October 12, 2014
Giants report card: As bad as you can imagine
Offense After three solid weeks, the protection took a huge step back, as the line was atrocious and could not block anyone in an Eagles uniform. Rookie RB Andre Williams...
Everything goes wrong for Giants in Philly humiliation
PHILADELPHIA — In the hush of a locker room where players toweled off and dressed in zombie-like fashion, showing little emotion other than extreme devastation, the Giants said they will...
Wagyu beefs up Chelsea at Old HomeStead
Remember the kobe beef craze? Well, get ready for prized wagyu. Japan’s top-of-the line super-fatty beef is now available in the US exclusively at Old HomeStead: $175 for a six-ounce...
‘While I Yet Live’ drowns in sticky, feel-good sentiment
“I’ve been waiting all my life for somebody to see me.” “When you know better, you do better.” “I needed to get connected to me.” Lines like these belong on...
Victor Cruz out for season after devastating knee injury
PHILADELPHIA — The Giants left town without their star receiver, as Victor Cruz remained overnight in an area hospital after suffering a torn patella tendon, a devastating injury to his...
Rangers raise banner, then get thrashed by Leafs
The energy and excitement was there beforehand. It really was. And then, in wave after wave of terrible play, the Rangers forced all of the good emotion out of the...
Herbalife moves to curb rogue sites
Herbalife, the diet shake seller being probed over pyramid-scheme accusations, is making another move to keep regulators at bay. The Los Angeles company is banning independent websites run by US...
Jackson: Melo's getting better, Dolan's misunderstood, LSD's fun
Phil Jackson was asked about everything from his past LSD use to his current opinion of Knicks owner James Dolan during a stirring 90-minute presentation at the New Yorker Festival...
Sony/ATV set to ditch licensing firms over streaming dollars
The No. 1 music publisher has decided to go it alone in the battle to boost digital royalties paid to songwriters. Sony/ATV Music Publishing — whose catalog includes Beatles classics...
Parcel set to deliver for doormen-deprived Manhattanites
No doorman? No problem. Or so a package-delivery startup is assuring Manhattanites who have suffered long lines at the post office or had their e-commerce orders returned. The startup, Parcel,...
Bronx in uproar after de Blasio skips Columbus Day parade
Mayor de Blasio skipped a Columbus Day parade in The Bronx at his own peril Sunday, as residents chided him for showing off his ethnic pride only when it suits...
The problem with Eva Moskowitz
Eva Moskowitz may be working tirelessly on behalf of the city’s kids, but plainly it’s not enough. Last week, her Success Academy charter-school network got the OK to open 14...
Policing the police
New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board polices the police. But who polices the CCRB? We raise this question in light of its much-cited but little-analyzed 155-page report suggesting New York...
This is the Mike Moustakas the baseball world's been waiting for
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mike Moustakas has turned into the “Biggest Kid in Little League’’ during his first taste of October after a regular season that bottomed out when he...
Jace Amaro breakout the silver lining of latest Jets loss
Hero He may not have put up his usual eye-popping stat line, but Peyton Manning was brilliant once again Sunday afternoon. He seemed to always choose correctly — whether to...
Massachusetts medical center shuts down amid Ebola scare
BRAINTREE, Mass. — A patient who had been to Liberia and complained of a headache and muscle aches forced a brief shutdown of a Braintree medical center on Sunday, and...
Runner in critical condition after Staten Island Half-Marathon
A runner is fighting for his life after he collapsed during a half-marathon in Staten Island on Sunday morning, authorities said. The 57-year-old man went into cardiac arrest on Father...
Jon Beason returns to Giants lineup
PHILADLEPHIA – Jon Beason after missing the past three games with issues with his right foot and right big toe is set to make his return Sunday night as the...
Buck Showalter's unexpected plan for Orioles' 2-0 hole
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Buck Showalter can prattle entertainingly like few others; he seems to carry a running dialogue with whoever crosses his path from dawn ’til dusk and beyond....
This Jets season went from hopeful to horrific in a month
A football season unfolds in much the same way Bud Fox described life in “Wall Street”: “It all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.” This...
NYPD cops greet young fan in viral video
Video has surfaced of another NYPD encounter with the public, and this time it’s a good thing. Two cops patrolling Times Square on Friday night were caught on camera in...
Cardinals bucked all wisdom on trades — and it worked
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis broke one of the Cardinal rules of the majors. Actually, this organization already had done this in 2011 and won a World Series because of...
Sayreville football program in long-term jeopardy
Seven high school athletes are facing charges for an alleged series of horrific hazing cases and a town is in upheaval. The football program at Sayreville War Memorial High School...
Yankees make to-do list: Third base, shortstop, rotation, closer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Equipped with a new three-year contract, general manager Brian Cashman will chair a week-long meeting of scouts and other members of the organization this week at Yankee...
Jets report card: At least Rex had the right idea
Offense The Jets did nothing well in this game. They ran the ball for just 31 yards as the Broncos loaded up to stop the run. Theoretically, that would open...
The lunatic 'academic boycott' of Israel
BEER SHEVA, ISRAEL — The Doctoral Students Council at the City University of New York will soon vote on a resolution to boycott Israeli academics. This resolution — which follows...
Carmelo, Fisher thrilled with quick triangle improvements
The Garden gets to welcome the New York version of the triangle and welcome back Carmelo Anthony for the first time Monday night when the Knicks play their Garden preseason...
The FBI's bogus report on mass shootings
It’s disheartening to see the FBI used to promote a political agenda, but that’s what we got with the bureau’s release last month of a study claiming to show a...
Failing the subways — on track for debt and decay
It’s useful to see New York through the eyes of our competitors. Last week, as Gov. Cuomo was denouncing the MTA’s five-year, $32 billion investment plan as “bloated,” two businessmen...
The right way to take out ISIS is a large-scale raid
Going beyond airpower to take down ISIS doesn’t have to mean a new US occupation of Middle East territory. The best answer may well be a large-scale raid. A recent...
Jets fail to rescue season from abyss in loss to Broncos
It may already be time to start talking about what kind of draft pick the Jets can get next spring. The Jets dropped their fifth straight game Sunday, this one...
British ISIS hostage seen in new propaganda video
A British photojournalist being held hostage by ISIS delivered a harrowing message in yet another propaganda video released by the terror group. John Cantlie, 43, appears under duress and clad...
Joe Johnson breaks down best part of Nets' trip to China
As the Nets begin the second leg of their week-long trip to China in Beijing, Joe Johnson said the team is benefiting from spending a week together on the other...
Mavericks coach sorry he called Chandler Parsons fat
Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle issued a weirdly formal apology Sunday for his earlier comments blasting prized free agent Chandler Parsons for being overweight. Parsons, the former Houston Rockets small...
NYC cyclist shot in 'well-planned execution'
A man riding his bicycle through a residential Brooklyn neighborhood was fatally gunned down Sunday afternoon — one of two nearly back-to-back, broad-daylight shootings in the borough. The 31-year-old victim...
David Bowie still throwing curveballs with new track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uia54xZZSJY Fifty years on from his earliest music and David Bowie is still throwing curveballs. With a career-spanning retrospective due on November, the British star has trailed it with a brand...
Jets' Milliner exits with possible season-ending Achilles injury
The Jets may have lost two starters for the season in Sunday’s loss. The fear is cornerback Dee Milliner suffered a season-ending torn right Achilles’ tendon and left guard Brian...
NASCAR driver gets mugged in wild post-race brawl
http://youtu.be/LP-vPrEIq14 CONCORD, N.C. — It was fight night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick won Saturday night to pick up an automatic berth into the next round of the Chase...
Stringer blasts Department of Health for response to rats
Those cheese-eating rats! City Comptroller Scott Stringer blasted the Department of Health on Sunday for “widespread deficiencies” in its response to rodent infestations throughout the five boroughs. “Rats are a...
Warplanes drop fewer bombs as ISIS gets better at hiding: official
WASHINGTON -- The US's top military official acknowledged Sunday as few as 10 percent of the war planes targeting ISIS may actually drop bombs because the terrorist group has gotten...
Cops save suicidal woman running toward Metro-North train
Cops scaled a 12-foot barbed wire fence and ran over electrified tracks to save a suicidal woman who was running toward an oncoming Metro-North train in The Bronx Saturday night,...
What the Nets showed in the middle of the night in China
The Nets won the first of their two games in China, beating the Kings 97-95 early Sunday morning in Shanghai before flying to Beijing for the second half of their...
Kurdish fighters halt ISIS advance amid US-led airstrikes
SURUC, Turkey — The shells were already roaring down on the Kurdish fighters from the hill above Kobani when more than 30 Islamic State militants backed by snipers and pickups...
Kevin Durant out 6-8 weeks (or more) with broken foot
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant has a fractured foot and the NBA's MVP seems likely to be sidelined for at least the start of the season. The Oklahoma City Thunder...
Mechanical problem before fatal Halloween hayride crash
MECHANIC FALLS, Maine — Investigators are blaming a mechanical problem for the Halloween hayride crash that left a Maine teen dead and more than 20 other people hurt. The state...
Man arrested in brutal attempted rape at NYC nightclub
A violent pervert with a lengthy criminal record was arrested in a brutal attempted rape at a crowded Hell’s Kitchen nightspot, police said. Ricardo Lambert, 34, who lives on West...
NYC's wildest — and most expensive — tacos
Think tacos make an inexpensive meal? Think again. City chefs are stuffing tortillas with luxe ingredients and charging top dollar for them. Yes, we’ve now entered the era of $30-plus...
Baby survives 3 days trapped beneath dead father
A 10-month-old Louisiana baby survived for three days trapped under the decomposing body of her dead father after he suffered cardiac arrest, authorities said on Saturday. The mother was in...
Man killed by train after trying to retrieve cell phone from tracks
A man was struck and killed by a train in Brooklyn early Sunday when he jumped onto the tracks to retrieve what authorities believe was a cell phone. The southbound...
3-year-old 'stable' after mauling in jaguar pit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A 3-year-old who was critically injured after falling into a Little Rock Zoo exhibit and being bitten by jaguars was improving Saturday, hospital officials said. "The...
Lawyer accused of rape was judge at Jamaica beauty pageant
When he’s not chasing ambulances, Sanford Rubenstein is chasing Jamaican models. The embattled attorney has been a judge for a Kingston modeling agency’s beauty pageant the last two years —...
Obama's $4 trillion gift to the rich
Picture this. You are bidding on a house, or a piece of art, or maybe a rare Honus Wagner baseball card and there’s a guy in the back of the...
St. Louis in trouble with star Wainwright out of whack
ST. LOUIS — Other than their ace not being right and their hitters unable to score against the Giants over the past four postseason games, the Cardinals are off to...
Intolerance 101
Having a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and noted TV commentator as a guest speaker would normally be considered a coup for an academic institution. But not if you’re Scripps College...
The Queens College prof's pension
By anyone’s measure, $561,286 is a lot of cash. Especially when it’s the annual retirement payout for a retired professor at one of New York’s public universities. The man’s name...
Creating a cat-friendly home without sacrificing your style
You spent years perfecting the décor of your home. And then, you adopted a cat. Now your luxurious leather sofa is in shreds, and you’re convinced your furry friend is...
The iPhone-controlled sex toy you can turn on from anywhere
Running errands doesn’t have to be boring — just ask Amanda Chatel. The 36-year-old writer recently went out to pick up her laundry, visit Duane Reade and grab a drink...
'Breach of protocol' led to first Ebola infection in the US
A “breach of protocol” at the Texas hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a nurse with the deadly virus,...
Scripps Networks head is the butt of jokes at annual luncheon
Cable TV chieftain Ken Lowe knows a good roast. The head of Scripps Networks Interactive, which owns the Food Network and Cooking Channel, was the subject of some saucy jokes...
Halloween candy sales expected to top $2.5B
New York candy makers are gearing up for a bumper Halloween season, expected to reach $2.5 billion in confectionery sales across the US. A survey by the National Confectioners Association,...
AIG fail was not an option for the Fed
When the history books are written on the Great Recession of 2008, there will be plenty of chapters devoted to the “Lehman Moment,” that Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, when the...
Retail prices taking a dip for the holiday season
Retailers are counting on a Disney princess to rescue the Christmas shopping season. With stores limping toward Christmas after a terrible year, however, even Elsa can’t command full price. Last...
NYSE gets SEC nod, Web site diss
The New York Stock Exchange celebrated Friday after the Securities and Exchange Commission finally approved its far-reaching high-speed trading plan to modify some of its order types and, in a...
Spygate: The NFL cover-up that started it all
Before the start of the football season, Cary Williams, a veteran cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles, reminded the sports world about a scandal the NFL would prefer people forget. “One...
Sex, fame & heartbreak: Jessie J's rise to the top
When Jessie J first heard her song “Bang Bang,” the British pop star burst into tears. “I’d just got home from a long flight and I was tired and emotional...
Dear John: Just no freedom from taxes
Dear John: In 2010, I was convicted on three tax-fraud counts after the government withheld exculpatory evidence, its witnesses committed perjury, etc. I’m writing to you now to ask about...
Toddler killed by stray bullet in New Jersey
A stray bullet fired from the street pierced the wall of a second-floor apartment in Irvington, NJ, killing a 15-month-old girl as she played with her parents Saturday, authorities said....
Brooklyn firm will frame your favorite graffiti, name you owner
This is one way to become an art collector. For at least $111, a Brooklyn company will slap a frame around your favorite graffiti and give you a certificate of...
ME wasted $10M on faulty body-tracking software: insiders
The city Medical Examiner’s Office has awarded $10.9 million in taxpayer money to a software company whose shoddy work has led to the loss and mishandling of corpses, insiders charge....
Meet the man who has met 'about 500' women on the subway
If you see some pretty young thing, say something. That’s the mantra of Brian Robinson, a subterranean seducer who says the city’s subway system is the best place to score...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn ■ Police have released a sketch of a suspect who allegedly gunned down a Flatlands resident. The gunman fired two bullets into Dorrian Ford’s head in an apartment on...
State refuses to recognize ex-con's pee disability: suit
Hell, no, he can’t go. A Long Island ex-con says the state refuses to recognize his disability: He’s unable to pee on demand in front of someone else. Gregory Daskalakis,...
The one certainty about Giants-Eagles: There will be pain
PHILADELPHIA — Only the shoulder pads will be talking Sunday. finally. And sure, the Eagles can wear all-black uniforms for the first time in their Super Bowl championship-deprived history, but...
Hondo goes with his Besties
The Irish didn’t have enough fight in them to cover 17 Saturday night, but the Giants came up large in St. Louis, so Hondo’s debt dipped slightly to 1,340 alworths....
Family looks for dog that dad gave away to strangers on Craigslist
Doggone it, Dad! A Brooklyn family has posted more than 1,300 fliers on the Upper West Side offering a reward for the return of their 5-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel...
The battle's on: Shumpert gets start, but J.R. catches fire
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Iman Shumpert, after missing the first preseason game with a hamstring injury, made his debut Saturday and did so in the starting lineup at shooting guard over...
The extraordinary 'theft' of a woman's NYC home
It’s a case of grand theft house. A Manhattan woman claims an ex-con stole her family home in Queens by filing a phony deed with the city and moving in....
Something’s rotten inside City Hall
A friend writes to offer a view from the bleachers on Mayor de Blasio. It’s not a pretty picture. “Associations with unsavory characters, favoritism, high-handed behavior he condemns in others,”...
Pregnant woman arrested in fatal stabbing of friend
A 20-year-old pregnant Bronx woman fatally stabbed a female friend who had just punched her in the stomach, police sources said Saturday. The battle began at 6:30 p.m. Friday when...
‘School of No’ superintendent has retired
The Queens superintendent who failed to supervise hooky-playing “School of No” principal Marcella Sills is out. Michele Lloyd-Bey, District 27 superintendent, retired July 1 after 33 years with the Department...
Will Kevin Hayes ever get his chance with Rangers?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Rangers went with the same forwards for Saturday’s 5-2 defeat to the Blue Jackets as they did in Thursday’s opening 3-2 victory in St. Louis, which...
Madison Square Garden’s outside to light up with team colors
Madison Square Garden is getting the Empire State Building treatment — with a flashy new color-changing outdoor lighting system. The buzz-worthy LED lighting will be changeable to align with arena...
Sloppy Rangers stung by Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Speed is a wonderful asset and undoubtedly a Rangers’ strength, but a team must be able to win the puck in order to exploit it. The Blueshirts...
Inside the hilarious making of 'The Princess Bride'
Of all the fans who have professed undying love for “The Princess Bride,” there’s one star Cary Elwes never expected to hear from: Pope John Paul II. Elwes briefly met...
Liberal bias in academia is destroying the integrity of research
How reliable is academic research? Not very, it seems, after noting that the Journal of Vibration and Control, a reputable academic publication, had to retract 60 different papers over the...