September 23, 2018
Ex-coach says everyone should cool it with Kevin Knox hype
George Karl says the media may want to put the brakes on the runaway hype for Knicks rookie Kevin Knox. The legendary coach told The Post he’s seen summer-league studs...
Steven Matz has taken first step to being pitcher he wants to be
WASHINGTON — Steven Matz received a homework assignment earlier this season. Unhappy with the manner the Mets left-hander was reacting to adversity, pitching coach Dave Eiland told Matz to begin...
Yankees are doing everything to hide their rotation plans
The Yankees left The Bronx without announcing a starter for Monday’s game in Tampa Bay as they wrestle with wanting to give their rotation extra rest going into the playoffs...
Jets can't force Sam Darnold to do this all by himself
Moments after Thursday’s 21-17 loss to the Browns, Jets coach Todd Bowles was asked about the performance of his rookie quarterback Sam Darnold. It had been a rough night for...
Bet on the rising Buccaneers to best inconsistent Steelers
When the NFL schedule-maker put this Week 3 game on “Monday Night Football,” I don’t think there was any idea it could turn out to be the game of the...
Beware the market's adjustment to Steelers downturn
Ryan Shazier’s serious neck injury suffered last Dec. 5 had a dramatic impact on anyone who was watching the Steelers face the Bengals that night. Though Shazier’s recovery has been...
Count on Yankees' wild-card quest to drive them to victory
It took 1,876 days for Tiger Woods to become a winner again. It took almost as long for the Giants to sit “very offensive” lineman Ereck Flowers. Team responded by...
Sterling Shepard's teammates knew he was destined to deliver
HOUSTON — It came as no surprise to Saquon Barkley or Odell Beckham Jr. that Sterling Shepard caught the game-clinching touchdown pass. “He’s a dog,” Barkley said after the Giants’...
J.A. Happ did just enough to stay in the wild-card conversation
This outing probably didn’t seal J.A. Happ as the Yankees’ starter in the wild-card game. But it couldn’t have ruined his chances, either. Even without his best stuff, lacking the...
RFK crew needs to rethink its 'get out of jail free' cards for violent offenders
Kerry Kennedy and her Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights outfit still have time to rethink their “bail them all out” initiative — and plainly should. The city’s police commissioner, mayor...
One player defined Giants defense's refusal to break
HOUSTON — Giants linebacker Alec Ogletree had a lot more trouble finding his luggage than he did locating Texans running back Lamar Miller in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game...
Bloomberg to make 2020 election decision after midterms
Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg said he’ll decide whether to mount a 2020 challenge to President Trump after the midterm elections. “Right now, I’m only focused on the midterms,” Bloomberg told...
Not every millennial wants free lunch, perks at work
I am a retired professional, and I volunteer at one of New York City’s public golf courses as a ranger. One individual there has threatened, harassed, bullied and used vitriolic...
The war on coal is a winner for China
We’ve just entered the 21st month of Donald Trump’s presidency. While the president is ending his predecessor’s war on coal at home, American taxpayers are still funding Barack Obama’s war...
Ridiculous confirmation fights are killing the Supreme Court
The current era of scorched-earth politics began five years after there was, according to Christine Blasey Ford, in 1982, an alcohol-soaked party in a suburban Washington home. There her 15-year-old...
Former DJ buys $2.75M beer garden for oyster bar outpost
A Lower East Side champagne and oyster bar is replacing a beer and sausage joint in Montauk. Kristin Vincent, a former DJ turned restaurateur who is known on Instagram as...
Now #MeToo is coming for your thought crimes
The #MeToo movement’s search for demons to slay has expanded well beyond just those accused of sexual misbehavior. Now, if you’ve done anything to disseminate the accused’s side of the...
Routine laser treatment left me with blistering burns: suit
A Long Island mom went for a routine laser treatment to remove sunspots — and ended up with dozens of blistering burns all over her body, she claims in a...
The limits of hashtag feminism and other commentary
Legal file: Polygraphs Are a Joke Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, has taken a polygraph test. At City Journal, Claire Berlinski offers the appropriate response: Who cares? “Polygraphs are...
Peace officers accused of stealing from homeless shelter
Shelter residents are among the city’s most needy, but that didn’t stop three peace officers from swiping basic hygiene products from them, according to officials and court records. Thieving trio...
Saquon Barkley-Eli Manning bond showed on crucial play
HOUSTON — Saquon Barkley used his legs to rush for 82 yards on 17 carries Sunday at NRG Stadium. But it was his hands that helped the Giants claim a...
Second woman accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
Another woman has come forward and publicly accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct — claiming he shoved his penis in front of her face at a drunken dorm room...
Even Tiger Woods haters should be in awe of this stunning rise
This all began in earnest back in December at an uber-exclusive golf club in the Bahamas with no more than a few hundred people watching. It was at the Hero...
A big win for the little guys
In a big win for the little people, Philadelphia last week agreed to rein in its civil-forfeiture program and pay $3 million to innocents whose property it wrongly confiscated. Attorneys...
Why de Blasio keeps dodging on turnstile-jumping arrests
City Councilman Rory Lancman filed suit last week to make the NYPD comply with a law he authored — and post online reports showing the number of arrests and summons...
Avenatti says he represents woman with ‘credible information’ about Kavanaugh
Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti claims he is now representing a woman with "credible information regarding Judge [Brett] Kavanaugh and Mark Judge." The revelation came Sunday just minutes before the...
Eli Manning's arm and mouth gave Giants new life
HOUSTON — They were in the shadow of the Texans end zone, positioned nicely at the 7-yard line, assured of at least a field goal to extend the lead to...
Couple shocked to find they just bought infamous MS-13 house
Welcome to the “killing fields.” A young couple with three kids say they bought their dream home on Long Island on Friday — only to just now discover it’s in...
How Yankees could shuffle after Didi Gregorius crusher
That was one costly clincher. It may wind up ending the Yankee shortstop’s season. Didi Gregorius suffered a small cartilage tear in his right wrist from his headfirst slide to...
The tricky first impressions of Giants' Ereck Flowers replacement
HOUSTON — So, what did Chad Wheeler learn after his first start of the season, a start that produced the first victory for the Giants? “I learned to not to...
Yankees' last week just got much more daunting and interesting
Buckle up. Ready for a nerve-wracking final week of the Yankees’ regular season? Well, it could be more stomach-churning. Just imagine if they hadn’t already clinched a postseason spot. Fitting...
Trump arrives late in NYC after praising Tiger Woods on Twitter
President Trump was delayed leaving his New Jersey golf resort for a meeting with the Japanese prime minister because he was apparently glued to the TV watching as Tiger Woods...
How an allegedly washed-up QB rescued the Giants' season
The Giants were losing their grip on the game and on their season, when it was Eli Manning who answered the SOS. Eli Manning, who remembered how to be great...
This 'soft' NFL is breaking the Packers
LANDOVER, Md. — Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews does not understand why he was flagged — yet again — for roughing the passer, this time while sacking Washington's Alex...
The LeBron lure, Durant derby: The intrigue that will dominate the NBA
Here are the top 10 storylines for the NBA heading into training camp: 1. LeBron and The Lakers Can “The Chosen One” turn the woebegone Lakers into a Western Conference...
The Jeff McNeil show just isn't ending
WASHINGTON — Jeff McNeil was having a huge afternoon for the Mets before Sunday’s game at Nationals Park was even halfway finished. The rookie second baseman’s single in the fifth...
Man fatally stabbed after fighting with childhood friend
A Brooklyn man was fatally stabbed during an argument with a childhood friend early Sunday, police and neighbors told The Post. Cops arrived at the scene in Bed-Stuy to find...
Goodlatte threatens subpoena if DOJ doesn't give McCabe memos
WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee threatened to hit the Justice Department with another subpoena if he doesn’t receive memos authored by ousted former FBI deputy director...
Tiger Woods finally breaks through and tastes victory again
ATLANTA — A comeback not even Tiger Woods saw coming a year ago. A chaotic celebration that golf hasn't seen even in the best of times. Woods delivered the perfect...
Giants report card: Pat Shurmur pulled right person and strings
Grades from the Giants' 27-22 win in Houston on Sunday: Offense Rarely has Eli Manning been better. He hit on 25-of-29 passes for 297 yards and two TDs and was in...
Kavanaugh will use 1982 calendar to deny sex assault claims
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will turn over calendars to the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1982 that do not show him attending a high school party where Christine Blasey Ford...
Yankees reveal Didi Gregorius stunner: May be done for year
Aaron Boone delivered the last news anyone wanted to hear Sunday after the Yankees’ 6-3 loss: Didi Gregorius has a wrist injury. Gregorius tore cartilage in his right wrist while...
Kavanaugh support hits record low amid sex assault claims: poll
WASHINGTON – Support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court has plummeted to record lows in the wake of sexual assault allegations when he was a teenager. New...
Molinaro unveils website seeking dirt on Cuomo
Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro on Sunday unveiled a WikiLeaks-style website for whistleblowers to reveal potential crimes committed by members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration. Molinaro said he created CuomoLeaks.com...
Cop accused of choking ex arrested again for messaging her
An NYPD cop was busted in Queens for messaging a woman he was ordered to stay away from — just hours after he was released without bail for assaulting and...
Aaron Boone's moves backfire on a truly dreadful Yankees day
The smell of champagne still lingered in the Yankees clubhouse late Sunday afternoon, but the Yankees seemed far removed from their playoff-clinching celebration of a day earlier following a 6-3...
Dolce & Gabbana's fleet of models take runway by storm
Dolce & Gabbana's DNA-inspired show hit every locus on their genetic map. The Italian design duo sequenced a massive presentation with more than 170 female and male models of all...
49ers fear worst after devastating Jimmy Garoppolo injury
Jimmy Garopp-oh no. The 49ers quarterback had to be carted off the field Sunday after his knee appeared to buckle before a vicious hit in a game in which Kansas...
Giants hang on to a game and any hopes with season-saving win
HOUSTON — They came, they saw, they conquered. Or something like that. Hanging on for dear life is not an ideal way to save a season, but the Giants will...
You may not have even heard of these IT jobs, but demand for them is soaring
As certain jobs start to decline in availability — think computer operator and postal service worker, as per the Bureau of Labor Statistics — others have started to heat up....
Florence floodwaters reveal fish washed up on interstate
Floodwaters from Hurricane Florence are leaving quite a fishy situation in North Carolina. As floodwaters from the hurricane begin to recede more a week after the storm made landfall, first...
Screaming Packers coach unloads on ref after roughing call
Careful with that fight, Mike McCarthy: It might be unnecessary roughness. A third week of football, a third week of a controversial roughing-the-passer call on Clay Matthews, as the outside...
Rare two-headed snake found in flowerbed: 'This is what nightmares are made of'
A woman in Virginia found an extremely rare two-headed copperhead snake slithering around her neighbor's flowerbed. Virginia Wildlife Management and Control posted images and a clip of the venomous viper...
Muhammad Wilkerson carted off after scary injury
Packers defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson covered his face mask with both hands as he was carted off the field with an ankle injury late in the first half against the...
Maine officials: Getting lobsters stoned before killing them is now illegal
Maine government officials are not down with getting lobsters baked before boiling them alive, and have declared the practice illegal after Charlotte Gill, owner of Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound, made...
What the hell is going on with the Bills?
Stunning. In one of the most shocking halves in recent memory, the Bills -- 16 1/2-point underdogs in Minneapolis -- opened up a 27-0 lead at the half. The crowd...
Joakim Noah on the verge of 'heartbreaking' Knicks split
Knicks center Joakim Noah won’t be at Media Day on Monday as the Knicks center is still on the verge of being waived through the stretch provision, according to sources....
3D gun advocate accused of underage sex is jailed in US
AUSTIN, Texas — The owner of a Texas company that sells plans to make untraceable 3-D printed guns was back in the U.S. Sunday after being arrested in Taiwan, where...
Homeless man stabs stranger on Upper West Side: cops
A homeless career criminal knifed a Marine veteran on the Upper West Side, leaving him with a collapsed lung — all because the jarhead had the nerve to tell him...
The Eagles waited a long time for this Carson Wentz
He's back. In his first drive since December, Carson Wentz threw a touchdown pass for the Eagles, looking agile and strong. Wentz completed five passes for 55 yards on Philadelphia's...
Christine Blasey Ford is 'committed' to Kavanaugh hearing: lawyers
The California professor accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually attacking her during a high school party in 1982 said through her lawyers Sunday that she is "committed" to...
Fed-up Steelers put Le'Veon Bell on trade block
In Khalil Mack, one of the best defensive players in the NFL was traded on the eve of the NFL season. In the season's early stages, one of the best...
Pompeo threatens military force over Syrian chemical weapons
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said the US wouldn't hesitate to hold the "source of the bad behavior" accountable if Syria uses chemical weapons again - and wouldn't...
How Rob Gronkowski blew up a Patriots-Lions trade
Rob Gronkowski would have rather hung up his cleats for good than play for another team, even if coached by a former Patriots coach. The Patriots tight end reportedly threatened...
Iran's president blames unnamed US ally for military parade attack
Iran's president on Sunday accused an unnamed US ally of being behind a terror attack on a military parade that killed 25 people and wounded 70. “All of those small...
Recovering Titans lineman pukes everywhere before game
Taylor Lewan is back and ready to play. Maybe he shouldn't be. The Titans left tackle, who is playing this week against the Jaguars after missing last week's game with...
Haley denies Giuliani's claim of Iran 'revolution'
WASHINGTON – United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley shot down the assertion by President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani that the US was plotting a “successful revolution” in Iran. “The United...
Graham says Christine Blasey Ford will be 'respectfully treated' at hearing
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Christine Blasey Ford will be "respectfully treated" during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week but noted her accusations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh...
The Jimmy Butler sweepstakes escalate with quick deadline
The Jimmy Butler sweepstakes are heating up, with or without Tom Thibodeau on board. While the president of basketball operations and head coach of the Timberwolves does not want to...
Four shot through fence at Long Island backyard party
Four people were shot when bullets ripped through a fence into the yard of an outdoor party in Long Island, police said Sunday. The victims were in the backyard of...
Chinese nanny executed for killing three children in failed arson plot
A Chinese nanny has been executed for killing three children in a botched arson plot where she hoped to get money from their millionaire parents. Mo Huanjing started a blaze...
How an accredited reporter got a lifetime banishment from the UN
Matthew Russell Lee barely had time to notice the person who sat uncomfortably close to him at a First Avenue bus shelter. In a split second, he was handed a...
Buddhist teacher forced devotees into sex, wiping his butt
A Dalai Lama wannabe was more like a gross Svengali, according to a damning new report. Once one of the world’s most respected Buddhist teachers, Sogyal Rinpoche forced his devotees...
Ex-Trump staffer accused of slipping abortion pill into girlfriend's smoothie
A former Trump campaign spokesperson was accused of slipping an abortion pill into his pregnant girlfriend's smoothie -- sending her to the hospital and nearly causing her to go into...
Dad of baby in day care stabbing attack shares recovery photo
This exclusive photo -- provided to The Post by the father -- shows tragic Atiana Wang, one of three babies attacked by a berserk, cleaver- and butcher knife-wielding nanny on...
Pompeo: Trump dissenters should 'find something else to do'
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said administration officials who feel they cannot back President Trump should find "something else to do." "If you can’t be on the team, if you’re...
Giants have had enough of Ereck Flowers
HOUSTON — The new Giants coaching regime inherited Ereck Flowers and tried to make it work with the under-performing offensive tackle, moving him from the left to the right side...
This is where 'Wild Things' author Maurice Sendak created his magic
His slippers are tucked under the drawing table, the watercolors and colored pencils just where he left them. And wild things — creature toys and posters — lie all around....
Scandal-plagued school bus system sends taxpayer-funded cars for employees
While parents have deluged a city hotline with nearly 102,000 complaints about late or no-show school buses, 25 employees in the Department of Education’s Office of Pupil Transportation get taxpayer-funded...
Taxpayers forced to foot the bill for councilman's anti-harassment training
Taxpayers had to pay for a Bronx lawmaker’s anti-harassment training after he gave “unwanted attention” to a female staffer. City Councilman Andy King was forced to take the $3,500 “sensitivity”...
Our broken immigration system has only one solution
There is a widespread belief that immigrants and their offspring have poverty-defying superpowers that natives do not. That is certainly the impression you’d get from pundits and lobbyists who celebrate...
Elderly woman accused of replacing pricy painting with fake
An Illinois health tech company with a vast art collection says an elderly Manhattan woman is holding one of its paintings hostage after someone switched it out for a “deliberate...
De Blasio aide fired after being charged with weapons possession
The former aide to Mayor de Blasio who was charged for riding around in a SUV with a loaded gun got the boot from the city in July, The Post...
Staten Island girl gets big break at Apollo Theater's amateur night
There are only small singers, not small voices. Staten Islander Lucia Lalicata, 7, took the adage to heart early Saturday, auditioning for the famed Apollo Theater’s amateur night with one...
Cop wounded when girlfriend was shot by his ex won't talk to police
The off-duty Yonkers cop wounded when his girlfriend was fatally shot by a crazed ex-lover has refused to talk to investigators, a source said. Regan Smith, 31, was killed Friday...
Brooklyn high school unveils plan to address lead water crisis
City school officials showed up last Tuesday armed with fresh water and a repair plan for a Brooklyn high school where a $5,100 high-tech water fountain never got turned on...
Brooklyn motorcyclist killed after car rams into him
A motorcyclist was killed when he rammed into a Nissan in Brooklyn on Saturday, cops said. Julius Holloway, 47, was heading north on Mother Gaston Boulevard at Belmont Avenue in...
State unemployment regulations leave New Yorkers struggling
Dear John: Until recently, I was unemployed and as a white college-educated female in my 50s, I would gladly have worked in a dump for $20 per hour. However, it...
Con Ed won't take on certain expenses because as a monopoly -- they can
Dear John: I own a co-op apartment in which the gas meter is in the kitchen. It was determined that the gas meter was defective and had a slow leak....
Elite NYPD anti-terror unit writes 'BS' tickets to fill quotas: whistleblowers
Members of the NYPD’s elite Strategic Response Group -- about 700 highly trained, heavily armed cops who respond to terrorism, mass protests and gun violence -- say their bosses are...
This is why Stanton decided to come to the Yankees
These are the nights Giancarlo Stanton envisioned when he became a Yankee last December. Four tubs full of Chandon champagne inside the clubhouse. Corks strewn across the soaked plastic-lined floors....
Aroldis Chapman takes big step forward — with one caveat
Aroldis Chapman’s second appearance after returning from left knee tendinitis went much better than his first, as he threw a perfect seventh inning, despite diminished velocity. “I felt good,’’ Chapman...
What the Mets really got for Jose Reyes' $2 million
WASHINGTON — Jose Reyes will wait until he returns to Citi Field on Tuesday before allowing it to sink in that he’s likely finished with the Mets again. Just don’t...
This is when the entire Jets season can blow up
The Jets have hit their first crisis moment of 2018. Yes, it is only September. Yes, they are not even one quarter of the way through the season. But NFL...
Pat Shurmur has to fix this mess now or the Giants are done
HOUSTON — They are battered and bloodied, there are open wounds everywhere on the 0-2 Giants. The start of the 2018 season somehow looks like a continuation of the 2017...
Patriots-Lions: Teacher vs. pupil with a serving of Josh Gordon
Week 3, already has been energized by the professional debut of No. 1-overall draft pick Baker Mayfield, who came off the bench and led the Browns to their comeback win...
Subway riders exposed to pepper spray during brawl in train car
Twenty passengers on a Brooklyn subway train were hit with pepper spray Saturday night when a man pressed the button on his can and aimed it at a man he...
Deshaun Watson's decreased production offers hope to Giants
What’s wrong with Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson? Was he just a one-year wonder who fooled unprepared defenses before his untimely injury as a rookie? Can the Giants pull an upset Sunday to...
Paul Simon ends 'farewell tour' where it all began -- Queens
Music legend Paul Simon ended his farewell concert tour at Flushing Meadows Park Saturday night, performing poignantly where his career began: the borough of Queens, home to “Rosie, the Queen...