March 28, 2014
How colleges exploit athletes
A controversial ruling by the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board this week gives college football players the right to form a union. At issue was whether scholarship...
Liberal profiteers & media chumps
Leland Yee, a Democratic state senator and candidate for secretary of state in California, has been a longtime champion of gun control. This week he was arrested on numerous charges,...
ObamaCare’s endless false promises
A core competency of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is issuing false assurances. An administration about-face has left the Cabinet official looking like the Baghdad Bob of American...
Keep America kosher
Attn: Kosher butchers. You know that contraceptive mandate now before the Supreme Court? Turns out it may affect your freedom to keep kashrut — not to mention your living. At...
An NCAA upset
There was a big upset in the NCAA this week — but it didn’t come on a March Madness basketball court. It took place in Chicago, where a regional director...
Pierce, Nets shoot past Cavaliers
For the Nets these days, there’s no place like home. After dropping back-to-back overtime games on the road earlier this week, the Nets returned to Brooklyn on Friday night and...
Schumer’s slime
It was a simple question: Do you think David Koch is un-American? MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough put the question to Chuck Schumer this week. He was asking because Majority Leader Harry...
Players, MLB expand testing and increase bans for PED use
Getting caught for using performance enhancing drugs in baseball will now come with harsher penalties. MLB and the Players Association announced several changes to the joint drug agreement on Friday,...
UConn guards lead charge as Huskies edge Iowa State
The home games for the Connecticut men’s basketball team are played on campus at Gampel Pavilion, and a few of them are farmed out to the XL Center in Hartford....
Man kills granddaughter-in-law & shoots grandson before suicide
An 86-year-old grandpa who shot his grandson and killed the grandson’s girlfriend on Staten Island snapped because the lovebirds refused to move out of his sick daughter’s house, police and...
Your NYC location guide to 'How I Met Your Mother'
When “How I Met Your Mother” first aired in 2005, Ted (Josh Radnor) was looking for the One, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) was looking for just about anyone, Marshall (Jason...
Yankees curiously delay decision on last roster spot
TAMPA — The final days of spring training are fertile grounds for bizarre roster scenarios and the Yankees have one blooming in their clubhouse. After informing Dean Anna he was...
Michigan fends off late run by Tennessee
INDIANAPOLIS — A game no one had talked about all week nearly became a game no one would have been able to stop talking about. Playing in the shadow of...
Crown mogul planning ritzy West Side lounge
The restaurant mogul behind Crown is looking to class up downtown nightlife. Crown Group Hospitality managing partner Sean Largotta, who runs scene-intensive, celebrity-friendly restaurants — including Crown, The Lion and...
CBS Outdoor’s IPO gets strong sign-up
Shares of CBS Outdoor Americas rose 5.4 percent in their trading debut, valuing the outdoor advertising company at more than $3.5 billion as it pushes for a bigger slice of...
Wisconsin's discipline likely to cause 'Cats trouble
The Post’s Mark Cannizzaro breaks down the Saturday’s West Regional final matchup: (2) Wisconsin Badgers (29-7) vs. (1) Arizona Wildcats (33-4) (8:49 p.m.; TBS) Backcourt: Both teams rely heavily on...
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan knows how to win
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A question was posed to the Wisconsin players on Friday and their answers — unwittingly — painted a perfect portrait of their head coach. Each player from...
Coaching sons' success all about hard work, Millers' dad says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — As the Miller brothers prepared to coach their teams in Saturday’s Elite Eight games on opposite ends of the country — Archie’s Dayton Flyers taking on Florida...
Cuomo brokers deal to keep Tesla stores open
Gov. Andrew Cuomo just saved the day for billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Cuomo on Friday said New York’s auto dealers have agreed to let Musk’s electric car company, Tesla Motors,...
Fired-up Bartiromo takes aim at CNBC
The “Money Honey” can sting like a bee. Maria Bartiromo — who joined Fox Business Network last month after 20 years at rival CNBC — blasted her former employer and...
Food Network gives Tribune a zesty return
Tribune Co. had a rough 2013 in publishing and broadcasting — but its one-third share in The Food Network paid off big time. The Chicago media giant, which values its...
Boost your fantasy roster with these comeback players
The new season is upon us, and with every new season comes a new reason for hope. For those who didn’t win their fantasy leagues last season, here’s your chance to...
Russia 'threatened' countries ahead of UN vote on Ukraine
Russia threatened several Eastern European and Central Asian states with retaliation if they voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution this week declaring invalid Crimea's referendum on...
New York Times Magazine names new editor
Yee-haw! Months overdue, the New York Times has finally corralled an editor for its Sunday Magazine — Texas Monthly Editor-in-Chief Jake Silverstein. Executive Editor Jill Abramson announced the appointment at...
Fly along with Dayton, Post's seer says
INDIANAPOLIS — No one gave 11th-seeded George Mason — a nine-point underdog — a chance against No. 1 UConn in 2006. No one gave 11th-seeded VCU — an 11-point underdog...
FBI wanted Boston 'bomber' to be spy before attack: lawyers
Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claimed in court papers Friday that the feds tried to recruit his older brother to spy on greater Boston’s Chechen and Muslim...
Dayton feeding off doubters en route to possible Final Four
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — With Dayton, the last university without a BCS football team still in the Big Dance, bracing to play Florida in Saturday’s Elite Eight, the Flyers insist there’s...
Hofstra student found dead in dorm
A Hofstra University student was found dead in his campus dorm room Friday morning, authorities said. Nassau County Police said officers responded to a 911 call for an unresponsive student...
Anticipated Kovalev-Stevenson bout becoming unlikely
When Saturday night’s fight between Sergey Kovalev and undefeated challenger Cedric Agnew was first announced in February, it was greeted with great anticipation. Not so much because Kovalev was defending...
A-Rod, Cano are forgotten Yankees — at least for now
TAMPA — Miguel Cabrera agreed to his 10-year, $292 million contract and, suddenly, I was writing these two names again — Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez. The trio is linked...
Speed cameras lead to almost 12,000 tickets near city schools
Lead-footed drivers speeding near city schools have been slapped with a whopping 11,715 tickets thanks to the city's new speed camera program that launched Jan. 16, the Department of Transportation said...
SI native Sanabria stays home, picks St. Francis of Brooklyn
March was a magical month for Glenn Sanabria. It began without a single scholarship offer of any kind and ended with him committing to play Division I basketball for St....
Head of WTC security forced out after embarrassing breaches
The head of security at 1 World Trade Center was forced out of the job Friday amid a series of embarrassing security breaches, The Post has learned. David Velazquez —...
Gators focused on advancing, not run of Elite Eight defeats
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For all the success Billy Donovan has enjoyed in Florida, it’s failure that haunts him as the top-seeded Gators prepared to face 11th-seed Dayton in the South...
Owner of theater that called cops on diabetic makes amends
The owner of a Brooklyn movie house that called cops to boot a diabetic man for munching his own strawberries apologized to him on Friday — and promised to offer...
Airline apologizes for 'cruel' note on deaf couple's bag
DALLAS — A deaf couple is upset over a note that an American Airlines employee attached to one of their bags, referring to the pair as "deaf and dumb." James...
Gators' experience key in bid to end Dayton's fairy tale
The Post’s Brian Lewis breaks down the Saturday’s South Regional final matchup: (11) Dayton Flyers (26-10) vs. (1) Florida Gators (35-2) (6:09 p.m., TBS) Backcourt: Dayton’s guards, led by Jordan...
Putin calls Obama to discuss Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Obama Friday and agreed to discuss a US proposal to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, the White House said. The two leaders...
NYPD to have Twitter accounts for all precincts
Commissioner Bratton plans to roll out Twitter accounts to every precinct in the city, police sources said. A small group of commanders from the 83, PSA 6, 106, 25, and...
Picking out the 5 true NBA title contenders
The NBA playoffs kick off in a little more than three weeks, and it should be one of the more fascinating postseasons in memory, chock full of historical implications and...
Spartans star befriends ailing 8-year-old girl
When the Michigan State Spartans take on the Virginia Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden Friday night, it will be a fierce battle to advance into the Elite Eight. But for...
Girl power, not much else, rules Cirque du Soleil's 'Amaluna'
Cirque du Soleil’s “Amaluna” is a mash-up of the Latin words “mother” and “moon.” But it’s really about girl power, a female-centric production loosely inspired by “The Tempest” with a...
Stars reveal favorite moments before one 'Mother' of a farewell
After a nine-season run on CBS, the stars of “How I Met Your Mother” can rest on their laurels. In honor of the show’s Monday night series finale, they appeared...
Schizophrenic guilty in cleaver murder of UES psychologist
A paranoid schizophrenic man was found guilty by a Manhattan jury Friday of using a meat cleaver to brutally murder an Upper East Side shrink six years ago. David Tarloff,...
Model slashed with razor suing school for $21M
A statuesque New York City model who was sliced in the face with a razor blade by a jealous rival is suing her former high school for $21 million because...
Woodson on revived Amar'e: A lot of players would’ve quit
PHOENIX – Amar’e Stoudemire is back in the Valley of the Sun, healthy, productive, in the starting lineup and still part of a playoff race. Nobody expected this. Stoudemire is...
The day in photos
An orangutan family gets a new home, the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues, Ukrainian soldiers pack up and out of Crimea, the U.K. waves a rainbow flag and...
Kate Middleton's favorite label heading to NYC
New Yorkers can get a little closer to Kate Middleton’s style, thanks to the latest import. Hobbs, the London-based brand that made the Duchess of Cambridge’s St. Patrick’s Day pine-green...
Mark Sanchez: 'I'm always going to want to start'
New Eagles quarterback Mark Sanchez said he’s not looking to create any controversy, but he is not happy just being a backup. “I’m always going to want to start,” Sanchez...
FBI hunts for jerk who blinded Delta pilot with laser
A Delta Air Lines pilot was blinded when a person shined a green laser into his cockpit as his flight approached La Guardia Airport, officials said Friday. The laser beam...
Ellsbury stays mum on $153M question after calf test game
TAMPA — Considering the nature of the injury to a player who lives with his legs and to whom the Yankees gave seven years and $153 million, manager Joe Girardi...
Port Authority Chairman Samson quits in Bridgegate fallout
Port Authority Chairman David Samson -- who notoriously brushed off the George Washington Bridge lane closings as a mere “inconvenience” — resigned on Friday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced....
Pre-K budget would pay nonprofits less: critics
A funding plan under consideration for the state budget would pay parochial and nonprofit pre-K programs substantially less than those at public schools, advocates involved in the talks charge. Gov....
Ice cream truck trio beat other driver before hit-run car heist
They gave him a licking. A frozen yogurt hawker and his pals slammed a big pink Yogo truck into a car in Queens and, when the poor driver spoke up...
5 Hamptons spots the Kardashians should avoid
Memo to all rich Hamptonites: It’s time to make a mad dash away from the East End. Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are hitting the Hamptons for a new reality TV...
FBI nabs 'most wanted' LI child killer in Nicaragua
An international manhunt for a child killer who was on the FBI’s ten most wanted list has ended with his arrest in Nicaragua, law enforcement sources said Friday. Gangbanger Juan...
Kreider's playoff availability in doubt after hand surgery
CALGARY, Alberta — Chris Kreider, the Rangers’ first-line left wing, will be sidelined for the remainder of the regular season and for at least the start of a potential first-round...
Comedian outs exec's affair as 'payback' for bad deal: suit
A Manhattan public relations executive says a comedian's email to his wife outing his cheating ways as payback for a botched real estate deal is no laughing matter. Winner Communications...
Jackson cut by Eagles follows 'gang' report; Jets still interested
It’s your move, Woody Johnson. The Eagles released star wide receiver DeSean Jackson on Friday, making him a free agent the Jets and their owner may want to grab. Jackson...
Working moms speak out on open letter to Gwyneth
Yesterday, I wrote an open letter to Gwyneth Paltrow, tied to a recent interview with E!. In it, she said: “I think it’s different when you have an office job,...
Dad mourns stabbed son: Teen's death was 'so senseless'
A grieving Queens dad can’t understand why his son — or the young man’s accused killer — didn’t walk away from a deadly fight over $50 headphones. Queens barber Cedric...
Law student calls out cops, gets 'wrongfully' cuffed: lawsuit
A young law student was arrested on completely bogus charges when he called out two lazy cops who parked their cruiser in a bus stop so they could grab lunch...
The 10 worst losing streaks in sports history
Tanking or not, this is getting ugly. On Thursday night, the 76ers lost to the Rockets for their 26th straight defeat, tying an NBA record. Here is a list of...
5 biblical tales that should get the blockbuster treatment
Friday sees the release of Darren Aronofsky’s controversial “Noah,” based on the well-known Bible story of the great flood in Genesis. Already this year, the word of God has popped...
Brutally beaten shelter staffer gets $13M
A Brooklyn judge ordered a troubled security firm to shell out a whopping $13 million to a seriously injured homeless-shelter employee for failing to protect her from a manic resident....
Mike D'Antoni: From Lakers to Thundering Herd?
Well, this would be quite a step down. Mike D'Antoni, the former Knicks mastermind who currently appears to be coaching out the string with the Lakers, has had feeling-out chats with his alma...
BlackBerry revenue dives below $1B
TORONTO — BlackBerry reported a steep drop in profit and revenue Friday as it transitions from a smartphone company to a software business under its new chief executive. Shares rose...
ABC News hires ex-NYPD boss Ray Kelly
ABC News hired former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly as a law enforcement consultant, the network announced on Friday. New York’s two-time top cop will work on “all ABC News platforms,”...
4 'librarians' at core of Air Force nuke cheating scandal
WASHINGTON — Investigators dubbed them "the librarians," four Air Force nuclear missile launch officers at the center of a still-unfolding scandal over cheating on proficiency tests. "They tended to be...
Whatever happened to the stars of 'The Breakfast Club'?
Thirty years ago this week, a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal found themselves in the most-talked-about Saturday detention period ever. A title card at...
The first-ever emoji-filled trailer
http://youtu.be/9yUBIhIliTo It's subtitles for the texting generation. The team behind "The Other Woman" have re-released the trailer for the upcoming revenge comedy, this time chock full of emoji. The first-of-its-kind...
Gang member busted for stealing troop donations from Girl Scouts
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego County gang member accused of stealing a jar of cash from Girl Scouts outside a grocery store has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor petty theft...
Emergency landing at JFK after bird hits jet
A Florida-bound JetBlue flight slammed into a flock of sea gulls shortly after takeoff from Westchester Friday — and the pilot made an emergency landing at JFK because he feared...
NYPD gets new inspector general
The NYPD has a new watchdog — with a lot of bite. Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters on Friday is set to tap Philip Eure to serve in a new, wide-ranging and...
Obama urges Putin to pull back troops near Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday said Russia's troop buildup on the Ukraine border was out of the ordinary and called on Moscow to pull back and begin talks to...
Embattled Herbalife CEO gets a raise
Herbalife CEO Michael Johnson, after enduring perhaps his toughest year atop the nutritional supplements distributor, got a 2 percent raise in 2013. Battling activist Bill Ackman’s accusations that the Los...
SAC honcho 'deeply remorseful' in letter to federal judge
Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital is “deeply remorseful” its employees broke the law, a lawyer for the once-powerful hedge fund wrote a federal judge who will decide next month whether to...
Amazon considers launching free, streaming TV service
Online retailer Amazon.com intends to enter the battle for living-room viewership in the coming months, launching a free, ad-supported streaming TV service, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing...
Icons exhibit defines 'American Cool'
The National Portrait Gallery in DC has assembled photos of the country’s 100 most iconic personalities for an exhibit titled “American Cool.” “So much of what’s written about cool is...
New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects
PERTH, Australia — Australian officials moved the search area for the lost Malaysian jetliner 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) to the northeast Friday following a new analysis of radar data, and...
Pistorius trial delayed over legal aide illness
PRETORIA, South Africa — The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has been delayed until April 7 because one of the legal experts who will assist the judge in reaching a...
Wal-Mart sues Visa for $5B over card swipe fees
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. this week sued Visa Inc. for $5 billion, accusing the credit and debit card network of excessively high card swipe fees, several months after the retailer opted...
Sean Avery renews NHL feud over 'DWTS' cut
Retirement hasn’t softened Sean Avery. The former Ranger and eternal agitator took yet another swipe at Devils great Martin Brodeur — or Fatso, as Avery once called him — after...
3-D printed skull implanted in person for first time
Doctors in the Netherlands successfully implanted a plastic, 3-D printed skull inside a person for the first time, a report said. The 22-year-old woman received the lifesaving surgery about three months...
Bronx frosh Smith & Flyers won’t back down
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Scoochie Smith’s cellphone was blowing up with text messages and voice mails. Minutes earlier, his 11th-seeded Dayton Flyers had advanced to the Elite Eight with an 82-72...
De Blasio names four to rent board
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that he’s “very sensitive” to the needs of tenants, but stopped short of endorsing the rent freeze he called for when running for City...
Drug deal leads to double-slay arrest
A man wanted in connection with a double murder in Pennsylvania was caught after being busted in Brooklyn on drug charges. Laquan Anderson Pierrelouis, 23, was spotted in Bedford-Stuyvesant conducting...
Wrist slap for jewelry designer de Givenchy who punched a cop
A famous jewelry designer got only five days of community service and a $120 fine after he pleaded guilty Thursday to drunkenly slugging a cop for towing his Mercedes last...
Man and woman found shot dead in Queens
A man and a woman were found shot to death in Queens on Thursday night. Cops said they’re investigating it as a probable double homicide, but have not ruled out...
Mobster Vinny Gorgeous’ third son pleads guilty in weed business
The mob version of “My Three Sons” is officially now coming to the big house. A third son of imprisoned-for-life Bonanno crime-family boss Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano is headed to...
Suit by 'Office Space' guy 'flairs' out
A federal judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit filed by an actor best known for playing an obnoxious waiter in the workplace comedy “Office Space” doesn’t have “flair.” Manhattan federal...
Cuomo reroute plan for Metro-North during emergencies
Metro-North trains would use Amtrak rails to reach Penn Station during an emergency like the East Harlem building blast, under a new plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Riders could travel...
Reid campaign cash paid to granddaughter hits $31,000
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s troubles deepened Thursday when it was revealed that his campaign bought $31,000 worth of jewelry from his granddaughter — nearly twice the amount...
Enquirer boss bats away S&P default talk
Standard & Poor’s earlier this week slammed tabloid publisher American Media for having what was termed “unsustainable capital structure over the intermediate to long term.” The publisher, which has $469...
Us Weekly latest to hike price
Us Weekly, the Wenner Media-owned title, by tomorrow will be joining People and the AMI celebrity titles in hiking its price by $1 to $4.99. Sources said there was a...
Hollywood Reporter, Cosmopolitan get award noms
Who is the hottest editor of them all? Most savvy media types say the battle is shaping up between Joanna Coles, the British-born editor of Cosmopolitan, and Janice Min, the...
Fire at Time & Life building
Maybe this is why Time Inc.’s Chief Content Officer Norm Pearlstine was in such a hurry to leave Arianna Huffington’s book party at Steve Rattner’s penthouse apartment Monday night. Apparently...
New Epicurious boss stirs pot with layoffs, new hires
Condé Nast’s Epicurious has been around for 19 years and is one of the oldest foodie sites on the Web, but it lags rivals in terms of traffic. It ranks...
More cuts at Newark Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger extracted millions in concession from its unionized pressmen, mailroom workers and machinists in September under threat of closing the paper down — but it was apparently not enough...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn ■ A robber took more than $7,000 from a Midwood bank, police sources said. The suspect slipped the teller at Santander Bank at 1302 Avenue J a demand note...
Donovan preaches personal growth as Gators head to Elite 8
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — You might think Billy Donovan subscribes to the theory that “winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” That would seem logical considering the enormous success he has...
New ratings low as ‘Idol’ loses to ‘Modern Family’
Another week, another “American Idol” ratings low. After making history by falling below the 2.0 threshold in the 18-49 demo last Thursday, the Fox reality show on Wednesday drew fewer...
Action the key in 'Walking Dead' season finale
It would be nice to say that “The Walking Dead” is hurtling toward its season finale on Sunday — but since returning in February, the AMC series has been on...
Juju Chang joins 'Nightline' after McFadden jumps to rival
Follow the bouncing anchors . . . Juju Chang is the new co-anchor of ABC’s “Nightline” — replacing Cynthia McFadden, who’s jumped to rival NBC News after 20 years at...
Russia sends troops, Obama administration sends a selfie
Russian leader Vladmir Putin sent in troops and tanks to invade neighboring Ukraine and the Obama administration is coming to the rescue with . . . selfies! State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki...
The closet door bursts open for gay network's 1st sitcom
Television viewers can have more of a gay old time starting Friday. Here TV — a premium channel that targets a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) audience — will...
Baseball close to new drug deal
TAMPA — MLB and the Players Association are closing in on a restructuring of the Joint Drug Agreement that will — among other things — stiffen penalties for those caught...
Mets' Niese is pain-free after 59 pitches
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jon Niese waited until hours before the Mets broke camp to have his best moment of spring training. After throwing 59 pitches in a minor-league exhibition...
Carmelo has most to gain by Knicks making playoffs
PHOENIX — Carmelo Anthony entered this season believing the Knicks could at least repeat as the Eastern Conference’s second seed. But after all the turmoil and losing, Anthony now says...
If Mets don’t pay up in few years, Harvey could take Yanks’ bucks
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets wanted to keep Matt Harvey out of New York to rehab his surgically repaired elbow, and as time moves forward we are going to...
Islanders fall to Lightning after 13-round shootout
TAMPA, Fla. — Sami Salo joked that as the shootout went on and on, one thing went through his mind: “You’ve got to tie up your skates. I might get...
Team-by-team preview of the National League
NL East 1. Nationals ODDS TO WIN WORLD SERIES: 10-1 OVER/UNDER WINS: 89 ¹/₂ KEY PLAYER: A healthy RHP Doug Fister, acquired from the Tigers over the winter, gives Washington...
Citi Bike racks sit unused in Brooklyn boondocks
No wonder they’re losing money. Citi Bike planners put racks in desolate corners of Brooklyn — including one in the Navy Yard that is not even accessible to the general...
Blue bikes, red ink
File this under “Predictable”: The city’s bike-sharing program is broke, and its general manager just quit. And put this next one under “Mark Our Words”: If the failing bike program...
Mets will pay price for not spending big dough
Is that it? After all the talk of the payroll flexibility the Mets would have heading into 2014, the additions of Curtis Granderson, Chris Young and Bartolo Colon represented a...
From Tulo to Bogaerts, next wave of shortstops worships Jeter
There are many ways to mark Derek Jeter’s success with the Yankees. You can start with the five World Series rings. To really understand the Jeter Experience, though, you have...
Christie and the IRS
Speaking to a House committee investigating the IRS targeting of conservatives, agency chief John Koskinen told legislators he would get them the internal IRS e-mails they seek — but it...
Pre-K math doesn't add up
With Albany set to hand Mayor de Blasio hundreds of millions of dollars for a massive expansion of pre-K, wouldn’t it have been wise to first see if the city’s...
Sean Miller joins brother in Elite 8 as Arizona tops SDSU
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shortly before Arizona took the Honda Center floor to play its Sweet 16 game against San Diego State Thursday night, Sean Miller’s younger brother, Archie, had just...
The Gipper’s tips on how to handle Putin
Of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher said her great friend and ally could be summed up in this sentence: “He won the Cold War without firing a shot.” One disputes the...
33 predictions for the 2014 MLB season
Here I am, once again, asked (forced?) by my bosses to make predictions on the unpredictable. For example, could anyone have seen three — count ’em, three — projected Opening...
Paltrow dodges the truths of how to make marriage work
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s, ahem, “conscious uncoupling” has already received its fair share of ridicule. The snooty implication of the phrase is that they’re better at getting divorced, or...
Finishing the charter revolution
In 1998, New York state set out on a bold experiment to challenge the monopoly of the education establishment, introducing innovation and competition by passing legislation authorizing the establishment of...
Post experts pick their World Series winners
The Post's baseball writers forecast the order of finish in every division and how the postseason will play out. There's some Dodgers blue and some Cardinals red and one surprise...
Playing overrated/underrated game in fantasy baseball
When someone says a player is overrated, it doesn’t mean he’s bad — it just means he failed to meet the lofty expectations of his owner. The good thing, however,...
Florida ousts UCLA, reaches fourth straight Elite 8
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Florida saw its last three seasons end in the Elite Eight. And after handing UCLA a 79-68 Sweet 16 beating Thursday night, the senior-laden Gators are determined...
Theater calls cops on diabetic man for bringing in strawberries
That’s bananas! A Brooklyn movie house in health-food-centric Park Slope called the cops on a diabetic customer — just because he was munching strawberries that were sold outside the cinema....