September 29, 2013
Titans WR beats Cromartie, runs over ref for TD
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Antonio Cromartie was lying flat in the middle of LP Field wondering why he was tangled up with the back judge while Titans wide receiver Nate Washington...
Jets offensive line crumbles in loss
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s such a fickle science. One week, the Jets offensive line can look like a combination of the old Redskins’ Hogs and the old Giants’ Suburbanites; that...
Jets report card
OFFENSE The Jets actually put up a good amount of yards (330), but it is impossible to get past the four turnovers from rookie QB Geno Smith (23-of-34, 289 yards,...
Jets Blitz
Titans quarterback Jake Locker was having his best outing of the season before being injured with 11:14 left in the third quarter when he was hit by Muhammad Wilkerson and...
Restaurateur resurrecting brick oven hot spot
Sicilian-born restaurateur Sebastiano Cappitta — the force behind Acqua, Bettola, Bettolona, Buca and Coccola — is firing up the wood-burning pizza oven again. The 900 square-foot space Isola, at 994...
'Mob Wife' freed by judge -- to party in Vegas
Maybe this qualifies as a “parents weekend” — if you’re married to the mob. TV’s newest “Mob Wife” jetted off to party in Las Vegas after telling a Brooklyn judge...
Cajun-Creole restaurant spices up Second Avenue
Residents suffering from Second Avenue subway construction will get some much-needed relief in the form of a new restaurant. Infirmary NYC, a new Cajun and Creole spot, will open in...
China could be in for major financial reform
BEIJING — Operations formally kicked off Sunday at a new free trade zone in Shanghai that China's government has billed as a major step for financial reforms and economic experimentation, but significant...
This time, plethora of penalties costly to Jets
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It was Friday afternoon and Rex Ryan was asked if he were confident his Jets had learned their lesson after being flagged for 20 penalties in their...
This month's men's mags in race to the bottom
Maxim’s recent sale to Darden Group inspired us to take a look at what’s hot in the lad mags. Bet your bottom dollar it’ll be a race to the bottom....
Giants must keep season from going to the dogs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Giants are now officially embarking on unfamiliar territory. Their slow-bleed 31-7 loss to the Chiefs Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium — a defeat that left them...
Coughlin: We just have to keep working
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tom Coughlin was positive when he addressed his 0-4 Giants, because it does no good to beat a dead horse. The only solace he could find...
Rangers, Rays to have one-game playoff
The Rays will play at Texas on Monday night, with the winner visiting Cleveland on Wednesday night in another all-or-nothing matchup. Rangers rookie Martin Perez starts against reigning AL Cy...
Clemens hugs Pettitte, who testified against him
HOUSTON — There appears to be no end to what Mariano Rivera can do. On Sunday, he even brought Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens back together, as the two shook...
Nicks confused by lack of production
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Hakeem Nicks is healthy but he is not having the season he expects to have. He admitted there were plays to be made in Sunday’s 31-7...
Lipman finances could be 'Revolating'
The bankruptcy of luxury ad agency Lipman and its parent company could reveal some tangled financial ties. The agency’s parent, Revolate Holdings, counts several high finance executives among its backers...
Punt return TD broke Giants' will
KANSAS CITY — One play both broke open a tight game and provided insult to the injury that would end in a 31-7 loss by the Giants to the Chiefs...
Jeter mum on future with Yankees
HOUSTON— Derek Jeter wasn’t interested in discussing his future when the Yankees season ended Sunday. “I haven’t even thought about it,” Jeter said after the Yankees’ 5-1, 14-inning win over...
A-Rod season: Distracting like only he can
HOUSTON — Some years, the Yankees miss the playoffs. Some years, iconic players retire. Some years, their managerial situation is in flux. Every year, Alex Rodriguez enters the winter in...
Stoudemire: Health key for Knicks
Amar’e Stoudemire sees himself and Carmelo Anthony entering the Hall of Fame together one of these years. But whether Stoudemire and Anthony enter with a joint championship ring largely depends...
Girardi won't let money, Yankees' future factor in decision
HOUSTON — The Yankees are facing an offseason filled with uncertainty — including the status of Joe Girardi. The manager, though, said Sunday the murkiness won’t deter him from sticking...
NFL broadcasters just can't help themselves
By now, you’d think, there would be one football-televising network eager to work off a radically different plan, one titled, “Better.” You’d think, by now, that one network would strive...
Jets WR Hill leaves game with possible concussion
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Jets wide receiving corps suffered two potentially significant injuries Sunday. Stephen Hill suffered a head injury on the second play of the game and did not...
Mets' Harvey undergoing 'intense' rehab
Matt Harvey’s rehab is still in the infancy stages. According to manager Terry Collins, the Mets ace has been undergoing “pretty intense rehabilitation” of the torn ulnar collateral ligament in...
Recently signed Stepan joins Rangers camp
The Rangers roster began to take full shape on Sunday, and for the first time since training camp opened, that roster included Derek Stepan.The presumptive first-line center took part in...
Rookie or not, Geno's errors unacceptable
NASHVILLE , Tenn. — Thirty paces down the hallway, 30 yards clear of a soundly beaten football team, a friendly face approached the man typing furiously into his smart phone,...
Pulitzer Prize winner: Osama raid 'one big lie'
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh says the much-heralded US raid that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 is nothing but “one big lie.” “Not one word of it is true,’’...
Penalties, turnovers bring down Geno, Jets
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — You might want to put those playoff plans on hold, Jets fans. All the giddiness from the Jets winning two of their first three games evaporated with...
Third-place Mets look toward 2014
What time does the ticker-tape parade start? You can’t call them the fourth-place Mets any longer. With Sunday’s 3-2 victory over the Brewers at Citi Field to conclude the 2013...
Metro North line will be at half commuter capacity
The slow ride isn’t over yet. Metro North’s crippled New Haven line will be at half its regular weekday commuter capacity for the Monday morning rush — better than last...
Next stop for Piazza should be Cooperstown
One Hall of Fame down, the real Hall of Fame in Cooperstown to come for Mike Piazza. Piazza entered the Mets Hall of Fame Sunday at Citi Field before a...
The real story of New York's economic gap
The “tale of two New Yorks” looks very different if you look at the bigger picture — at the whole state, and over decades. Then it’s clear that our problem...
Obamacare launch will be ugly
ObamaCare officially opens for business Tuesday. Unfortunately, it’s already falling short of promise. The plan: Tomorrow, Americans are supposed to be able to start purchasing insurance through “exchanges” — government-managed...
Yankees sweep Astros to finish sour season
HOUSTON- The Yankees closed out their season with a 5-1, 14-inning win over the Astros Sunday. “It’s good to end on a good note,” Joe Girardi said. The final week...
Metro-North mess costing city big bucks
A train crash with serious injuries, followed by days of service outages, in May. Now, an electric meltdown slashing train service for weeks. The city’s Connecticut commuters aren’t having a...
Giants report card
OFFENSE It is almost as if someone transported different players into the uniforms of these guys. How can this talent go 1-for-14 on third down? Victor Cruz (10 rec., 164...
Principals outshine New York City ballet's missteps
The real fun in New York City Ballet’s “Just for Fun” Friday night was a Battle of the Ballerinas. The opening two works on the triple bill were shaky, but the...
Judging JPMorgan
Eric Holder might not be able to keep track of the guns his department sent to Mexico, but he sure knows where the money is. After a meeting last Thursday...
Dan Squadron, advocating for the public
We’ve been brutally clear on our view of the office of public advocate, throughout its quarter-century of existence: Get rid of it. It’s largely a taxpayer-funded invitation to make mischief...
Bloomberg’s nannyism extends to circumcision
Today New York has a budget of $70 billion a year, twice what it was when Mayor Bloomberg entered office, and some of the highest taxes in the nation. We’ve...
What's in the immediate future for the Yankees?
HOUSTON — Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera faded to black, the ceremonies and tears finally at an end. Robinson Cano and Derek Jeter exited to mystery. Are they the once...
Giants Blitz
HERO: His final numbers were not spectacular (24-for-41, 288 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs), but Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith set the tone early, killing the Giants with some scrambles and...
John Burnett is what NYC comptroller's job needs
Republicans in New York City have a golden opportunity to win over minority voters with the candidacy of John Burnett for city comptroller. John who? John Burnett is a genuine...
Miley Cyrus fooling us all
This may come as a shock, but it isn’t until a good quarter of the way through her new MTV documentary that Miley Cyrus sticks her tongue out. And twerking?...
Upcoming sales in the New York City
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Tom Mison's instant fan connection on 'Sleepy Hollow'
The success of Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow,” which kicked off the fall season and immediately connected with an audience, seems to hang on the velvet-clad shoulders of British actor Tom Mison....
Strong ratings for CBS, ABC weekend morning shows
Some good news for CBS and ABC on the morning-show ratings front — for each day of the weekend. First up on the TV roster is CBS’s “Face the Nation,”...
Stephen Merchant strikes in 'Hello Ladies'
Rarely has a show’s title so neatly conveyed the awkwardness of its central character: HBO’s “Hello Ladies, ” which premiered Sunday, finds British comic Stephen Merchant flailing in the LA...
'Miss Manners' offers workplace tips in new career book
A few years ago, Judith Martin — a k a Miss Manners — began noticing a peculiar side effect of the flagging economy. Although she’d always received mail from people...
Giants' chances of hosting Super Bowl dead as their offense
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Giants are one of those teams that finds ways to lose, and they have been reduced to shell-shocked, clueless pretenders who have to know now...
Giants still winless after rancid offensive showing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The calendar says the Giants are still in September, so early, but in this season, this dreary, unforeseen season, the bell has struck midnight for the...
Marlins pitcher earns no-hitter ... from on-deck circle
MIAMI — Henderson Alvarez pitched one of baseball's most bizarre no-hitters, celebrating in the on-deck circle when the Miami Marlins scored on a two-out wild pitch in the bottom of...
Verve energy drink turning college students into sales force
School is back in session and dorm room refrigerators are once again stocked with energy drink favorites like Red Bull and Monster. But in recent years, a third brand, Verve,...
Woman and child involved in fatal car accident
A woman and her child died in a car accident on Long Island Sunday after the father of the child smashed the car into a tree – pinning him inside,...
Why Oprah will never marry Stedman
Oprah Winfrey has revealed why she will never, ever marry her longtime partner Stedman — despite Tina Turner demanding she walk down the aisle. Oprah and Tina have been friends...
Car split in half after horrific crash
A woman is in critical condition after the car she was riding in crashed in Brooklyn, authorities said. The 33-year-old victim, whose name has not been released, was riding in...
Flames engulf a duck boat in London
Passengers don life jackets and jump into the waters of the River Thames in London, England after their London Duck Tours boat caught on fire.
Teen killed in Queens hit-and-run
A Queens teenager was killed after a driver ran into him in front of a church and fled the scene, authorities said. Luis Bravo, 19, was walking on Broadway, near...
David Diehl active for first time this season
KANSAS CITY – David Diehl is active and in uniform for the first time this season for the Giants as they look to salvage their season Sunday against the Chiefs...
Islamic extremists kill sleeping college students
POTISKUM, Nigeria — Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms, the school's...
50 bags under $500
Fall in love with the season’s best steals -- in animal prints, moody florals, even edgy camo! Styled by Jonannah Masters, hair & makeup by Kyra Dorman from ABTP.com and...
Clinton: 'Let Republicans take their medicine'
WASHINGTON — Both sides dug in Sunday, taking the budget battle over ObamaCare down to the wire for a government shutdown at midnight Monday night. House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy...
Miss World crowned amid Muslim anger
BALI, Indonesia — Miss Philippines, Megan Young, was crowned Miss World on Saturday amid tight security on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where the contest's final round was moved following...
Miss World 2013 Megan Young
Despite threats from the Islamic Defenders Front to disrupt the contest, Miss Philippines, Megan Young, was crowned Miss World on Saturday.
USC fires Lane Kiffin
LOS ANGELES — USC has fired Lane Kiffin, making the announcement in early Sunday morning not long after the team lost 62-41 at Arizona State. The Trojans posted a short...
Roof collapse turns NYU party into chaos
Over 50 people were at a rooftop party in the East Village, mostly students from nearby NYU, when the stairs leading to the fete collapsed around 1:30 a.m., Sunday sending...
'Rambo' pleads not guilty to assassin charges
A former U.S. solder nicknamed Rambo pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges he plotted with phony Colombian drug traffickers to kill a federal agent for $800,000. Joseph Hunter, stocky and...
NSA maps Americans' social lives: report
WASHINGTON — For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections, allowing the government to identify their...
Chicago top cop skirts the gun issue
Not a day passes without our national and local newscasts demonstrating and encouraging the abandonment of common sense. For those in a position to be heard and believed, after all,...
NYU rager goes horribly wrong after roof collapse
A drunken NYU teaching assistant crashed through three marble landings while trying to jump the stairs at an East Village building early Sunday — seriously injuring himself and leaving 40...
Worker sues after he's fired for peeing outside
This guy really pissed off his boss! A Brooklyn dock worker was fired for urinating al fresco, he claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. The man,...
Royal Mint coins to mark Prince George christening
LONDON — The christening of Prince William and Kate's firstborn, Prince George, will be marked with a set of commemorative coins, the Royal Mint said Saturday. The Duke and Duchess...
Essex House revolving door focus of lawsuit
Don’t let the revolving door hit you on the way out. Literary lioness Marianne Strong is suing the JW Marriott Essex House hotel on Central Park South because she claims...
School aide banished to elevator duty
She’s going down — but not without a fight. After devoting nearly 25 years to an East Harlem high school, 89-year-old aide Fran Tortorici has been banished to a tiny...
First flipped mob boss' bloody beginnings
Alfonso “Little Al” D’Arco, acting head of the Luchese crime family, was the first mob boss to turn government witness. He flipped for the feds and helped send more than...
Dozens still missing after boat sinks in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescuers battled strong currents and high waves Saturday while searching for dozens of people missing and feared dead one day after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank...
An average girl became the 'White Widow'
She grew up middle-class in suburban Buckinghamshire, England, and was considered an average girl in every way. Her father, Allen, was a former British Army soldier-turned-lorry driver; her mother, Christine,...
Margaret Thatcher's ashes buried in London
LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ashes have been laid to rest in London at a service attended by her family and closest friends. The Conservative leader's children,...
Developers offering over-the-top amenities
These aren’t cheap frills. Real-estate developers are going all out in their battle to lure upscale buyers, offering such outrageous amenities as doggie swimming pools, bowling alleys and rooftop beaches....
MTA eyeing fare hikes despite $1.9B surplus
The MTA is considering fare hikes — despite a $1.9 billion budget surplus — because the agency isn’t sure the cash will continue to flow. “They are revenues that we...
Horse farm fighting sale to church
One of the last relics of rural Queens — a 108-year-old barn and stable in Fresh Meadows — may ride into the sunset. The Western Riding Club — serving children,...
Obama is childish in his attempts to handle challenges
Anybody wanting to lampoon the Obama presidency is out of luck — there is no way to top the real thing. From being outmaneuvered by Russia to erasing red lines...
Confessions of an Emmy babe
She’s been in the States only two years, but Brazilian knockout Greice Santo is already making air waves after strutting her stuff for 17 million viewers last Sunday as one...
Sorry Chris – Tip and the Gipper didn’t like each other
Sorry, Chris Matthews — Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill really didn’t like each other, and politics wasn’t better back then
Sheldon Silver's many scandals
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is juggling multiple scandals:
Syria vows to abide by UN resolution
BEIRUT — Syria will cooperate fully with U.N. inspectors charged with securing and destroying the country's chemical weapons stockpile, the nation's prime minister said Saturday. The comments from Wael al-Halqi...
Silver's driver making wasteful Albany-NYC trips
While Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver collects frequent-flier miles on the taxpayer dime on airplane trips from New York City to Albany via Washington, DC, his driver and bodyguard racks up...
Kenya had mall-attack warning
The Kenyan government came under fire Saturday amid accusations that officials ignored intelligence reports before the Nairobi mall bloodbath last week. A Sept. 13 report leaked to the country’s newspapers...
ObamaCare will force same cost hikes NYers now face
Check the estimates of what will happen to individual health insurance costs across the country under ObamaCare, and New York seems like a rare bright spot. After the exchanges open...
De Blasio in a 'fix'
It’s the tale of two tickets. Bill de Blasio declared Saturday that there are two standards when it comes to fixing tickets — one for politicians and their well-connected pals...
Fotog snaps the ‘Athletes Among Us’
The world is their playground — as these humorous shots of athletes in everyday life show. Photographer Jordan Matter, whose portraits of dancers twirling on subway cars and city streets...
'Breaking Bad' star Aaron Paul crashes 'SNL'
Blame health care for Heisenberg. Actor Aaron Paul appeared as his "Breaking Bad" character Jesse in the season-opening episode of "Saturday Night Live," stealing the spotlight from host Tina Fey....
Favorites buck trend at 'Night of Champions'
On a night filled with upsets, overwhelming favorites He’s Watching, Bouncing Bax and Fool Me Once bucked the trend Saturday night on the New York Sire Stakes “Night of Champions”...
Murray leads No. 9 Georgia over No. 6 LSU
ATHENS, Ga. — Two out of three ain't bad. Georgia is certainly not complaining. Aaron Murray threw four touchdown passes, including a 25-yarder to Justin Scott-Wesley with 1:47 remaining, and...
Jury nails EMT in wife arson-slay
He chloroformed his wife, strangled her for good measure, then burned their Sullivan County house to the ground to incinerate the evidence. But ex-New York City EMT Paul Novak was...
After cheating scandal is Stuyvesant still the best high school?
We’re No. 1! Aren’t we? Stuyvesant HS, the city’s most sought-after high school, is suffering a minor identity crisis. While The Post’s high-school analysis crowned Stuyvesant No. 1 in New...