January 4, 2015
St. John's coach 'expects' Rysheed Jordan back -- eventually
One day after Steve Lavin was unable to say whether Rysheed Jordan would return from his indefinite leave of absence, the St. John’s coach said he “expects” the talented sophomore...
Vigneault discerns one key difference from last year's Rangers
Last season is not going away, as much as Rangers’ coach Alain Vigneault is trying to detach this team from the one that made a run to the Stanley Cup...
Chris Christie scores awkward Jerry Jones hug after high-5 denial
We all knew Chris Christie is a big Cowboys fan. We didn't expect a visualization, though. For the Cowboys' wild-card game against the Lions on Sunday, Christie had seats in...
'Fire Fisher' chants as Knicks extend losing streak to 11
Knicks rookie coach Derek Fisher is no longer talking about victories, but habits that eventually will form wins. It’s a good thing because there’s no telling when the Knicks will...
The top threat is still Iran
The agreement last week between the governments of Iraq and Iran to enter a formal relationship to fight the Islamic State group should be deeply troubling to the United States....
Andrew Cuomo's fracking psuedo-science
What do Bigfoot and New York’s ban on fracking ban have in common? The evidence supporting the existence of both is equally (un)credible. Gov. Cuomo last month made history by...
Cory Booker's animal-rights extremism
In his brief time in Washington, Sen. Cory Booker has become famous for obsessively shooting selfies with other lawmakers. But now he’s starting to develop a signature issue that will...
History and hot QB make Ravens the perfect Patriots slayer
PITTSBURGH — Not many visiting teams can see Gillette Stadium next on their schedule and feel good about it. The Ravens are one of them, which is why the chirping...
Nets feeling like beach bums after falling to Heat
MIAMI — The Heat no longer have LeBron James, but they still have Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. And in the end, the combination of the remaining members of the...
Why Andrew Luck's afraid duel with Manning not worth hype
INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck stood at the podium for the postgame press conference after he and the Colts had dispatched the overmatched Bengals 26-10 in Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game...
The NYPD in crisis: Crime's still down -- for now
So the new year has begun as last year ended, with thousands of cops turning their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio at a funeral for one of their officers....
Disappearing penalty flag helps Romo rally Cowboys past Lions
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Cowboys live to fight another day in the NFL playoffs — and they have the NFL officials, in part, to thank for moving on. A highly...
Cops find hand floating in Brooklyn creek
Police made a grizzly discovery in the waters near a south Brooklyn park Sunday night — a floating hand. Authorities responded to 911 calls of a hand found in a...
Reality (pay)check
If there’s a war on women, the women may be winning. New numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest that on at least one battlefront — equal pay for...
Show us the plan, Bill
Remember Mayor de Blasio’s vow to save bad schools rather than shut them down? Well, he’s making good on the promise to keep these failures going — while giving up...
Bratton agonistes
We don't envy Bill Bratton. Notwithstanding the direct appeal he made to his police officers, hundreds still turned their backs on Mayor de Blasio during the funeral for Detective Wenjian...
The hires that prove Woody Johnson finally gets it
Woody Johnson is in the midst of the most critical juncture of his 15 years of ownership of the Jets. This is the fifth time he will hire a head...
Hedge fund founder 'shot dead' by son
The elderly founder of a Manhattan hedge fund was fatally shot in the head by his 30-year-old son inside the family’s swank East Side apartment on Sunday, authorities said. Thomas...
Naked woman gets stuck in ex-boyfriend's chimney
A crazed California woman stripped naked and tried to slide down her baby-daddy's chimney — but wound up getting stuck for two hours before firefighters rescued her. Tony Hernandez got the...
Girl who survived plane crash hoped dead family was 'sleeping'
The 7-year-old girl who miraculously survived a Kentucky plane crash that wiped out her family hoped that her parents, sister and cousin were just "sleeping'' in the wreckage — and then...
Panthers' win nets convicted abuser Hardy $48K
Greg Hardy is sitting pretty on the commissioner's exempt list. The Panthers defensive end, who was convicted of assaulting a woman, isn't going through the rigmarole and physical pounding of playing in...
Colts rip Bengals, set up dream Manning-Luck matchup
INDIANAPOLIS — Reggie Wayne has been there and done that before with the Colts. He has seen it all in Indianapolis. He has won a Super Bowl with the Colts...
Pope Francis names diverse set of new cardinals
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar...
Young Russian soccer player killed in machine-gun attack
MOSCOW — A 20-year-old soccer player for Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala has been shot dead near his home in Russia's volatile North Caucasus. Gasan Magomedov was driving into his home village...
Lakers coach wants Kobe to shoot more, for some reason
"Kobe Bryant should shoot more" sounds like a flimsy preface to a hackneyed "said no one ever" joke. But that's actually what Byron Scott wants. The Lakers coach has seen his...
Harbaugh: 'The best quarterback in football' plays in Baltimore
The question that has plagued humanity as long as the meaning of life has been resolutely turned on its head, its very terminology torn up and thrown out. No longer will...
Schumer: Dems have enough votes to thwart Keystone oil pipeline
WASHINGTON – Democrats have enough votes to thwart the proposed Keystone oil pipeline -- the first major legislative play of the new Republican-controlled Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday. “There...
Millennials relieved after confusing Mario Cuomo with rock singer
Whew, not that Mario! Millennials breathed a sigh of relief when they realized the Mario Cuomo who died last Thursday was “only” ’ the former governor of New York —...
The 10 best Stuart Scott 'SportsCenter' commercials
After a lengthy battle with cancer, Stuart Scott is dead at 49, and the sports world is in mourning. The longtime "SportsCenter" anchor enlivened the world with tried-and-true quips, catchphrases...
'I love you, Stuart': Sports world remembers Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjoPbiJzipQ The world lost a uniquely personable TV fixture, a guy whose catchphrases became part of the everyday vocabulary, whose smiling face and offbeat sensibility would greet millions when they awoke...
Cops ignore Bratton, turn backs on de Blasio at officer's funeral
Thousands of NYPD cops, still seething over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s characterization of them as the bad guys, defied their commissioner and turned their backs on Hizzoner on Sunday as...
6 fearless dieters take on The Post's Diet Challenge
The new year means new resolutions — and these readers are ready to take control of their weight. The Post has equipped them with the latest diet books, plus gym...
Flames tear through Catholic church in NYC
Flames tore through a Catholic church in Queens early Sunday, stunning parishioners who showed up for Mass only to find their house of worship on fire. Firefighters got the call...
Longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott dead at 49
BRISTOL, Conn. — Stuart Scott, the longtime "SportsCenter" anchor and ESPN personality known for his enthusiasm and ubiquity, died Sunday. He was 49. Scott had fought cancer since a diagnosis in...
Passengers refuse to reboard after engine explodes on AirAsia plane
It was another rough weekend for AirAsia. One of the Indonesian airline’s commercial jets lost an engine to an explosion this weekend and the airline thought it could push passengers...
Thousands gather for executed NYPD cop's funeral
Thousands of mourners spilled out of a Brooklyn funeral home on Sunday, paying their last respects to slain NYPD Det. Wenjian Liu. Cops from across the country joined the solemn...
Nearly 40% of New Yorkers hate their financial state
You can add personal finances to the list of things New Yorkers love to hate. Nearly 40 percent of Big Apple residents hate the financial condition they’re in, according to...
Hiker found dead in Mexico thrived outdoors: mom
The mother of the Brooklyn-born yoga teacher found dead Friday in Mexico’s mountains said her fearless son thrived in the great outdoors. Grieving Park Slope mom Gurusurya Kaur Khalsa, 66,...
Harlem man dies in six-floor plunge
A father watched helplessly as his 20-year-old son plunged out of their Harlem apartment window Saturday, police sources said. The victim, identified as Jonathan Walton, jumped at around 2:10 p.m....
Boss asked me to nude square-dancing party, orgies: suit
A Brooklyn man claims his boss asked him to saddle up for nude, all-male square dancing. In his sexual-harassment suit, Paolo Andrade claims he was on the receiving end of...
Hedge funder who wanted fewer breadsticks won against Darden
Starboard Value was a little-known $3 billion hedge fund run by 42-year-old Jeff Smith when it moved on Darden Restaurants in December 2013, taking a 5.6 percent stake. Smith, following...
Ackman’s daredevil move paid off big time
Bill Ackman knew he was rewriting the activist playbook when he teamed up with Valeant Pharmaceuticals early last year and became Allergan’s biggest shareholder in an effort to force a...
The wackiest excuses people use to get out of jury duty
Like death and taxes, jury duty is one of those things most New Yorkers can’t dodge — though many make an art of trying. In any given year, 450,000 people...
Loeb's 'holy jihad' defeated Sotheby's
Dan Loeb’s rancorous victory over venerable auction house Sotheby’s was complete in November, when Chairman and CEO William Ruprecht agreed to step down under pressure from the pugnacious activist, and...
How Jana Partners got a quick PetSmart payday
When Barry Rosenstein’s Jana Partners revealed a 10 percent stake in PetSmart on July 3, critics had a field day. At that time, the pet retailer had become a popular...
Man puts up new street sign honoring two slain cops
A Manhattan man was so eager to honor executed detectives Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, he posted a makeshift sign renaming a Brooklyn street “Fallen Officers Way,” but forgot one...
City is waging a war against Airbnb renters: property owners
New Yorkers renting out apartments on Airbnb are being raided by a little-known city task force that videotapes tenants, property owners say. The squad includes NYPD, FDNY and Buildings Department...
New novel is based on shameful Sharpton-Brawley case
Prize-winning author Joyce Carol Oates recreates the notorious Tawana Brawley case — with an Al Sharpton-like character fanning the flames of fraud — in her explosive new novel “The Sacrifice”...
Politicians push to declassify censored 9/11 reports
The drive to declassify the 28 censored pages of the congressional 9/11 report detailing the Saudi Arabian government’s possible role in the terror attacks has become a full-blown movement, complete...
Activist investors set bolder course in 2014
Meet the most successful investors in Wall Street’s hottest sector: activist investing. Led by Bill Ackman’s first-of-its-kind strategy in the attempted takeover of Botox-maker Allergan, activists last year became bigger...
Dear John: Rates will go up just so they can come down
Dear John: Thanks for the article “Oil is not what’s greasing the stock market’s skid.” Just curious why the Fed “will soon need to raise interest rates” in the last...
3 hedge funds in a Russian undressing
The crumbling Russian ruble — crushed under tanking oil prices and Western sanctions over the country’s incursion into Ukraine — is starting to hit investors in the US and around...
Stocks come alive in years ending with ‘5’
With Wall Street about to begin the first full trading week of 2015, investors around the country have to be wondering if the equities markets are poised for further growth...
Man struck dead by SUV while holding girlfriend's hand
A New Jersey man fatally struck by an SUV while holding his girlfriend’s hand on an Upper East Side street Saturday was a rising-star golf instructor who “had everything going...
I lost half my body weight -- and nearly lost myself
Andie Mitchell spent the morning of her 20th birthday baking her favorite dessert, sour cream fudge cake. Spreading the espresso icing over the chocolate sheet cake, a feeling of overwhelming...
Movie reviewer Kyle Smith lies! (Says the French)
Maybe this happens to you all the time, but for me it was a first: The other day I discovered that I’m the star of a 55-page academic paper by...
De Blasio’s ‘reforms’ will keep more NYers dependent on taxpayers
What’s the problem with the city’s welfare-to-work program? If you ask L. Daneek Miller, chair of the New York City Council’s civil service task force, it’s that people got jobs....
Study says fairy tales too bleak for kids -- but that's what they need
It’s not easy being the mom or dad of a fairy-tale character. As a recent study in the British Medical Journal concluded, “risk of parental death was five times higher...
Baby may have died from being dropped by older brother
The 23-day-old infant found dead in his East Harlem home may have been accidentally dropped by his 6-year-old brother, police sources said Saturday. Deion McNeil was found unconscious by his...
Suggs: Ravens out to ruin NFL's Pats-Seahawks Super Bowl wish
PITTSBURGH — Terrell Suggs played the role of conspiracy theorist after helping punch the Ravens’ ticket to New England next week. Fresh off a dominant performance in Baltimore’s 30-17 AFC...
Law gave widow pension of cop who 'retired' on deathbed
After State Police narcotics investigator Richard O’Brien fell off a ladder while repairing his mother’s roof, he lived for only three hours. As the mortally injured cop lay unconscious in...
Why Joe Flacco is clutch when the pressure is the greatest
PITTSBURGH — Apparently you can believe even if Ray Lewis doesn’t play with you anymore. You can believe if your quarterback reminds you why, in moments like these, on stages...
Check out A-Rod actually taking some batting practice
Alex Rodriguez figures to have a long way to go before he’s ready to return to the Yankees, but it looks as if he has begun to take some steps...
Investigators tailing Central Park carriage-horse drivers
Private investigators are tailing carriage-horse drivers as they loop around Central Park — the latest and most bizarre chapter in the escalating war against the besieged buggy-men, The Post has...
Daily Blotter
Staten Island An alleged drug dealer sold heroin labeled “Happy Hour” to a Port Richmond man, law-enforcement sources said. Kshawn Lewis, 26, allegedly sold four glassine bags of the drug...
How Sharpton gets paid to not cry 'racism' at corporations
Want to influence a casino bid? Polish your corporate image? Not be labeled a racist? Then you need to pay Al Sharpton. For more than a decade, corporations have shelled...
Contestants are back to face the judges in 'American Idol' Season 14
1. DOWNTON ABBEY Sunday, 9 p.m., PBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryOljf976FA The most-watched show in PBS history returns for its fifth season, with plenty of intrigue on the horizon. As the season begins,...