March 8, 2014
Latest NYC dating trend? Couples workouts
When David daCruz met his now-fiancée, Marrissa, the busy financial analyst at first found it difficult to make time to meet up with her. But once the Upper East Sider...
3 decades later, everyone still wants to be 'like Mike'
It's an early weekday afternoon at the Flight 23 store — a new boutique on 34th Street that sells nothing but Nike’s Jordan Brand gear — and the kids are...
New Devil Ruutu scores winner against former team
Three days after being traded to the Devils, Tuomo Ruutu had one of those storybook games against his former Hurricanes teammates. Ruutu scored with 6:30 to play to snap a...
Knicks topple Cavaliers for third-straight win
CLEVELAND — The Knicks have found a starting lineup, found a way not to panic in the fourth quarter and have found their way back to the periphery of a...
Devils played Bettman’s game
It is Gary’s World and the rest of us are just living in it. That’s the takeaway from the NHL’s announcement commissioner Gary Bettman had reconsidered the penalty he had...
Wright amount of flexibility
PORT ST. LUCIE -- This is a new age in baseball, where flexibility counts. In an effort to stay away from another serious hamstring injury that sidelined him last season,...
Beltran unfairly judged after first New York stint
TAMPA — Carlos Beltran leaves a dugout conversation with Brian McCann to go fetch a baseball. It is late Saturday morning at Steinbrenner Field. The bus for Kissimmee and a...
Can we take care of the elderly without bankrupting the young?
Could the brat be right? “I have been stunned by the financial greed of modern parents who are more concerned with retiring into some fantasy world rather than provide for...
Time to end a scary practice
Preventative medicine: An apple a day, something, something, something. In a world gone nuts, it makes perfect sense the dangerously illogical — an act of excessive audience participation that has...
8 demands from a 'Veronica Mars' Kickstarter contributor
Confession: I’ve never been a big fan of “marshmallows,” the term for rabid fans of the dearly departed TV show — and soon to be movie — “Veronica Mars,” about...
Zuccarello a key cog for new-look Rangers
This isn't the time of year when most NHL teams start talking about establishing an identity -- but then again, it's not often that at this time of year, a...
Legendary talk show host brings acting chops to Off-Broadway
He’s interviewed Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, John Lennon, Groucho Marx and just about every other celebrity you can think of. But Dick Cavett’s more than a talk-show host: He’s also...
Golfer blasts rival on Twitter after outburst on green
After a Twitter rant by Ian Poulter ripping him and calling him an "idiot,'' Hideki Matsuyama apologized to the Englishman on Saturday morning for an outburst when the two were...
Tiger Woods just 3 strokes back at Doral
DORAL, Fla. -- You might not know a lot about Patrick Reed, and that's OK, because even his fellow PGA Tour players are somewhat in the dark. "I don't know...
Peter Max: My psychedelic New York
Peter Max colored our world — his bright posters practically defined the psychedelic ’60s. And he practices what he paints, clad on a recent day in a purple cashmere sweater...
Manhattan holds off pesky St. Peter’s
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Manhattan needed nine years to get back to the MAAC Championship. Now, the Jaspers are one win away from reaching the title game for a second straight...
Ellie Goulding's rise from 'chubby Goth' to 'endorphin addict'
When Ellie Goulding answers the phone to speak to The Post, it’s just a few days after the Brit Awards (the UK’s Grammys), where she performed, won Best British Female...
Braun’s comeback, Puig among top MLB storylines in 2014
They can name that tune in no notes. Their secret kale recipe has 40 calories, yet tastes like chocolate. The F7 key on their computers conjures super models — life-sized....
Society's favorite drug affects us more than we think
With a Starbucks on every corner, often adjacent to a Dunkin’ Donuts, it’s a surprise that we actually drink much less java than our grandparents — about half as much....
World War II hero's death deserved more than what news gave
Not that the death of Walter Ehlers could successfully compete for news time with say, the life of, say, Dennis Rodman or Lady Gaga, yet the passing of Ehlers, at...
Nets rewind: Loss to Celtics one that got away
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 91-84 loss to the Celtics in Boston Friday night: 1. There’s no question that some of Friday’s loss is simply a case...
City's restaurant grades all about fines - not health
The Department of Health’s intrepid crusaders, who for a second time stripped the great, 3-Michelin-star restaurant Per Se of its “A” rating this week, won’t likely peel away a single...
Iona blows out Rider in MAAC Tournament opener
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Next! Top-seeded Iona treated its first game in the MAAC Tournament no differently than its remarkable regular season, as the defending champs ran No. 8 Rider out...
When Ernest Hemingway made it his mission to liberate a hotel
As the Allied forces prepared to take Paris in 1944, war correspondent Ernest Hemingway was so competitive in his quest for the big story that he poached another writer’s assignment...
Phil ‘close’ to taking job in Knicks’ front office: Source
CLEVELAND — Get your zen on! According to a league source, Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson is on the verge of accepting a Knicks front-office position. “It’s real close,’’...
Why doesn't the TLC fire dangerous cab drivers?
The tragedy of 9-year-old Cooper Stock, who was killed by a taxi in January on the Upper West Side, presents a call to action. Together with last year’s high-profile taxicab...
Coral fixation
Spring fashion is awash in this pretty peachy-pink hue
Jackson would be Knicks' Mr. Big
You understand the appeal of a Big Guy. Big Guys come ready-made with their reputations and their models of past success, with their bold-faced names and their platinum resumes. It...
How 'Free to Be ... You and Me' emasculated men
Nineteen seventy-four was a grim year in the history of the Republic. An embargo had quadrupled the price of oil and touched off an energy crisis so severe that the...
Nicks open to 1-year deal with Giants: report
Is there a chance Hakeem Nicks finds his way back to the Giants? The return of the one-time explosive receiver still is a long shot, but perhaps not as much...
The day in photos
Bodybuilders compete in Australia, anti-war protesters take to the streets of St. Petersburg, and a Yorkshire Terrier gets groomed ahead of a dog show in England -- these are just...
Jets showing interest in CB Verner: source
The Jets dealt away the best cornerback in football a year ago, but they may add one of the top players at the position this year. The team is interested...
$1.2 million bail set for mom who drove kids into ocean
A judge set bail at $1.2 million on Saturday for a pregnant woman facing attempted murder charges for driving a minivan carrying her three young children into the surf off...
Lady Sif joins up with 'S.H.I.E.L.D.'
TV for the kid in each of us who refuse to grow up... “Once Upon a Time” (Sunday, 8 p.m., ABC): The cross-pollinating fairy tale returns for the second half...
Let the winner win
Few people look to our City Council for common sense. But buried in its proposed state budget and legislative agenda, hidden among the bids to raise taxes on the rich...
The big easy
Mayor de Blasio continues to dismiss questions about charter schools by saying they represent only 5% of New York’s student population. Which makes a contrast with New Orleans illuminating. There,...
Mom charged in assault of toddler daughter
A Manhattan mom was charged with felony assault Friday after she beat her 3-year-old daughter inside a homeless shelter – leaving the tot with cuts and bruises on her eye...
Mets' top pitching prospect shaky in second start
LAKELAND, Fla. — Noah Syndergaard isn't perfect. The latest highly-touted Mets pitching prospect, who was sensational in his spring training debut last week against the Braves, showed he still has some...
In My Library: P.J. O'Rourke
There's "the Greatest Generation" — thank you, Tom Brokaw! — and then there are 75 million Baby Boomers who came after. P.J. O'Rourke is one of them, and in his...
St. John’s nips Marquette in double OT to boost NCAA hopes
MILWAUKEE — D’Angelo Harrison and JaKarr Sampson strode into the interview room like conquering heroes, unable to hide their ear-to-ear smiles. At several different junctures in Saturday’s afternoon clash with dogged...
Second chance with a lost loved one - minus the zombies
Perhaps you could think of ABC’s “Resurrection” as a zombie drama in which the undead are hungry for hugs — instead of famished for flesh. Inspired by Jason Mott’s best-selling...
Victims' families: Release secret 'Saudi' 9/11 report
Two congressmen concerned about a government censoring of Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the 9/11 attacks will hold a press conference this week with families of the victims to step...
Mistrial declared in hip-hop slaying
A federal judge in the murder-for-hire case of fallen hip-hop mogul James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond declared a mistrial Friday when jurors remained deadlocked after nearly four days of deliberation. Manhattan...
This week's must-read books
The Setup Man by T.T. Monday (Doubleday) Johnny Adcock is an old relief pitcher for the fictional big league San Jose Bay Dogs — just one wrong pitch away from being...
Man killed & buried uncle in woods behind home: cops
A Long Island man was being held without bail Saturday, accused of killing his elderly uncle and burying the body in the woods behind his mother’s Coram house, police said....
Blood-soaked 'Dawn' just the start of Rodriguez' daily grind
Fans of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez have come to expect the likes of Rose McGowan mowing people down with a machine-gun leg in “Planet Terror,” or Danny Trejo killing a man,...
Brat teen: Curfews are illegal!
The spoiled teen who’s suing her parents for private-school tuition says they can’t legally enforce a curfew or any other rules on her. A Facebook post believed to be written...
Mystery passengers on missing jet used stolen passports
MILAN — Foreign ministry officials in Rome and Vienna confirmed Saturday that names of two nationals listed on the manifest of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight match passports reported stolen...
Cops collar man in LI bank rob spree
A robber in Suffolk County knocked off three banks and attempted to rob a fourth in an eight-day crime spree on Long Island, Suffolk cops said Friday. Suspect John Harvey's...
Blind man's subway fall 'miracle'
LOS ANGELES — A blind man who fell from the edge of a Los Angeles subway platform bounced off one of the rails below, landing in a tiny alcove in...
Dem GOP-vice squad threat: If party's in Vegas, we'll post videos
WASHINGTON — What happens in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas if the Republican Party decides to hold its 2016 political convention in Sin City, a top Democratic super PAC is...
JFK baggage handlers busted in thefts
Five crooked baggage handlers at JFK Airport were busted for stealing credit cards and $27,000 worth of checks and military money orders from US mail headed to Asia, the Queens...
Dolan: Pope Francis may visit sex-abuse victims
New York’s Timothy Cardinal Dolan says he anticipates that Pope Francis will meet with sex-abuse victims. Dolan told David Gregory in an interview taped Friday for NBC News’ “Meet the...
Kim Jong Un frolics with 'fly girls'
With nationwide elections set for Sunday, North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un has good reason to yuk it up with these fawning female pilots — because he and his political...
Victim IDs Army general as sex abuser
FORT BRAGG, NC — Sobbing on the witness stand, the Army captain whose sexual assault accusations triggered the court-martial of a general testified Friday that they had a three-year affair...
Bloods gang member charged with shooting at 'snitch' cousin
A gangbanger shot his cousin in the leg, got convicted in a trial on which he skipped out, and then opened fire on the man for testifying against him, authorities...
Knicks players not Phil-ed in on Jackson situation, ignore rumors
It was another day in which external matters dominated what transpired on the court for the Knicks. Or in their often topsy-turvy world, Friday. ESPN reported Knicks general manager Steve...
Yankees’ Sabathia to pitch vs. Marlins in Panama
TAMPA — CC Sabathia is making the trip to Panama City next week and will pitch against the Marlins a week from Sunday at Rod Carew Stadium. The two-game series...
Parents, bloggers call for more class space
They have a collective 640,000 followers in the virtual world of Twitter. But the parent bloggers who met with Mayor de Blasio at City Hall on Friday to talk universal...
Rapper Biz Markie to make cameo on 'Sharknado 2'
‘Sharknado 2: The Second One,” the sequel to last summer’s social-media smash, will air July 31 on Syfy. Rapper Biz Markie and Pepa, from Salt-N-Pepa, are among those who will...
Felicity Huffman joins 'American Crime’
Felicity Huffman is returning to ABC. The former co-star of “Desperate Housewives,” which ended its run in May 2012, has signed on to a lead role in “American Crime,” written...
TV's most beloved detectives
“True Detective” wraps up its first season on Sunday, and we’re sad to see it go — and not just for the first-rate storytelling. Stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson have now...
'DWI' firefighter called incoherent after ramming pregnant ma
The city firefighter who slammed into a 7-months-pregnant Bronx woman — forcing the emergency delivery of a baby now on life support — claimed he had just two beers, even...
A dozen districts left in lurch by Boyland conviction
The conviction of greedy Brooklyn payola pol William Boyland Jr. means there are now 12 districts across the state that don’t have representation in Albany — and might not all...
Charges dropped in ‘cantor extortion’ case
Prosecutors dropped charges Friday against a Brooklyn man accused of extorting a prominent cantor — after two key witnesses were found to lack credibility. Sam Kellner was charged in 2011...
Buoyed by Nike, Foot Locker exceeds forecasts
That “swoosh” you just heard is the sound of Foot Locker’s results blowing past Wall Street’s forecasts. Fueled by brisk sales of Nike sneakers, the red-hot retailer reported a sizzling...
Ex-Jeffries trader guilty of fraud
A federal jury found former Jefferies Group trader Jesse Litvak guilty of defrauding clients on mortgage bond trades, a victory for the government as it probes whether banks cheated their...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan ■ A woman was beaten as she was holding an unoccupied pool table for her boyfriend at a Hell’s Kitchen bowling alley, cops said. A man who also wanted...
Islanders blow another lead, lose to Flames
CALGARY, Alberta — The Islanders get a two-goal lead. The Islanders blow a two-goal lead. Wash, rinse, repeat. Joe Colborne scored twice and Sean Monahan had the other goal in...
Diaz hopes he can settle in with Rangers
RALEIGH, N.C. — When Raphael Diaz slipped into his Rangers gear for Friday morning’s optional skate, the 28-year-old defenseman had officially joined his fourth team in just over a month,...
Melo says Noah ‘recruiting’ a bunch of Bull
Carmelo Anthony on Friday night did what Joakim Noah did not earlier in the day. Anthony denied there was a recruiting speech pitched to him by Noah during All-Star weekend...
Nets’ Pierce: Rondo birthday flap not a big deal
BOSTON — Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo created a bit of a stir a couple of weeks ago when he opted to stay in Los Angeles for a birthday party,...
Yankees trying to keep Pineda's impressive outing in perspective
TAMPA — Wise baseball people understand there are three things you do not fall in love with when judging players: spring training, September and batting practice. And then scouts and...