July 13, 2014
Mohawk'd Syndergaard already hoping for 2015 All-Star Game
MINNEAPOLIS — Noah Syndergaard has a new look. He now wears a Mohawk. He also has more command of his fastball. Appearing in his second straight Futures Game on Sunday,...
The Yankees minor leaguer whose homer astonished Reggie Jackson
MINNEAPOLIS — Yankees prospect Peter O’Brien has impressed this season with his loud bat. He has blasted 29 home runs, 10 at Single-A Tampa and 19 at Double-A Trenton. That...
James Franco sees limit to his talents with 'The Long Shrift'
Somehow, between doing eight shows a week of “Of Mice and Men,” teaching, making movies and flirting on Instagram, James Franco’s found time to make his stage directorial debut. Judging...
Vatican denies Pope quote that '2 percent of clerics are pedophiles'
Calling the problem “a leprosy in our house,” Pope Francis said that about 2 percent of the world’s Catholic clerics are pedophiles, an Italian newspaper said Sunday. Pope Francis vowed...
Carmelo? Check. Here's what Phil Jackson can do next
LAS VEGAS — So what’s next in the Knicks’ post-Melo-signing universe? Phil Jackson said he needs to do minor tinkering to balance the roster, but there will be no big...
More good Mets news: Niese's return is in sight
Jon Niese threw off a mound Sunday for the first time since being put on the disabled list on July 6 with a left shoulder strain, and he didn’t have...
Hondo on the right track
Hondo closed out the front nine with a victory Sunday, scoring with Gray and the A’s to lower the accounts payable to 1,250 abbatiellos going into the All-Star break. Monday:...
ESPN again taking credit for someone else's reporting
First tee-time belongs to Ryan Crane, a reader from Bridgewater, NJ: “ESPN has done to sports what MTV did to music.” The most revolting media element of this NBA offseason...
Pop-up eatery's return hands Brazil a sorely needed victory
While Brazil’s soccer team has finished its woeful World Cup campaign, fans of the host country’s food have something of a consolation prize: chef Marco Moreira’s Brazilian pop-up restaurant, Botequim,...
The magazines that bring out the best of the Hamptons
If your only getaway is sipping a drink on your back porch, this group of magazines can give you a taste of the Hamptons. And there’s no traffic. Just don’t...
Frank Ring grabs 80 West End for $195M
Eccentric real estate owner Frank Ring, who last year sold his stakes in prime properties to Gary Barnett’s Extell Development for $330 million, has turned around and bought 80 West...
Apple said to be eyeing new ad direction
Madison Avenue is betting that Apple’s advertising business is headed for a shake-up — and knows just the man to do it. Ad executives salivating over the juicy prospect point...
Despite streak, break will be a respite for mending Wright
The All-Star break has one positive for the suddenly red-hot Mets. It gives David Wright, who is hitting like the player Mets fans have come to expect since returning from...
Carmelo's $6M discount can help Knicks mightily next offseason
LAS VEGAS — Phil Jackson said Carmelo Anthony took less than the maximum $129 million contract, and the Zen Master declared he needs his star player to maximize his teammates...
Does Pierce's exit mean the Nets are done spending for a title?
LAS VEGAS — When Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov purchased the majority stake in the Nets four years ago, he declared they would win a championship within his first five years...
Woman's body found in Long Island pool
The body of a Queens woman was discovered at the bottom of a pool in Dix Hills, LI, on Sunday, authorities said. Suffolk County cops said they got a call...
How to pull off summer's 4 trickiest fashion trends
The secret to pulling off summer’s trickiest style trends? Just do like these NYC gals, and hit the concrete with plenty of confidence and ’tude. Ugly Sandals No longer just...
Living under fire: Israelis stand tall
‘What is it like living under the threat of rocket attacks?” Here in Israel, we’re getting used to the question. The short answer is, “It’s awful, and we’re not going...
LIRR strike threat: Cuomo set to cave?
Last Wednesday, Gov. Cuomo sent a stern warning about the looming LIRR strike: “A strike is just not an option and would be a terrible failure by both the unions...
The right way to spend New York's BNP Paribas windfall
New York state stands to reap billions from the fines paid by French banking giant BNP Paribas to settle money-laundering charges. The one-time windfall should go to address our urgent...
Attack of the killer apps
Almost from out of nowhere, some of New York’s most established industries are now finding their business models under siege, thanks to new technology. Take Airbnb, an online service that...
Fans on both sides emotional following captivating final
New York’s Argentinians were crying in their beers Sunday after their team was defeated by Germany in an emotional, hard-fought World Cup final. Only one goal was scored — by...
Circumcising Europe
It’s not often we have a kind word for the State Department. But we find ourselves cheering a new initiative regarding a key threat to religious liberty in Europe. Ira...
The IRS under oath
At a recent hearing, Rep. Paul Ryan neatly summarized the problem the IRS has when he responded to Commissioner John Koskinen this way: “I don’t believe it. That’s your problem:...
The cancer death-panel app
The latest innovation in cancer care isn’t a medical breakthrough but an app to ration new drugs. It’ll measure care in terms of what it costs health plans, instead of...
Familiar cry of 'Ya Gotta Believe' begins to ring out yet again
Normally this would not be an ideal time for the All-Star break. The Mets are playing their best baseball of the season and building the kind of confidence and chemistry...
Boeheim: Melo can help recruit a championship squad
Jim Boeheim is confident Carmelo Anthony — his former Syracuse pupil who will re-sign with the Knicks — will be able to help Phil Jackson recruit a star player to...
Author's unusual work space mirrors his writing
Name: Colson Whitehead Job: Acclaimed writer known for his ability to defy categorization. His work ranges from a coming-of-age story (“Sag Harbor”) to a post-apocalyptic zombie tale (“Zone One”) to...
Is underemployment a good enough reason to change fields?
I have been underemployed since May 2007. How does a senior-level accountant find a full-time job when he’s only found contract work for seven years? I have been on interviews...
Germany wins 4th World Cup with amazing extra-time strike
RIO DE JANEIRO — With two quick touches, Mario Goetze ended Germany's 24-year wait for another World Cup title. Goetze scored the winning goal in extra time to give Germany...
deGrom stars as Mets wrap sweep of Marlins
The Mets are still five games under .500 and only in third place in the NL East, but their hot streak heading into the All-Star break has them thinking big....
Teen dies after hitting bridge while standing on tour bus
LOS ANGELES — Authorities say a teenage boy who struck a bridge while standing on the top section of a double-decker tour bus has died. The Los Angeles Times reported...
'He's doing good,' Tracy Morgan's son says
"30 Rock" funnyman Tracy Morgan is serious about his recovery. A nurse was at the comedian’s Cresskill, NJ, home bright and early Sunday morning, as part of the next stage...
Mom who killed kids, herself left grim note
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida woman who police say killed her two teenage children in January before killing herself had left a note expressing sorrow for what was...
Off-Broadway Manhattan Project an 'Atomic' bomb
The creation of the atomic bomb was one of the most momentous events in world history. The most lethal weapon ever devised by man, it ended World War II when...
Netanyahu defends Israel's incursion into Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood his ground over Israel’s incursion into Gaza on Sunday, saying any civilian bloodshed is on Hamas’ hands. Netanyahu told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that...
Woman crushed by subway after fumbling with iPad
The woman who was crushed to death by a subway train at Union Square on Saturday lost her balance after fumbling with her iPad, causing her to fall onto the...
Fisher hires former Oklahoma City assistant Brian Keefe
Knicks rookie head coach Derek Fisher has added a second assistant from his former Oklahoma City squad, Brian Keefe, according to an NBA source. Keefe has been with the Thunder...
Christopher Walken cast as Captain Hook in NBC’s ‘Peter Pan Live’
LOS ANGELES — NBC has cast Christopher Walken in the role of Captain Hook in its upcoming musical special “Peter Pan Live.” Walken is the first star to be cast in...
Corpse falls out of coroner's van onto road
FEASTERVILLE, Pa. — A dead body on a gurney fell out of a coroner's van when a door malfunctioned, sending the corpse into the middle of a busy roadway in...
Carmelo officially announces return to Knicks
LAS VEGAS – Welcome back home, Carmelo! On the 13th day of free agency, Brooklyn-born-and-raised Carmelo Anthony officially announced this morning he’s back with the Knicks in a touching message...
Man stabs wife, jumps from NYC bridge
An out-of-work former MTA bus driver plunged a kitchen knife into his wife’s chest as she lay in bed Sunday morning — then jumped to his death from the Verrazano-Narrows...
Sex addicts get high from watching porn
Porn addicts get high in the same way drug addicts do when using, brain researchers have discovered. Scientists at Cambridge University examined a group of male sex addicts and found...
Yahoo exec sued by female employee for sexual harassment
A high-level female Yahoo Inc executive has been sued in California by a woman who worked under her and is accusing her former boss of sexual harassment and wrongful termination....
Why invisible and anonymous workers are so much happier
There is a cranky, exasperating, brilliant editor at The Post named Mike Hechtman. His name rarely pops up in our pages. He abhors attention. (Hi, Mike!) I didn’t ask his...
The price of a BLT is higher than ever
The cost to produce a BLT, America's favorite summer sandwich, hit a record high of $1.65 in May and will continue to take a bigger bite out of wallets in...
Olympic swimming legend confirms he's gay
Five-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Ian Thorpe for the first time publicly confirmed that he is gay during a television interview on Sunday, ending years of speculation about his sexuality....
Man who executed rookie cop: 'I'm going to be famous'
A rookie Jersey City cop was ambushed and executed by a murder suspect who moments earlier boasted, “Watch the TV news later — I’m going to be famous,” authorities said...
Elon Musk donates $1M to Tesla museum
What’s in a name? Maybe a million bucks. Tesla Motors Chief Executive Elon Musk has pledged $1 million toward a new science museum honoring inventor Nikola Tesla in Shoreham, Long...
Anthony Cumia: I will never apologize for remarks
I didn’t do anything wrong, an unrepentant Anthony Cumia whined Friday, calling Sirius XM “hypocritical’’ for firing him for what the satellite radio network called a “racist’’ and “hate filled’’...
Newark chooses
Newark is onto something: The city’s moms and dads are making clear they want charter schools for their kids. That was not the message of the city’s recent election for...
Our low-watt politicians
Let’s start with this fact: New York needs more sources of power. So it’s too bad we have to spend so much of our energy on fighting off politicians who...
Bare your arms (and legs and shoulders) this summer
Once upon a time (OK, just a few months ago), frigid temperatures forced us to swathe ourselves in itchy tights, bulky sweaters and looping scarves that obscured our cute dresses...
8 things to watch this week
1. Masters of Sex Sunday, 10 p.m. -- Showtime Dr. Masters (Michael Sheen) needs a new job after getting fired from Maternity Hospital. He finds one, at Memorial Hospital, which...
Citi that does sleep: Fans get to spend the night at stadium
As a youngster growing up in Chicago, Curtis Granderson would have given anything to watch a game from the outfield grass at Wrigley Field or the old Comiskey Park. Mets...
Genetics & guidance paves path to Binghamton for McRae
Jordan McRae had no choice. Sports were going to be his life. He was born into prestigious basketball bloodlines — his father was New York City playground legend Conrad McRae...
New Jersey police hunting for boa constrictor after sightings
Cops are on the hunt for one slippery suspect: a 20-foot-long boa constrictor haunting a New Jersey lake. State police say they’re investigating reports of the serpent slithering in Lake...
Dems have first meeting about convention — in Manhattan
The push to bring the 2016 Democratic National Convention to Brooklyn got off on the wrong side of the river Saturday — the first meeting between borough boosters and party...
Thousands answer cleric’s call to defend Iraq from militants
More than 4,000 volunteers answered the call of a top Shiite cleric in Iraq to step up and help defend the country from Sunni militants. The volunteers, mostly young men,...
This week's must-read books
The Mockingbird Next Door Life With Harper Lee by Marja Mills (Penguin Press) For the past 50 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee has been fiercely...
In my library: Morgan Saylor
“Homeland” viewers who grew antsy last season when Nicholas Brody went missing aren’t alone: At least one of that show’s stars felt the same way. “I think some of that story had gotten a little tired,” concedes Morgan...
New York-bound flight from Israel makes emergency landing
NEW YORK — A New York-bound Delta Air Lines flight from Israel declared an emergency and returned to Tel Aviv early Sunday after developing a mechanical problem, vexing passengers already...
Dollar up against a fine mess
Europe took center stage this week as Germany advanced to Sunday’s finals in the World Cup and that country’s sassy chancellor, Angela Merkel, asked the CIA “chief of station” to...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with Daniel Murphy
Mets All-Star Daniel Murphy took a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Who are the All-Stars in your life? A: Jesus ... because He is everything...
The Broadway actors who've played the same roles for over 10 years
The first time Donna Marie Asbury stepped onstage in “Chicago” crying, “He ran into my knife — 10 times!” her daughter was in diapers. That was 16 years ago. Daughter...
Europe on the ropes
Here’s just how robust and healthy the global financial markets really are. On Wednesday, the Fed laid out a clear plan that Janet Yellen and Co. will be tapering at...
Resigned Harvey knows he won't pitch for Mets this season
Matt Harvey won’t be pitching off a mound anytime soon. The right-hander, who had hoped to take the next step in his rehab from October Tommy John surgery around the...
Tracy Morgan gaunt in first post-crash photo
See the first exclusive photo of Tracy Morgan returning home from rehabilitation after his crash.
Modest modeling guru Eileen Ford lost out to fashion's sexification
Eileen Ford, who died Thursday at age 92, was the self-appointed godmother of modeling. Tiny and pretty, tightly wound, she was a know-it-all with an answer for everything — eight...
Tiger: Royal Liverpool 'different' course than when I won
HOYLAKE, England — It has been eight years, and what surely feels like a few lifetimes ago, since Tiger Woods cried on the shoulder of Steve Williams, his caddie at...
Singapore bans book based on Central Park Zoo’s 'gay' penguins
Singapore is putting the freeze on a children’s book about the Central Park Zoo’s “gay” penguin couple — by taking copies from libraries and destroying them. The country’s National Library...
He's Watching captures Meadowlands Pace
All eyes were on He’s Watching as Tim Tetrick drove the 3-year-colt pacer to a 2 ½ length-victory in the $776,000 Meadowlands Pace, equaling an all-age world-record of 1:46 4/5....
Why Times Square is becoming the worst place on Earth
It’s called the Crossroads of the World, but these days it’s the Worst Place on Earth. Traffic, tourists, construction, commuters and a seemingly endless array of cartoon characters, nudists and...
Private eyes using drones to catch cheating spouses
They’re private eyes in the skies. Investigators are taking drones to new heights — using the remote-controlled aircraft to catch New Yorkers cheating on spouses, lying about disabilities and endangering...
Upper East Siders fighting Frick Museum expansion over courtyard
In a garden-variety dispute, preservationists are fighting the Frick Museum’s plans to build over a lush courtyard — the only one in the city designed by famed landscape architect Russell...
43 suspected mistresses found in RFK Jr.’s phone
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kept a list of dozens of women filed under the letter “G” in his cellphone, a code that his late wife believed stood for “goomah,” the...
Moguls kept their distance at Sun Valley
SUN VALLEY, Idaho — The already exclusive meeting of the moguls was more out of reach than ever this year — prompting some journalists to question whether it’s even worth covering anymore....
Dear John: Not a dry eye in the house
Dear John: I hope this mail finds you in great health and spirit because l need a bit of your attention. I am a lowly medical-care worker who heavily bet...
Wills charges Schneiderman tried race-baiting in 2010 primary
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman tried to play the race card in his 2010 primary battle against Nassau DA Kathleen Rice, drafting a fellow Dem to do his dirty work,...
Artist displays digits of 'Pi' in skywriting over NYC
Blink and you'll miss it -- what's being touted as the largest art project in NYC history lasted just shy of two hours. Organizers say the "Pi in the Sky"...
Religious group flies swastika banner over city beaches
A spacey religious group flew a banner with a swastika on it over Coney Island and the Rockaways on Saturday. The Raelian religion shelled out $2,000 to rent a plane...
The 4 NYC teachers banned from classrooms who rake in millions
Three of the city’s longest-running “rubber room” teachers have raked in more than $1 million each for a decade of not working in classrooms, and a fourth is paid a...
Here's the Truth: Paul Pierce signs with Wizards
The Truth no longer plays in Brooklyn. Paul Pierce agreed to sign a two-year deal with the Wizards worth $11 million, league sources confirmed to The Post. ESPN, which first...
Cop in coma after subway station assault
Cops are hunting for this man in a vicious assault on an off-duty NYPD detective in a Midtown subway station. Officer Adrian Delfaus, 29, suffered a serious head injury when...
It's the moment of truth for Pistorius and the '2 Oscars'
He was the Blade Runner, the South African double amputee who defied the odds to become an Olympic athlete — as admired for his physical feats as his attitude. ...
Medical Examiner’s Office releases wrong body for cremation
A mix-up at the city Medical Examiner’s Office resulted in cremation of the wrong body — again. The bodies of two Hispanic men with the same first and last names...
Whistleblower sues after school board denies him tenure
A Long Island man says he was fired for blowing the whistle on a grade-changing scheme in a Nassau County school district. Michael Tweed, of Plainview, joined the Glen Cove...
Labor unions from outside NY urging LIRR workers to strike
It’s easy to threaten Long Islanders when you’re a carpetbagging union honcho. Labor bosses from Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky are demanding that local unions walk off the job as soon...
9/11 Museum gift shop scores with sales of 'heart rocks'
The 9/11 Museum gift shop is cashing in on souvenir sales — particularly “heart rocks,” which are selling faster than they can be restocked. Available in various sizes, the rocks...
How Israel is fighting for its life
Even before the shooting stops between Israel and Palestinian terrorists, the one guarantee is that Israel will get most of the blame. Already the demands from the United Nations that...
Hondo's an 'A' player
The Cardinals took care of business Saturday in Milwaukee as they knocked the Schlitz out of the Brewers to lower the deficit to 1,300 foxxes. Sunday: Mr. Aitch will look...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A gunman killed a Bedford-Stuyvesant resident just steps from where the victim accidently shot himself last year amid a street-corner confrontation, police sources told The Post. Tony Hinton, 21,...