January 10, 2016
Knicks getting more dangerous as Carmelo's faith grows
This is why it’s OK to get excited about these Knicks. It really is, your heart will not be broken. Yes, Kristaps Porzingis owned the cheers with his spectacular highlight-reel...
One Clemson player will turn Rex Ryan into another screaming fan
PHOENIX — Seth Ryan has spent much of his life around football, watching his father coach in big games. Monday night, the roles will be reversed. His father, former Jets...
Jake Coker finally got a chance to start ... and made the most of it
PHOENIX — Jake Coker’s career was coming to a close and he still was waiting for it to begin. The opportunities that once seemed endless had whittled down to one...
Ricky Gervais kept the cheap shots coming at the Globes
Ricky Gervais was back as court jester at the 73rd annual Golden Globes — and the ceremony started off with a surprise, as Kate Winslet won for her role in...
Meet Clemson's best impression of Darrelle Revis
PHOENIX — You’ve heard of Revis Island. But how about Mackensie’s Manor? Few wide receivers have found the accommodations very appealing. Even fewer offensive coordinators have ventured to explore it. “I...
Swinney sees his grandest vision for Clemson in Saban, Alabama
PHOENIX — They are unbeaten, the No. 1-ranked team in the country and playing for a national championship. Yet, the Clemson Tigers are a seven-point underdog to win the national...
How Aaron Rodgers left the Redskins confused and helpless
LANDOVER, Md. — Speed kills. That’s why the Redskins were left for road kill Sunday night at FedExField, where they were trying to win their first home playoff game in...
Rex Ryan adds brother Rob to staff, and it's already awkward
Bills coach Rex Ryan has hired his twin brother Rob to become a member of his staff. Rob Ryan will serve as assistant head coach with a specific responsibility for the...
The Golden Globes were an absolute joke
Sunday night's Golden Globes were an exercise in show-biz futility. So what else is new? If anyone thought the Hollywood Foreign Press Association would shake things up in terms of...
Deshaun Watson must channel his inner Vince Young to beat Alabama
PHOENIX — Deshaun Watson sounded the same as always, speaking softly, but confidently, describing his excitement with an unchanging calm. The Clemson quarterback knew Monday night marks the biggest game...
It's a shame when our sports stars get caught up in stain of change
Change, we’re told, is an essential good because it’s married to progress. Imagine the ABC Barbara Walters prime-time exclusive with the first Salem witch to beat the heat. Sports? Different...
Bad blood could make this Rangers-Bruins match very interesting
All the ingredients exist to make Monday’s game a drama-filled soap opera when the Rangers face the Bruins for the first time since a Nov. 27 matchup in Boston. In...
American killed in Florence thought she had a stalker
An American woman found naked and dead in her bed in Italy hinted on Instagram weeks earlier that she had a stalker. Ashley Olsen, 35, was found slain inside her...
What Eagles gain even if Tom Coughlin interview goes nowhere
The Eagles confirmed on Sunday they have interviewed Doug Pederson for their vacant head coaching position. Pederson, a former Eagles quarterback, is the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator. Sometime Monday afternoon, the...
Porzingis dazzles with block party in Knicks’ romp over Bucks
In late October, the Bucks served as Kristaps Porzingis’ first NBA test and he passed with flying colors in the Knicks’ season opener with a gritty 16-point, five-rebound night. But...
Donald Trump doesn't care if you talk about his first marriage
WASHINGTON — Dirty details from Donald Trump’s messy divorce from his first wife, Ivana, are fair game, the mogul said Sunday, while warning Hillary Clinton he’ll ramp up attacks on...
The cold never bothered Bud Grant anyway
MINNEAPOLIS — The third-coldest game in NFL history was a summertime walk in the park for Bud Grant. The 88-year-old former Vikings coach sent the crowd at arctic TCF Bank...
A little Russell Wilson magic set up Seahawks for miracle finish
MINNEAPOLIS — Pete Carroll called it magic, Russell Wilson’s teammates called it typical, and what the Vikings called it couldn’t be printed in a family publication. However you want to...
Nets could be looking at some big names to replace Hollins
Now that Lionel Hollins has been fired, the question is who will replace him. Here’s a look at potential candidates: John Calipari Nets CEO Brett Yormark will recruit him hard...
How you should spend your Powerball winnings
So say you win the Powerball on Wednesday. What will you do with the cool $1.3 bill? First, though, splurge on the best in the mags for the ultra-rich to...
Sandy Alderson's trolling of Mets fans isn't earning him any points
Great to hear Sandy Alderson looked healthy Thursday at a Manhattan news conference honoring new Hall of Famers Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey Jr. Although I suspected the feistily erudite...
Obama invites 'Humans of NY' refugee to State of the Union address
WASHINGTON – A Syrian refugee whose plight was featured on a popular New York photo blog will be a guest of honor Tuesday at President Obama’s final State of the...
Time Warner's loyal investors would support sale of company
It’s not just activist shareholders who want to see big changes at Time Warner. Two of the New York media giant’s largest longtime investors are also running out of patience...
Packers wake up in time to truck Redskins out of playoffs
LANDOVER, Md. — The Packers looked as dead as they had looked for most of the last month. Then something clicked. They realized where they were: in the playoffs, playing...
Daily News carnage reaches 'safe' digital staffers
The Daily News bloodbath continues — this time on the digital side. After being assured in the fall during an earlier downsizing that their jobs were safe, about 20 writers...
Cuomo ready to step in to fix city's homeless crisis
Gov. Cuomo decried New York City’s burgeoning homeless population on Sunday and left the door open for a potential Albany takeover of social services aimed at cleaning up bum-filled streets....
RXR plans to bring more food options near Grand Central
Grand Central commuters can look forward to more food options. RXR, which owns 237 Park Ave., is building a 2,500 square-foot restaurant space on Depew Place, the throughway between 45th...
Sorry, but being the old guy at the club just isn't cool
What’s the most popular day of the year to join an online dating site? On or around Valentine’s Day? Over a summer holiday? Maybe after spending all Thanksgiving being the...
Man suffers cardiac arrest after being struck by train
A man was critically injured when he was struck by a train in Williamsburg on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The unidentified victim, who appeared to have jumped, was hit by...
Shot NYPD cop in good spirits after surgery
The NYPD cop who was shot during a chaotic gun battle with a Bronx gangbanger underwent surgery Sunday to have the bullet removed from his ankle, police sources said. Doctors...
The trait that may swing Giants' search away from Ben McAdoo
Even though co-owner John Mara promised the search for a new Giants head coach would be “extensive,’’ it stands to reason if he was sold on Ben McAdoo, he already...
Europe is enabling a rape culture
In the wake of horrifying tales of sexual assault perpetrated by potentially up to 1,000 men on New Year’s Eve, German officials have made two stunning decisions. The first, from...
New Yorkers are about to get free Wi-Fi
Don’t look now, but Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing something pretty cool: a major infrastructure project to improve New Yorkers’ quality of life, but paid for and run by...
It's time to start honoring heroes of the 9/11 generation
In two years, the new Tappan Zee Bridge will be open, but there is still no agreement on what it will be called. Some have suggested the bridge be named...
Why Democrats should dump Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Three cheers for the campaign to oust Debbie Wasserman Schultz as head of the Democratic National Committee: Her efforts to grease every wheel for Hillary Clinton are a disservice to...
Beyond ObamaCare — the light at the end of the tunnel
On their 62nd try, Republicans finally got an ObamaCare repeal bill to the president’s desk. He vetoed it, of course — but it’s still a light at the end of...
Santa Cuomo left some pricey gifts for New York taxpayers
Weeks after Christmas, Gov. Cuomo is still playing Santa Claus — and boy is his bag big. In the runup to Wednesday’s State of the State Address, the governor’s been...
Rangers about to get a Chris Kreider jolt they need
Chris Kreider is “good to go,” according to Alain Vigneault. The Rangers forward, who missed two games after suffering an injury to his right hand during a fight last Saturday...
Will Vontaze Burfict's Bengals fit get Marvin Lewis fired?
CINCINNATI – Fans walked the streets here in the early morning hours Sunday with a look on their faces that said: Did that really just happen? Yes, yes it did....
Bloomberg weighing his chances for presidential run
WASHINGTON – Michael Bloomberg commissioned polling to test his chances for a 2016 independent presidential run, according to a new report. The former New York City mayor hired pollsters last...
Hillary Clinton brushes off latest email accusation
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton Sunday brushed off the latest allegation she mishandled classified information while Secretary of State, insisting "there's no there, there." In an email released Friday, Clinton appears to...
Seahawks survive as Vikings shank chip-shot field goal to win
MINNEAPOLIS — A feel-good story for 59 minutes, The Blair Walsh Project turned into a horror film for the Vikings here Sunday afternoon. The usually reliable Minnesota kicker was left...
It hasn't been this warm in January since Ulysses S. Grant was president
Unseasonably warm temperatures hit the Big Apple Sunday after an early-morning downpour -- and could break a record last set when Ulysses S. Grant was in the White House. Temperatures...
Cam Newton flagged in lawsuit over Nickelodeon TV show
Star NFL quarterback Cam Newton has been flagged in a federal lawsuit over a Nickelodeon TV show that allegedly stole its concept from a lovable lamb. Nick Katsoris, 49, the...
Sting operation finds 37% of bodegas sell booze to minors
It’s sobering news: Minors were able to buy booze at 37 percent of bodegas and liquor stores during a city sting last month. However, some alleged offenders are crying in...
NYC's underground is where ballerinas go to play
It’s the moment they’ve all been training for. Aaron Pegg has been photographing people on the subway for two years as part of his ongoing @underground_nyc Instagram series, but ballerinas...
Couple may lose 200 feet of their apartment to fire exit
A Manhattan couple could be forced to lop 200 feet from their Chelsea condo to create a fire exit for their neighbor. Jeweler Judy Geib has been battling for years...
This is when you're most likely to get a parking ticket
You have five minutes to move your car — or it will cost you. Of the 1.47 million street-cleaning tickets traffic agents gave out in fiscal year 2015, a mere...
Elephants infected zoo workers with tuberculosis: CDC
Seven employees of an Oregon zoo contracted tuberculosis from three elephants in their care in 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. The staff members...
Trump and Cruz locked in virtual tie in Iowa, poll shows
WASHINGTON – Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are locked in a virtual tie in Iowa just three weeks before the important caucuses, while Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are also...
Man dies after being hit by two cars in Brooklyn
A 49-year-old Brooklyn pedestrian was killed early Sunday when he was hit by two cars — including one that fled afterward, cops and kin said. Rodney Graham was trying to...
White House 'appalled' by El Chapo's boasts in interview
A top White House official said Sunday that he was "appalled'' by the comments of Joaquin "El Chapo'' Guzman in the murderous Mexican drug lord's sit-down interview with actor Sean...
It is ridiculously cold at the Vikings-Seahawks game
Lay back on your couch, crank up the over-the-top football music, and enjoy one of the coldest games in NFL history. When the Vikings and Seahawks kicked off on Sunday it...
Child killed in possible 'ritualistic sacrifice' in Florida
CALLAWAY, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida mother who killed her 3-year-old son and stuffed him into a suitcase tried to buy a bus ticket out of town shortly after...
Check out this do-gooder giving the shirt off his back
This video capturing an anonymous man helping out a fellow rider on the NYC subway is going viral. It was filmed by fellow straphanger Lazaro Molasco.
Biologists baffled by hunter's strange kill
A mountain lion, which was legally killed by an unidentified hunter, was found to have a set of teeth growing out of the side of his head. The Idaho State...
Muslim woman kicked out of Trump rally protesting 'hateful rhetoric'
A U.S. Muslim woman who was ejected from a Donald Trump rally in South Carolina while engaging in a silent protest said on Saturday she wanted to make the Republican...
Fatal shooting at Brooklyn house party
A man shot three people — one fatally — in the hallway of a Bedford-Stuyvesant building early Sunday after he was denied entry to a wild house party, cops said....
Nets fire coach Lionel Hollins, demote GM in stunning shakeup
The Nets started their housecleaning early, firing head coach Lionel Hollins and demoting general manager Billy King in a sudden wave of franchise-altering moves Sunday morning. Brooklyn assistant coach Tony...
Swedish airport evacuated after suspicious powder found in bag
HELSINKI — Skavsta Airport in southeastern Sweden was partially evacuated Sunday and flights were delayed when security staff found what they believed was suspicious powder after a passenger had checked...
Italy fears another Amanda Knox saga after killing of American in Florence
https://www.instagram.com/p/6KeSPSoi8-/?taken-by=ashleyannolsen FLORENCE, Italy — Police vowed "maximum attention" Sunday to find the killer of an American found dead in her Florence apartment as Italy's expat community expressed hope that the...
Here's how NYC's skyline is going to change
Give a high-five to the Super Talls — the city’s next generation of cloudbusting towers, shown here as a thundering herd. Love them or hate them, the nine giants in...
Playmates say club used their photos to look like strippers
The naked truth is these Playboy Playmates are not strippers at a Queens jiggle joint, the models claim in a lawsuit. Former Miami Dolphins cheerleader and “Amazing Race” contestant Jaime...
You can blame El nino for your pricey veggies
This is New York’s veggie moment. There are lines outside vegan mecca By Chloe. Dirt Candy has moved to a bigger space. Jean-Georges Vongerichten is getting ready to open his...
Developers just discovered a billion dollars of hidden NYC real estate
For years, Broadway theater owners have been selling air rights above their rather squat, landmarked stages to developers. Developers use those air rights to add extra floors to skyscrapers. But...
EMTs who responded to dying Eric Garner are back at work
Three of the four emergency-service workers who responded to a dying Eric Garner are back at work, while the fourth EMT remains on modified duty, officials said. Meanwhile, The Post...
'Your cancer is your problem' smoker says to neighbor: suit
A Wall Street trader suffering from throat cancer is under assault from his physician neighbor who’s wielding her secondhand smoke as a weapon, he claims. Michael Saperstein, a former Bear...
'Manic' man accused of igniting fire inside Manhattan church
A barefoot man mumbling to himself set fire to two pews in an Upper East Side church Saturday — and then trashed a popular cafe separated from the church by...
City pre-K programs lag behind nonprofits in quality: analysis
City-funded pre-kindergarten programs run by nonprofit, community and faith-based organizations rated an average 12 percent higher in quality than those run by the city Department of Education, a stunning analysis...
'American Crime' creator Ridley offers high praise for young cast
American Crime Wednesday, 10 p.m., ABC In this week’s episode of “American Crime,” Leyland School headmistress Leslie Graham (Felicity Huffman) works to position the institution ahead of the investigation that’s...
Foreign diplomats seem to have no regard for city's parking rules
Foreign diplomats racked up 4,747 parking summonses in the city in fiscal year 2015, records reveal. Their drivers were caught parked in no-standing zones 2,384 times, in front of fire...
The crazy vanity plates on New York cars ticketed last year
Drivers with plates that boast “CRIM1NAL,” “SELFISH” and “MAKEM3” are probably going to park wherever the hell they want — but they’re still getting ticketed. New Yorkers with vanity plates...
'The Big Short' is a $28 million campaign ad for Bernie Sanders
Asked by the Hollywood Reporter why he wanted to make the Wall Street-bashing flick, “The Big Short,” writer-director Adam McKay said he had no political agenda. “As far as having...
Drama between wife, mother-in-law at center of most family rifts
The Bible says, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.” But does he have to cleave so much? A new study...
Drunk with power -- how Prohibition led to big government
If they think about Prohibition at all, most Americans probably accept Columbia University historian Richard Hofstadter’s conclusion that it was a farce, a “ludicrous caricature of the reforming impulse,” an...
What Iowans really think about Cruz, Trump and the GOP
Columnist Lee Rood has written for the Des Moines Register newspaper for 20 years. Every four years, she watches the circus come to town — kissing babies and eating corndogs....
This is the craziest story you'll ever hear out of North Korea
One by one they disappeared — men, women and children vanishing from coastal towns of Japan. It began in the fall of 1977, when a security guard, vacationing on the...
Gregory Meeks has no city permit for his Queens mansion
Rep. Gregory Meeks has been living in his 6,000-square-foot Queens mansion for nearly a decade — without city authorization. He never got a required certificate of occupancy for the custom-built...
Cops help mother deliver baby on Queens highway
Two cops helped a 35-year-old woman deliver her baby boy inside a car in Queens Saturday afternoon. Police got a call at 4:15 p.m. about a woman in labor on...
Officer hands out an astounding 19,000 parking tickets in a year
New York City’s top traffic agent is a relentless, ruthless street-sweeper who slings summonses at a rate of one every 9 minutes, 45 seconds. South Brooklyn’s orange tsunami, Arnous Morin,...
Tom Coughlin to Eagles? Why it's not so far-fetched
Rex Ryan rising again in Buffalo turned out to be the Jets’ worst nightmare when he knocked them out of the playoffs on the last day of the regular season....
2 reasons why it's OK to talk Knicks and playoff race
Late Friday in San Antonio, Spurs grouchy legendary coach Gregg Popovich referred to Carmelo Anthony as “a Hall of Fame player.” He raved 7-foot-3 rookie Kristaps Porzingis will become “great.”...
Woman sues Sloan Kettering for 'missing' deadly cancer
A Manhattan cancer volunteer claims Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center missed her own breast cancer. “I had a big dream to help women and make a difference,” Helene Saidi, 52,...
Why this Alabama defense could be best in school history
PHOENIX — Stifling defense has been synonymous with Alabama since Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa. Each of his three national championship teams — in 2009, 2011 and 2012 — were...
Clemson teammates form brotherhood from two tragic losses
PHOENIX — So many nights, the lights stayed on. So many times, there were more things to say than time to share it. Clemson defensive tackles Carlos Watkins and D.J....
After childhood challenge, pressure no big deal for Alabama kicker
PHOENIX — The stage won’t be too big for Adam Griffith on Monday night. Pressure? A football game, albeit a national championship game, isn’t pressure, not where Alabama’s place-kicker has...
Out-of-control Bengals can't stop Willis Reed-like Ben Roethlisberger
CINCINNATI — You can look at this wild, crazy, vicious wild-card brawl between the Steelers and Bengals two ways, and you would be right on either: Ben Roethlisberger refused to...
The one bright spot in the Nets' latest ugly loss
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — There were precious few bright spots from Saturday’s blowout loss in Detroit. Actually, Donald Sloan might have been the only one. The Nets have struggled horribly...
Serby's first NFL mock draft of 2016: A non-QB will go No. 1
The Serby NFL Mock Draft Version 1.0 takes a stab at the top 10 picks, which includes the Giants at No. 10, and includes an early guess at the Jets...
'ISIS sympathizer' charged with attempted murder of Philly cop
Philadelphia authorities brought attempted-murder charges Saturday against an ISIS sympathizer who allegedly shot a uniformed cop in a hail of 13 bullets. Edward Archer, 30, was denied bail at arraignment....
Trump praises Kim Jong-un's murderous ascent to power
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un for consolidating power by murdering his rival relatives. “This guy, he’s like a maniac, OK? And you’ve got to give...
Germans clash over ‘rapefugees’ who carried out mass sex attack
German protesters seething over a series of sexual assaults of women by migrants on New Year’s Eve brought tensions to a flashpoint in Cologne, where police unleashed water cannons and...
How Blue Jackets blockbuster feeds Tortorella culture change
From the first moment, it seemed as if you could have substituted the name “Marian Gaborik” for “Ryan Johansen,” then simply colored by the numbers throughout the saga in Columbus...
Hillary calls Republican rivals 'dangerous' in new TV ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDFhwWy0a2E Hillary Clinton labeled her Republican rivals “backward and dangerous” on the issue of the Mideast in a new TV ad her campaign released Saturday. The 30-second TV spot, entitled...
Pacman Jones blames Bengals meltdown on refs in crazed rant
Warning: Explicit content After drawing what turned out to be a season-ending penalty during a wild finish to the Bengals' 18-16 loss to the Steelers, Adam "Pacman" Jones took to...
Bad NYC high school kids can now 'get away with anything'
A student at the Adlai Stevenson HS complex in The Bronx was caught in October with seven baggies of marijuana — a violation that in prior years would have resulted...
Steelers steal one as Bengals implode in dramatic, crazy finish
CINCINNATI — A TV monitor in the Bengals’ postgame locker room showed a quote from the team’s founder. “The key to winning is poise under stress — Paul Brown,” it...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan A suspect robbed two banks nine days apart in Tribeca and the East Village, cops said Saturday. In both crimes, the thief passed a note to tellers demanding cash,...