December 22, 2013
Giants discover something to play for
DETROIT—If you wanted to know whether the Giants would still play for Tom Coughlin and each other now that the playoffs are no longer a possibility. Or if you wondered...
Hill makes key interception after arrest
DETROIT — The first thing Will Hill was going to do when he got on the team bus after the Giants 23-20 overtime win over the Lions Sunday was to...
Giants report card
OFFENSE All things considered, patchwork line wasn’t a disaster although two sacks, one safety allowed and nothing doing (41 yards) on the ground. Eli Manning (23-of-42, 256 yards) nearly made it without...
Rangers find another gear in win over Wild
The Wild had come from their self-anointed State of Hockey that’s Minnesota while the Rangers were simply in a state of confusion midway through the first period, already trailing 1-0...
Silver Screen $mash: Hollywood heads for another record year
It’s beginning to look a lot like … another record-breaking year for Hollywood at the box office.With the relatively strong performance this past weekend of “The Hobbit” and “Anchorman 2,”...
The scientists who will 'bottle the sun'
PRINCETON, NJ — In a scientific complex on 88 bucolic acres near here, some astonishingly talented people are advancing a decades-long project to create a sun on Earth. When — not if;...
Albany-based anti-Amazon hitting revenue targets
The nation’s biggest retailers are arming themselves with a secret weapon against Amazon — and it’s coming from Albany.CommerceHub, a tech company owned by billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Media, has...
Obama's accidental lesson for America
As the fifth year of the Obama presidency draws to a close, it may be time to examine the unspoken but powerful assumption behind the policies of the president and...
Mexican eatery Black Ant finds a home in East Village
Black Ant, a modern Mexican restaurant, is slated to open in the East Village next month at 60 Second Ave. between Third and Fourth avenues. The 2,800-square-foot location will have...
Mayor Bloomberg's parting gift
Michael Bloomberg has left Bill de Blasio a gift: a blueprint to how to be a progressive mayor. How the new mayor treats this present will tell New Yorkers lots...
Giants blitz
HERO This is Jerrel Jernigan’s third year with the Giants and he had yet to find the end zone with a touchdown reception … until he got one in the second...
Kidd: ‘No one knew’ Brook was hurting
When Alan Anderson woke up Saturday morning, he got a text message from a friend saying Brook Lopez was “out” and didn’t know what to think. “I thought they meant...
Nets' GM: Team's depth must offset Lopez loss
While standing on the court inside Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University during training camp, Nets general manager Billy King spoke confidently about the team he had assembled, saying this...
One child’s courage inspired Nelson to two-TD day
When it was time to head back to work, when team meetings beckoned back at the team hotel and a fun day in the city was nearing an end, David...
Geno forces more debate, not the ball
In a twisted way, with his strong performance in Sunday’s 24-13 Jets win over the Browns at MetLife Stadium, Geno Smith might have complicated matters for Jets management as it...
Ivory, Powell bring back ‘Ground and Pound’
The Jets showed some vintage “Ground and Pound” in Sunday’s 24-13 victory over the Browns, gaining a season-high 208 rushing yards. Bruising back Chris Ivory led the way with 20...
Victory does little to secure Rex Ryan’s future
None of them, least of all Geno Smith, wants Rex Ryan to become Ex Ryan. But there is this growing gloom and doom, if not a resignation, that has settled...
Brooklyn neighborhood No.1 on Christmas lights list
Way to shine, Dyker Heights! A Brooklyn neighborhood that goes bonkers for Christmas gained some national notoriety when it landed at the top of a list of best neighborhoods for...
The No.1 spot for Christmas lights is in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn neighborhood gained some national notoriety when it landed at the top of a list of best neighborhoods for holiday lights.
After blowing lead, Giants dodge 10th loss in OT
DETROIT — Eli Manning had to be protected by the fourth right guard the Giants needed this season, had to make a throw to a tiny receiver who hadn’t done...
After rough season, top pick Milliner comes up big for Gang
On paper, it looked like the least favorable matchup for the Jets against the Browns Sunday at MetLife Stadium: Rookie cornerback Dee Milliner, who has been benched three times this...
Stephen Drew could land in either NY dugout
There is still the possibility free-agent shortstop Stephen Drew could wind up in New York with either the Mets, where he would be a strong fit, or the Yankees. Thus...
Olbermann plays bully in low-brow Knicks rant
Keith Olbermann, having been air-dropped back to ESPN after obliterating the Bristol Bridge he once crossed, Friday shook himself off, calling for a change-up. Instead of his usual pitch —...
Chase bank opens after Target security breach
JP Morgan Chase opened its doors on Sunday, after being plagued by a security breach announced ahead of the final weekend of holiday shopping. The bank will open a third...
Jets report card: Strong on both sides of the ball
OFFENSE This is the best game the Jets have played on offense in two months. They rolled up 422 total yards and had a great balance of pass (214) and...
Foundation celebrates character of two fallen servicemen
At Christmas, we count our blessings. At least for Americans, high atop the list is the blessing of having men and women who step forward to wear the uniform and...
Jets blitz: Chris Ivory runs over Cleveland
HERO: Jets running back Chris Ivory rushed for 109 yards on 20 carries for a 5.5-yard average. He made the tough short yards and he broke some big runs. Ivory...
Headline-grabbing response to Rangers 'bothered' Parise
Rangers fans are no doubt familiar with Zach Parise’s “No way” declaration about the possibility of joining the Blueshirts as a free agent in the summer of 2012 after spending...
Does universal pre-K make good policy sense?
Ever since Bill de Blasio made “universal pre-K” his top priority, all the focus has been on the financing. That’s because the mayor-elect proposes to raise the $532 million he...
Felton a game-time decision vs. Magic
Raymond Felton, who has missed the last six games with a strained left hamstring, practiced Sunday and is listed as questionable for Monday’s game in Orlando. He’s officially a game-time...
Woodson dumbfounded he's still coaching Knicks on effort
Nearly a third of the way through the season, embattled Mike Woodson is on the hot seat and still trying to coach effort, still trying to plead and prod his...
Man injured by falling tombstone at Brooklyn cemetery
A man paying his respects at a grave in a Brooklyn cemetery was hurt Sunday -- when the tombstone suddenly toppled over on him, witnesses said. The man was with...
NY audit finds public employees double-dipping
John Beale is the now infamous Environmental Protection Agency employee who pretended to be a CIA agent. As part of this ruse, he took off for long stretches at a...
Manning sets TD pass record in win over Texans
HOUSTON — Peyton Manning had to prepare for a 2-point conversion and couldn’t celebrate when he set the NFL record for touchdown passes in a season in 2004. On Sunday,...
Jets win one for Ryan, who says search is on for his replacement
Jets coach Rex Ryan gave his team a reason to fight Sunday — for him. An agitated Ryan addressed his shaky job status with the Jets on Saturday night. According...
'Cleveland hero' Charles Ramsey gets book deal
CLEVELAND — The man who famously put aside his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive in a Cleveland house over a decade has signed a contract to...
De Blasio on appointing GOPers: 'Let's not get crazy'
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio wants a diverse adminstration that represents the faces of New York City. But Republicans? Not so much. “Let’s not get crazy about this diversity idea,” de...
NYPD on alert after failed terror bombing in Israel
The NYPD went on alert Sunday -- ordering increased security for city subways and buses and at local Jewish houses of worship -- after the failed terror bombing of a...
De Blasio announces new Children's Services commissioner
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio on Sunday announced Gladys Carrión as as his next Children's Services commissioner, plucking her from Gov. Cuomo's administration as the head of the state Office of...
Custody fight ends in father-son murder-suicide from 52nd floor
An unhinged man involved in a bitter child-custody battle tossed his toddler son to his death from the roof of a 52-floor building on the Upper West Side Sunday, then...
Marc Staal taking his time with latest concussion comeback
Marc Staal said that there is “no comparison” between the concussion he suffered on Dec. 7 and the one he sustained in February of 2011 that ultimately sidelined him for...
Mega Millions is peanuts compared to Spain's $3.4B lottery
MADRID — The winners of Spain's cherished Christmas lottery — the world's richest — celebrated around the country Sunday, a moment of joy and relief after another year of a...
Hackers target US credit cards because of outdated security
NEW YORK — The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target's stores will get worse...
Joe Namath's daughter reunited with long-missing dog
A small Shih Tzu that belongs to Jets legend Joe Namath’s daughter was returned after it went missing five years ago. The small brown dog, named Tula, wandered out of...
Icelandic elves fight to preserve their habitat
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories abound of the "hidden folk"...
Knicks embarrassed on the boards in loss to Memphis
The coach admitted his team’s rebounding was embarrassing, and the star player acknowledged the home struggles have gotten into their heads. There was no denying either after the Knicks’ 95-87...
Conn. woman busted for strangling boyfriend: cops
HARTFORD, Conn. — Police have arrested a woman suspected of strangling a man in a Hartford condominium. Lt. Brian Foley, commander of the police major crimes division, said the 24-year-old...
Diplomat’s housekeeper kept ‘like a slave’
In India, Devyani Khobragade advocated for women’s rights. But in New York, she was a slave driver, says the family of Khobragade’s housekeeper. Consular official Khobragade worked domestic servant Sangeeta...
Biker gang victim speechless over attackers' reduced charges
The victim of a vicious biker gang assault is keeping a stiff, and silent, upper lip as prosecutors go easy on his attackers. Alexian Lien said nothing Saturday as he...
Condo board booted us: Queens Buddhists
Queens Buddhists claim they’re being bullied by their building. Flora Wang, abbess of the Western Supreme Buddha Temple, says board members of the Barclay House in Flushing tricked her into...
Carriage driver charged with animal cruelty
A Central Park carriage driver is facing animal-cruelty charges for working a horse with an injured leg for four days, police said. A police officer stopped Saverio Colarusso in the...
Jewish leader Bronfman dead at 84
Edgar M. Bronfman, who led the Seagram liquor company for 23 years before stepping down to turn his full attention to Jewish causes, has died at 84, his family said...
Jet pilot 'intended' to crash
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Preliminary investigations into a November plane crash that killed 33 people aboard show that the pilot intentionally brought the Mozambican plane down, an aviation official said. The...
Times Square redesign causes biz, tourist headaches
It’s the Great White Mess. The city ripped up the streets as part of a massive, $40 million redesign of Times Square, and now the city is scrambling to make...
Tragic driver's terrible fate
A New Jersey man was killed when he was ejected from his car during a collision and was struck moments later by another vehicle, according to police. No other injuries...
Bloomberg touts housing record in The Bronx
Mayor Bloomberg traded in Bermuda for the South Bronx on Saturday, opting against his typical weekend jaunt to tout the 160,000 affordable-housing units created during his tenure. Standing across the...
Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue
Navy sailor Lindsay Cooper knew something was wrong when billows of metallic-tasting snow began drifting over USS Ronald Reagan. “I was standing on the flight deck, and we felt this...
I was molested during my mammogram: lawsuit
A woman claims she was manhandled during her mammogram by a female technician who even rubbed her boobs against her at Beth Israel Medical Center, according to a lawsuit. Patricia...
Woman, biker dead in crash
A biker crashed into a 78-year-old woman outside a busy Queens shopping mall Saturday, killing both of them, police sources said. The accident happened at 4:35 p.m. as the woman,...
New 'knockout' attack
A woman walking along a Brooklyn street Saturday became the latest apparent victim of the sick “knockout game.” The 47-year-old was ambushed on Hendrix Street in East New York by...
'Perv' pol should quit: Cuomo
Gov. Cuomo on Saturday called on upstate Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak to resign if the sex-harassment allegations against him are true. The Buffalo-area Democrat has been accused in a legal filing...
Wife rats out hubby’s illegal $600K Super Bowl pools
She knew bettor. A wife furious with her football-obsessed husband dropped a dime on a Staten Island gin mill — sparking a rare raid that shut down $600,000 in Super...
'Lone Survivor' hero relives SEALs' nightmare mission
All ever wanted to be was a Navy SEAL. When he was 7, he learned to shoot a gun — taught by his dad, a Vietnam vet. He learned how...
Jane Lynch pairs mortals with celebs on 'Hollywood Game Night'
Game shows in America have a new face. No longer just a boys club of white guys in suits, it’s comedy great Jane Lynch making lesbian jokes on “Hollywood Game...
Underneath the Hanes' label scam
I suppose it was inevitable. The World Health Organization, citing the sustained global population explosion, now estimates that there are two suckers born every minute. Ah, modern, TV-delivered marketing. Where...
NASA astronauts tackle urgent spacewalk repairs
Astronauts removed an old space station pump Saturday, sailing through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks to revive a crippled cooling line. The two Americans on the...
Apple celebrates holiday iPhone zombies
One of many heartbreaking moments in Spike Jonze’s woefully insightful new film “Her” comes toward the end, when the nebbish played by Joaquin Phoenix is speaking to a computer program...
$100,000 Zimmerman art bidder dispute
A painting by Florida’s infamous neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman drew a six-figure winning bid on eBay. Or did it? The auction closed Saturday for the painting depicting a US flag...
Want to rent a 'hotel' room in the projects?
Public-housing residents are renting rooms to strangers — making extra dough over the holidays while taxpayers fund their apartments, The Post has learned. Several ads for nightly or monthly sublets...
Devastated sister recounts tragic crash
The devastated mother of a Queens boy who died under the wheels of a tractor-trailer wants the driver punished — and a crossing guard put in place at the intersection...
Things go from bad to worse for Nets
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 121-120 loss to the 76ers in Philadelphia Friday night:1. Things went from bad to worse – if that’s even possible with this...
NY's teams singing the Christmas blues
“Happy Xmas (Season’s Over)” [“Happy Xmas (War is Over)] (As sung by the Jets and Giants) So this is Christmas And Eli is done The offense ‘pathetic’ The defense overrun...
Saints clash pivotal for Panthers' playoff push
Considering the Panthers’ all-or-nothing history, it’s only fitting that this season could play out that way for Carolina, too. The NFC playoff race is so tight with just two games...
Analyst says Geno has learning to do
NFL Network football analyst Mike Mayock said he feels Geno Smith has a chance to be the Jets’ quarterback of the future, but there’s some work to be done. “I...
Mosley gets Suh in debut
DETROIT — In a difficult season for the Giants offensive line, the right side was able to develop some semblance of continuity, as guard David Diehl and tackle Justin Pugh...
Health may keep Nets' Lopez from realizing potential
This was in the opening hours of the preseason, inside a gymnasium in Durham, N.C., in those heady moments when it still seemed the Brooklyn Nets were on the precipice...
Becoming Santa Claus
What drives a man to change his name to Santa Claus? Is it a compulsion to grow a flowing white beard? The sleigh and reindeer? Santa Claus is real. In...
My landlord bit me: lawsuit
This landlord bites. At least that’s the claim of a Queens woman who says her landlord chomped down on her finger in an early-morning dispute over late rent. Xiao Li...
Mysterious 'Robin Hood 702' to serve Christmas meals
A mysterious gambler and his merry band of foodies plan to prepare a fancy feast for the city’s homeless and poor on Christmas Day at the New York City Rescue...
NORAD's Santa-tracking began with a wrong number
NORAD’s tradition of tracking Santa’s sleigh began with a wrong number.Right before Christmas in 1955, Sears ran an ad offering millions of toy-hungry girls and boys the chance to talk...
NYers kept waiting on gifts as UPS deliveries delayed
It wouldn’t be Christmas season without delayed packages — and UPS customers around New York are already suffering with major fumbles from the delivery giant. Customers around the city and...
Chase limits withdrawals, purchases after Target security breach
The grinches at JPMorgan Chase on Saturday limited ATM withdrawals by customers to $100 per day and debit purchases to $300 right in the thick of Christmas-shopping weekend. The move...
Escape with the elephant man
It’s the most incredible war elephant tale since Hannibal. During the height of World War II in Japanese-occupied Burma, Gyles Mackrell, a British World War I pilot turned tea planter,...
‘Duck Dynasty’ star: ‘Them gays’ make life hard in NYC
Those who know “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson — or have listened to him speak — shouldn’t be surprised by his recent anti-gay statements. Earlier this year, during a candid...
In my Library: Conor McPherson
A sense of the supernatural pervades Conor McPherson's "The Weir," "Shining City," and other plays—and that has a lot to do with where he comes from. "Perhaps being Irish and...
This week's must-read books
Madiba A to Z The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela by Danny Schecter (Seven Stories Press) Documentary filmmaker Schecter has done work in South Africa since the 1960s, and having made several...
Daily Blotter
BrooklynPolice found a cache of guns and stolen Apple products while making a car stop in Flatbush, authorities said yesterday.Three officers were on patrol near Cortelyou Road and East 29th...
Watches that are 'cool, hip and good for the world'
At the recent Art Basel show in Miami, guest P. Diddy got a nice departure present. Soho watchmaker Lawrence Leyderman, 31, spotted the rapper and presented him with a dark...
Brooklyn sisters grabbing A-list clientele with vintage jewels
Two Brooklyn sisters are grabbing attention for their vintage-inspired jewelry. Kim Carosella, 30, and her sister Nicole, 32, launched Sorellina in 2011, and already have A-list fans including Florence Welch,...
Guilty SAC trader's pal after conviction: 'ooooohhh f--k'
Convicted SAC trader Michael Steinberg had a real pal in former hedge fund exec Andy Heller during his four-week trial, which ended Wednesday. Heller, whose brother Sandy is an art...