November 29, 2015
The night Kobe Bryant gave NY a glimpse at his legend
The sad part for us, beyond the grinding metronome of time marching on, is this: So little of Kobe Bryant’s history was written in New York. So much of Bryant’s...
New scanning device headed to Rikers can detect contraband inside bodies
The city is purchasing 10 super-sensitive scanning devices aimed at stopping Rikers Island inmates — and correction officers — from sneaking cellphones and other contraband inside their bodies, The Post...
Dolphins' Brandon Marshall game plan was laughable
The recipe to shut down the Jets’ offense seems to be simple. Double-team Brandon Marshall and force everyone else to beat you. The Dolphins never got the memo. They left...
Red Bulls' remarkable year ends despite 2nd-leg win
HARRISON, N.J. — The Columbus Crew earned only their second trip to the MLS Cup final in the 20-year history of Major League Soccer and their first since 2008 on...
Dolphins QB rips 'classless' Jet for celebrating crushing hit
This must’ve been what Rex Ryan and John Idzik imagined when they selected Calvin Pryor in the first round of the 2014 draft. The decision-makers who made Pryor a Jet...
Cuomo's pick for mayor has doubts running against De Blasio
U S REP. Hakeem Jeffries, Gov. Cuomo’s choice to oust Mayor de Blasio, is having doubts about entering the race, as Democratic unhappiness over Cuomo’s “belittling’’ of the mayor grows,...
Jets report card: Todd Bowles' fire does the job
Offense The Jets put together their best offensive game in a while. QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (22-of-37, 277 yards, 4 TDs, 118.9 rating) spread the ball around, hitting six different receivers,...
Another disgraceful Giants effort and their season's done
LANDOVER, Md. — If playing the Jets this coming Sunday at MetLife Stadium isn’t enough to get the Giants sufficiently motivated to start a football game with a sense of...
How Jets' Bowles subtly challenged defense with bold call
The Jets knew before kickoff. They sensed the 38-20 thrashing they delivered to the Dolphins on Sunday at MetLife Stadium to thrust themselves back into the AFC wild-card playoff conversation...
Knicks put on shooting clinic without Carmelo -- until they blow it
The Knicks lost their best player 40 minutes before tipoff and looked their best all week. Even without an ill Carmelo Anthony, the offense was in rare rhythm, with the...
'That wasn't human': Redskins freaking out over Odell Beckham
LANDOVER, Md. — Odell Beckham Jr. didn’t have much to say about adding to his list of superhuman catches on Sunday, but plenty of others on both sidelines sure did....
This Ryan Fitzpatrick can get the Jets to the playoffs
Fitzmagic can happen apparently when you shave your beard. Or when you have the kind of telepathy Ryan Fitzpatrick enjoyed with Brandon Marshall against the Dolphins on Sunday. Fitzpatrick, who fired...
Disgusted Odell Beckham calls out Giants' 'fight'
LANDOVER, Md. — This was a football crime that The Catch II couldn’t help the Giants win Sunday. The Giants could learn so much from their superstar receiver if they...
Hillary Clinton's 'illegal' flip-flop
Hillary Clinton just followed her flip-flop on immigration with a flip right back. In New Hampshire last month, Clinton talked tough — citing her Senate votes to build a fence...
The latest wart on the rancid Iran deal
First we learned that President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran isn’t a formal treaty — so he didn’t need Congress to ratify it. Now the State Department says the much-hyped...
Did the teachers unions just break Andrew Cuomo?
‘The single best thing that I can do,” Gov. Cuomo said last year, is “break what is in essence one of the only remaining public monopolies”: the teachers union. Oops:...
Bizarro Nets stage 4th-quarter rally to steal a win
The Nets have specialized in late collapses this season, in heartbreakers from Golden State to Cleveland. But on Sunday, they turned the tables, coming from behind with a fourth-quarter run...
NYPD rescues distressed hawk from East River
https://twitter.com/NYPDSpecialops/status/671043410325827584/photo/1 A pair of eagle-eyed cops saved a hawk from the East River on Sunday, authorities said. Harbor Unit Officers Christopher Kessinger, 26, and Steven Khaykin, 30, were on patrol...
Escape the cold and find the perfect winter getaway
It’s time to put down that Thanksgiving turkey sandwich and get to work: plotting your escape from the cold Northeast weather to the warmth of the Caribbean and points south....
Famed restaurateur Nello Balan to set forks down in Aspen
Nello on Madison Avenue is a place to see and be seen, where supermodels and business moguls fork over $42 for a plate of pasta. Now restaurateur Nello Balan, who...
What Broadway means to New York
Michael Riedel, who has covered Broadway for this paper for nearly 20 years, is a friend of mine; in fact, I hired him to do the job back in 1998....
De Blasio's new horse-carriage plan is even more ridiculous
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable-housing plan is in shambles. There’s traffic chaos in the streets. Sixty percent of New Yorkers say they see more homeless people around. And 48 percent...
Ivy Leaguers need to stop with the PC obsession
On a Facebook page for her class year, a Columbia student recently claimed that one of her required philosophy courses, Contemporary Civilization, was detrimental to her “health” because she had...
How Uncle Sam chases away US jobs
The Treasury Department released new rules last week to stop the steady stream of American companies relocating overseas to reduce their tax bills. But instead of fixing the cause of...
English giants Manchester City eye NYCFC's goalkeeper
For once, parent club Manchester City is eyeing one of New York City FC players. In what some would call a surprising development, English Premier League giants Manchester City are...
Regulators ready to block Staples-Office Depot merger
Federal regulators scrutinizing Staples’ $6 billion-plus bid to buy rival Office Depot are leaning against the deal and are preparing to block it, The Post has learned. Regulators are wary...
Cybersecurity agency booms in the wake of financial data breaches
Sandy Crystal can’t prevent the next big hack — but he can make it a lot easier on the pocketbook. The business of insuring Wall Street against cybercrime is booming...
Kobe Bryant announces he'll retire after this season
Kobe Bryant has decided to retire after this season, ending his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 37-year-old Bryant made the announcement in a post on The Players'...
NSA: Not tracking phones is a 'real mistake'
WASHINGTON — In the face of threats from ISIS, the National Security Agency’s end Sunday to the bulk collection of phone records is a “real mistake,” according to the chairman...
Giants report card: Not even Beckham could save pathetic offense
Offense As bad as it gets. Eli Manning threw three INTs (two were on him), completed only 26 of 51 passes and was besieged behind an injury-ravaged line depleted even...
Jets emerge as legit wild-card threat with Dolphins laugher
After a shaky, sometimes dismal, month of November, here is where the Jets find themselves as the calendar turns to December: right in the middle of the race for an...
Giants blow golden chance in confounding loss to Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. — They made themselves relevant, but the stakes were lifted higher. The Giants had a chance on Sunday to legitimize themselves. Legitimize their hold on first place. Legitimize...
Blade's CEO eyes re-creating flying's golden age
It’s not often that a digital startup will tip its hat to an 80-something pioneer woman as a source of inspiration, but Blade CEO Rob Wiesenthal says he’s reached out...
How in the world did Odell Beckham make this catch?
Odell Beckham Jr. already has redefined the standards by which the public measures catches. Oh, he used two hands? Never mind, move along. On Sunday in Landover, Md., during the fourth...
Man accused of raping jogger held without bail
A homeless man accused of raping a jogger in a Lower East Side park was dragged before a judge and held without bail Sunday. Paul Niles, 28, pleaded not guilty...
New NFL suitor emerges as NCAA begins Chip Kelly courting
If Chip Kelly leaves the Eagles, that doesn't mean he's leaving the NFL. The Philadelphia coach, hailed as an innovator until the innovations stopped working, is slogging through an abysmal year...
Heartbroken Geoff Schwartz lost for season with broken leg
LANDOVER, Md. — Geoff Schwartz actually had to crack a sad smile because he didn’t know what else to do. His season is over, prematurely, again, and he cannot believe...
Ben Carson: Refugees would rather be in Syria than US
WASHINGTON — Refugees fleeing war-ravaged Syria don’t really want to come to America, Ben Carson said on Sunday. “They want to go back home, obviously,” the Republican presidential candidate told...
Greg Oden has jaw-dropping Chinese basketball debut
Eight years after he was the No. 1 pick, three years after he was waived (for the first time), Greg Oden's potential still turns heads. Even from China. The 7-foot...
Trump gets in shouting match over 9/11 claims on 'Meet the Press'
WASHINGTON -- NBC's Chuck Todd tussled with Donald Trump Sunday over the billionaire's claims that Arab-Americans celebrated 9/11-- chiding him that, "truthfulness matters." On "Meet the Press" Trump again insisted...
Ronda Rousey finally shows her face after brutal UFC loss
Ronda Rousey’s finally out of hiding — and even has a smile on her face. The 28-year-old mixed martial artist and former UFC bantamweight champion — who was defeated in...
Rutgers offers Schiano after firing football coach, bumbling AD
After a losing season and a maelstrom of off-field issues, Rutgers fired both football coach Kyle Flood and athletic director Julie Hermann on Sunday. Rutgers University president Robert Barchi confirmed...
Woman survives car crash, dies trying to retrieve her things
A young mom whose car flipped over on a Long Island highway Sunday miraculously emerged from the wreckage relatively unscathed — only to be struck and killed after she ran...
Real-life Crash Davis has hit his final home run
Minor league home run king Mike Hessman says he is retiring as a player and will pursue a career as a coach. Hessman confirmed his decision in a text to...
Why dabbing Les Miles survived LSU's swinging ax
BATON ROUGE, La. — Les Miles looked to his right, beyond a crowd of reporters to where his wife, Kathy, and their four children had been waiting anxiously for the...
Turkey recovers body of pilot from downed Russian jet
Turkey recovered the body of a Russian pilot from northern Syria and presented it to Russian diplomats on Sunday, five days after shooting down his warplane in an incident that...
Man wanted in rape of jogger turns self in to cops
A man wanted by cops in the rape of a jogger in a Lower East Side park turned himself in Saturday. Paul Niles, 28, flagged down a police car in...
ISIS thug cries like a baby after being captured
An ISIS fighter isn’t looking so tough now — as he wails away in the back seat of a transport vehicle after being captured in Iraq. The terror thug was...
Newborn baby found buried alive near California bike path
COMPTON, Calif. — Los Angeles County sheriff's officials asked for the public's help Saturday in gaining information about a newborn baby deputies rescued after finding her buried beside a popular...
Arsonist torches 40 Hindu flags on Queens home
A firebug torched 40 religious Hindu flags in the courtyard of a Queens home on Thanksgiving, police said Sunday. The arsonist was caught on surveillance footage that was released by...
Man attacks two cabbies with machete, cops say
Warning: Video contains some graphic language and shows machete wounds A barefoot crook attacked two cabbies with a machete and chased them through a Queens neighborhood early Sunday -- until...
NYC more vulnerable than ever: ex-NYPD chief Safir
The Big Apple is more “vulnerable” than ever to a terrorist attack following a new wave of violence seen in Paris earlier this month, a former top cop said Sunday....
Burglar dies in chimney after homeowner lights fire
FRESNO, Calif. -- Authorities say a suspected burglar has died after getting stuck in a chimney in Central California. Fresno County Sheriff's Lt. Brandon Pursell said a homeowner in the...
Hero firefighter may have been murdered over love: cops
The man who allegedly bashed a retired Staten Island fire lieutenant over the head and slit his throat last week was a close friend of the victim — and possibly...
Perp Fiction: Tarantino never went to jail
Quentin Tarantino — under fire for recent comments about police violence — has claimed for decades that, as a young man, he served time in a Los Angeles County jail....
Princess Charlotte is as adorable as ever in new photos
Princess Charlotte looks royally cute in a new set of photos released Sunday. Proud mom Kate Middleton took both of the snapshots of her adorable 6-month-old royal baby at the...
The shady college football team that gets paid to lose games
On a warm August afternoon in 2014, about 20 minutes from Charlotte, North Carolina, the worst team in college football was taking a pounding. The College of Faith Saints didn’t...
Principal installed his own on-campus shower
Santiago Taveras, principal of DeWitt Clinton HS, installed a shower in the school for his personal use, The Post has learned. But it’s OK, says the Department of Education —...
This guy makes $10M a year to head a nonprofit
The head of the “nonprofit” North Shore-LIJ Health System pulled down $10 million in compensation last year. Michael Dowling received a $6.5 million payout from his retirement plan, on top...
NYPD ready to settle case over spying on Muslims
The city could be days away from settling a federal lawsuit accusing the NYPD of “religious profiling” and unwarranted spying on Muslims even as the Paris massacres have heightened terrorism...
Watch cop-hating Quentin Tarantino lie about being a tough guy in jail
It’s “Pulp Fiction,” all right. Quentin Tarantino — under fire for recent comments about police violence — has claimed for decades that, as a young man, he served time in...
'Kiss my ass': Rogue cop who lurked by pope during visit
A police union boss wormed his way into standing next to Pope Francis — then refused orders to step away, disciplinary papers reveal. Pushy Port Authority PBA President Paul Nunziato...
Mike Bloomberg has spent $72M on campaigns, won 67% of races
It’s not cheap to win friends and influence elections. Ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent $72 million in the past four years to boost his chosen candidates and pet causes across the...
This demonic devil-goat is the anti-Elf taking over Christmas
This might be the season of St. Nick, but his darker, more demonic alter ego has a full schedule as well. Krampus, a horned devil-goat from Europe known for punishing...
How Muhammad Ali secured the release of 15 US hostages in Iraq
Of all the legendary wins in Muhammad Ali’s life, few are as little known as the one he pulled off exactly 25 years ago today: Defying the odds and the...
A 19-year-old from New Jersey is the star of 'The Wiz'
She may be playing Dorothy, but Shanice Williams is feeling like Cinderella at the ball. The 19-year-old star of “The Wiz Live!” — airing live on NBC Thursday — is...
Brooklyn hipster travels the world to sniff out the best booze
Nicolas Palazzi is known for finding treasures around the world, but he doesn’t traffic in gold or jewels. The 36-year-old Brooklyn Heights resident is a liquor specialist who plies the...
Listen to science, don't hire a hot nanny!
Everyone who’s anyone is getting one: an ugly nanny. “We get those requests all the time, ‘I don’t want someone pretty,’ ” Katie Provinziano, the founder of Westside Nannies in...
Staffers accuse Bronx principal of fixing grades so students pass
The principal of DeWitt Clinton HS, a struggling Bronx school in Mayor de Blasio’s multimillion-dollar Renewal program, changed students’ failing grades to passing without teachers’ knowledge or consent, insiders told...
Cats, Chinese food, cabin porn: The year's best coffee table books
Shake Cats by Carli Davidson, (Harper Design), $17.99 First came “Shake” about dogs, an (unexpected) runaway bestseller that then led to “Shake Puppies.” Now, “Shake Cats,” which will make a...
'60 Minutes' pushing Ethel Rosenberg pardon -- don't buy it
Obama’s presidency isn’t over until the end of next year, yet rumors already are swirling about who he might pardon. One name in particular keeps surfacing: Ethel Rosenberg, a dedicated...
The hostage rescue that convinced the West not to negotiate with terrorists
Airplane hijackings were, frighteningly, not unusual in the early 1970s. So, on Sunday, June 27, 1976, when Air France Flight 139 was taken over by four terrorists, passengers tried to...
Good ideas evolve, so how come liberals believe in 'creationist' government?
We know where humanity came from: It evolved incrementally, from the bottom up, amid much trial and error, not via the top-down efforts of an all-wise creator who anticipated every...
Wholesaler charged customers based on race, ex-employee claims
A Bronx produce peddler was rotten to the core, rigging prices according to the ethnicity of customers, an ex-employee claims. Black, Dominican, Mexican and Puerto Rican buyers were charged the...
Condo demands disabled man pay for closer parking: lawsuit
A disabled upstate man who requested a parking spot closer to his apartment claims in a Manhattan lawsuit that his condo complex asked him to pay to renumber the spaces...
Thousands pay company for 'nothing in return' in weird sale
Nearly 12,500 people spent $71,145 to buy nothing on Black Friday. Cards Against Humanity, the online seller of a “party game for horrible people,” offered fans a deal to give...
Craft brewers say new FDA mandate will limit beer selection
Government health nannies are thirsty for a new target, and this time it’s craft beer. FDA busybodies will mandate by next December that restaurant chains offer full nutritional information for...
Proposed City Council bill could ban most beauty products
New York City women might want to start stockpiling their favorite mascaras and face creams before most makeup is potentially banned under a controversial bill being mulled by the City...
Central Park West tenant is building 'illegal' duplex: landlord
A rent-stabilized tenant is secretly creating her own Central Park West duplex out of two apartments — permits, permissions and safety be damned, a landlord claims. Josefina Berman has lived...
Two dead after car slams into garbage truck in fiery crash
Two people in a BMW died when their car slammed into a garbage truck early Saturday on Long Island, said Nassau County police. The car and the truck collided at...
Black Friday online sales spiked this year: analysis
More shoppers grabbed doorbusters without heading out their doors on Black Friday, as millions opted to shop online. Online sales for Black Friday leaped 21.5 percent over last year, according...
'This is not normal': Obama vows to continue gun control fight
President Obama again vowed to toughen the nation’s gun-control laws Saturday as he condemned a gunman’s rampage at a Colorado abortion clinic. Obama said Americans should not get used to...
Vagrants who ruined holiday event still rule neighborhood
There was no holiday miracle in the Bronx’s Little Italy Saturday as vagrants continued to intimidate families and disrupt businesses in and around the park where Christmas has been canceled....
Mayor: Deputy trying to unseat me by 'hacking, sharing' emails
A small-town Long Island mayor says her deputy is a cyber spy who hacked her e-mail and has been publicizing her private messages in an effort to unseat her, according...
Trump doubles down: 'Muslims worldwide celebrated 9/11'
Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday reframed his controversial comments that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated the unfolding 9/11 attacks, saying Muslims worldwide were overjoyed with the terror. “People saw...
Ben Carson goes to Jordan, says they should take Syrian refugees
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson said during a visit to a refugee camp in Jordan on Saturday that Syria’s neighbors should take refugees spilling out of the war-torn country because...
Police and migrants clash as Macedonia builds fence
A group of migrants trying to enter Macedonia threw stones at cops on Saturday as the small Balkan country became the latest to build a border fence aimed at controlling...
ISIS is getting help from Silicon Valley: Anonymous
A Silicon Valley startup is bolstering its online protections for clients — including ISIS, the hacktivist group Anonymous says. CloudFlare is a service that improves Web site performance by speeding...
Dozens of Paris airport workers on terror watch list: report
The security passes of 86,000 workers at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris will be reviewed after it was found that 57 employees with access to airliners were on a...
Lionel Hollins sees a little bit of LeBron rubbing off on Kevin Love
CLEVELAND — Oh, that Kevin Love. Before the Nets were done in, 90-88, by the Cavaliers on Saturday, coach Lionel Hollins admitted he had a tough time recognizing opposing power...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Investigators have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Tremont man. Ruben Pizzaro, 23, allegedly opened fire on David Rivera outside a building in the...