December 26, 2015
Putrid Eagles do Giants no favors as Redskins take NFC East title
PHILADELPHIA — This is what happens when a team leaves its fate in the hands of another. All the Giants wanted for Christmas was an Eagles’ win over the Redskins...
Jets' unsung cornerback making a name for himself
Jets cornerback Marcus Williams was sitting at his locker this week discussing his season when Sheldon Richardson stopped by. “Don’t be modest,” Richardson implored. But Williams was not in the...
Dabo Swinney's trip to top of college football world started at the bottom
Dabo Swinney always expected better, even if he never knew why. While the world kept making a point to tell him that he wasn’t special, he remained irrationally certain that...
Linval Joseph doesn't care ... but can't wait to play Giants
MINNEAPOLIS — Linval Joseph sent a mixed message when he was asked to describe his emotions heading into his first game against his former team. “No emotions,’’ Joseph said, before...
A rare, tantalizing peek into Putin's secret family life
Last week at Moscow’s waterfront World Trade Center, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his annual news conference. He spoke to some 1,400 journalists on issues ranging from corruption to foreign...
Peyton Manning linked to PEDs in bombshell report
A bombshell report released Saturday night placed Peyton Manning in the middle of a drug doping ring and could serve as a stain to the future Hall of Famer’s pristine...
In the TV world, everything is going well until, suddenly, it isn't
Nearly 35 years ago, when I was first assigned this column, NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry, of all people, taught me an important lesson about TV, a lesson that...
Devils still can't put together a win streak, fall to Hurricanes
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Devils just can’t find a way to win back-to-back games. Justin Faulk scored the go-ahead goal 8:17 into the third period and the Hurricanes beat the...
Carmelo Anthony calls out Knicks after meltdown blowout
ATLANTA — Carmelo Anthony was healthy, but in the end, not happy. A graceful start morphed into a disgraceful second half as the Knicks lost their sizzle, became sloppy and...
Dear John: Not all fine and dandy for investors
Dear John: I’d like to ask a question that’s been on my mind for a while. Regarding JPMorgan Chase’s recent $307 million financial penalty settlement: $267 million went to the...
What would make for a just perfect New York sports New Year's
New Year’s Day isn’t just New Year’s Day in my house, and never has been, because that also happens to be the day I entered this mortal coil in 1967....
Jets' Damon Harrison on Monday pain, being grumpy and free agency
Damon “Snacks” Harrison took time out from preparing to devour the Patriots to chew on some questions with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How does your body feel physically right...
Don't get suckered into taking underdog Packers
CARDINALS (-4) over Packers: Cardinals need one more win to clinch first-round bye. So long as Carson Palmer remains upright, this is most creative offense currently operating, with mastermind Tom...
The NHL GMs/coaches who could get same honor as Glen Sather
A couple of weeks ago in Edmonton, Glen Sather became just the third general manager or coach to be honored by his franchise with a banner-raising ceremony, the other two...
Remembering 2015: How Mets, Porzingis, Rangers gave NY hope
So … just when it seemed we were trapped in a dark, desolate sporting place, just when it seemed we might be ensconced and ensnared in the worst period of...
Todd Bowles' era-defining ethos echoes in Jets' Patriots shrug
The blood feud that has raged between the Jets and Patriots during the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady reign of terror doesn’t interest these Todd Bowles Jets. What interests these Todd Bowles...
World Series, firesales, life-changing July 4: 2015 in NY sports
A look back at 2015, when New York sports became relevant again. Mets: A shocking World Series bid Pennant fever: After a surprising ascent to their first NL East title...
Seahawks' secret weapon, Packers' ageless wonder: 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...
Cops search for 2 men in Bronx rival's deadly shooting
Police are searching for the two men captured in this surveillance photo in connection with a shooting that killed a 16-year-old boy and injured another teen during a clash between...
Suddenly Steelers are the team nobody wants to see in playoffs
They’re calling Ben Roethlisberger’s Steelers offense The Greatest Show on Grass — the most explosive machine since Kurt Warner’s Greatest Show on Turf in St. Louis in the late 1990s...
Win-now Rangers defend future, analyze promising prospects
The Rangers haven’t had a draft selection higher than 41st overall the last three Junes, with that pick acquired from Anaheim as part of the Carl Hagelin-Emerson Etem trade, the...
In My Library: Peter Schickele
As his addled alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach, Peter Schickele used to make a hell of an entrance — swinging onto the concert stage on a rope. One night, up in...
Rex Ryan's latest broken vow shouldn't be his death knell
The Rex Ryan honeymoon in Buffalo was a brief one. Barely enough time to visit Niagara Falls. Just 11 months after he made some of his patented politician promises and...
Controversial missed FG gifts Duke thrilling Pinstripe Bowl
Wide right. That is how Duke will remember its first bowl win since 1961 after three straight years of late-game heartbreak. “There were tears on the field,” Blue Devils coach...
New York's comptrollers have a special duty to return tainted cash
Another day, another story of Glenwood Management’s sleazy attempts to buy Albany favors. And another reason for pols, especially those like the city and state comptrollers, to give back the...
Carmen Fariña’s revealing Marie Antoinette comments to parents
When it comes to being out of touch, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña might have just one-upped Cathleen Black. Black, recall, was Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s hapless choice for schools chancellor, who...
Hoverboards sent a lot of people to the hospital on Christmas
Hoverboards were the hottest Christmas gifts of the year — and the most dangerous. Many who found the hands-free scooter under the tree ended up in the emergency room on...
Ryan Fitzpatrick's 11-year dream hinges on besting Tom Brady
The NFL postseason does not officially begin for another two weeks, but the Jets feel as if they have been playing playoff games for the last month. “We’ve probably been...
Nets fall apart early and late in ugly blowout loss
The Nets started the game Saturday playing pretty much like garbage. But they still were virtuosos when compared to how they finished. “Turnovers, bad shots and defensively couldn’t get stops,”...
$241M juggling act: How Yanks tread line between threat and Phillies
Let’s save for another day whether Hal Steinbrenner should have a budget for the Yankees and deal with reality — he does. For luxury-tax purposes, the Yankees had a 2015...
British couple makes history by cloning their dead dog
Laura Jacques and Richard Remde were hardly the only couple to get a puppy for Christmas — but the British pair may be the only ones who received a cloned...
Mom gives birth to a baby boy on Christmas for the second time
Maybe this family should invest in a manger. Little Nicholas Faster was born on Friday morning — exactly two years after the birth of his big brother, Anthony. “It’s a...
The Post's favorite books of 2015
Susannah Cahalan, Books Editor Wondering Who You Are by Sonya Lea (Tin House Books) I admit that I was a little skeptical when this book landed on my desk. The...
Chicago cop fatally shoots college student, mother of five
A Chicago cop fatally shot two people early Saturday while responding to a domestic disturbance, adding to tensions in a city already roiled by recently released video of a white...
Short on All-Star votes, Carmelo Anthony starts politicking
ATLANTA — Carmelo Anthony still has visions of starting in the All-Star Game for a seventh straight season when the extravaganza is held Valentine’s weekend in Toronto. The early returns,...
Elites and media really hate Donald Trump's voters
To hear the patronizing wise men of the Republican Party tell it, anyone who would vote for Donald Trump for president must be deranged. “Trumpkins,” they call them, mental midgets...
Spirit Airlines flight evacuated at LaGuardia
A commercial jet was evacuated after reports of electrical sparks sent fire crews to LaGuardia Airport Saturday morning, officials said. Passengers deplaned from Spirit Flight 197 to Fort Lauderdale just...
Chris Mullin secures his biggest win in form of JUCO star
Chris Mullin’s best present came the day after Christmas. St. John’s secured a verbal commitment from junior college star Bashir Ahmed of The Bronx, landing its top remaining target in...
ISIS leader threatens Israel, says 'caliphate' doing well
BEIRUT — The Islamic State group has released a new message purportedly from its reclusive leader, claiming his self-styled "caliphate" is doing "well" despite an unprecedented alliance against it. In...
6 shows to get you through the post-Christmas blues
You’ve opened your presents, exchanged those you didn’t want and drank all the eggnog your arteries could take. And now what? January is soon upon us. No more parties. No...
Belgian college staff worried Paris attacker had been radicalized
A police commission is interviewing staff at a Brussels college after education authorities failed to act on concerns that a student who later became one of the Paris suicide bombers...
Is Apple actually out of ideas?
After a year of big Apple releases, analysts are predicting a flat 2016, when the world’s biggest tech company refines product lines rather than producing the next big thing. Apple’s...
China expels French reporter who questioned terrorism
BEIJING -- China said Saturday that it will not renew press credentials for a French journalist, effectively expelling her following a harsh media campaign against her for questioning the official...
Record 12,000 candidates register for Iran's February election
Almost 12,000 candidates have registered for Iran's February parliamentary election, state television said on Saturday, breaking participation records at a time of political uncertainty in the Islamic Republic. President Hassan...
Christmas wildfire destroys over 100 homes in Australia
SYDNEY — More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia, forcing thousands to flee...
Residents trapped in homes as tornado slams Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A tornado touched down in north-central Alabama, including part of Birmingham, in the latest wave of severe weather that's hammered the South during Christmas week. The funnel...
Christmas morning fire kills mom and her three kids
LOS ANGELES — Three children and their mother were killed in a Southern California mobile home fire on Christmas morning, while the family's father survived the fast-moving blaze. Neighbors of...
Dad eyed in Christmas murder-suicide of wife and daughter
A New Jersey businessman who sold custom watches to law enforcement officers shot his wife and 8-year-old daughter to death in the couple’s bed and then blew own brains out,...
'No bail plan' making it easier for accused felons to hit the streets
Since Mayor de Blasio’s push to decrease the city’s jail population, suspects charged with serious drug crimes and violent felonies are increasingly going free with little if any bail —...
Cross-country Citi Biker actually made it to California
There were many times that he almost gave up, but the intrepid New Yorker who checked out a Citi Bike in Gramercy Park for a journey across the country has...
New Yorkers bask in Christmas-in-July-like weather
New Yorkers enjoyed record warmth on Christmas by flocking to church, stores and even the row boats in Central Park. Residents and tourists alike took advantage of the July-like temperatures...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A grocery clerk turned the tables on two suspected robbers, grabbing their gun and chasing them away, authorities said. The suspects entered A&B Deli on Schenectady Avenue near Dean...
Yacht of dead Putin aide found abandoned in Australia
The mysterious death of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former chief propagandist in Washington, DC, has taken a new turn Down Under, where his $50 million superyacht was discovered stranded in...