees being in first alter the Sonny Gray equation?
There is the long view and there is the prism of the non-waiver trade deadline, which arrives on Monday. At this moment, both appear to be converging for the Yankees...
Aaron Judge reveals new safety plan after belting another homer
Aaron Judge is back to hitting homers rather than celebrating them, and that’s probably for the best. Judge, a day after chipping his front left tooth when Brett Gardner’s helmet...
Every day Mets wait makes MLB debut harder for young studs
SEATTLE — Expectations can be the biggest danger a young player faces, and that could be the situation for the Mets’ two crown jewels, shortstop Amed Rosario and first baseman...
How Jacob deGrom changed his trade status to 'untouchable'
SEATTLE — In no uncertain terms, the Mets have made it known to teams Jacob deGrom is unavailable heading to Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline. A rotation stud who could command...
'I know how old I am': Eli Manning proud of his age
Eli Manning showed some signs of fatigue Friday after the Giants held their first practice of training camp. It had nothing to do with being 36 years old. It had...
Clint Frazier belts an Aaron Judge-like homer
Clint Frazier is sitting in high cotton when it comes to his first 20 big league games. Frazier’s 455-foot three-run homer in Friday night’s 6-1 win over the Rays at...
CC Sabathia passes legendary pitcher on career strikeout list
CC Sabathia doesn’t live inside the numbers that often define players, but reaching 2,800 career strikeouts Thursday night resonated with the veteran lefty. “I am not much into the stats,...
Will you love me forever Stitches?
“This kid really makes things happen. Here he comes … squeeze play … Holy cow, I think he’s gonna make it.” ... Hang the “W” flag — from the bedroom...
One sure way for Odell Beckham to prove he's worth the money
Odell Beckham Jr. can express the hope to one day become the highest-paid player in football all he wants, and it is more probable than not that a good number...
Trump once ordered Priebus to rush to Oval Office to kill a fly: report
The chief of staff was also head of the SWAT team. Reince Priebus was once ordered by President Trump to rush into the Oval Office and exterminate a fly, a...
Michael Conforto blasts two HRs in homecoming to fuel Mets
SEATTLE — Local boy makes good. Real good. Michael Conforto had joked before Friday night’s game that Safeco Field looked much smaller now than when he played here in a...
Yankees' bullpen depth just made Joe Girardi's life difficult
It is sometimes known as the Paradox of Choice. Or, as explained by the ancient philosopher named Jaromir Jagr while facing hockey free agency more than a decade ago, “When...
Manhunt underway after dead bodies found in trunk, home
North Carolina police are looking for a man suspected of killing two Charlotte residents Thursday morning. A manhunt is now underway for Vurnel Smith Jr., 40. Police were alerted to...
Tesla's Model 3 is here — and it could make or break the company
FREMONT, Calif. — For Tesla, everything is riding on the Model 3. The electric car company's newest vehicle was delivered to its first 30 customers — all Tesla employees —...
Demario Davis: How Jets differ from last year's 1-15 Browns
The 2017 Jets remind a lot of people of the 2016 Browns because of how many young players are going to have critical roles on the team. Demario Davis was...
Two Mets provide hope that T.J. Rivera's season isn't over
SEATTLE — T.J. Rivera’s season could be in jeopardy, following the diagnosis of a partial tear to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. The Mets infielder received a...
Man wins million-dollar lottery for second time in 9 years
QUEBEC CITY — There are lucky men, and then there's Jules Parent. For the second time in nine years, the 69-year-old Quebec retiree has won a million Canadian dollars playing...
4-year-old boy reunited with lost teddy bear at airport
DALLAS — A 4-year-old North Texas boy has been reunited with his beloved teddy bear nearly a week after the furry friend was forgotten at Dallas Love Field. Luke Swofford...
A guide to the fantasy baseball aces hiding on the waiver wire
Finding an ace on the waiver wire at this point in the season would be like winning a free trip around the world after winning Mega Millions and later finding...
Cops injured at DWI checkpoint after suspected drunk driver veered toward them
Two Houston police officers serving on a DWI task force were knocked off a freeway and fell nearly 20 feet early Friday morning when a suspected drunk driver reportedly struck...