June 13, 2015
LeBron stokes J.R. confidence: 'Don’t care' about awful shooting
OAKLAND, Calif. — Cleveland’s J.R. Smith knows Game 5 has to be better for him than his Game 4 performance, which he labeled “horse[spit].” “I’m ready to play. It’s one...
Preet Bharara's off-base strike at Internet trolls
Lock up every troll and crackpot who posts an over-the-top online comment, and you’d need to double (at least) the number of prisons in this country. That’s one reason the...
Dillon Gee blindsided by return to starting, too
The announcement Dillon Gee was making a cameo in the Mets’ ever-changing starting rotation on Sunday didn’t just catch fans and the media off guard. Gee wasn’t expecting it, either....
David Villa brilliance gives NYCFC a 1st winning streak
When David Villa left Spain and signed with New York City FC last year, the international star said he wanted to make the expansion franchise the best team in the...
'Chills up my spine': Bobby Parnell's long-awaited return
Bobby Parnell made his long-awaited return to a major league mound on Saturday, and the former Mets closer did his job, getting a key out in the eighth inning of...
It’s a Sawx hop for Hondo
Hondo absorbed another in a series of thorough beatings on Saturday, getting pummeled with Pelfrey and the Twins to increase the rapidly expanding dirty digits to 1,235 malzones. Sunday: Mr....
What Matt Harvey must learn from Jacob deGrom
Lessons are learned. Sometimes on the fly. Jacob deGrom struggled with his command during his final two starts of April, both losses. He surrendered nine earned runs over 10 ¹/₃ innings....
CC, Yankees slammed again as AL East lead dwindles
BALTIMORE — Joe Girardi wasn’t grinding his teeth as he spoke about the latest botched fielding play that cut to the bone of his struggling club. However, it was very...
David Wilson's Olympic dream gets an early reality check
Just 10 months after injury robbed David Wilson of his career as a professional football player, he has started one as a professional track star. Less than a year after...
Knicks land ideal Phil Jackson guard in Post's mock draft 3.0
The NBA season isn’t over, thanks to the thrilling Finals between the Warriors and Cavaliers now being split through two games, but that hasn’t stopped the steadily increasing drumbeat of...
Hillary Clinton campaigns to be Obama 3.0
Please welcome to the presidential race the latest version of the Democratic front-runner: Ms. Hillary Rodham Obama! The speech Hillary delivered Saturday on Roosevelt Island made clear her presidency would...
The Catch 22 LeBron James is doing best to ignore
OAKLAND, Calif. — So in the first three games of these NBA Finals, LeBron James averaged more than 35 shots, hoisting 38, 34 and 34. To some, the Cavaliers held...
17-year-old using Women's PGA Championship as proof she belongs
Brooke Henderson was challenged by commissioner Michael Whan to prove she belongs on the LPGA Tour, and the 17-year-old Canadian is doing just that. By not being granted an age...
Korean duo leave field in dust at Women's PGA Championship
Call it the Korean separatist movement. That’s sure what it looked like atop the leaderboard at the Women’s PGA Championship on Saturday, when fellow countrywomen Inbee Park and Sei Young...
Usain Bolt 'horrible,' still beats everyone else
Usain Bolt’s first visit to New York produced a world record, and the start of his reign as track’s biggest icon. Saturday’s return produced a narrow victory in the 200...
Woman shot in the head at Waldorf Astoria wedding
Two Russian brothers were charged Sunday in the bizarre shooting at a fancy wedding party at the famed Waldorf Astoria hotel over the weekend. The lavish affair turned bloody Saturday...
Prince George steals the show at Queen's birthday celebration
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II marked her ceremonial birthday Saturday with the traditional "Trooping the Color" parade in the heart of London — and 23-month-old Prince George made his debut...
Mets' forgotten flaw rears head in brutal loss to Braves
The anemic offense has been criticized. The ever-changing starting rotation has been the center of debate. But the Mets’ biggest problem may be their infield defense. It came back to...
City Council to car washes: Unionize or else
The City Council just took its first step toward outlawing all non-union businesses. Well, OK — it still has a long way to go. But a bill council members passed...
Is there anything Obama's not giving away in his Iran nuclear deal?
By lifting sanctions on Iran, President Obama’s nuclear deal will open the floodgates for Tehran’s funding of terrorism. So says Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff....
It's time Bettman ends NHL's Arizona money-pit experiment
Maybe there is a binding agreement in place that will keep the Coyotes in place for another year or three in Glendale, Ariz., and maybe there isn’t. Courts of law...
NAACP leader to address accusations of lying about race
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black...
Reasons to be concerned about ‘immersive’ US Open coverage
The one thing we know for sure is that the USGA, proprietors of the U.S. Open, didn’t dump NBC for FOX because it is impressed by the quality of FOX’s...
Where the Mets went wrong with depressing offense
The low moment came Tuesday when the only hits the Mets mustered against unheralded Giants rookie Chris Heston were by pitch. No runs, no hits. Just a few bruises —...
'Best young point guard I’d ever seen': Mudiay's trek from Africa war to NBA
It was as his mother intended — a world with plentiful options, an existence where no choice truly could be considered a bad choice. Emmanuel Mudiay could go to any...
Is this how 'Game of Thrones' will end?
This season of “Game of Thrones” has seen a young princess sacrificed at the stake, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) fly off on a dragon and sexy Sand Snakes slithering about Dorne,...
City kids swapping cigarettes for cigars
Smoking cigarettes has become a drag — but stogies are now all the rage in the Big Apple, where cigar use among kids under the age of 17 has doubled...
Dad stops career criminal from raping his 9-year-old daughter
A Brooklyn dad rushed to the rescue of his 9-year-old daughter when a career criminal tried to rape her outside her home, police sources said. Robert Drach allegedly grabbed the...
Riders climb down Cyclone after it breaks mid-ride
Coney Island’s Cyclone screeched to a halt mid-ride Saturday for the second time this season, forcing riders to once again climb down the famed clackety coaster. Michael Osborn, 36, and...
'Inside Out' is the powerful film little girls need
Princess fatigue is real. Just ask any parent of a “Frozen”-obsessed kid — or, for that matter, any little girl who doesn’t favor pink, purple and tiaras.
Man found fatally shot in parked car in Brooklyn
Officers responding to a 911 call around 4:15 a.m. found the 33-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his head inside a Ford Fusion in Flatbush.
All the ‘Clinton Cash’ questions Hillary refuses to answer
‘We need to stop the flow of secret, unaccountable money,” Hillary Clinton said Saturday during her vaunted campaign “do over.” That she said this without a trace of irony is...
Rich people problems: Hamptonites battle over workout studios
https://instagram.com/p/2_Yr61n52h/ It's 9:30 on a recent Sunday morning in Bridgehampton on a glorious sunny day, made for hungover walks on the beach or bike rides past picturesque vineyards. But all...
Crowds gather for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign kickoff rally
NEW YORK — Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for a new era of shared prosperity and says workers can trust her to fight for them, themes outlined in a speech...
Brooklyn writer wants a well-read guy
Ruth, 34, values a man with a point of view and good taste in music. Kitchen tales: Ruth’s favorite thing to do is curl up with a good book, but...
This week's couple: Lukewarm affair
Do nice girls finish last? With Evan, 28, they don’t seem to win. When he met up with Ebony, 30, at the elegant Meatpacking restaurant Scarpetta, he found her cute...
Man fires at Bronx cops after being stopped
A man opened fire on Bronx cops who stopped him for acting suspiciously early Saturday and was quickly arrested, law enforcement sources said. Darnell Shaqual, 19, allegedly started shooting near...
Teen arrested after shooting at cops
A teen gunman traded bullets with two cops on a Bronx street early Saturday but was quickly arrested, authorities said. Following an earlier reported shooting in the area, the plainclothes...
3 injured after explosion sends manhole cover flying
Two children and an adult were injured when an explosion sent a manhole cover flying through the air Friday night in the Bronx, authorities said. The plate burst from the...
NYCFC aims to turn skid into streak
The weight of an 11-game winless skid for New York City FC was getting hard to carry. Now that the slump is over and the King Kong-sized load they have...
Man who nearly drowned beach worker on track to be city employee
A crazed Queens man was arrested Thursday after going ballistic and nearly drowning a 64-year-old female Parks Department security worker at Rockaway Beach is in line to be hired by...
Suspect dead after attack on Dallas police HQ
A Texas man planted shrapnel-filled pipe bombs around Dallas Police Department headquarters early Saturday and then opened fire on cops in a midnight blitz that the police chief said was...
This is why TV is ruining your relationship
When Megan Zilis comes back to her West Village apartment after work, she just wants to unwind with a few episodes of the comedy show “Garfunkel and Oates.” Unfortunately, her...
One uncool childhood inspired coming-of-age comedy 'Dope'
"I was always this weird outcast kid,” says filmmaker Rick Famuyiwa. “I’m a first-generation American. My parents are from Nigeria. I had this weird last name that looked Japanese, and...
Gunmen open fire, plant bombs outside Dallas police HQ
Warning: The following videos contain graphic language https://youtu.be/DvQRcUx4EQw DALLAS — At least one gunman opened fire on officers outside of police headquarters in Dallas early Saturday, spraying squad cars with...
Judge rules that sleeping with a prostitute isn't adultery
In Japan, it isn’t cheating as long as you pay for it. A judge in Tokyo ruled Monday that having an affair with someone who’s married cannot be considered adultery...
More than 800 officers continue searching for escaped killers
The massive search for two escaped convicts stretched into day 7 on Saturday as the rain poured down and state police focused on a remote area just a few miles...
Man gets 15 years for filming boss light a homeless man on fire
A Brooklyn bodega worker who used his cellphone to film his boss lighting a homeless man on fire was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. Lorenzo Fonerin, 23, was...
Feds mock Sheldon Silver's bid to dismiss corruption charges
Federal prosecutors mocked ex-state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s attempt to get his corruption charges dismissed, writing in court papers filed Friday that the payments he received were kickbacks whether they...
Hillary’s Roosevelt Island campaign kickoff deemed a no-fly zone
A no-fly zone has been imposed over Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Roosevelt Island presidential campaign kickoff event Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration took the unusual step of declaring a “national defense...
Chinese hackers breach US intelligence -- again
Chinese hackers may have gained access to the sensitive information about US intelligence agents and military personnel in a second cyber breach, officials said Friday. The hackers are believed to...
Dave Grohl breaks leg on stage, finishes concert anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx2i5I8r7Ek#t=20 There goes a hero! Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl said he broke his leg during a performance in Sweden Friday — and finished the rock concert while sitting...
Woman digs up dead dad to get 'real' father's $50M
She dug up her dead father so she could swap him for a rich one. A Brooklyn-raised woman could reap as much as $50 million after exhuming the body of the...
Black students are more likely to get 'ineffective' teachers: report
Black students in New York state are 44 percent more likely than white students to have a teacher rated “ineffective” in math, and 35 percent more likely to have one...
Assembly refuses to detail how it spends tax money: watchdog
Even with its former leader facing corruption charges, the state Assembly won’t disclose how its members are spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, a government watchdog charged on Friday....
De Blasio says expired rent regulations would be 'nightmare'
Mayor de Blasio sounded a doomsday alarm on Friday over the slim possibility that lawmakers would allow rent regulations to expire for 1 million city apartments. Warning that failing to...
HBO shutters Fincher show mid-stream
David Fincher’s forthcoming HBO comedy series abruptly shut down production on Thursday after filming four episodes, according to reports. Titled “Video Synchronicity,” the comedy is set in Los Angeles in...
'Under the Dome' mystery finally revealed this season
Former “CSI” star Marg Helgenberger and TV acting/directing vet Eriq La Salle will find themselves stuck “Under the Dome” June 25 when the CBS summer series returns with its two-hour...
NYC's soccer team stinks, but their fans are great!
Chance Michaels is wearing his signature navy blue top hat while lording over a section in Yankee Stadium that is packed with fans in sky-blue shirts. The rowdy and robust...
Gotti, guns & gay bars: Inside NYC's mob history
Florida has Disney World, but New York has Gangland. The history of the mob in America begins here, at Ellis Island. Between 1899 and 1910, nearly 2 million southern Italians...
This military lover is reporting for booty!
This soldier may have been armed with a rifle — but his “attacker” had weapons that were even more powerful in Times Square on Friday. Topless street performer Diana Alejandra,...
John Leguizamo’s mother-in-law covering up $17M high-rise sale: suit
Actor John Leguizamo’s mother-in-law is covering up the sale of her $17.5 million pad on the Upper West Side to keep her stepdaughter from a cut of the profits, a...
One-time 5th starter hope outrighted, may be done with Yanks
BALTIMORE — Esmil Rogers entered spring training in the mix for the No. 5 starter’s spot. Almost two weeks into June, the right-handed reliever has been outrighted by the Yankees....
The utmost confidence that Familia inspires in Mets
Terry Collins wasn’t sure Jeurys Familia would be available to pitch Friday night, with his closer awaiting a message alerting him to the impending birth of his child. But when...
Pineda getting bombed is worth it if Yanks' caution pays off
BALTIMORE — Michael Pineda looked so out of sync Friday night at Camden Yards, he could have been mistaken for the Sylvester Stallone-Sharon Stone love scene in “The Specialist.” So...
Mets making exact right Gee move for playoff run hopes
Here we go again with the reality show that is the Mets rotation. All that’s missing is the Kardashians. Just wait until Steven Matz gets here. Then it really will be...
Bill Clinton has 'no idea' if foundation contributors sought favors
WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton says he has “no idea” if contributors to the Clinton Foundation were trying to get in good with the State Department when his wife ran the...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Investigators have released surveillance images of individuals wanted for questioning in two apparently unrelated stabbings that took the lives of two teen pals hours apart in Crown Heights. Jamal Joseph,...
After years of Fun, Nate Ruess is going solo
Starting a solo career is something that musicians usually do when their old bands are running out of steam. But in the case of Nate Ruess, he stepped out on...