December 1, 2013
Giants rally past Redskins behind Tuck's 4 sacks
LANDOVER, Md. — The deficit was 7-0 far too quickly but then, Justin Tuck said, he believed the Giants had “kind of weathered that storm.’’ But then it got worse....
Shot still eluding J.R. Smith
It is a problem that has tormented great minds forever, much in the same vein as the chicken or the egg conundrum. If a shooter isn’t shooting well, at what...
Heavy holiday discounting upsets overall spending numbers
The holiday shopping season got off to a disappointing start as heavy discounting took its toll on overall spending. Retailers saw online and in-store sales drop to $57.4 billion during...
SEC champ needs help to make BCS title game
Florida State and Ohio State are in position to play for the BCS national championship, though Auburn and Missouri are close enough behind in the BCS standings to put pressure...
Go to Greg: Will I ever escape office politics?
I’m on my third job, six years out of college, and I’m disheartened by all the politics at work. It sometimes feels like you have to be Machiavelli to succeed....
Hardaway’s big night wasted as Knicks fall to Pelicans
If you can’t beat the Pelicans at home with their best player, Anthony Davis, missing most of the game, who can you beat? Right now, nobody. The Knicks wasted a...
The best of the holiday shopping mags
The turkey leftovers are gone and it’s back to work. Now comes the hard part — dreaming up gift ideas that will wow family and friends. Consumer Reports’ ShopSmart is...
Failure to develop another QB could ultimately cost Ryan
Rex Ryan got this job because he made a career out of ruining quarterbacks. But when your latest franchise quarterback is in ruins, when your so-called Quarterback of the Future...
Once resurgent Jets now head for disaster
The Jets, playing the part of Jonathan Martin, were bullied in their own home by the Dolphins, who played the part of Richie Incognito. How is it possible that —...
Lopez's return gives Nets big boost
For anyone who needed proof of just how much the Nets missed Brook Lopez while he was out for seven games with a sprained left ankle, all the evidence was...
New food market coming to South Street Seaport
A new global marketplace is coming to the South Street Seaport, Side Dish has learned. While the Howard Hughes Corp. awaits approval for its proposed 50-story hotel and condo tower...
Santonio Holmes frustrated after playing just three snaps
Santonio Holmes knew he’d be somewhat limited Sunday against Miami, but he had no idea he’d be pulled after just three snaps. And afterward, a clearly frustrated Holmes said he...
Comcast aims to grab more ad dollars from binge viewing
Cable king Comcast has figured out a way to wring more ad dollars from our addiction to TV binge viewing. Comcast, the nation’s biggest cable provider, wants to count viewers...
Jets TE Winslow sees minimal action again in loss
Jets tight end Kellen Winslow caught a pass with 43 seconds left in the first quarter of Sunday’s 23-3 loss to the Dolphins. He did not see another pass until...
Jets' Milliner benched after TD burn
From coach Rex Ryan to veteran teammates such as Antonio Cromartie everybody says Dee Milliner needs to start recognizing situations better — even the overwhelmed rookie himself. The situation is...
Sony seeks 'at least one new director'
Sony, under pressure to cut costs and shake up its moribund business, is looking for new blood for its board, The Post has learned. The Japanese media and electronics giant...
Scandal behind them, Dolphins get back into playoff race with win
There were smiles, a sense of confidence but not bravado and a distinct belief in the Dolphins locker room Sunday afternoon in the bowels of MetLife Stadium. One month after...
Friends, family mourn for victims
Production consultant Jim Lovell, 58, was headed to Rockefeller Center to prepare for the annual tree lighting when his train careened off the tracks. The married Cold Spring dad was...
Sestito not fined for Del Zotto hit
The NHL department of player safety absolved Vancouver winger Tom Sestito of wrong-doing on his check Saturday that nailed Michael Del Zotto on the side of his head 2:48 into...
Rangers coach not revealing Monday's starting goaltender
Monday's visit to the Garden by Winnipeg had appeared to be as mundane a matchup for the Rangers as a regular-season Game 28 against a mediocre, generic opponent from the...
Feinstein: America is less safe from terrorism
WASHINGTON – The heads of Congress’ intelligence committees warned Sunday that America is less safe from terrorism today than it has been in recent years. The dire warning came from...
You're out of order! Ma sues judge over kid battle
A Manhattan mom is fed up with all the delays in her three-year child custody battle — so she’s suing the judge. Public relations exec Maggie Rhee Karn claims in...
Two great games come with sad consequences
Wild thing, you make my heart sing. ... How was that for back-to-backers on Saturday? Some of us hadn’t seen such a double feature in decades, not since our folks...
Jets report card: Failing and flailing in loss to Dolphins
OFFENSE There are not enough nasty adjectives to describe this performance. Ten total first downs, two in the first half, 177 total yards, 2-for-12 on third down — it was...
Jets blitz: Sunk by Dolphins' QB Tannehill, WR Hartline
HERO Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill lit up the Jets defense with 28-of-43 completions for 331 yards, two TDs and one INT for a rating of 94.2. He hurt the Jets...
Patient Cano taking risk with Yankees targeting others
Here is a question Robinson Cano and his advisors have to at least take into consideration as they attempt to find common ground with the Yankees: What happens if the...
Horror in The Bronx
New Yorkers awoke Sunday morning to tragedy: A southbound Metro-North train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station in The Bronx. Four passengers were killed and more than 60 others injured....
10 new coat trends hot off the runways
Winter is coming, but that doesn’t mean you have to break out the ubiquitous black peacoat with the pilled sleeves and ripped lining hanging in your closet — or buy...
How to cope with a hangover at the office
’Tis the season to celebrate, but the morning after can lead to some very un-merry workdays. According to a November 2012 survey by the nonprofit Caron Treatment Centers, 64 percent...
Nets Rewind: Spilled soda aside, Kidd making right moves
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 97-88 victory over the Grizzlies in Memphis Saturday night: 1. It’s been easy to criticize Jason Kidd over the last month –...
St. John’s Rewind: Playing up-tempo ball will benefit Red Storm
We learned a lot about St. John’s in an uneven weekend at Barclays Center. First and foremost: This team needs to press. However poorly the Johnnies are playing, they are...
National Zoo names new panda cub 'Bao Bao'
Just call her Precious. The giant panda cub born this summer at the National Zoo will be known as Bao Bao — Chinese for “treasure” or “precious,” officials at the...
Free-falling Jets searching for QB answers after loss
Maybe Mark Sanchez can throw with his left arm. It couldn’t be any worse than the current quarterback situation for the Jets. Rookie Geno Smith got benched at halftime of...
'Killer nanny' is pregnant
The “killer nanny” is pregnant. Louise Woodward, the British caregiver convicted in 1997 of killing an infant in Massachusetts, is about to give birth to her first child, the Sunday...
LA coroner can't ID Paul Walker's body
“Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker was just tagging along with a pal for a test-drive in a trouble-prone Porsche when they crashed and died, a new report said. The...
Bloomberg a no-show at derailment tragedy
Where’s Bloomy? While Gov. Cuomo, NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly and FDNY commissioner Sal Cassano rushed to the deadly Metro-North crash in the Bronx, lame duck Mayor Bloomberg was nowhere to...
Conductor a good driver who 'lives on the edge'
The operator of Sunday’s tragic Metro-North train is a motorcycle rider who loves high speed — but not on the rails, supporters said. William Rockefeller was injured in the fatal...
NYC train derailment is latest woe for Metro-North
Sunday's crash in The Bronx is the second passenger train derailment in six months for the rail service and presents Metro-North with another problem in what has been a year...
Metro-North derailment causes massive service disruption
Metro-North suspended all Hudson-line trains between Tarrytown and Grand Central terminal -- in both directions -- following Sunday morning’s deadly crash near Spuyten Duyvil station. A Metro-North bus shuttle has...
Spuyten Duyvil curve has a deadly history
The Spuyten Duyvil curve, where a Metro-North train derailed Sunday morning, played a role in another deadly rail accident more than 130 years ago. The New York City-bound Atlantic Express...
Views from the scene of the NYC derail tragedy
A Metro-North passenger train derailed on a curved section of track in the Bronx on Sunday morning, killing four people and injuring 63 as it came to rest just inches...
ObamaCare website cured, says officials
WASHINGTON — It’s a fix . . . of sorts. The Obama administration declared victory Sunday in meeting the deadline to fix the glitches and bugs that crippled the ObamaCare Web site...
Katie Couric's demographic might not make it to Yahoo!
It’s easy to see what Katie Couric sees in Yahoo! as she becomes its global anchor. She is bidding to become the biggest star on the Internet. But what’s in...
4 dead, 63 injured in NYC train derail 'bloodbath'
A Metro-North train loaded with holiday travelers derailed as it hurtled around a tight Bronx curve just north of Manhattan on Sunday — leaving at least four dead and 63...
Cop with crooked boyfriend sues city
A Bronx cop whose beau is in the slammer for a $6 million embezzlement scheme — and who is herself accused of keeping some of the ill-gotten gains — is...
Karate rabbi wants to train Jewish kids to combat 'knockout' thugs
He wants to pump Jew up! A cop-turned-rabbi is on a quest to toughen up city Jews being targeted by “knockout” thugs. “If Jewish kids started fighting back, they wouldn’t...
Bulger belongings could land on auction block
BOSTON — Former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger could soon see some of his jewelry, clothes and other belongings on the auction block. The U.S. Marshals Service will auction...
Man threatens family with machete over Thanksgiving snub: police
NEW MILFORD, NJ — Authorities say a northern New Jersey man used a machete to threaten a family who excluded him and his son from their Thanksgiving Day celebrations. New...
Chiropractor sues woman who slams him in 48 different blogs
An Upper East Side chiropractor says he’s being blacklisted by not one, but 48 blogs. A Massachusetts woman has created a number of blogs slamming Frederick Mindel as a fraud,...
Tourist says Manhattan hotel gave him Legionnaires’ disease
A German man says his stay at a pricey Manhattan hotel came with a parting gift: Legionnaires’ disease. Tobias Meyerhoff spent four days in the Big Apple in May, staying...
NJ Internet gambling off to solid start
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — The first week of Internet gambling in New Jersey went well, according to the state's top casino regulator, who says he finally stopped worrying about it....
Olympic-themed memorial highlights TLC's 'Best Funeral Ever'
Ronnie Ray Smith crossed life’s finish line in style — and defiant to the end. Loved ones of the Olympic champion said goodbye to Smith in a track-themed memorial service,...
That knockoff dress will make you look fat: lawsuit
Buyer, beware: That cheap designer-dress knockoff will make you look fat. It might seem like party time when customers snag a fake Sherri Hill prom dress or a flirty, flouncy...
Timeshare a hotel hell: suit
This is one piece of Manhattan real estate you can’t even give away. Owners of The Manhattan Club timeshare, a West 56th Street hotel, say they have been saddled with...
City locks housing doors on veterans: lawsuit
The city is fighting a secret war against veterans — not only ignoring laws that give them preference for affordable housing but also pushing legally to erase the rules. Air...
Queens man killed in 'DWI' crash
A Queens man is dead and another faces vehicular-manslaughter and drunken-driving charges after a two-car crash early Saturday. James Celauro, 23, was drunk behind the wheel of his 2006 Ford...
Dead Yale prof may have been an escort
A Yale University English professor who was found dead in his Connecticut jail cell may have been working as a male escort. The handsome prof landed in the clink last...
Deadline passes, but ObamaCare Web site still full of glitches
It’s the president’s nightmare before Christmas. An 11-hour shutdown wasn’t enough to help the ObamaCare Web site solve the glitches that have crippled online enrollment in the Affordable Care Act,...
My life as a call girl in Love Guv ring
Five years ago, Love Guv Eliot Spitzer resigned after being exposed as a client of the Emperors Club call-girl ring. But his wasn’t the only life turned upside down that...
A-Rod's problem: 'He tries to please everyone'
Stand by your ex. That’s the tune Alex Rodriguez’s former wife, Cynthia, is singing in New York magazine’s Monday issue. But even as she attempts to defend A-Rod against Major...
Baby not covered under ObamaCare family plan
This baby’s not on board with ObamaCare. Long Islander Cornelius Kelly found it would be no problem to secure a family plan for his wife and three older kids through...
Doctors didn't want to 'waste' a heart on sick boy
Doctors at a top city hospital coldly refused to consider a 5-month-old for a heart transplant because he had a disease they believed would leave him with mental and physical...
De Blasio announces star-studded inaugural committee
Bill de Blasio’s inaugural committee is star-studded. The mayor-elect announced Saturday that Harry Belafonte, Sarah Jessica Parker, Steve Buscemi, Susan Sarandon, Rosie Perez and Russell Simmons are among those helping...
Washington Square Park banning hot-dog vendors
What a bunch of weenies! A private, celebrity-studded park conservancy has succeeded in booting two poor hot-dog vendors from Washington Square Park — to make the area less “unsightly.” While...
Fuel problem eyed in fatal Scottish helicopter pub crash
A faulty fuel supply may have doomed a police helicopter that smashed into a Scottish pub, killing at least eight people and injuring 32 others, investigators said. More than 100...
Toll hikes start Sunday at New York-New Jersey crossings
Drivers must dig deeper into their pockets to get from New Jersey to New York. Under the third of five scheduled annual toll hikes on Port Authority bridges and tunnels,...
How the US gave guns to Mexican cartels
In September 2009, John Dodson, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was assigned to the ATF’s Phoenix office. What he found there shocked him. The...
Troubled Knicks adopting new positive-policy approach
Maybe the worst is over. Or maybe not. With the Knicks an emotional train wreck, they’re trying a new approach — the Power of Positive Thinking. Indications are a new...
Report: Former Yankee Hughes headed to Twins
Six years after the Yankees refused to include him in a package for Johan Santana, Phil Hughes is headed to Minnesota. The Twins are expected to announce the signing of...
Islanders' recent struggles could put Capuano's job in jeopardy
It’s impossible to make the argument that Islanders coach Jack Capuano isn’t trying, or that he doesn’t care. Yet, as of late, it’s easy to make the argument that all...
Catch this week's best movies on TV
Inglorious Basterds 2009 Sunday, 8 p.m., TNT Quentin Tarantino’s film stars Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent (above), B.J. Novak and a then-unknown Christoph Waltz in a sprawling WWII...
'Sound of Music' isn't TV's first live musical
Nearly 50 years have passed since the last time an ambitious producer attempted to stage a musical on TV and have it performed live. And the last time, the project...
Carrie Underwood stars in 'The Sound of Music Live!'
Bethpage, Long Island, seems like the last place anyone would pick to stage a live production of “The Sound of Music.” Even the locals seem confused. When I take a...
'Sound of Music' kicks off a month of holiday cheer
Christmas in Conway Sunday, 9 p.m., ABC Andy Garcia and Mary-Louise Parker combine their talents in “Christmas in Conway.” In this scenario, Duncan (Garcia) decides the perfect Christmas present for...
'Walking Dead' creator bounces back with '40s noir drama
Since Frank Darabont, screenwriter and director of such classics as “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Green Mile,” spent five years trying to bring “The Walking Dead” to television, his dismissal...
Don't miss the week's hottest shows
Pain in the neck Browning (Ben Miles) sets out to prove once and for all that Grayson (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is the master vampire stalking London by hosting a board...
Revel in anti-holiday programming
Non-holiday TV treats to look forward to in December: “Sons of Anarchy” (Tuesday, Dec. 3, 10 p.m., FX) Even if this motorcycle gang celebrated the holidays, it would probably involve...
'World's ugliest dog' dies at 8
SEWELL, NJ — A New Jersey canine that was crowned the world's ugliest dog in 2007 and later became the topic of a children's book preaching acceptance has died. Elwood...
Cops rescue children from burning building
Two cops ran into a burning Brooklyn building and fought their way through heavy smoke to rescue two young children, police said Saturday. Firefighters were already battling the blaze in...
Another solid outing for KG
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Slowly but surely, the Nets are seeing gradual improvement from Kevin Garnett. The future Hall of Famer might not have gotten off to the kind of start...
The Post saved my boyfriend's life!
It’s one more reason to get The Post! This Thanksgiving, an elderly Westchester woman celebrated the 10th anniversary of something she’s eternally thankful for — how the New York Post...
Remembering Observer editor Peter Kaplan
Peter Kaplan, who edited the New York Observer from 1994-2009, died Friday of cancer. He was 59. Terry Golway, a longtime political reporter and city editor at the paper, writes...
Michael Jordan, 50, to be dad again
It’s another Heir Jordan. Basketball legend Michael Jordan is expecting his fourth child at age 50 — and no matter that his other three kids are in their 20s. It...
Devils slip past Sabres in OT
NEWARK, NJ — Jhonas Enroth lost sight of the puck for just one second. And that was all the opening Steve Bernier of the Devils needed to beat the Buffalo...
Bitcoin breaks $1.2K mark
Bitcoin, the digital-only currency, broke through the $1,200 mark last week on the trading exchange Mt. Gox. The virtual currency rose as high as $1,240 on Mt. Gox on Friday....