August 9, 2015
Trump’s haters need to man up and deal
It’s an unwritten commandment of politics: Thou shalt make no mention — ever — of a woman’s menstrual cycle. Bringing up women’s biological differences from males seems as mean-spirited as...
Mets' tentative David Wright plan as he begins assignment
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — David Wright will be back on the field Monday to start what the Mets hope will be an efficient minor league rehab assignment. The Mets’ captain...
GOP chair: Trump won't be party’s nominee
New York’s top Republican predicted Sunday that Donald Trump won’t be his party’s presidential nominee because of his refusal to rule out a third-party run — as he defended Fox...
Leagues and big-time networks use DraftKings, FanDuel to rip off fans
In for a penny, in for a pound. And in this latest everyone-into-the-pool gold rush, our sports and their TV networks jumped in feet-first and with both fists. Get ready,...
How Severino is adjusting to make Yankees encore even better
Luis Severino blew through Triple-A and impressed in his first big league start last Wednesday against the Red Sox. Tuesday night in Cleveland, the Yankees’ top pitching prospect will go...
Hondo goes to bat for Nat
Hondo cashed Sunday with the Cubs, who not only cut the Giants down to size but also trimmed the NRN (nasty red number) to 1,944 cromarties. Monday night: Mr. Aitch...
Ex-Yankee Russell Martin boasts of Blue Jays: 'Best team I've been on'
Russell Martin has reached the postseason seven times and after the Blue Jays finished a three-game sweep Sunday in The Bronx, the catcher had high praise for Toronto. “We’re looking...
34 stars, 12 slots: Is Carmelo still right for Team USA?
The elusive Carmelo Anthony heads to Las Vegas this week as a three-time U.S. Olympian with two gold medals and a reputation as a player with perfect style for international...
Third wheel in the Jets' secondary thrilled to play with his idols
Buster Skrine wanted to be Darrelle Revis. He wanted to be Antonio Cromartie. This was years ago, when he was a promising young defensive back in Georgia, watching them make...
Want more likes on Instagram? Take a ride on this helicopter
A helicopter-tour company is promising pictures worth a thousand “likes” for thrill-seekers who want to take their selfie skills to new heights. FlyNYON, a New Jersey-based company, offers open-door helicopter...
Red Bulls' philosophy wins out over NYCFC
The third and final installment of this year’s initial Hudson River Derby between the Red Bulls and New York City FC was a clash Sunday — in more ways than...
Drone spotted by pilots mid-flight
A drone buzzing over New Jersey was spotted by four pilots near Newark Airport around noon Sunday. The planes were about 13 miles from the airport and more than 2,000...
Sexy magazines that are almost scandalous
Cosmo editrix Joanna Coles made it clear with this line last week to Media Ink’s Keith J. Kelly: “I am too busy putting out a magazine and encouraging women to have...
'You can’t assault': Teixeira blasts fan in incident-filled game
As if the Blue Jays didn’t make Sunday bad enough for the Yankees, the fans in The Bronx made it even worse. First, Brett Gardner was drilled in the back...
Queens is becoming the spot for authentic Asian food
Developer Helen Lee is expanding her “curated collection” of authentic Asian eateries at her new One Fulton Square complex — a massive space in Flushing with offices, retail, a hotel...
NYCFC, Red Bulls fans have wild brawl outside Newark pub
The incident happened at Bello's Pub and Grill on Market Street, a gastropub frequented by the Garden State Ultras, one of the three supporters groups in Red Bull Arena’s South...
Homestand could be Mets' ticket to run away with division
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Mets don’t do easy. They live the hard life. Their GPS takes them the long way around. Always. If the Mets had held on to...
Nickelodeon's revenue continues to decline
Sorry, SpongeBob. Nickelodeon no longer rules the kids ad market. Unable to count on youngsters parking themselves in front of the TV for shows like “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Madison Avenue is...
Publishing company pays $500M in 'move' towards data
Even for the intensely private family behind the Advance/Newhouse publishing empire, the message seemed clear: the company is moving away from its core media business. Last week, Advance — which...
'Unforgettable' Frank Gifford was the Giants' Mickey Mantle
When they preach “Once a Giant, Always a Giant,” they are talking about Frank Gifford as much as anyone in their storied history. He was their golden boy out of...
Bill de Blasio’s sorry stewardship makes the case against mayoral control of the schools
The New York Post’s recent investigation uncovering a widespread grade-fixing scandal in New York City schools is deeply troubling. The findings unearthed an abysmal failure within the system — one...
The fraudulent ‘reform’ on NYC’s ‘Renewal’ schools
Beyond the grade- and test-fixing fraud, The Post has uncovered another scheme just as deceptive: Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Fariña’s “plan” to turn around the city’s worst schools....
Why more and more adults are playing children’s games
Adults just want to have fun, too: At least, that’s the message from the growing trend of kids’ games for adults. This month, an 81,000-ball pit for adults will set...
Carly Fiorina deserves a spot in the next prime-time debate
If Carly Fiorina’s performance at last week’s GOP “Happy Hour” debate was any sign, she should make the prime-time stage with the top-polling Republican candidates next time ’round. And kudos...
The Iran deal will unchain top ayatollah’s terror slush fund
Hundreds of bad actors are set to be expunged from the US Treasury’s sanctions list as a result of the Iran nuclear deal signed last month in Vienna. Yet the...
Why Legos are the best toy ever (for adults, too)
Out there in the twee world of indie films is a new movie about Legos. As most Lego-themed projects do, it has an insipidly punny title — “A LEGO Brickumentary.”...
'I’ve lost an incredible friend': Giants remember Frank Gifford
Rosey Grier was on the phone with Frank Gifford just a few weeks ago, talking to his longtime Giants teammate, whose presence loomed so large during his Hall of Fame...
Yankees' hitting woes will fade -- but Blue Jays, Orioles won't
For a while there, the Yankees sure did make the game seem a lot easier than it’s supposed to look, when grown men are throwing 95-mph baseballs at you that...
Yankees' disaster finishes in sweep as Blue Jays look mighty
The Dead Bats Society is in an extended session that has just about erased an AL East lead that not long ago was headed for double digits. “We took a...
'Very frustrating': JPP won't respond to Giants co-owner
The usual course of action: When the man who signs the checks reaches out, you reach back. But nothing is usual when it comes to the way Jason Pierre-Paul is...
Shots fired in Ferguson at march to remember Michael Brown
Shots were fired on Sunday during a march in Ferguson, Missouri, to mark the anniversary of the fatal shooting by a white police officer of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown,...
Jockey rushed to hospital after horse tosses, tramples him -- again
OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Jockey Trevor McCarthy has been taken to a hospital for precautionary neurological testing after his mount reared back and hit him in the head before the start...
Families call off search for 2 boys who vanished at sea
TEQUESTA, Fla. — The families of two Florida boys who disappeared at sea say they've called off their search. The Coast Guard spent a full week looking for Perry Cohen...
Mets' strike out headaches arise again in another loss
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There was no need to turn on the air conditioning the last two days at Tropicana Field: The Mets’ whiffing could have kept everybody cool. Repeating...
Junior Seau's daughter outwits NFL to give moving speech
CANTON, Ohio -- The rules prevented Sydney Seau from honoring her Hall of Fame father, Junior, with an induction speech from the stage alongside the rest of the Class of...
Frank Gifford, Giants legend and Hall of Famer, dies at 84
Frank Gifford, who turned a high-profile playing career with the New York football Giants in the 1950s and ‘60s and his matinee-idol looks into an even higher-profile career in network...
Cowboys' 'woman-beater' goes plane route to taunt Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — A banner supporting the Dallas Cowboys flew over Eagles practice during the national anthem on military appreciation day Sunday. The banner read: "WE STILL DEM BOYZ! #SACKSCOMIN!" The...
Total chaos as Taylor Swift brings Russell Wilson, Ciara on stage
That faint noise you heard Saturday night wasn't a distant firework or a car backfire. That was CenturyLink Field's roof ready to explode. Seattle welcomed Taylor Swift to town as part of her...
March, moment of silence mark Brown anniversary in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. — One year after the shooting that cast greater scrutiny on how police interact with black communities, the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, will be...
Man groped subway rider after touching himself: cops
Police are looking for a man who masturbated on a busy Brooklyn subway platform and then followed a 51-year-old woman onto a train and groped her. The victim was waiting...
Rescuers save litter of kittens from smoke inhalation
Fire rescue officials treated seven kittens for minor smoke inhalation after they responded to a home that was potentially on fire in Bonita Springs.
Alligator bites off woman's arm as she swam in river
A woman is recovering after being attacked by an alligator that bit off her arm while she swam in a river in central Florida.
Fire rips through two homes in Queens
A fire ripped through two Queens homes early Sunday, leaving a resident and two firefighters with minor injuries, officials said. The flames erupted in the basement of 70-09 52nd Avenue...
Ugly Patrick Kane details: Accuser had bite marks, scratches
New details emerged Sunday into the investigation of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane. The woman accusing the hockey star of rape reportedly had bite marks on her shoulders and a...
The 'It' boutique for pups of the Hamptons
Twenty-five-year-old model Drielle Valeretto caresses a swatch of pink Italian leather and coos, “I love this one!” to her beau, cardiovascular surgeon David Greuner.
Which Warrior hooked up 'couple times' with porn star Lisa Ann?
Enough NBA scoring can help you score with Lisa Ann. The retired porn star bared all about her standing offer to any world-champion athletes: After winning a title, a home-cooked meal...
MoMA's latest art piece is causing a buzz
Since its arrival this summer at the Museum of Modern Art, thousands of visitors have made a beeline for French sculptor Pierre Huyghe’s “Untilled (Liegender Frauenakt).” Not because it’s another...
Principal found guilty of not reporting school's missing cash
A Brooklyn principal was found guilty of not reporting $1,500 in missing funds -- but whether the money was stolen or who took it remains a mystery. Lowell Coleman, 64,...
Victor Cruz fixing 'trust' issue before running all-out
Victor Cruz wants to get hit. He wants to catch a ball and take off in full stride without thinking about his steps. He wants to know that he’s still...
Man charged in gang rape-robberies, 2 suspects still at large
A man has been charged in two gang-rape-robberies — including one at the upscale Grand Hyatt Hotel, authorities said. Fernando Sandel, 26, was charged late Saturday, and police released the...
Lawsuit could reveal secret Saudi connection to 9/11
A federal lawsuit moving forward in Manhattan could open the floodgates to tightly held government secrets about foreign connections to the 9/11 attacks. While the Obama administration refuses to make...
Here are the best and worst subway lines for Wi-Fi
The 4/5/6 subway lines have bad connections — to the Internet. They were ranked as having the subway system’s weakest Wi-Fi signals in a comprehensive study of the 67 stations...
Plane makes frightening landing after flying into hail storm
A Delta jet made an emergency — and nearly blind — landing at Denver after flying into massive hail, authorities said. Flight 1889, from Boston to Salt Lake City, was...
Teacher busted for sexual relationship with former student
A Brooklyn high-school teacher was busted four years after repeatedly having sex with a student in his car and in Prospect Park — when the girl came to the realization...
Trump claims he'll be a ladies' man who 'cherishes' women
Two days after sparking a national fury with his comments about Fox News journalist Megyn Kelly, Donald Trump cast himself as a champion of women’s rights on Sunday. “I cherish...
FBI asked to assist probe of Texas football player's death
ARLINGTON, Texas — A Texas police chief promised transparency as the FBI joined the investigation into the death of a Texas college football player who was fatally shot by an...
5 kids, 3 adults found dead in Texas home
Five children and three adults were found dead in a suburban Houston home, authorities said Sunday. Police arrived at 2211 Falling Oaks around 9 p.m. Saturday to perform a welfare...
Homeless man knows how to get around town for free
Talk about a free ride. A homeless couple was snapped taking a snooze Saturday on a downtown bench with their own personal Citi Bike propped up next to them. It’s...
Man behind NYC's pesky traffic cameras has tons of tickets
A Staten Island man who got rich catching drivers running red lights is a traffic scofflaw with an open arrest warrant for speeding. John Petrozza raked in millions as an...
7 more confirmed cases in Legionnaires’ crisis
Seven additional cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been confirmed and five more South Bronx sites — including a high school — have tested positive for the bacteria that cause it,...
I got a bad pedicure, and now I can't have sex!
And this little piggy . . . limped all the way to court. A Manhattan man claims a botched pedicure at a Harlem nail salon has made him paranoid and...
Ice Bucket Challenge money distributed to ALS researchers
Taylor Swift did it. Lady Gaga did it. Eli Manning did it. In fact, so many participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge that $220 million was raised to fight ALS,...
City probes missing student funds at Harlem elementary school
More than $7,000 raised by students vanished at a Harlem elementary school and the city is probing where the missing dough went and why it was never reported by the...
Number of Ground Zero responders with 9/11-linked cancers hits 3,700
The rising toll of Ground Zero responders and others afflicted with 9/11-linked cancers has hit 3,700. The staggering tally of those suffering cancers certified by the feds as 9/11-related includes...
Why the rich feel entitled to shoplift
The rich get richer — by shoplifting. A surprising number of customers helping themselves to five-finger discounts in Manhattan are wealthy — and they feel their big spending entitles them...
Mom fatally threw 'possessed' infant out window: police
A young Queens mom told cops she hurled her infant son out of a fourth-story window of her apartment because she thought he was possessed, sources said. Rashida Chowdhury, 21,...
Iran just doesn't get US
For more than a century the United States has tempted, fascinated and frightened Iranian leaders — but it’s seldom been properly understood. That misunderstanding, reciprocated by the failure of successive...
Bratton is done with this amateur administration
Is Bill Bratton eyeing an exit? If so, who can blame him. Forty-five years a cop, a motive force in Rudy Giuliani’s reclamation of New York City’s streets 20 years...
Obama: My way -- or you're a traitor
Even for President Obama, it was an outrageous statement, and he needs to apologize to the nation for it. On Wednesday, at American University, Obama said the genocidal fascist freaks...
Don't play dumb: Fariña's witnessed cheating in city schools for years
Like Captain Renault in “Casablanca,” Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña is “shocked, shocked” to discover that there’s lots of cheating in the city’s public schools. Fariña was apparently so unnerved by...
Village killed over 1,000 dolphins to extort money from charity
In her new book, “Voices in the Ocean,” journalist Susan Casey examines our kinship with dolphins, and how that love affair can go wrong — as it does with the...
De Blasio's new welfare plan: Anything to stop people from getting a job
Bill de Blasio’s welfare “vision” would return New York to a failed past. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is proposing a full employment program for government-funded social service...
Here's how to dress like you live on the Italian Riviera
Into the blue Who knows where the night will take you in this fabulous frock. Spaghetti straps An elegant two-tone swimsuit is perfect for lounging on a yacht in the...
How a ruthless pimp inspired hip hop's giants
Pioneering gangsta rappers Ice Cube and Ice-T both took their names from him (as did Jay-Z initially, as Iceberg Slim was one of his early handles). Comedians Dave Chappelle and...
Trump camp doubles down on 'blood' comment
Another weekend, another raging war of words triggered by shoot-from-the-lip presidential hopeful Donald Trump. The unapologetic mogul on Saturday denied he took a gross, sexist shot at Fox News host...
City investigated just 3 — of 300 — cheating complaints
A city agency that investigates school employee misconduct has probed only about 1 percent of the hundreds of cheating allegations it received. The office of the special commissioner of investigation for...
'Quotas' at city schools pressure teachers to pass failing students
City teachers say that they are expected to pass a quota of students, and that the pressure gives rise to academic shortcuts and diplomas for the undeserving. Considering how little...
City lawyer demands to settle case 'Game of Thrones'-style
You know nothing, opposing counsel! In a maneuver straight out of “Game of Thrones,” a Westeros-obsessed Staten Island attorney seeks to reinstate the ancient rules of trial by combat to...
Will the Mets demote Michael Conforto? Collins provides a hint
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mets officials still are discussing whether they can find enough playing time for Michael Conforto to justify keeping the rookie outfielder in the major leagues. With...
Former Giants O-lineman: My life's much 'different' with Jets
Each week throughout training camp, Jets offensive tackle James Brewer will be keeping a diary for The Post, sharing his experiences and observations as he prepares for the regular season...
Giants rookie WR provides inside peek at his quest to make team
Each week throughout training camp, Giants rookie wide receiver Geremy Davis will be keeping a diary for The Post, sharing his experiences and observations as he prepares for the regular...
This underrated unit could pay big dividends for Jets
The highlight of Jets training camp so far came Wednesday, when the team practiced short-yardage and goal-line situations. That meant actual tackling, a rarity in NFL practices, and it meant...
Weight-focused Porzingis has a new number and Knicks friend
Knicks 7-foot-3 rookie wonder Kristaps Porzingis is back from his two-week Latvian vacation, carrying the same weight and still carrying the same burden of proving his critics wrong. Porzingis was...
Cruel reminder Geno Smith received at Jets' public practice
The cruel reminders of yesteryear cascaded down on Geno Smith during the early part of the Green and White practice Saturday night. He has a mountain to climb to rally...
Mom accused of killing social worker, 3 relatives in custody dispute
BARRE, Vt. — The woman charged in the slaying of a Vermont social worker is also "the alleged perpetrator" of the deaths of three relatives whose bodies were found Saturday,...
The Mets have to learn lessons a computer can't teach them
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Even the Matrix could not save the Mets Saturday night at Tropicana Field. Lessons of the NL East race are going to have to be learned...
Pinkman captures Hambletonian
Saturday’s $1 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands Racetrack was one of choices — driver Brian Sears made the right one while driver Yannick Gingras didn’t. Sears captured harness racing’s top...
MLB has completely forgotten why replay exists
Don't know if it were lost on Gary Cohen or if he didn’t choose to pursue it, but during the Mets-Marlins game Wednesday on SNY, he spoke a colossal irony. At...
Rashad Jennings talks expectations, JPP and 'Shadlosophy'
Giants veteran running back Rashad Jennings, who battled various injuries last season, takes some time for some Q&A with Steve Serby: Q: You’re 30 years old now. A: I think...
I was wrong about Schumer, and it feels so good
Never has being wrong felt so good, nor has a mistake been so worth celebrating. Chuck Schumer surprised me in all the best ways. His opposition to the terrible Iran...
Seeing Marshall catch two TD passes 'exciting' for Smith, Jets
General manager Mike Maccagnan’s big offensive offseason acquisition turned heads in his MetLife Stadium debut. Brandon Marshall, the No. 1 wide receiver the Jets have needed for years, turned the...
Michelle Rodriguez runs 'Wild' this week
Bear takes Hollywood bad girl Michelle Rodriguez to one of the red deserts of Nevada for a rigorous adventure
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn An armed thief carjacked a livery car in East New York, getting away with the vehicle, cash and the driver’s phone and tablet. The suspect hailed the 2014 Toyota...
Fantasy football primer: Best strategy won't land Luck, Rodgers
In the second of a six-part fantasy football draft preview series, The Post looks at quarterbacks. Next week: running backs. When is the best not the best? When does maximum...