December 12, 2015
Bryce Petty on dinner with Deckers, 24-hour donuts and when he'll play
Steve Serby takes some time to chat with the Jets’ Bryce Petty about the challenges of being a first-year quarterback, the influence Ryan Fitzpatrick has had on him and Marcus...
Most Americans' personal finance goals fell short this year
Many Americans will be happy to see the end of 2015. That’s because many of them fell short of achieving their financial goals this year, according to a new study...
Okposo's overtime goal downs Jackets, keeps Islanders hot
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Skating the length of the ice with the puck on a 2-on-none breakaway, Josh Bailey decided to let Kyle Okposo have the glory of getting the winning...
ESPN happily endorses dangerous NCAA issue that ESPN exposed
When did matters of indisputable common sense become debatable? When did acts that have no upside — only down — become rationalized, indulged, encouraged? And where do we report to...
Sleeping in could kill you
You may want to rethink those lazy Sunday mornings. A new study from the University of Sydney found that those who oversleep (more than nine hours a night), over-sit (more...
The Warriors lose
MILWAUKEE — The Golden State Warriors walked slowly off the Bradley Center floor, exchanging handshakes with the victorious Milwaukee Bucks on the way back to their locker room. They're not...
New interest rates hike could bring misery for savers
You survived X number of years of getting little to nothing on your savings account. Now you may begin to see signs for certificates of deposit with an interest rate...
Dear John: Pay it forward -- especially with online scams
Dear John: I would like to let you in on a scam I just fell for so you can advise your readers. I’m usually wary of giving out my credit...
Cuomo could face next guilty verdict in potential probe
Nearly a year ago, crusading federal prosecutor Preet Bharara mocked Albany’s culture of corruption, heaping extra scorn on the deals hatched in secrecy by three men in a room. Now...
Chris Mullin feels strange coaching, but Syracuse sideline is stranger
Maybe with time, Chris Mullin will find it normal to stand on the sidelines. Maybe after dozens or hundreds more games, Mullin will feel as if it’s natural that he’s...
Sexy lifeguards reveal special charity calendar
The saucy New York Firefighters Calendar has some competition this year — Bondi Lifeguards wearing undies and shot by fashion photographer Graham Shearer, who has worked with Elle Macpherson and...
Republicans hurt themselves by turning away Donald Trump
Because timing is everything in politics, Friday’s arrival of a special offer from something called the GOP Store was oh-so appropriate. The e-mail pitched the Republican National Committee’s “brand new...
Are the Wilpons making Mets fans' optimism disappear?
You can see it on the faces of Mets fans now, as plain as their noses, as obvious as their chins. You can hear it in their words, measured carefully,...
Voice of Allstate ads being wooed for new TV commercial
Actor Dennis Haysbert, aka President David Palmer of the TV series “24,” is being wooed for a new TV commercial. Is it an extension of his contract as Allstate Insurance’s...
New NHL-NHLPA war brewing over expansion draft rules
CALGARY, Alberta — The next battleground between the NHL and NHLPA — and perhaps the first significant confrontation between the league and union since Owners’ Lockout III was settled —...
Is Donald Trump and iHeartMedia joining forces?
iHeartMedia has just launched a division focused on generating political radio ads, and one would think it is focused squarely on Donald Trump, sources told our Josh Kosman. The “Donald”...
Costumed revelers let loose during SantaCon
She’s naughty and nice all at once. A spirited gal reaches The Copper Still, a bar on Second Avenue in the East Village that hosted SantaCon revelers on Saturday. The...
Bengals won't be able to end Steelers' playoff hopes
Steelers (+2 ¹/₂) over BENGALS: Andy Dalton and friends would love to deliver a concussive blow to Steelers’ postseason prospects; but after Pittsburgh dropped earlier meeting at Heinz in bizarre fashion,...
Alabama's Derrick Henry rides LSU face-off to Heisman Trophy
Derrick Henry was the other running back on that early November night. There was no Heisman Trophy buzz about him, little hype, all of it belonging to LSU sophomore Leonard...
The photos these Santas will be sorry to see
The raunchy Santa-themed bar crawl started in Brooklyn and slowly migrated down toward the Lower East Side.
Time Warner CEO's house burns down in Connecticut
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes didn’t get a chance to hang the Christmas stockings on the chimney with care. Bewkes spent Monday night on the curb outside his burning home...
Experts think jobs on Wall Street will take a plunge
There’s a pall over the financial markets this holiday season, and it has little to do with the shortage of daylight this time of year. The lifeblood of the street...
What to expect after this week's interest rates raise
It’s finally near. That long-awaited day when the Federal Reserve removes the training wheels from the US economy and raises rates, if they have the intestinal fortitude. Yes, after a...
'We can win out': Jets throw down the gauntlet to themselves
It is time for the Jets to stick the landing. It is time for the rookie head coach and the journeyman quarterback, pilot and co-pilot, to fly through the December...
Nets' Shane Larkin hits eye trouble just as he comes alive
Shane Larkin was forced out of the Nets’ game Saturday night with an eye injury. The backup point guard had two points, with a rebound, assist, steal and turnover in...
'Absolutely terrible': Quantifying horrors of Giants 4th-quarter defense
Lead, lead, lead, lead, lead. Loss, loss, loss, loss, loss. If this Giants’ season goes down in flames, there will be no problem figuring out what ignited the blaze. Five...
100-year-old man fulfills dream of seeing the Rockettes again
Two years ago, Lieutenant Bill Edwards and his girlfriend flew on a 30-hour trip Down Under. He was 97. It was the first time Lt Edwards had visited Australia since...
Meet the 32-year-old pilot who was born without arms
Jessica Cox can do almost anything with her feet. Pop a bottle of coke? Eat sushi? Apply mascara? Drive? Fly a plane, even? Yes, she can do it all. It’s...
Grading Yankees, Mets divisions amid busy winter -- with predictions
In one league, the East looks as wide open as an airport on New Year’s Eve. In the other, the East features enough carcasses to feed a pack of vultures....
Johnny Manziel's turn to be Browns hero -- or test their spine
Mike Pettine did not need to say the words. At this point, they should be as obvious as his team’s league-worst 2-10 record. “It would be hard for me to...
Breaking down coaching hot seats: NFL headed for bloodbath
Everyone is hailed as Vince Lombardi when he gets the gig. But in the high-stakes world of the immediate gratification NFL, Winning Isn’t Everything, But It’s The Only Thing more...
Nets prove mortal at home after frantic comeback fizzles
With center Brook Lopez getting doubled-teamed, harassed and frustrated — and eventually pulled — on Saturday against the Clippers, the Nets used Andrea Bargnani’s offense and a hack-a-Shaq defense to...
Falcons' $52M crash; Brady's J.J. Watt hell: 5 NFL things to watch
With all the games, backstories, injuries and developments in a given week in the NFL, it’s tough to know what to look for on Sunday. Here are five things to...
'Unbelievable' Damon Harrison is giving Jets D-line quandary
Jets nose tackle Damon Harrison made waves this summer when he called himself the best player at the position in the NFL. But he has backed it up this year....
Another Yankees target gone as big strength becomes question
General manager Brian Cashman has said throughout the offseason he would be looking to the trade market for whatever improvements needed to be made and Saturday, another potential addition to...
Dreaded 'T' word hangs over another crucial Jets test
The Jets’ playoff push continues Sunday with a potential trap game against the Titans. The Jets are riding high after an emotional overtime win over the crosstown rival Giants last...
In My Library: Tony Roberts
He was Woody Allen’s sidekick in many films, “Annie Hall” among them. But after 1987’s “Radio Days,” Tony Roberts disappeared — at least from Allen’s movies. “I think he exhausted...
The coming cosmic Gold Rush
America’s next Gold Rush might be out of this world. Literally. President Obama just signed a law giving prospectors the right to keep — and sell — anything they find...
Priest accused of paying his sex 'master' from collection plate resigns
The Bronx priest accused of pilfering the collection plate to pay for his bodybuilder S&M “master” resigned from his post as pastor Saturday. “I have made the decision to step...
Carmelo blasts back at Barkley: 'You know nothing about me'
PORTLAND, Ore. — Carmelo Anthony scoffed at Charles Barkley’s remark during the TNT telecast of Thursday’s Knicks-Kings game that Anthony needs to be “a better leader,’’ saying he’s never even...
Steel beam impales car, driver walks away with just a scratch
https://www.facebook.com/199455666846148/photos/a.199478796843835.23853.199455666846148/483427151782330/?type=3&theater Someone must have luck on his side. In a scene straight out of "Final Destination," a steel beam flew off the bed of a truck and smashed through the...
Teacher asks 13-year-old Muslim student if she has a bomb
ATLANTA — The father of a Muslim middle school student says a teacher asked his daughter if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack. Abdirizak Aden said the teacher...
Banksy takes on migrant crisis with graffiti of Steve Jobs
LONDON — Street artist Banksy has taken on the migrant crisis in a new mural at a migrant camp in France. The elusive graffiti artist has depicted the late Apple...
Does microwave popcorn really cause lung disease?
You may have heard the recent "news" linking microwave popcorn to lung problems. After a study came out earlier this week mentioning that artificial butter flavoring contains the same icky...
Dolan turned over e-mails about priest's 'sex romps' to DA
Timothy Cardinal Dolan said Saturday that he did indeed read an ungodly series of e-mails about the secret life of sex-slave priest Rev. Peter Miqueli — and handed the XXX-rated...
Mets will use Cuddyer dollars to double down on 2015 formula
The Cubs continued to bulk up. Michael Cuddyer retired. Add it up and the Mets were provided reason and resources to respond with a big strike. Yet, that is not...
Haze over buyout as retiring Michael Cuddyer praises Mets
Michael Cuddyer considered his 2015 baseball season “highly successful” because of how his team finished. Yet his individual performance underwhelmed sufficiently that the Mets must view the 36-year-old’s surprising retirement...
This is how the 1 percent do hospitals
Last week, Kim Kardashian delivered her son, Saint West, in pure Hollywood style — shelling out $4,000 a night for a luxe suite at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles....
Nearly 200 nations approve historical climate change pact
LE BOURGET, France — Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas...
Saudi Prince calls Trump 'disgrace to America'
One of the world’s wealthiest businessmen, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, had sharp words for Trump on Friday, telling him via Twitter to withdraw from the presidential race, “as you...
This 32-year-old woman is the first-ever armless pilot
Jessica Cox is inspiring thousands across the globe. Born without arms, she holds some pretty impressive titles, including the first person to earn a black belt in ATA Martial Arts,...
Meet the Rockettes' 100-year-old superfan
After seeing the world-famous Rockettes perform in the 1940s while on leave from serving in the Navy, Lt. Bill Edwards was completely smitten. Over the years, it was always Bill's dream...
Why it's totally normal to imagine your wife has died
Have you ever thought about your partner dying? In your daydream, maybe he or she gets into a car crash, or has a tragic run-in with a boat propeller? What...
Don't close Gitmo now -- we'll need it for ISIS detainees
The Obama administration’s decision to send the Joint Special Operations Command into battle against the Islamic State is a small step toward getting rid of the counterproductive prohibition on “boots...
How doctors can save everyone a fortune
I’m a doctor with a miracle drug. Three of them, in fact. Their names are Avastin, Lucentis and Eylea. I use them to treat the No. 1 cause of blindness...
What the hell is broomball and why is it so popular?
Even if the only ice you like is what’s floating in a drink, broomball is ridiculously entertaining. This winter sport, popular in Canada and on Midwestern campuses, is pretty much...
Marlo Thomas adores this UES Italian spot
Baby boomers know her ’60s sitcom, “That Girl,” but Marlo Thomas hasn’t stopped working since — she’s starring now in off-Broadway’s “Clever Little Lies.” She tells Barbara Hoffman how she...
The striking segregation photos that were almost never seen
The photographs are in color — but the injustice is as clear as black and white. On assignment for Life magazine in 1956, photographer Gordon Parks focused on an extended...
Get a history lesson while losing weight at this Central Park class
Our mild December is a good time to try Junius Morgan’s outdoor fitness class. Morgan, 53, is a trainer with his own studio in Phillipsburg, NJ, who leads an hourlong...
Queen Latifah is TV royalty again
Queen Latifah is looking like TV royalty these days. A year after her self-titled syndicated talk show was abruptly canceled — and nearly 20 years since her breakthrough role on...
Fantasy sports sites get temporary stay to continue operation
Mere hours after a Manhattan judge banned fantasy-sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings from operating in the state pending a trial to determine if the games are illegal gambling, a New...
Jealous bullies abducted me, beat me and chopped off my hair
Three beefy Bronx women yanked a woman into an SUV and hacked off all her hair during a jealousy-fueled beatdown that make the “Mean Girls” look like choir girls, sources...
Rising Cardozo HS hoop star primed to wow colleges
Ron Naclerio has been here before, with a young and talented player colleges seemingly are ignoring despite his obvious abilities and strong academics. The kind of player who improves a...
Friend of California jihadists bought guns used in massacre
Enrique Marquez, a friend of California jihadist Syed Rizwan Farook, talked about sleeper cells before the San Bernardino terror attacks — and told cops Farook sought him out for guns...
Emails to Dolan detail priest's alleged 'pee-drinking' sex romps
The scorned ex-girlfriend of an S&M “master” to a Catholic priest went right to the top and sent Timothy Cardinal Dolan e-mails that were hardly suitable for church — laying...
Skelos and son will have plenty of time to bond in prison
For years, Albany’s longest-running show was “Three Men in a Room.” Now two of the stars have unexpectedly departed and hooked up with a new supporting act. The spinoff: Three...
Kyle Palmieri's OT goal helps Devils cool off Red Wings
Kyle Palmieri and the Devils dug deep to cool off the Detroit Red Wings. In a gritty effort, Palmieri scored in overtime as the Devils rallied from a two-goal deficit...
Ted Cruz backs down after Trump threatens to attack him
WASHINGTON — Ted Cruz retreated quickly Friday after Donald Trump warned the fast-rising Texas senator that an attack on him would be futile. "Looks like @tedcruz is getting ready to...
Bronx pol announces side job on same day as Skelos conviction
Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake announced Friday that he’s taking a job as a political consultant — without leaving office. The first-term Democrat’s hiring at Hilltop Public Solutions comes amid calls...
Special-ed school overbilled state $2.5M for salaries: audit
ALBANY — A Brooklyn school for special-education students collected about $2.5 million for expenses that it didn’t deserve, according to an audit released Friday. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said that...
Jury deliberations continue in Maxim fraud trial
The jury weighing the fate of a New York lawyer accused of defrauding investors in a botched attempt to buy Maxim magazine failed to reach a verdict on Friday, its...
Bowles: Jets' offensive explosion thanks to ... Bilal Powell?
For just the second time in nine years, two Jets wide receivers went over 100 yards through the air in the same game. Eric Decker and Brandon Marshall combined for...
DuPont-Dow merger pays off for steady hedgies
Persistence has paid off for Nelson Peltz. The billionaire investor and fellow activist Dan Loeb struggled for about two years to force change at chemical giants DuPont and Dow Chemical...
'Hateful Eight' release moved up to get jump on 'The Revenant'
The Weinstein Co. bumped up the release of Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” to New Year’s Day, giving it an extra week before going head-to-head with Leonardo DiCaprio-helmed “The Revenant.”...
Grand jury meets to consider Sandra Bland case
AUSTIN - A Texas grand jury convened on Friday to decide whether anyone should be criminally charged over the death of a woman who died by hanging in an apparent...
Elon Musk joins tech tycoons in new $1B AI venture
SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives are pouring $1 billion into a non-profit aimed at creating artificial intelligence that augments...
'Luckiest person on earth': Glen Sather's touching, glorious night
EDMONTON, Alberta — The blue banner with orange trim bearing the Oilers’ logo, silhouettes of five Stanley Cups and the name, “SATHER” was raised to the rafters of Rexall Center...
'Literally no one here': Few notice new Fordham coach shocking NCAA
Jeff Neubauer was introduced as Fordham’s new head coach on March 31, just a day or so after his players learned of his existence. After the announcement, they flocked to...
Matchup of Brook Lopez, DeAndre Jordan a study in constrast
Be thankful one guy’s uniform reads “Clippers” and the other’s jersey reads “Brooklyn.” Otherwise, how could you tell the Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan and the Nets’ Brook Lopez apart? You could...
It all falls apart in Rangers' horrid loss to Oilers
EDMONTON, Alberta — The Rangers’ vaunted structure was nothing more than a house of cards on Friday in a 7-5 defeat on Glen Sather Night, which seemed a throwback to...
Why coaching history predicts Bowles will lead Jets to playoffs
History suggests the Jets will make the playoffs this year, making Todd Bowles the fourth straight head coach to lead the franchise to the postseason in his first year at...
Prince Amukamara swears he's put Marshall torching behind him
Prince Amukamara is ready to move on after one of his longest days on an NFL field. If Amukamara still is licking his wounds after being abused by the Jets’...
Lionel Hollins slams 'vocal leadership' in bizarre rant
Nets coach Lionel Hollins is not a fan of vocal leadership. Huh? Last week before the Warriors visited, Nets point guard Jarrett Jack was reminded how Stephen Curry pointed to...
Derrick Henry eyes joining legends as Heisman intrigue builds
Alabama running back Derrick Henry has a firm understanding of who came before him, citing a desire to emulate the playing styles of Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson and Eddie...
This display takes Christmas balls to a whole new level
A Williamsburg resident is celebrating Xmas with a very X rated decoration. He hung Christmas lights in the shape of a penis out of his fifth floor window on 65...
Now you’re out of excuses, Mets: Go get Yoenis Cespedes
Yo, Mets. Make it happen. Michael Cuddyer handed the team an early Christmas gift with his decision to retire. Now go out and use that money to get a game-changing,...
Busted ex-police chief blocked FBI probe of Gilgo Beach murders
Disgraced former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke — who was denied bail on a misconduct case Friday — stymied the FBI’s investigation into the Gilgo Beach serial-killings for years,...
Police 'enforcement actions' drop during de Blasio’s first year
The NYPD took more than 800,000 fewer “enforcement actions” during Mayor de Blasio’s first year in 2014 than in 2011 — cutting stop-and-frisks, summonses for quality-of-life violations and misdemeanor arrests,...
Kristaps Porzingis is legitimizing a Knicks' starting 5 swap
PORTLAND, Ore. — Dirk Nowitzki was the first one to point it out Monday, saying how dangerous the Knicks are offensively when starting center Robin Lopez is out and 7-foot-3...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx A suspect beat up and robbed an 11-year-old boy with whom he was shooting hoops in Norwood, police said. The pre-teen and the suspect, who’s believed to be...