October 30, 2016
Cubs push Aroldis Chapman to the limit to live another day
CHICAGO — Aroldis Chapman reached toward his back pocket and uncoiled a filthy fastball that everyone in Wrigley Field knew was coming. The pitch was straight, registering 101 mph on...
'Snowdays' frozen treat chain expands to Barclays Center
The latest food option coming to the Barclays Center area has designs on your sweet tooth. Snowdays, a shaved cream dessert place, has signed a lease to open across from...
Clinton team rejected job pitch from candidate for Congress
Tom Suozzi, the Democratic candidate seeking to replace retiring Long Island Rep. Steve Israel in Congress, was angling for a job in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign last year — but...
How Carmelo's 4th-quarter backseat shows Knicks' potential
There was a decided difference in the Knicks game Saturday compared to most of those in recent seasons — beyond the fact the Knicks won. In the fourth quarter, the...
'The Crown' tracks agenda-filled world around Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She’s a beloved-yet-enigmatic figure, whose belief in duty and tradition has seen her through 12 prime ministers, several family scandals...
How to tell app impostors from the real thing
Apple hasn’t implemented a Twitter-style verification system for legit apps, so spotting fakes can be like sifting through phony fashions and accessories — it requires a careful eye. Here are...
Fake shopping apps are invading the iPhone
For tech-focused scammers, knocking off sneakers and handbags is so last decade. Thieves in the digital age are slamming consumers right in the app. A slew of knockoff shopping apps...
Browns baffled by Jets RBs: 'Breaking so many tackles'
CLEVELAND — Matt Forte’s smile said just as much as his words did. “This,” the Jets’ featured running back, “is what this offense can look like when it’s working at...
FBI racing to sift through Clinton emails before Election Day
The FBI got a warrant to search Anthony Weiner’s laptop for new evidence in the Hillary Clinton email scandal, setting off a mad dash to try to finish the massive...
Trade-wary Brandon Marshall opens up about his Jets love
CLEVELAND — Brandon Marshall hopes he is not going anywhere. With the NFL trading deadline coming Tuesday at 4 p.m., Marshall’s name has been mentioned as a possibility for the...
Jozy Altidore devastates NYCFC in first-leg letdown
TORONTO — Jozy Altidore scored in the 84th minute to break a feisty stalemate and substitute Tosaint Ricketts added a stoppage-time goal to give Toronto FC a 2-0 victory over...
Rangers showcase firepower and Raanta in absolute work of art
It was hard for Michael Grabner to pinpoint an answer, but there is little question that the Austrian speedster just joined the fastest team he has ever been on. “Pretty...
Quincy Enunwa's big regret: Should've 'been 2 touchdowns'
CLEVELAND — Quincy Enunwa drew rave reviews following Jets 31, Browns 28. “He’s playing with so much confidence,” Ryan Fitzpatrick said. “Even today to have a couple drops, and to...
Analyzing assets of Indians and Cubs: Who has better title window?
CHICAGO — Any team with a high draft pick, a tradable asset and a few bucks can establish a window of contention. The challenge comes in keeping that window ajar...
How Ryan Fitzpatrick let his game silence antsy Joe Namath
CLEVELAND — If Joe Namath were coaching the Jets, the Ryan Fitzpatrick Era would have ended after the first half Sunday. First the owner, GM and coaches, now the franchise...
Isles erupt behind Shane Prince in offensive breakthrough
The Islanders have hardly gotten anything out of too many of their forwards, but Shane Prince has been an unlikely bright spot lately, including in a 5-1 win over Toronto...
How Indians envision their hurt superstar fitting in to future
Michael Brantley had two more extra-base hits in 2014-15 than Miguel Cabrera (127 vs. 125). His OPS-plus from 2012-15 (24 percent better than league average) was better than that of...
Brandon Jennings revives D'Angelo Russell scandal: He's a 'snitch'
Brandon Jennings hasn't forgotten. The Knicks guard said he doesn't respect D'Angelo Russell after the Lakers' young, skilled point guard last year recorded teammate Nick Young confessing he had cheated...
Gracie Mansion cops arrest guy who attacked elderly man
Two quick-thinking cops assigned to Mayor de Blasio’s security detail at Gracie Mansion arrested a man wanted for randomly attacking an 85-year-old in the area four days earlier, police said....
You may miss the election madness when it's over
With the election that feels like it has gone on for the majority of our natural lives winding down, it seems crazy to imagine that when it’s finally over, we’ll...
Why de Blasio's excessive spending may come to an end
Wall Street is doing well. That’s usually good news for the city budget. This year, though, it comes with bad news. The industry’s first increase in profits in four years...
Grown-ups' new schemes to ruin Halloween
Can we please try to remember that Halloween is a holiday and not the invasion of Normandy? The way parents are told to prepare for the festive event, you’d think...
The Post's state Senate endorsements
Election Day this year could hand Democrats control of the last lever of power in New York state government now (barely) in the hands of Republicans: the state Senate. With...
De Blasio's homeless 'strategy' isn't a strategy at all
It’s increasingly plain that Team de Blasio’s “strategy” on homelessness amounts to . . . panic. Sunday’s Post broke the news of a new de facto conversion of a hotel into a...
Cyber-criminals may doom Internet freedom and other notable comments
From the right: Battle of the Sexes Would Hillary Clinton’s election as president usher in an era of gender harmony? If Barack Obama’s presidency is any guide, Eric Felton notes...
Why 'f----n' Jets couldn't lose against this train wreck
CLEVELAND — At the top, an appreciation for awful: The Cleveland Browns aren’t just a bad football team, they are a comically bad football team. They have an alarming number of...
Harry Reid: Comey 'may have broken the law' with email probe announcement
The top Democrat in the Senate on Sunday accused FBI director James Comey of violating federal law by showing favoritism to “one political party over another” by publicly stating that...
How these Indians were built on the reverse Andrew Miller trades
CHICAGO — Shortly after dealing Rickey Henderson to the A’s, then-Yankees general manager Syd Thrift told a small group: “I just traded the World Series to Oakland.” He was prophetic....
Don't rule out a job applicant just because he has a criminal record
We conducted a background check on an individual we wanted to hire and discovered that the person was convicted of a felony more than 10 years ago. Since then, the...
Here's how to deal with your monster of a co-worker
It's Halloween, the one day of the year when you might get away with calling your colleagues by the monster names they’ve earned. There are the vampires who suck the...
Jets report card: Revis and the defense are shell of themselves
Grades from the Jets' 31-28 win in Cleveland on Sunday: Offense The Jets looked like two different teams in this game, so it is hard to give an overall assessment....
Wade Phillips carted off after scary collision on sideline
Broncos defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was carted off the field on a backboard after being upended by a San Diego player who was blocked into the Denver sideline. Chargers running...
This race could determine which party controls the House
One of the most-watched — and costly — congressional races in the country is in New York’s Hudson Valley region, where a “carpetbagger’’ lefty activist is going up against an...
Red Bulls' astounding streak is over — and their season may be
MONTREAL — Matteo Mancosu scored in the second half and the Montreal Impact beat the New York Red Bulls 1-0 on Sunday in the opening match of their MLS Eastern...
Take a look at one of the biggest cows on earth
No bull, but this cow might just be the biggest one on earth. Behemoth bovine "Big Moo" weighs in at over a ton, is over 6-foot-2 at the shoulder-- and...
This is the Courtney Lee he wants Knicks fans to know
Courtney Lee can now forget his opening night as a Knick. Lee’s first Knicks effort was a mess Tuesday in Cleveland. He shot 0-of-5. The Knicks stunk. Some guys say...
It was not a good Halloween for Times Square characters
A man clad in a Cookie Monster costume was stabbed Saturday night in Midtown when he intervened in a fight between a man wearing a Tuskegee Airman ensemble and a...
Bomb squad deems suspicious pressure cooker safe
The suspicious pressure cooker found near the Grand Central Parkway in Queens Sunday afternoon has been deemed safe, officials said. The NYPD bomb squad was called about 3:45 p.m. to...
Jets awaken to make statement: We're not worst team there is
CLEVELAND — The Jets are not the worst team in the NFL. That is about the only thing you can take away from their 31-28 win over the hapless and...
Kellyanne Conway: Trump rally attendee's conduct was 'deplorable'
Kellyanne Conway finally conceded that there indeed are "deplorables" at Donald Trump rallies. Asked whether she'd call a Trump rally attendee in Phoenix who walked up to the press section...
Sports equipment company to file for bankruptcy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLFWKvRB4KO/ Performance Sports Group, the marker of Bauer hockey equipment and Easton baseball equipment, is planning to file for bankruptcy by Monday, The Post has learned. Creditors owed $450 million...
'Only in Buffalo': Bills fan tosses dildo at Patriots
https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/792809580975710208 Between the Bills and their fans on Sunday, there was a scoring problem. The Bills, on the losing end of a rout to the Patriots late in the third...
Claire Foy: Playing royalty is surprisingly 'pain-free'
Although Princess Elizabeth always knew she would become the queen of England, the status change came rather abruptly — in 1952, when she was just 25 and her father, George...
Alex Smith's wife hints at NFL conspiracy as he gets drilled
Alex Smith was knocked out of the Chiefs game with a concussion, and his wife seems to think the officials need their heads checked, too. The Kansas City quarterback was drilled...
Cops on break arrest man wanted for assault
Two quick-thinking cops assigned to Mayor de Blasio’s security detail at Gracie Mansion arrested a man wanted for attacking an 85-year-old in the area four days earlier, police said. The...
I tried to win my ex back with creepy audio messages
An Australian man is releasing cringe-worthy recordings he sent to an ex in a failed bid to win her back--so other men can learn from his catastrophic mistakes. Joel White...
Outraged Josh Norman needs to know name of ref who 'sucked'
Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman had a rough game against Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green on Sunday in London, but it didn’t all show up in the box score....
Latina accused of plagiarizing after using 'hence' in essay
A Bronx Latina wants to teach her professor a lesson. Tiffany Martinez says in a blog posting that she was publicly humiliated when her sociology professor at Suffolk University in...
Rob Gronkowski's 69th TD was shockingly tame
Rob Gronkowski broke the New England Patriots franchise record for career touchdowns, in muted fashion.
Tour boat ticket sellers attack Hungarian tourist
Two boat tour ticket sellers working in Battery Park assaulted a Hungarian tourist on Saturday, police said. One of the suspects ran when police approached. The other was caught and...
Cats are the new greeters in NYC stores
Sorry, this cat is not for sale. Lionel, a 14-year-old orange tabby, is the unofficial mascot of Midtown’s Red Caboose shop on 45th Street, where he warmly greets model train,...
'That's a 15-yard penalty for hugging me'
Earl Thomas embraced an official after a touchdown. In return, he felt the embrace of the (NFL) law.
Hoarder kept at least 69 starving rats in cages at home
An upstate woman was discovered hoarding an army of rats, authorities said. Michelle Sestito had been successfully hiding at least 69 of the squeaky rodents piled in cages in her...
School reportedly didn't handle staffer's heart attack properly
A Queens assistant principal suffered a devastating brain injury after school administrators violated state law and failed to dispatch properly trained staff who could have helped him in the critical...
NFL fans are furious, baffled as London game ends in tie
LONDON — The Washington Redskins and Cincinnati Bengals played a 27-27 tie Sunday in London as the NFL got its second tied game in a season for the first time...
Woman struck, dragged by hit-and-run driver
A 60-year-old woman was struck by a hit-and-run driver and dragged nearly a block near the Midtown Tunnel Sunday morning, police sources said. The victim was hit in the crosswalk...
NYC is paying homeless shelter owner, and suing him at the same time
The city is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to house homeless families in a NoMad hotel, while simultaneously suing the property’s owner for operating “illegal” and dangerous...
Phelps and his wife share wedding photos on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMLg4lyAqe3 This ceremony went swimmingly! As newly released photos show, Olympic great Michael Phelps and longtime gal pal Nicole Johnson exchanged their marital vows in front of family and friends...
Boxer beats up opponent then brawls with his trainer
A new challenger entered the ring. It didn't matter that his hands were bare.
Stop-and-question is 'taking guns off the street': O'Neill
Police are still stopping and questioning people in the city – and the police tactic continues to be a useful tool for driving down crime, Police Commissioner James O’Neill said...
Todd Bowles finally reveals Jets' backup QB
CLEVELAND – The great backup quarterback mystery has been revealed. Bryce Petty will back up Ryan Fitzpatrick on Sunday against the Browns. Rookie Christian Hackenberg is inactive for the game....
Hospital warns cardiac-rehab clients to not talk politics
https://twitter.com/EHStar/status/791737823661551620 A Long Island medical center fears that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are going to kill its patients. The Southampton Hospital has barred its cardiac-rehab clients from chatting about...
Florida State coach's rant for the ages: Refs are 'gutless,' 'garbage'
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher will likely be receiving a call from the Atlantic Coast Conference after he blasted the officiating crew after his 12th-ranked Seminoles lost...
Browns star WR exits rehab, enters ... trade market?
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon checked himself into a rehab facility for alcohol-related issues back in late-September, but his stay has reportedly ended. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and...
Man shot 4 times during hookah bar fight
A 38-year-old man was shot four times in a fight that began at a Queens hookah bar early Saturday morning, cops said. The victim, identified as an off-duty emergency medical...
Six-alarm basement fire injures several firefighters
Several firefighters were injured battling a stubborn six alarm blaze that has been raging in the basement of a Flatiron District building for more than nine hours, the FDNY said....
ISIS kills hundreds in Mosul, uses thousands as human shields
ISIS killed more than 250 civilians and herded together thousands more to use as human shields in Mosul as the embattled jihadists tried to hold on to their last urban...
Post reporter on 'SNL’ star's Staten Island rant: Drop the act
Pete Davidson, the 22-year-old, Staten Island-born “Saturday Night Live” comedian, recently trashed his hometown in an interview with Uproxx.com. Of his fellow Islanders he said, “F--k them. They all suck....
Donald Trump is winning the race, according to Donald Trump
Donald Trump believes he’s winning the presidential race — and appears to be taking great delight in the recent news that the FBI is looking into more emails related to...
Iraq's Shiite militias say thousands join fight in Mosul
ERBIL, Iraq — Iraq's state-sanctioned Shiite militias said Sunday that some 5,000 fighters have joined their push to encircle the country's second-largest city of Mosul and cut off Islamic State...
The Clintons are a 'crime family': ex-FBI big
A high-ranking FBI official talked of La Cosa Clinton on Sunday — as he placed the Democratic political family in the same category as the Gambinos, Colombos and Luccheses. “The...
How Bill Clinton and Donald Trump cozy up to pooches
Donald Trump avoids losers — even when they’re dogs. The candidate reportedly has no pets of his own (and his sons have been criticized for posing with safari kills), but...
Space capsule returns to Earth after 115-day mission
MOSCOW — A Russian Soyuz space capsule has landed in Kazakhstan, bringing three astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia back to Earth from a 115-day mission aboard the...
Obama told us he’s honorable — but he’s just another liar
At least President Obama is honest. Or so goes the common perception. He tried, maybe he made mistakes, the other side was mean to him, but through it all, he...
Trump gains on Clinton with Florida poll lead
Donald Trump is beating Hillary Clinton by four points in the crucial battleground state of Florida, according to a newly released poll. The New York Times Upshot/Siena College poll shows...
Clinton hasn't even asked Huma what's on her computer
Hillary Clinton has demanded the FBI provide transparency into its renewed investigation of her emails — but she hasn't even bothered to ask her closest aide, Huma Abedin, what was...
3 injured in shooting on the Lower East Side
Residents of the Lower East Side caught a glimpse of the neighborhood’s gritty past early Sunday when a gunman opened fire and shot three people, authorities said. The bloodshed occurred...
Obama’s transition team improperly sent confidential email in 2008
President Obama’s transition team improperly e-mailed sensitive and confidential information about a candidate for a high-level government job, newly disclosed WikiLeaks e-mails reveal. Days before Obama won his first term...
GOP operative's daughter illegally rented out Soho pads: landlord
Former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s daughter has been raking in more than $30,000 a month illegally renting out three Manhattan apartments through Airbnb, a landlord claims. Jessica Manafort,...
Professor who tweeted against PC culture is out at NYU
An NYU professor crusading against political correctness and student coddling was booted from the classroom last week after his colleagues complained about his “incivility,” The Post has learned. Liberal studies...
Here's proof that advertising is turning us all into zombies
It’s still dark outside when my iPad begins to chime and shimmy on the bedside table. The screen glows and I know it’s time to get up. I drag my...
Malik Obama: Here's why I'm voting for Trump
I am back in the US and will be voting for Mr. Trump early next week in Maryland. My [half-] brother Barack Obama is a big disappointment. Why did he...
For these wealthy New Yorkers, one apartment just isn't enough
For some wealthy New Yorkers, having a penthouse or combining two apartments to make a family home isn’t enough. They need to own individual apartments within the same building to...
Mel Brooks' hilarious secrets behind the making of 'Young Frankenstein'
"Young Frankenstein” is one of those movies that, when it crops up on TCM, you drop everything and laugh yourself silly till the credits roll. You know all the lines...
How one Chihuahua inspired a dog adoption revolution
Lexa Esposito and her boyfriend Tim had talked about getting a dog ever since they moved in together on the Upper East Side, but neither took the idea too seriously...
The secret forces that could lead to a Trump victory
Driving across the country last week, it seemed hard to believe an American presidential election is happening a week from Tuesday. Few campaign signs sprout from urban lawns; partisan billboards...
Co-op president tried to oust writer from her $1.5M pad: suit
A legal battle over a rooftop garden has turned a Manhattan novelist’s happy Upper West Side life into a horror story. Lita Lepie spent more than 30 years in her...
Mystery emails sent from staffer's account called her 'psycho': suit
A Manhattan legal recruiter is going bonkers over 4,000 anonymous e-mails sent to 200 local lawyers labeling her “psycho.” The e-mails portray Eve Birnbaum as “power-crazed” and a “psycho sycophant,”...
City opens tunnel bringing Brooklyn drinking water to Staten Island
Mayor de Blasio opened a new $250 million tunnel bringing drinking water from Brooklyn to Staten Island on Saturday, the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. He also vowed to complete...
This city park's deadly berries nearly killed a 2 year-old-girl
A innocuous-looking hedgerow in a city playground is actually what botanists call “the plant of death” — and it could have killed a 2-year-old girl. Little Joy Vernon spent seven...
Trump offered Christie his VP slot -- then rescinded it
Donald Trump initially offered the vice-presidential running-mate slot to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie but then withdrew it, sources said. With a week to go before the GOP convention in...
NYU told 'frail' surgeon he was too old to operate: suit
A renowned orthopedic surgeon claims New York University treated him like an old bag of bones, scrutinizing his work and forcing him to undergo neurological testing in a bid to...
Two school administrators disciplined after 'unacceptable' wisecracks
These assistant principals need some serious detention time. An administrator in Queens torpedoed her career after telling a roomful of kids she was accused of planning to bomb the school,...
Powerful earthquake sends buildings crumbling in Italy
Central Italy was rocked Sunday by yet another devastating earthquake, which destroyed centuries-old cathedrals and other historic buildings in a region still reeling from deadly tremors that killed nearly 300...
'Clown' behind naked Hillary statue is a 'disingenuous' Trump fan
The naked Hillary Clinton statue that sparked a brawl at Bowling Green two weeks ago is the not the product of an unlikely alliance of artists, as claimed, but the...
Former Yugoslavia's storied properties hit market for millions
A storied Fifth Avenue mansion and a sprawling Park Avenue penthouse will soon hit the market—- part of a worldwide portfolio of high-end properties owned by the former Yugoslavia, and...
De Blasio unveils his Halloween costume at Gracie Mansion party
Mayor de Blasio’s Halloween costume is giving New Yorkers “labor” pains. The city’s first couple donned early 20th-century garb to dole treats to tykes at their annual Gracie Mansion Halloween...
How 1986 Mets World Series win saved a marriage
This week was the culmination of a yearlong celebration for Mets fans, for whom 1986 feels like last week. Thursday’s 30th anniversary of Game 7 was meaningful (especially because WOR...
The advice Mariano Rivera already has given Dellin Betances
CHICAGO — In this season of endorsements, Dellin Betances received a big one Saturday. It remains to be seen whether the Yankees will heed it. “I think he’s capable of...
Man who fired at cops charged with attempted murder
A Queens man shot in a shootout with cops was charged Saturday with attempted murder. Jamel Ethridge, 38, fired at two cops Friday evening inside the Baisley Houses at 116-80...
Why Kristaps Porzingis could be even better in Year 2
Kristaps Porzingis’ season-opening performance sparked fears of a sophomore slump. In the Knicks’ home opener, the 21-year-old showed it’s far more likely he will take a leap toward joining the...
Struggling Cub gets first World Series start — and hits
CHICAGO — Jason Heyward likely will have to adjust his swing over the winter, but for now, the Cubs are just hoping they can receive a productive game or two...
Adam Vinatieri: One of the most clutch athletes of all time
What we are witnessing with Adam Vinatieri is Michael Jordan hitting the big shot at the end of the big game, Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, the young Tiger...
Man who allegedly destroyed Trump star could get three years in prison
He’s going from stars to bars. James Otis, who allegedly took a pickax to Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, could be slapped with a felony and...
Indians' ace with a robot nickname is dynamic on the mound
CHICAGO — One more Indians win in the next three games of the World Series, and from now on? You’ll call him Mr. Klubot. Three days’ rest against the same...
Derrick Rose set to make Knicks fans forget these past PGs
A Knicks’ 18-point lead became 10, became seven, became two against the Grizzlies. So back came three starters, including Derrick Rose with 8:36 left in the home opener. “They were...
'We have to chill': Cubs pressing at worst possible time
CHICAGO — The seats stayed filled to the end, and with two outs, a chant of “Let’s go, Cubbies” worked around Wrigley Field because, well, because what else was there...
Favorites clean up in Breeders Crown races at Meadowlands
With $4.4 million on the line in the Breeders Crown on Saturday night at the Meadowlands, the favorites won six of the eight races. Driver Tim Tetrick scored a Crown...