November 17, 2013
Jets secondary finds itself cornered
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Jets secondary should have had a favorable matchup, facing a depleted Bills team missing both of its starting wideouts. What they got was humbled, with...
Jets blitz
HERO: Bills quarterback EJ Manuel, who was 20-of-28 for 245 yards and 2 TDs. This was Manuel’s second game back off injury after a poor week last Sunday, and he...
Rangers waste opportunities in loss to Kings
Maybe it was playing back-to-back while the Kings were rested and waiting in New York for the Rangers, or maybe it was simply a largely listless performance against a formidable...
Doc: Ex-Jet Lucas was ‘making plans to end it’
As a former NFL quarterback, Ray Lucas was used to having a plan and carrying it out. A few years ago, this was his plan: He would wait for a...
Dolphins' O-line coach caught up in NFL's bullying probe
The Dolphins’ bullying scandal apparently has a new target in Miami offensive line coach Jim Turner. Just two days after Jonathan Martin gave his version of events to the attorney...
Nicks gets some ‘pep’ in step
Hakeem Nicks looked like he needed a pep talk late in the first half of Sunday’s 27-13 victory over the Packers and he got one, from Brandon Jacobs. Nicks was...
JPP capitalizes on Tolzien's mistake
MetLife Stadium was suddenly quiet, scared by a third-string quarterback doing his best Aaron Rodgers impression. Scott Tolzien was flinging the ball all over the field, making the most of...
Lineman's penalty helps doom Jets
The Jets committed 20 penalties the last time they played the Bills. This time, in Sunday’s 37-14 loss, they only had four — but one was costly. In the second...
'Scandal' co-star Bellamy Young shines in shocker
"Scandal” was Kerry Washington’s show. Until last Thursday night, when supporting player Bellamy Young, who plays First Lady Mellie Grant, hijacked the series away from her. In a stunning flashback...
Ed Reed exposed in Jets debut
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Jets brought Ed Reed in on Thursday to help a leaky pass defense, one that has proven vulnerable to the deep ball. But despite being...
Baylor leapfrogs OSU, Alabama still on top in poll
Baylor overtook Ohio State in the Associated Press college football poll and Alabama became just the seventh team to hold the No. 1 ranking for 13 straight polls in a...
Fashion's hottest sales of the week
Elie Tahari 260 Fifth Ave., between 28th and 29th streets Sale: Nov. 19- 23. Tues. -Wed. 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. / Thurs. 9 a.m.- 8 p.m. / Fri. 9 a.m.-...
Closing a Hamptons classic
Mirko’s, dubbed the “billionaire boîte” of the Hamptons, will be fading into the sunset, Side Dish has learned. With just 11 tables in the dining room, the tiny restaurant managed...
5 looks inspired by TV's hardest (and hottest) working women
Across the airwaves, TV's career women mix substance with style, and boast wardrobes you can fashion yourself -- all for less than $500. So whether you're behind a desk or...
Jets report card
Offense Pick whatever adjective you want — terrible, awful, abysmal. They all apply to the Jets offense on Sunday. They ended up with 267 yards, but 69 of those came...
Sony rides high on PlayStation 4 launch sales
Sony threw down the gauntlet Sunday in hopes of reviving a battle with Microsoft for video-game console supremacy. The one-time consumer-electronics powerhouse said it sold 1 million units of its...
Gov. Cuomo: Ray Kelly is a 'gifted leader'
Gov. Cuomo effusively praised Ray Kelly as a “gifted leader” on Sunday and said the outgoing police commissioner was right when he described some politicians as full of “s--t” in...
Roku takes fight to Apple TV in big ad push
Getting an Apple TV under the tree is about as useful as one of those ugly reindeer sweaters. That’s the message Roku is packaging as it aims to outsell Apple...
Al Jazeera America fails to attract US audience
After just two months on the air, Al Jazeera America is losing ground in the US. The US offshoot of the Mideast news outfit managed fewer than half of the...
Jay Z affiliation won’t up Yankees' Cano offer: source
No doubt Robinson Cano is looking to cash in with his affiliation with Jay Z, but the Yankees aren’t interested in paying him more because of his ties to the...
This week's magazines are ready for the hunt
Feel like hunting your own Thanksgiving turkey or some whitetail deer before the New York City-area season ends? Try bagging a hunting magazine. Bowhunter is the obvious choice for those...
Iman Shumpert had secret August knee surgery
During training camp, Mike Woodson revealed Iman Shumpert experienced knee pain over the summer and had battled with some of his old injuries. A league source confirmed Shumpert actually had...
It wasn’t pretty, but Giants win 4th straight
There was certainly a chance — more than a chance, a distinct possibility — the Giants wouldn’t get here. Wouldn’t get close. They were too far gone to save their...
Rangers work to maintain focus in Kings showdown
It is among the oldest adages for NHL teams: Don’t get too high after a victory and don’t get too low after a defeat. The challenge thus for the Rangers...
Rangers' Taylor Pyatt feeling better after concussion
While Rick Nash remains on target for a return to the lineup either Tuesday at the Garden against the Bruins or Thursday in Dallas, concussed winger Taylor Pyatt is also...
It's time to speak openly about birth control
The rate of teen pregnancy in the United States has fallen dramatically over the last two decades — 52 percent — though in the developed world, it remains the highest....
Standing up to UN over 'Palestine'
America lost the right to vote at a UN agency last week. So what, you say? So plenty, our diplomats answer. Two years ago America stopped financing the UN Education,...
Taxi medallion prices hit record
Bill de Blasio may have campaigned for mayor as a champion of the little guy, but when it comes to the city’s taxi business, his position is clear: He’s with...
Deadly tornadoes pound the Midwest
Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes sweeping through the Midwest on Sunday caused extensive damage in several central Illinois communities. At least three are reported dead.
Governments make the lousiest of landlords
This month, four Democrats representing the city in Congress called for an overhaul of public housing. Their instinct is exactly right. Alas, their prescription is completely wrong. Reps. Carolyn Maloney,...
Team A-Rod set to continue battle against Team MLB
Now the colossal enemies get to face off in person once again. It has been a long month without action in The Appeal Hearing of the Century, but based on...
Plumlee making a statement with array of dunks
When the Clippers play at Staples Center, they are usually the ones throwing down one highlight-reel dunk after another. But in Saturday night’s game against the Nets, rookie Mason Plumlee...
50 killed in Russian plane crash
MOSCOW -- A Boeing 737 jetliner crashed and burst into flames Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people...
Young voters turn against President Obama
In 2008 and 2012, millennials — voters between ages 18 and 30 — came out in a big way for Barack Obama. If a recent Quinnipiac University poll is right,...
Time for Knicks to remove minutes restrictions
The more Carmelo Anthony rambled Saturday night, the glummer and graver he sounded. This postgame session was not made for James Dolan’s MSG Network. Anthony may sound gloomy because he...
Deadly tornadoes tear through the Midwest
WASHINGTON, Ill. — Dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipping over cars, uprooting trees and leaving at...
Jets playoff dreams take a hit after being humiliated by Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Bills showed they could destroy the Jets on the football field Sunday, but can they beat them in Skee-ball? A day after blowing off team...
St. John's rewind: Put on the track shoes
St. John’s picked up its first win of the season on Friday night over Wagner, 73-57, at Carnesecca Arena. After going up against a brutal opponent (Wisconsin) in a foreign...
Gillibrand bracing for battle over military sex-assault bill
WASHINGTON – Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand braced Sunday for the legislative battle this week over her bill to put military sex-assault cases in the hands of an independent prosecutor. “What we...
Long Island gunman busted after shootout
A man fatally shot his girlfriend at their Long Island apartment Sunday and then barricaded himself inside with his two young kids, cops said. The unidentified gunman freed the children...
Jason Pierre-Paul active, will play vs. Packers
Jason Pierre-Paul was adamant during the week that he would play in Sunday’s game against the Packers only if he felt his bruised left shoulder was feeling better. He didn’t...
Nets rewind: Blatche thrives in loss
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 110-103 loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles Saturday night: 1. With Deron Williams, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Brook Lopez all...
Did you know these stars changed their names?
If you've ever thought that a celebrity was destined for stardom purely because they have a cool name, chances are it's not their real moniker. Thousands of actors and musicians...
DC official fired after criticizing Obama change
WASHINGTON – The DC mayor fired his insurance commissioner the day after the official objected to President Obama’s move to delay health plan cancellations. DC Insurance Commissioner William White got...
German hoarder of 'stolen' Nazi art 'loves' his paintings
BERLIN — The recluse German collector who kept a priceless trove of art, possibly including works stolen by the Nazis, hidden for half a century says he did so because...
ObamaCare 'fix' will create more problems: Insurance honchos
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s call to delay health plan cancelations might not fix the problem but will create more ObamaCare woes, insurance industry leaders warned Sunday. Former Sen. Ben Nelson...
'Breaking Bad' has an alternate ending
http://youtu.be/9kZivVxB3vU Walter White was never a meth king -- he was just suffering from a Twinkie-induce nightmare! Playing on the half-joke rumors that “Breaking Bad” would end with Bryan Cranston’s...
Ed Reed starts for the Jets in Buffalo
ORCHARD PARK – Well, that didn’t take long. Just three days after signing with the Jets, safety Ed Reed will be in the starting lineup for Gang Green Sunday against...
Dad has 'anger management issues': Ireland Baldwin
Guess she’s not so “thoughtless” after all, Alec. Hothead Alec Baldwin’s daughter came to his defense on Sunday as Ireland Baldwin said her dad, who once famously left her a...
Woman jumps to her death near Columbus Circle
An emotionally disturbed woman jumped to her death from the 23rd floor of her Columbus Circle high-rise Sunday. The 25-year-old woman leapt from a window at 1 Columbus Avenue at...
Smoking baby quits 40 cigarette per day habit
Indonesia’s chain-smoking baby has kicked the habit. That’s the good news. The bad news is that he’s a junk-food junkie, packing on some serious pounds! Aldi Rizal made world headlines...
'Most Wanted' fugitive's epic social media fail
Nicholas Emond - wanted for parole violation on a possession of firearm charge - is not one of those. The heavily pierced and tattooed Emond was named as the US Marshals...
Off-duty cop nearly beaten to death in brawl
An off-duty NYPD sergeant was beaten within an inch of his life outside a Queens diner early Sunday by a thug who kept brutally bashing his head as he lay...
Police investigating Central Park 'rape'
A woman told cops she was raped in Central Park early Sunday morning by a brute who asked her for directions and then dragged her into a wooded area. The...
Marines to keep traditional 'manly' hats
The Marine are sticking with tradition -- or at least the more recent version of it -- for their choice in headwear. All Leathernecks, male and female, will wear standard-issue...
Taylor Swift is 'no Angel': Model
Australian model Jessica Hart has set a cat among the pigeons, criticizing Taylor Swifts participation in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York. Interviewed at a party after the...
Genovese slay parole denied
The New York City man convicted of killing bartender Kitty Genovese in a headline-grabbing 1964 murder has been denied parole for the 16th time. The state Division of Parole announced...
Sex assault suspect: My evil twin did it!
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A judge says an Army artillery officer linked by DNA to a string of sexual assaults on young girls will be allowed to blame his twin...
Internet cafe thief thwarted
An armed robber ran into some very bad luck at the “777” Internet cafe on the Lower East Side late Saturday, when he was subdued and beaten bloody by employees....
Lady Gaga pokes fun at Madonna similarities on 'SNL'
Lady Gaga poked some fun at herself on “Saturday Night Live,” performing her 2011 hit “Born this Way” as a “cover” of Madonna’s 1989 “Express Yourself—” and so admitting to...
Inconsistent Jets determined to (finally) build a winning streak
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Jets cannot qualify for the playoffs with a win over the Bills on Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium. But they sure can take a giant...
Body of Fla. man who fell from plane likely found
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities said Saturday that they've likely found the body of a Florida man who they say fell out of a private plane, three days into a...
Co-op owner 'pocketed' pricey watch: lawsuit
He won’t give him the time of day. An Upper East Sider says he used his pricey Patek Philippe as collateral on a potential real-estate deal — and now he...
Loehmann’s has it out for older women: lawsuit
Loehmann’s has a thing for older women — firing them, a lawsuit claims. Three former employees of the classic New York clothing chain claim they were axed because they don’t...
What the luck? Quinn aide approved for coveted apartment
An aide to Council Speaker Christine Quinn is living large after helping push through the development of a Hell’s Kitchen luxury building — then landing a coveted affordable apartment there....
The wheels have fallen off the Obama bandwagon
Hours after President Obama stumbled through his retreat on ObamaCare last week, a liberal friend was telling me how disappointed she is in him. The insurance debacle, she said with...
Men run out of McDonald’s with homophobic taunts: Lawsuit
This was not a Happy Meal. Two Manhattan men say they were refused service at an uptown McDonald’s because the cashier thought they were gay — and that the bizarre...
Speaker hopeful pleased by Che Guevara likeness
Viva la revolución! City Council speaker hopeful Melissa Mark-Viverito posted this image of herself — modeled after the iconic portrait of Che Guevara — months before Bill de Blasio was...
JFK, Jackie joined mile-high club day before his death
Jackie Kennedy had sex with JFK on Air Force One the day before he was assassinated — a “last hour of serenity,” according to historian William Manchester. But Manchester camouflaged...
Carnegie Deli owner: Waitress stole my hubby, recipes
First she stole her man — then she took the cheesecake recipe! Carnegie Deli waitress Penkae Siricharoen wasn’t just sleeping with her married boss, she was muscling in on the...
Manning, Giants must attack the Packers
This is the day, this must be the day, this better be the day for Eli Manning to air it out and throw caution and footballs to the meek wind...
Giants hope to extend winning streak vs. Packers
The winning is the reward for the hard work. That is the way Eli Manning views the give-and-take of the NFL and, he says, when you win “it’s definitely a...
Jets' playoff hopes resume against Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Jets return from their bye week in position to do what was unthinkable three months ago — make a run at the playoffs. Gang Green...
Yankees’ offseason pace is likely to pick up soon
The Yankees finished the 2013 season staring into an abyss, with hardly anything guaranteed for the future. After the GM meetings wrapped up in Orlando, Fla., last week, they still...
Brown working back into shape
Andre Brown wants to carry the load, but he’s not trying to be a hero. That’s why, in his first game of the season coming off a broken left leg,...
Mets looking for bargains over big names
Until the Mets add a legitimate piece to their roster this offseason, skepticism will surround general manager Sandy Alderson’s vow to spend. One agent recently summed up the Mets over...
Are the Detroit Lions for real?
Are the Detroit Lions to be trusted? The Lions are 6-3 and leading the NFC North by a game over the 5-4 Packers and Bears, and their first division title...
Alex Smith leads undefeated Chiefs against Broncos
DENVER — It might not seem that way from the buildup, but there will indeed be a quarterback on the field here Sunday night not named Peyton Manning. Alex Smith...
Garnett, Pierce miss clash with Doc’s Clippers
LOS ANGELES — For anyone who has watched the Celtics over the past several years, seeing Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce playing in another uniform has taken a while to...
Woo a mate with help from Antonio Sabato Jr.
Sure, you could date Madonna. At least, you can if you’re a male model. Antonio Sabato Jr., the 41-year-old former model, soap star and celebrity playboy, is known as much...
After 30 years, Kenneth Cole's campaigns still spark debate
Fashion designer Kenneth Cole had a rule when his kids were growing up. “They could wear other brands in the house,” he tells The Post with a twinkle in his...
9/11 cop's kidney plea
On 9/11, NYPD officer Robert Joseph Martin was far from home - in Indiana helping friends perform a benefit concert for a girl with cancer. But he joined a high-speed...
Teen who 'stole' boob job may have been an escort
The teen who tricked a Manhattan plastic surgeon into giving her a boob job may have been an escort looking to boost her assets. A phone number the bra-buster provided...
Caught off guard: Deadly crosswalk found unmanned again
The city has learned nothing from a horrific tragedy. The heavily trafficked East Harlem intersection where 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba was struck and killed Feb. 28 by a tractor-trailer — while...
Depleted Nets outgunned by Clippers
LOS ANGELES — When he found out Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Deron Williams and Brook Lopez would all be sitting out against his Clippers on Saturday night, Doc Rivers smelled...
Animal magnetism: Caring for others transcends species
Dogs and cats living together . . . mass cute-steria! These odd couples prove that cats and canines aren’t just man’s best friends — they’re foster parents to critters of...
Kaepernick hasn't been so Super this season
By the time Super Bowl XLVII ended, it wouldn’t have been hard to find a football man to tell you that if he was starting a franchise, Colin Kaepernick would...
Amar’e: I can’t get into rhythm
Knicks coach Mike Woodson spoke with the frustrated Amar’e Stoudemire, and both agreed it was time to increase the forward’s workload. In practice. At this point, Stoudemire — who underwent...
How a straight guy and gay guy make the perfect couple
You weren’t the only one kept in the dark about Cyrus Beene’s sexuality on “Scandal.” Jeff Perry, who plays the series’ Machiavellian White House Chief of Staff, didn’t know his...
Meet the 400-pound high school running back
He’s a force, a 6-foot-4, 400-pound man-child. But you won’t see Tony Picard battling in the trenches. The Washington prep star, known by friends as “Big Tone,” is a converted...
Don't miss: A preview of the week's top shows
FRESH AIR FUN With some urging from Claire (Julie Bowen), Jay (Ed O’Neill) begrudgingly agrees to return to ClosetCon, a convention of closet makers, and things get interesting when Jay...
Another 'terrible' game from J.R. Smith
The calendar says November. But it certainly looks like last May for the Knicks J.R. Smith. Smith, in his fourth game back from an NBA-imposed five game suspension after a...
Do local news anchors think we're idiots?
Solely in the interest of truthful advertising, it’s long past time that the “Ch.7 Eyewitness News” was retitled the “Ch. 7 Interpretive News For The Especially Slow Witted.” Seems you...
Knicks will discover how Shumpert handles adversity
Fans have loved Iman Shumpert since he first stepped foot on the Garden floor in a Knicks uniform. He was a rookie with promise then, someone who got it. He...
Knicks are playing ugly basketball
It was more of the same at the Garden Saturday night, which means it wasn’t very good viewing. For the fifth straight game, the Knicks were losers on their home...
NM gal celebrates Native American Heritage Month with Rock Your Mocs Day
A New Mexico student is celebrating Native American Heritage Month by following in her ancestors’ footsteps in the US Jessica “Jaylyn” Atsye, 21, a Laguna Pueblo member, designated last Friday as Rock...
Meningitis outbreak at Princeton
Princeton University is trying to contain an outbreak of bacterial meningitis that has sickened several students, school and health officials said Saturday. The New Jersey Department of Health said it...
Isles lose Nabokov, but win in shootout
This was a game that teetered on the brink of disaster all night, as the Islanders spent significant portions of time staring at the most disheartening of outcomes. And it...
Apple Stores give Chinese buyers special access to gold iPhones
It’s an Apple gold rush! Two months after Apple launched its latest iPhone, long lines are still forming outside the retailer’s stores as consumers, mainly Chinese, search for the coveted...
Baldwin’s MSNBC talk show faces possible cancellation
Alec Baldwin’s failing late-night show may be canceled completely after he returns from a suspension, the angry actor admitted Saturday. Baldwin hinted that his MSNBC show “Up Late” is on...