August 21, 2015
Hondo banks on Bombers
Slumping Hondo took another beating Friday night with the Royals, who were bludgeoned in Boston to expand the IOUs to 2,228 durens. Fortunately, the day wasn’t a total loss —...
Trusted reliever implodes late in Yankees' sorry loss
The Yankees came into their series against cellar-dwelling Cleveland hoping to build on their AL East lead after sweeping Minnesota. Instead, they have dropped two straight in The Bronx after...
Jets hit trifecta of terrible in alarming, deceiving win
Take a deep breath, Jets fans and keep telling yourself it’s only the preseason. For the second straight week, the Jets looked unimpressive and underwhelming in their preseason game, this...
Astro survives unreal pitch count for thrilling no-hitter
HOUSTON — Growing up, Mike Fiers remembers watching Nolan Ryan throw no-hitter after no-hitter. After pitching his first one Friday night, Fiers finally got to meet the man who spun...
Michael Jordan -- and his name -- can't even lose in court
CHICAGO -- Jurors at a civil trial focused on the market value of Michael Jordan's identity handed him a major win Friday, ordering a grocery-store chain to pay him $8.9...
Tigers blast fan safety after woman takes line drive to head
DETROIT — The Tigers' 4-0 loss to Texas was delayed for several minutes in the eighth inning after a female fan seated in the first row behind the Tigers' dugout was...
Hidden gems can put your fantasy baseball team over the top
It is simply mind-boggling to see Minnesota’s Miguel Sano available in more than 40 percent of Yahoo leagues and 35 percent of ESPN leagues. In his first 41 big league...
Remembering Posada, Pettitte before tributes: 'They're champions'
The Yankees have designs on a busy October, a magical run to a 28th World Series title. So consider this weekend an appetizer to what everyone in The Bronx hopes...
Wenyen Gabriel: From Africa war to doorstep of NCAA hoops elites
The first move was about survival. The second was to ensure a promising future. Wenyen Gabriel stands tall these days, 6-foot-9 and 210 pounds full of lean muscle, one of...
How last year's Giants Cinderella is sticking now that magic's gone
Fans of the Giants often clamor for Corey Washington because they recall his scintillating 2014 summer, when he burst onto the scene as an undrafted free agent from little-known Newberry...
Trump is dead wrong about 'anchor babies'
After weeks of hurling nothing but insults at others while proclaiming he’s America’s savior, Donald Trump has finally issued his first policy paper: Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great...
The business fears behind the sudden Times Square furor
What’s really driving City Hall’s overnight conversion to the cause of cleaning up Times Square’s increasingly tawdry plazas is not tourist shakedowns by Spider-Man and nearly-nude women. No, the clear...
Why pigs have started to fly --- the 'emotional support' scam
A woman with a crying baby in her arms bearing down on the luxuriously empty seat next to you used to be every airline passenger’s worst nightmare. That was before...
The Iran deal ensures a Mideast arms race --- nukes and all
President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran promises to unleash a new round of chaos in the Middle East, destabilize allies and empower terrorist groups. And he knows it. That’s the...
Was 1st horrid glimpse of Giants offense a mirage or concern?
There were two days of highly productive work against the Bengals. Competitive, spirited and often crisp practices that convinced everyone on the Giants’ side that their offense, a full year...
Democrats need Jon Stewart moderating to their rescue
A comedian moderating a presidential debate? Why not, if it’s Jon Stewart handling a face-off of Democrats? Yes, Stewart was far from impartial in his long run on his satirical...
Favors for de Blasio cronies is the real 'tale of two New Yorks'
It sure pays to have friends in high places. Just ask Roberta Kaplan. In January 2014 — weeks after Mayor de Blasio took office — a water-main break knocked out...
Hillary Clinton's ever-evolving email excuses
For summer entertainment, nothing has been more fun to watch than Hillary Clinton’s constantly shifting explanations regarding her use of private e-mail as secretary of state. The capper (so far)...
3 late-season resurgences who could save your fantasy team
As the baseball season winds down and football approaches, it’s easy to miss some trends on the diamond, especially those masked by poor season-long numbers. Though there aren’t category targets...
Aging Yankees need to stop whining and start winning
Less whining, more winning. That’s what the Yankees need as the dog days of August begin to turn into the stretch run in the AL East race. A night after...
Mets' skipping carousel begins with Matt Harvey
DENVER — Matt Harvey is glad to be getting the inevitable out of the way. The Mets right-hander will be skipped in the rotation Sunday as team officials look to...
Tiger Woods is winning -- for the first time in 2 years
GREENSBORO, N.C — Tiger Woods signed up for his first Wyndham Championship knowing a win would definitively keep his season from ending. He’s halfway there. Woods shot a 5-under 65...
Veteran kills guard, then himself at federal building in SoHo
A retired government employee from New Jersey gunned down a security guard inside a Soho federal building on Friday — and then used the same weapon to kill himself, police...
It's physically impossible to leave new play 'Mercury Fur' early
The characters of “Mercury Fur” are trapped in a bombed-out dystopian hellhole. They have no escape. Neither do the audience members: The seating has been rearranged so it’s almost impossible...
Chilina Kennedy’s a fine Carole King — though the songs still sell 'Beautiful'
Jessie Mueller may have earned glorious reviews and a Tony for her performance in “Beautiful,” but it’s not remotely surprising that the show has been purring along just fine since...
Subway worker kills herself by jumping in front of train
A subway-station cleaner who worked at the 59th Street station jumped to her death in front of a 6 train in the middle of her shift Friday. The woman, whose...
The day in photos
Panda cubs debut, a baby elephant takes her first steps and more.
Fears over global slowdown hammer US stocks for 2nd day
NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks are dropping sharply for a second day following a sell-off in major indexes around the world on more signs that China's economy is slowing. The...
Contractor lit match to check gas leak, sparking school explosion
A plumbing-company employee somehow thought it was a good idea to check a gas leak by lighting a match — setting off the massive explosion at a high-school building, officials...
Patricia Clarkson has killer style
Patricia Clarkson has been popping up on the red carpet since her 1987 big-screen debut in “The Untouchables,” but only recently — while promoting her latest film, “Learning To Drive”...
Meet the richest celeb you’ve never heard of
When Forbes dropped its annual ranking of the world’s highest-paid actresses yesterday, there were few surprises — except the No. 4 spot, Fan Bingbing, who trumped A-listers Jennifer Aniston, Julia...
Desperate Nationals call up their Michael Conforto
The nervous Nationals, possibly feeling pressure after losing 14 of their last 20 games to fall behind the Mets in the NL East, have called up top prospect Trea Turner....
Feds want no mercy for disgraced ex-Assemblyman William Boyland
The feds are demanding that disgraced former state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. be slapped with at least 19 years in prison after the whiny ex-pol asked a judge to go...
No. 2 ISIS leader killed in US military strike
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — The Obama administration says the No. 2 leader of the Islamic State militant group is dead, killed in a US military airstrike in Iraq earlier this...
Why Golovkin-Lemieux has Hagler-Hearns potential
Abel Sanchez is expecting another Hagler-Hearns when his fighter Gennady Golovkin faces David Lemieux Oct. 17 in a middleweight unification bout at Madison Square Garden. “This being the kind of...
Was Eazy-E murdered?
In the end, it wasn’t a bullet that felled the gangsta rapper. It was AIDS. The music world was shocked in 1995 when rapper Eazy-E announced he’d contracted the disease....
US military members overpower terrorist gunman on train in France
Two off-duty members of the US military prevented a massacre Friday by overpowering a rifle-wielding madman after he opened fire aboard a high-speed train in France, wounding three people. The...
Ashley Madison destroyed my marriage
A Midwestern small business owner sits in his garage, staring in shock at the email that pinged his front pocket. It’s from his wife, but not for him, and it’s...
This little boy crying on first day of school will melt your heart
Mothers give birth to us, feed us, dress us, drive us around, teach us so many important things, and are just constantly there for us. So it can feel like...
Dear celebs, stop with the clothing lines
Celebrity clothing lines are not a new phenomenon, and sometimes they make perfect sense. Victoria Beckham, the designer formerly known as Posh Spice, channeled her evident interest and good eye...
Would Cookie Lyon really shop at Saks?
When Saks Fifth Avenue announced its partnership with Fox on a promotional deal to feature the fabulous loud fashions of their hit “Empire” at the department store, I wondered: Would...
Woman says police horse bit off her finger
A Manhattan woman went to pet an NYPD horse, and the beast not only bit off her finger — it spit it out on the street afterward, a lawsuit says....
Son of missing Connecticut couple has also disappeared
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The son of a missing Connecticut couple has become a focus of a state police investigation into their disappearance. Fifty-five-year-old Jeanette Navin and 56-year-old Jeffrey Navin, of...
5 things to know about Ronda Rousey's next opponent
Ronda Rousey is getting ready to rumble -- against Holly Holm, that is. The UFC women’s bantamweight champion will square off against Holm, a former boxing champ, at the MGM...
MTA to build elevated platforms to protect Metro North from superstorms
The MTA will build 92 elevated platforms along its Metro North Hudson line to prevent more storm surge damage to its equipment. The agency plans to spend millions of dollars...
Britney, WTF is going on with your wardrobe?
It wouldn’t have been the Teen Choice Awards without a plethora of short, sparkly minis — but who would have thought that the worst one of all would be worn...
Born American, but in the wrong place: Peter Schramm & America's future
Peter Schramm has died. I knew it was coming. He’d been struggling with cancer. But it felt particularly poignant given that I was in Europe, a place Peter had little...
To ’do or not to ’do: 2015's biggest celeb hair transformations
Hair today, gone tomorrow — at least that’s the case for some of Hollywood’s hottest stars. Ditching her chocolate-brown locks for Barbie’s blond mane, Kendall Jenner is just the latest...
Bitcoin miners play down Ponzi fears with 'nanny cam'
https://youtu.be/7A-mcSOGolM These bitcoin miners don’t wear hardhats, they don’t use picks and shovels — and they’re not running a Ponzi scheme. That’s the urgent message from Genesis Mining, a global...
Softball 'tanking' coach: Girls getting harrassed
The Snohomish, Wash., coach who ignited a controversy by throwing a game at the Little League Softball World Series — it backfired when his team was eliminated in a playoff...
Jared Fogle wanted to secretly tape journalist's kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPHPslrqq0Q The Florida journalist who helped expose ex-Subway spokesman Jared Fogle as a child predator said he creepily asked if he could secretly watch her own children. Rochelle Herman said...
The Hatha-hate is finally over
Like a wrecking ball, public opinion tends to swing wildly from one extreme to the other. Just ask Anne Hathaway, currently enjoying a backlash to all the outsize Hatha-hate over...
Trump overcoming perception he can't win in new poll
Donald Trump is overcoming the perception that he won't end up as the Republican presidential nominee, according to a poll issued Friday. Fifty-seven percent of likely Republican voters say they...
Baylor sheltered football star for 2 years until rape conviction
A highly touted Baylor football player was convicted of sexually assaulting a fellow student after the school kept the disturbing allegations under wraps for years — and continues to deny...
Over-the-top 'Godfather' funeral causes outrage in Rome
A Roman mob boss was laid to rest Thursday after his body was carried to church in a black-and-gold carriage pulled by six horses as a helicopter dropped rose petals...
Ex-NFL cheerleader to spend weekends in jail for rape of 15-year-old
GEORGETOWN, Del. — Former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader Molly Shattuck was sentenced Friday to two years of probation after pleading guilty to raping a 15-year-old boy at a vacation rental home...
Sleep studies are total BS
Here’s what keeps me up at night: articles scolding me about not getting enough sleep. OK, there are plenty of other things that keep me up as well — stress,...
Elite St. Paul's prep school takes on hookup culture after rape charge
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire prep school that has educated some of the nation's elite for more than a century and a half is confronting a campus practice of...
Cal Ripken talks manager itch with Nationals' Williams in peril
If and when the ax falls on Matt Williams, there’s one big-time name who seems ready to take his place. Cal Ripken said Thursday he might be ready for a...
Mama bear, 5 cubs beat the heat in NJ family's pool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=448&v=dB3XzIrvFHE The hot weather was so unbearable in New Jersey this week that a mama bear and her five cubs were forced beat the heat in a family's backyard swimming...
Lawyer skips hearing so wife in labor won't kill him
PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh defense attorney got a hearing postponed at the last minute after convincing a judge that his wife's labor was a matter of life — or his...
NY congressman Nadler backs Iran deal
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a longtime ally of Israel whose Brooklyn-Manhattan district includes the largest number of Jewish voters in the United States, announced Friday that he’s supporting the Iran nuclear...
This boa constrictor is Times Square's latest menace
https://twitter.com/NYPDMTN/status/634450347294113793 Two slithery, cold-blooded characters in Times Square were nabbed before they could put the squeeze on hapless tourists, cops said. The snakes — including a yellow boa constrictor —...
North Korea warns of war with South after artillery fire
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a "quasi-state of war" and ordered them to prepare for battle a day...
Ex-Rangers defenseman now a crazy-eyed 'burglar'
SYLVAN BEACH, N.Y. — Former Rangers player Dale Purinton has been arrested in connection with a central New York burglary. Police say the 38-year-old former defenseman was charged for his...
Researchers receive 100-year-old message in a bottle
LONDON — A century-old message in a bottle, possibly the oldest ever found, has finally reached its destination. Tossed into the North Sea sometime between 1904 and 1906, the bottle...
Helicopter pilot loses license after dropping rose petals at lavish Mafia funeral
ROME — Italy's civil aviation authority on Friday suspended the license of a helicopter pilot who flew low over Rome to drop flower petals during the over-the-top funeral of a...
Woman lied about kidnapping to skip work: cops
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A Florida Panhandle woman is accused of making up a lie about being kidnapped so she wouldn't have to return to her job as a night...
Ronda Rousey names surprise opponent: 'MMA's best striker'
UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has officially booked her next fight for Jan. 2 against former boxing champion Holly Holm in UFC 195 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena...
Johnny Football makes magic, sets off 'QB controversy' alarm
CLEVELAND — Johnny Manziel made another strong impression on Cleveland’s coaches. Manziel threw a touchdown pass and maybe closed the gap on presumed starting quarterback Josh McCown before EJ Manuel...
RG3, Redskins have their Mark Sanchez moment
LANDOVER, Md. — After watching Robert Griffin III get knocked around for three possessions, Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden sent his starting quarterback back out for a fourth Thursday night....
Asbury Park now too gentrified for popular 'Zombie Walk'
ASBURY PARK, NJ — It seems money is the best medicine to put the undead to rest: The annual New Jersey Zombie Walk has fallen victim to rising costs and...
Comcast identifies online commenter who accused politician of being 'a Sandusky'
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Comcast Cable Communications has given a northern Illinois politician the identity of an Internet service subscriber whose account was used to post an anonymous comment online suggesting...
Pig just fine after flying out of trailer on highway
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Maybe pigs can fly. Authorities in northern Colorado say a 250-pound porker escaped relatively unscathed when it flew out of a trailer that was being pulled...
Couple celebrates with 60-year-old slice of wedding cake
SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. — A Florida couple — married 60 years — are still enjoying a tradition from their wedding day. Every anniversary they take a bite from the top...
Dozens of Hillary emails were classified from the start
NEW YORK — For months, the US State Department has stood behind its former boss Hillary Clinton as she has repeatedly said she did not send or receive classified information on...
Tax on $3.6M Williamsburg loft is just $24
A luxury loft in hipster Williamsburg is on the market for a hefty $3.65 million — but it comes with a mere $24-a-year tax bill. The real-estate listing for the...
Ashley Madison users included White House worker, assistant US attorneys
WASHINGTON — US government employees with sensitive jobs in national security or law enforcement were among hundreds of federal workers found to be using government networks to access and pay...
Lesbian actress's plan for $25M inheritance backfires
A lesbian actress's plan to be adopted by her wealthy partner in the 1970s so she could inherit her trust fund backfired now that both women are dead and their...
Mom dies after she's ejected from 'drunk' boyfriend's SUV
A Brooklyn mom was killed Thursday night when she tumbled from her boyfriend’s moving SUV during an argument. “She was a good girl, my daughter,” 29-year-old Danielle Aronsen’s dad, Scott,...
Jimmy Carter surrounds himself with family as cancer treatment begins
ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter says he will step back from his humanitarian work and surround himself with his family as he undergoes three months of treatment for melanoma...
No digital divide among black, white millennials
WASHINGTON — A new poll finds African-American millennials say they are just as engaged in getting news online as their white counterparts, further debunking a long-held belief that people of...
Contractor made $200K in fake machine-gun inspection records
A Westchester defense contractor put his greed above the safety of US soldiers — forging inspection records so he could peddle $200,000 worth of faulty machine-gun stands to the Defense...
JPMorgan enlists retired four-star general to advise CEO
Wall Street is pulling out the big guns. JPMorgan Chase named Raymond Odierno, a retired four-star general and the former chief of staff for the US Army, to advise CEO...
Indicted politician's daughter-in-law arrested after 'tussle' over charges
The daughter-in-law of embattled state Sen. Dean Skelos was arrested over a family squabble that her nephew said erupted when he made a remark about the corruption charges faced by...
De Blasio's huge fail at struggling schools
Mayor Bill de Blasio got a flunking grade Thursday on his strategy of pouring millions into struggling schools, as a new study said not a single student at one school...
This classic Redford and Newman film is headed to Broadway
The curtain is going up on . . . “The Sting.” No, no — not that Sting, the one who wrote last year’s noble failure “The Last Ship.” This “Sting” is the...
Inside NYC's most beautiful new restaurant
Sorry, kids — “fine dining” is still my idea of the dining to beat. Especially when “fine” means great. Take Gabriel Kreuther, an impossible dream tremulously born on the ground...
Cop needed stitches after being pushed by turnstile jumper
A cop was injured at a Manhattan subway station by a turnstile jumper he was trying to arrest Thursday night, law enforcement sources said. The officer was doing a sweep...
Over 100K people want Jon Stewart to moderate 2016 debate
More than 100,000 people have signed a petition asking Jon Stewart to moderate a presidential debate — no kidding. One is Martin O’Malley, the ex-Maryland governor seeking the Dem nomination,...
Why the Black Lives Matter crowd should give up on the Democrats
As a conservative who has advocated for criminal-justice reform, I have a lot of admiration for the #BlackLivesMatter movement, which has been remarkably effective at raising awareness of the myriad...
Ex-bank president jailed for scamming bailout program
A Manhattan federal judge tore into the ex-president of the failed Park Avenue Bank Thursday as she sentenced him to 30 months behind bars, thundering, “He literally robbed a bank.”...
Clinton's email workers have gone 'Cuckoo'
This guy is one of the goofy geeks who works for the company that handled Hillary Rodham Clinton’s personal email server. Facebook photos surfaced Thursday of staffers from the IT...
'Black Lives Matter' leader insists he's black
The “Black Lives Matter” activist who came under fire from bloggers who said his birth certificate shows both his parents are white insisted Thursday the document is wrong. “I have been...
Freeman granddaughter's 'killer' hated by psych ward inmates
The man accused of butchering Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter is the most hated inmate in the Bellevue Hospital psych ward — because the other prisoners are huge fans of the legendary...
Millionaire claims ex-mistress was mail-order bride
I may have cheated on my wife, but you were a mail-order whore. That’s the seething message a married Manhattan millionaire has sent a former fling — who exposed their...
Catholic school kids can’t wait to meet Pope Francis
Two-dozen Harlem students are revving up for a “once in a lifetime” chance to meet Pope Francis. “It’s so exciting because how many people can say they’ve met the pope?”...
Patrick Stewart scores as scandalous news anchor in Starz comedy
"Blunt Talk,” a new series premiering Saturday night on Starz, may be the media comedy for our times. Its central character, British TV journalist Walter Blunt (Patrick Stewart), imagines American...
Carmen Electra tapped for reality dating show
We TV has asked actress Carmen Electra to host “Ex-Isle,” an unusual, 10-episode reality series that asks ex-lovers to come to a Dominican Republic resort to finally shed their attachment...
Brooklyn Bridge selfie-taker charged with trespassing
The college student who was arrested in Tennessee nearly two months after climbing the Brooklyn Bridge to take a selfie was back in New York Thursday to be charged with...
Valet-parking app heads to Manhattan
The race to park your car in Manhattan is heating up. Zirx, a valet-parking app that entered the Big Apple via Brooklyn this spring, is expanding into lower Manhattan on...
Caesars conflict means trouble for John Paulson
Billionaire investor John Paulson is caught in the middle of another deal that critics claim is conflict-ridden. Junior creditors of Caesars Entertainment’s bankrupt operating unit argue a proposed restructuring deal...
La Guardia Airport has the most flight delays — in the country
La Guardia has hit a new low — sinking to dead last in overall delays compared with other major airports around the country, The Post has learned. Only 68 percent...
Hondo: Heeere’s Johnny
Hondo lost with the locals for a second straight night as the Yankees failed to deliver against the terrible Tribe, which increased the deficit to 2,018 purkeys. Friday night: Mr....
Legionnaires outbreak started at the Bronx Opera House Hotel
The rooftop cooling tower at the Opera House Hotel in The Bronx has been pinpointed as the source of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has killed 12 people and sickened...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Police have identified a suspect in the violent mugging of woman at a Wakefield apartment building last Saturday. David Lopez, 34, allegedly stabbed the 39-year-old victim repeatedly in...