June 4, 2016
Hillary is getting unfair edge in Puerto Rico: Sanders' team
Bernie Sanders’ team alleges Democrats in Puerto Rico are unfairly locking up the vote for Hillary Clinton. Thousands of prisoners in Puerto Rico are eligible to vote. But Sanders campaign...
Useless on-site broadcasts a bad idea that won't go away
Among the fascinating things about our screwy world is that bad ideas stand as good a shot of sticking as good ones. That’s why “affordable housing” is built for those...
Cavaliers have to look out for more than Klay Thompson's 3s
OAKLAND, Calif. — In the Western Conference finals, Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant was asked about the defense of Golden State’s Stephen Curry. He gave a hardly glowing assessment. “He’s pretty...
Jeff Hornacek on not dunking, what he won't tolerate and Knicks belief
The Post’s Steve Serby went one-on-one with new Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek Friday afternoon. MSG Network will premiere “Jeff Hornacek: A Knicks Beginning” on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., and encore...
'Hamptonites aren't racist, they just don't want poor people around'
Ritzy Hamptonites who oppose their town’s affordable-housing plan aren’t racist — they just don’t like poor people, town officials say. “Most opponents would prefer the people who mow their lawns,...
Woman with stroller almost hit when NYPD cruiser runs into car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBebEtAZtlU Dramatic video posted online this week appears to show a police cruiser striking a suspect’s car during a pursuit in Brooklyn — causing the car to slam into a...
Perv slaps teacher's butt after wandering into school: cops
A creep wandered into a Bronx public school Friday morning and slapped a teacher on the buttocks, cops said. The perv, captured on surveillance video, entered PS 279 on Walton...
How Dellavedova pictures Cavs' bench making difference
OAKLAND, Calif. — And here is a pronouncement straight from the files of Captain Obvious. The Cavaliers need to get more, a lot more, from their bench and give up...
Yankees hang on for dear life as huge lead nearly disappears
BALTIMORE — Joe Girardi wanted to avoid using Andrew Miller on Saturday night for six outs, which was two longer than his season high. Dellin Betances had worked the previous...
Attacks against Trump backfire on the conspiracy of dunces
Are President Obama, Hillary Clinton and violent leftists in cahoots to elect Donald Trump? Or are they just idiots? The evidence is overwhelming that they all belong to a conspiracy...
Dear John: Credit monitoring could help protect widow
Dear John: On March 4, I received a letter from 21st Century Oncology addressed to my late husband. The letter stated that on Nov. 13, 2015, the FBI advised 21st...
Why we may have seen the last of gutsy Andrew Luck
At least for him, Andrew Luck is in uncharted waters these days. While mounting a comeback from major injuries is nothing new for many NFL players, it most definitely is...
Hondo’s no Angel
Hondo snapped his losing streak at three Saturday night when the Cardinals rallied heroically on his behalf to boost the earnings back up to 529 mazeroskis. Sunday: Mr. Aitch will...
Shari Redstone begins search for new Viacom board members
It doesn’t look like the former MTV bosses are getting the band back together. On the Money hears that former MTV Networks boss Judy McGrath was asked if she would...
Fellow legendary Finals loser: Leave LeBron James alone
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stars win games. But stars also get blamed, whether fairly or not, when their teams lose. Just ask Jerry West. The model for the NBA logo, West...
It's about to get a whole lot tougher for Matt Harvey
MIAMI — Matt Harvey took one small step toward respectability in his last start, but can he take a giant leap Sunday? His opportunity will come against the Marlins —...
When Muhammad Ali called me ugly: Perks of a sportswriter
I hope��there is one thing that remains clear as crystal with this column, after almost 14 years in The Post, after close to 20 writing for newspapers in and around...
The Kyrie Irving paradox: Both more and less dribbling
OAKLAND, Calif. — There were times in Game 1 when Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving acted like he had just found the secret of life in a basketball. And he...
How NHL's mad parity quest hurts players' wallets, ambitious teams
Here was commissioner Gary Bettman, taking a victory lap even while seated and stationary during his pre-finals press conference on Monday in Pittsburgh, crowing about the parity within the NHL...
Ron Burkle is trying to save Soho House & Co.
Ron Burkle, whose Pittsburgh Penguins are fighting to win the Stanley Cup, is in the process of propping up the elite, members-only Soho House & Co., our Josh Kosman reports....
Joan Rivers' luxurious house items set for auction
Joan Rivers’ love of ornate luxury was no laughing matter. The comedian, who died two years ago while undergoing throat surgery, had a Fabergé collection among other pieces from Tiffany,...
It sounds like Jeff Hornacek wants a PG -- can he lure one?
New Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek possessed a bounty of point guards when he ruled the Phoenix sidelines — at one juncture juggling three studs in Goran Dragic, Eric Bledsoe and...
Real estate partners trade blows, stall promising new buildings
There’s a huge cultural clash of egos, a war of words and a multimillion-dollar New York real estate project facing ruin in a massive public brawl. The opponents: Gotham business...
Matt Reynolds ends Mets' frustration in comeback eyesore
MIAMI — Sloppy and ugly only begin to describe it, but the Mets earned a comeback victory Saturday, and that alone was significant. Terry Collins’ makeshift lineup — diluted by...
Real estate star leaves firm to campaign for Trump
Real estate maven Louise Sunshine has resigned from brokerage firm Compass, and is campaigning for Donald Trump. Sunshine was Trump’s most senior female exec before she launched her eponymous marketing...
Con Ed's new meters tell how much gas, electric you use
Your Con Edison bill will get smarter and more detailed in the coming years as the utility invests $1.4 billion in new gas and electric meters that generate real-time data...
Nick Swisher's minors obscurity: 'I don't want to be here'
MOOSIC, Pa. — Nick Swisher spent part of his pregame signing autographs on Saturday — but once again, it was at a minor league park and not with the Yankees....
What hotshot prospects could Yankees get in a fire sale?
Andrew Miller is as close to a perfect trade piece as exists. The Yankees reliever is great at what he does and at the peak of his powers. He not...
There's no more jobs in the new 'gig' economy
Welcome to the “gig” economy. You don’t have a career, but you have a job where you can work for a stint. Sure, the unemployment rate as defined by the...
Warner Bros. begins shake-up of under-performing DC Comics
Warner Bros. just shook things up at DC Comics, and On the Money hears wider management changes are being considered and could come in the next six months because of...
Steroids, scandals damage prices of sports memorabilia
It’s better to be famous than infamous when it comes to your value in the sports memorabilia market. Whatever you do off the field cannot hurt the value of your...
Anatomy of the Ali Shuffle: The dizzying, mesmerizing dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvFix9gioDU No one moved “like a butterfly” then stung “like a bee” better than Muhammad Ali. One element of his in-ring repertoire was the Ali Shuffle, when he did a...
How Muhammad Ali transformed boxing -- even after fighting
Long after “The Rumble in the Jungle,” George Foreman was on a street corner in Houston trying to share the Bible as an evangelist. He was up to 315 pounds...
This summer's must-read books for the beach
"The Girls" by Emma Cline (Random House), out June 14 With near unanimous praise from everyone who contributed to this list, “The Girls” easily earned its top spot. The novel...
Debating best backcourts ever: Are Curry, Thompson No. 1?
OAKLAND, Calif. — OK, let’s make something clear right away: There never has been a better shooting backcourt than Golden State’s current duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Never....
Muhammad Ali was electric despite the controversy
There was a time, before the Internet and cable and cell phones, when Muhammad Ali was considered the most famous man in the world. It’s a hard thing to quantify,...
Larry Hagman's daughter: My famous dad was an alcoholic druggie
While he gained fame on hit shows “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Dallas,” the real-life Larry Hagman would have fit in best on “Weeds.”
Muhammad Ali's funeral set for next week in Louisville
Muhammad Ali will be memorialized next week in his hometown of Louisville, Ky., with a funeral procession throughout the streets of the city “so that anyone who is there can...
Giants' lengthy WR who can give Eli Manning a new dimension
Big and strong works almost everywhere in the NFL, but it is not part of the skillset among the Giants’ top wide receivers. Geremy Davis is trying to muscle in...
How the world remembers Muhammad Ali
Hometown girl In the champ’s hometown of Louisville, Ky., Saturday, Ruby Hyde arrived at a memorial service downtown, clutching an old black and white photograph of a young Muhammad Ali....
The time a Post reporter faced Ali in the ring -- and lived to tell about it
I'm a Post reporter now, but back when I was a professional boxer, I faced Muhammad Ali in the ring. It was 1988, and he no longer floated like a...
Obama: The world is a better place because of Ali
Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Period. If you just asked him, he’d tell you. He’d tell you he was the double greatest; that he’d “handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder into jail.”...
Allan Houston pays tribute to ex-neighbor Muhammad Ali
Knicks assistant general manager Allan Houston lost more than a sports icon when Muhammad Ali died late Friday night. Houston lost a neighbor. Houston paid tribute to Ali — a...
Hillary is cheating her way to the Democratic nomination
The Democrats had a script for 2016. Backed by big-money donors, party insiders, liberal institutions, universal name recognition, the media and terror on the part of all other serious potential...
How Ayatollah Khomeini suckered Jimmy Carter
New depths to Jimmy Carter’s fecklessness have emerged through the declassification of State Department cables relating to the fall of the Shah of Iran. As reported by the BBC, the...
Humans love animals more than their own species
Credit: Kimberley O'Connor/ViralHog Dozens watched as a 4-year-old boy fell into the western lowland gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo last Saturday. Cellphone videos captured the scene. Harambe, a beloved...
Teixeira's trip to disabled list adds to Yankees' misery
BALTIMORE -- A miserable Yankee season went further south Saturday when the struggling club put first baseman Mark Teixeira on the 15-day DL with an articular cartilage tear in the...
Shooting victim dies moments after he's dropped off at hospital
A gravely wounded gunshot victim died two minutes after he was dropped off at a Brooklyn hospital by a pair of men who then fled early Saturday, police said. The...
Separate assaults on young women could be related
Two young women were brutally pummeled in separate attacks in Manhattan over the Memorial Day weekend -- and cops are looking at the possibility that the same person is responsible...
Toddler sporting scrapes and bruises after gorilla scare
The 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla’s enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, forcing staff to kill the ape, emerged from his Ohio home this week still bearing scrapes and...
Using Hollywood against North Korea's tyranny
The only time I visited North Korea, Kim Jong Il was the dictator and Madeleine Albright secretary of state. I was part of her press entourage when she traveled to...
The fights that defined Muhammad Ali's career
Important bouts in the career of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali: Sept. 5, 1960 - Wins the Olympic light-heavyweight gold medal in Rome in a unanimous decision over Zbigniew Pietrzykowski...
Redstone: Viacom suffered under my former 'good friend'
Sumner Redstone on Friday continued to lash out at Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman, saying his former “good friend” has no grounds to fight his ouster from the family trust....
Learn to make latte art at this all-day coffee convention
Cuckoo for coffee? You can learn more about a cup of joe at the second annual CoffeeCon at Industry City in Brooklyn — a daylong festival of brewing classes, tasting...
Introducing the wackiest minigolf course in America
Interactive-art collective Figment NYC is hosting its 10th annual blockbuster summer fest on Governors Island this weekend, featuring lots of family-friendly activities, including a costumed water fight, a life-size “corporate...
Meet the NYC artist who crucified Santa Claus
Robert Cenedella may be an “art bastard,” but he comes by it legitimately: Not only did his parents never marry, but he’s an art-world pariah, and proud of it. You...
Jewelry giant accused of swapping real stones for fakes
This may be the season of happily ever after, but Signet Jewelers is living a nightmare. The owner of Jared, Kay Jewelers and Zales has been under fire since a...
Doctor on trial for fraud accuses FBI, DOJ of spying on defense
A Florida doctor on trial for Medicare fraud has accused the Justice Department and the FBI of partaking in a decade-long scam of spying on defense cases by working in...
US and Cuba in talks to bring cop-killer back to America
US and Cuban officials are reportedly discussing an exchange that could bring New Jersey cop killer Joanne Chesimard back to American soil. The talks between the two countries, which have...
JPMorgan relaxes office dress code to allow jeans and sneakers
Wall Street bankers can loosen their ties — or maybe not bother with them at all. JPMorgan Chase is dressing down, letting its employees roll into work wearing slacks and...
What we should remember most of all about Muhammad Ali
Here’s the thing: You could detest everything Muhammad Ali stood for. You could rage at him for being a draft dodger, a Communist sympathizer, a coward. You could seethe at...
'Forever a champion': Grieving sports world reacts to Muhammad Ali
You didn't have to see Muhammad Ali fight to know he was the greatest. His legend lived and will live far longer than his boxing career or his lifetime, an...
School 'donor' a serial scammer who once posed as a Yankee
If they had done their homework, officials at a Brooklyn high school would have quickly discovered that a donor who created havoc with a bogus $1.5 million check is a...
Miami Marlins bizarrely break news of Muhammad Ali's death
https://twitter.com/ScottGustin/status/738922458535755776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw MIAMI — The Miami Marlins displayed a photo of Muhammad Ali on their video board Friday night indicating the heavyweight champion had died, although there had been no confirmation...
The life and times of Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at the age of 74, assumed many roles in becoming an icon recognized in every corner of the world: Olympic champion, boxing legend, spoken word poet,...
What young people today don't know about Muhammad Ali
I can vividly remember where I was on March 8, 1971. I spent most of that night in my mother’s bedroom in Las Cruces, New Mexico, listening to the static-filled...
Muhammad Ali dead at 74
Muhammad Ali, the colorful but polarizing three-time world heavyweight champion who risked his career and his freedom by his refusal to be inducted into the Army during the Vietnam War,...
Yankees' bitter truth: They're broken and not good enough
BALTIMORE — This is the reality of the AL East slugging the Yankees square in the jaw. On a night they actually managed to score five runs, the Yankees still...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Cops are looking for two men — nicknamed “Slim” and “Platinum” — in connection with a fatal shooting in Wakefield last weekend. Two people were in a car...
Mark Teixeira goes down as Yankees' fears becoming reality
BALTIMORE — Already without Brian McCann, the Yankees lost Mark Teixeira to a knee injury Friday night. “For whatever reason, [his right knee] locked up,” Joe Girardi said of the...