April 16, 2016
Trio of NCAA-bound recruits proves NYC basketball isn't dead
Cardozo’s season ended in disappointment, an upset defeat in the PSAL Class AA quarterfinals. The school, however, won where it mattered most. This week, senior guards Aaron Walker (Manhattan) and...
Pumped-up fans get to celebrate win with this Rangers great
In 18 seconds, Dan Rooney’s Cafe & Bar went from a library to a club, a Blueshirt-themed party breaking out. The long faces were gone - Rangers fans jumping off...
Chris Algieri beaten down by Errol Spence Jr.'s brutal jabs
Errol Spence Jr. was looking to make a big statement fighting in the main event of a nationally televised broadcast from Barclays Center on Saturday night. He did so at...
Even a previously winless team beats hapless NYCFC
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Justin Meram had a goal and two assists and Columbus beat New York City FC, 3-2, on Saturday night for its first victory of the season. Meram’s...
How Tavares' otherwordly play left Jack Capuano tongue-tied
Jack Capuano had to correct himself. He didn’t want his compliment of John Tavares to belittle the captain’s excellence over the past few years, but the coach can’t help but...
What's next? NFL abolishing all game times until the week of?
A waitress in a diner stands at a booth awaiting some customers’ orders while she scratches her rear end. “Do you have hemorrhoids?” one customer asks. “Whatever you see on...
Federal Reserve heads battle over GDP accuracy
It’s a cage match with slide rules between Bill Dudley and Dennis Lockhart over measuring gross domestic product. Dudley, the New York Fed chief, is locking horns with Lockhart, the...
Proof that 'worthless diplomas' are just what city government wants
We never bought Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña’s promise of “zero tolerance” on grade-fixing — but it’s now plain she meant zero accountability. Last week, an arbitrator reinstated ex-Dewey HS principal...
Islanders: Barclays will be hopping like the Coliseum used to
The Islanders were in control for less than 24 hours, taking Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Panthers before losing Friday night in Florida. But even after...
Fresh evidence that Andrew Cuomo's casino gambit is futile
Gov. Cuomo has placed a lot of his chips on new casinos in New York, but a report out last week confirms the bet won’t pay off. The Rockefeller Institute...
You're crazy if you think Hillary is our only option
It happens at the best events — a speaker tries to break the ice with a joke about Donald Trump. After a dig about Trump’s hair or personality, often spiced...
What a difference a year makes for Carlos Beltran
Last season, April was not just a time to forget for Carlos Beltran. It was a time to curl up in a fetal position and weep. The Yankees outfielder started...
Ranking the top LBs, CBs and safeties in the NFL draft
The Post ranks the top linebackers, cornerbacks and safeties in the April 28-30 draft: Linebackers 1. Myles Jack*, UCLA, 6-1, 245 pounds Throwback marvel (can also play RB) who also...
NHL replay rules: Two ways the system can be improved
PITTSBURGH — They got it right in St. Louis on nullifying that Blues goal on the offside video review Friday night, and isn’t that, a) what the rule is designed...
Dear John: Patient in insurance boondoggle
Dear John: In December I was released to go home from the Hebrew Home in Riverdale. However, the rollator ordered by the home was not suitable for me. The driver...
Getting an extension on your taxes isn't the best idea
It’s easy to call off the IRS dogs on Monday and get an extension on filing your tax return, but it might not be a good idea. That’s because the...
Starlin Castro on replacing Cano, Mets' arms and growing up poor
New Yankese second baseman Starlin Castro fielded some questions from Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: You’ve already made the All-Star team three times, how much better can you be? A:...
Rangers not rattled by Penguins coach's surprise big-name move
PITTSBURGH — The Mike Sullivan subterfuge continued, but it mattered little what the Penguins coach said before No. 71 in black-and-gold hit the ice. Evgeni Malkin returned from a monthlong...
'Best player in draft': Surefire star doesn't even know NFL position
Myles Jack is such a football throwback that his game film might as well be in black and white. Logic would seem to make the do-everything UCLA star an outcast...
Robert De Niro recommends these flicks from Tribeca Film Fest
On the Money caught up with Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Robert De Niro to get his recommendations this year. The film actor struggled to single out a project — there...
Hondo needs Bucs
Hondo made progress aplenty Saturday with the Indians, who whizzed past Harvey and the Metamucils to expand the wad to a beefy 341 burgesses. Sunday: Mr. Aitch expects a win...
4 batters turned Matt Harvey into a problem that needs fixing
CLEVELAND — The first inning, you thought: Hmmm. Matt Harvey faced three Indians in that first inning. He threw 10 pitches. Nine of them were strikes, which struck out the...
Viacom's 'sideshow' has Wall Street distracted
Viacom’s next earnings call will be in two weeks. Street analysts are pretty much split on the company’s near-term future. Four analysts have a sell rating and 17 have a...
Will Carmelo's or Phil's belief win out on Knicks' guard targets?
There’s one thing Carmelo Anthony and Knicks president Phil Jackson can agree on: The next starting backcourt is more vital than the next head coach. The need for an upgraded,...
Non-bank servicers creating bigger mortgage problems
It’s hard to find a more sympathetic foreclosure story than Kathleen Conrad’s. The disabled widow of a Marine who served in Vietnam, Conrad, 66, lives in a rundown Westchester house...
Scores killed after massive earthquake rocks Ecuador
PEDERNALES, Ecuador — The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. President Rafael Correa said at least 233 people had died...
Leo joins Hollywood's elite to help Ecuadorian farmers
Leonardo DiCaprio, the Oscar-winning actor and environmentalist who spends his time saving tigers, protecting oceans and dating models, has a new cause: helping Ecuadorian farmers. DiCaprio by investing “mid-six figures”...
It takes more than that to annoy outstanding Henrik Lundqvist
PITTSBURGH — There were the Penguins doing whatever they could to annoy Henrik Lundqvist, flinging pucks at him the length of the ice on delayed penalty whistles, even with their...
Investors get the gold off of banks precious metals manipulation
For many years, precious metal commodity investors have screamed over certain price movements. Then came the convictions and penalties for the banks involved in the Libor rigging scandal, which gave...
Yankees fans are just about fed up with A-Rod
A day off was not the magic formula for Alex Rodriguez to break out of his hitless streak. Instead, he seemed to take a step backward in Saturday’s 3-2 loss...
Stephen Curry's ankle injury mars dominant Warriors win
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry dazzled from long range and drove to the hoop with flair and fire until a tweaked ankle finally slowed him down. Once he sat for...
New York's women are owning the business world
New York City’s women can lean in with the best of them when it comes to running a business. With everything from small florists to high-tech hubs, the New York...
Harvey goes from perfection to disaster as Mets fall to Indians
CLEVELAND — Is there any chance this month is just one big April Fool’s joke on Matt Harvey? The Mets ace could have used a lockdown performance Saturday to regain...
How promising CC Sabathia start dissolved in an instant
CC Sabathia’s 200th start as a Yankee began well. The way it ended, not so much. Sabathia, who worked six innings for a win in his first start this season,...
Yankees through 10 games: This would be their worst nightmare
Happy milestone, 2016 Yankees! You’ve turned 10 games old. Double digits. Now let’s get a look at you… Oh, boy. Brings to mind “The Simpsons” episode when Larry Burns (Rodney...
Ted Cruz wins all 14 Wyoming Republican delegates
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Ted Cruz has nailed down all 14 Wyoming Republican delegates up for grabs at the state party convention Saturday, leaving Donald Trump facing yet another loss in...
Rangers-Penguins gets heated — and tied — in brutal Game 2
PITTSBURGH — This was hard, fast, mean-spirited hockey. This was just the type of game the Rangers had became accustomed to winning over the past few springs. With the 4-2...
Picking USA World Baseball Classic dream team -- if players go
The U.S. Men’s Olympic basketball team will be announced in the coming weeks, but the 30-man pool already made public suggests the best of the best will be part of...
Yankees' clutch problem gets ugly as CC comes apart
The final play of the game looked like so many others in the Yankees’ 3-2 loss to Seattle on Saturday. It looked a lot like plays from Friday’s loss to...
LA police don't have body cameras because of sticker shock
LOS ANGELES — A $58 million plan to equip nearly every Los Angeles police officer with body cameras by the end of the year has been delayed by concerns over...
US frees 9 Guantanamo prisoners, sends them to Saudi Arabia
MIAMI — Authorities say the U.S. has released nine prisoners from Guantanamo Bay and sent them to Saudi Arabia for resettlement. All nine are Yemeni but have family ties to...
These are the people who would lead this great nation?
Just when you thought the 2016 campaign couldn’t get any worse, it came to New York. The past two weeks have provided a distressing reminder of how alternately ridiculous and...
Hunky Justin Trudeau shuts reporter down on quantum computing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBLSjF56S8 The Internet was abuzz with praise for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday after clips showing him schooling a reporter on quantum computing went viral. While political opponents...
Jacob deGrom on medical emergency leave for sick newborn
CLEVELAND -- Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is facing the challenge of his life -- and it has nothing to do with baseball. He was placed on the bereavement/family emergency list...
How Camilla schemed to go from mistress to queen
There had always been only one person with whom Charles could share his deepest thoughts: his adored great-uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten. Convinced that his great-nephew would make a superb king,...
These moms spend thousands on cosmetic surgery to get Coachella-ready
Sarah Mirmelli is ready to face the music. Before heading to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., this weekend, the 33-year-old divorced mother of two blew...
How Saudi Arabia dangerously undermines the United States
Iran is our external enemy of the moment. Saudi Arabia is our enduring internal enemy, already within our borders and permitted to poison American Muslims with its Wahhabi cult. Oh,...
Man critically injured by tractor-trailer in Queens
A 25-year-old man lying in a Queens street was critically injured when a tractor-trailer struck him early Saturday, police said. The truck was traveling north on 58th Street in Maspeth...
Livery slasher may be linked to homeless shelter murder
An alleged slasher cut the neck and back of a livery driver in Queens early Saturday and then left a big tip for cops in the back seat — his...
101-year-old finally gets to attend prom
MIAMI — A 101-year-old Florida woman is getting a second chance at prom. Eleanor Bessin says she attended her prom on a boat in Boston with a man she had...
Pope Francis brings 12 Syrian refugees to Italy
In a move both personal and political, Pope Francis spirited 12 lucky Syrian Muslims back to Rome with him Saturday after an emotional visit to a crowded refugee camp on...
Couple could be jailed for lost library book
TECUMSEH, Mich. — A judge told a Michigan couple they could land in jail for up to 93 days and face a maximum $500 fine for failing to return a...
Edward Snowden is an EDM artist now
Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who in 2013 revealed widespread US foreign surveillance, has released a song with French electronic artist Jean-Michel Jarre, the Columbia record company has announced....
New York's weirdest gems tourists don't know about
If you look beyond the ubiquitous Starbucks coffee shops and Duane Reades, New York City remains a wonderfully offbeat place. Its crannies brim with unexpectedly unique retailers, esoteric museums and...
These guys are deli owners by day, hip music stars by night
Some of the guys behind the gleaming new delicatessen on a corner in Greenpoint are more used to performing onstage and encouraging their fans to dance, than to slicing pastrami...
Social-media bubbles blind us to how much our candidates are hated
Even as Americans talk more and more about diversity, they are increasingly dividing themselves into like-minded bubbles where other people, with other experiences and viewpoints, almost never penetrate. This is...
Bernie: I met with Pope Francis and it was a 'real honor'
ROME — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in an interview with The Associated Press that he met with Pope Francis, describing the meeting as a "real honor." Sanders said...
How Jason Jones and Samantha Bee keep from being miserable parents
As “Daily Show” correspondents, comedy supercouple Jason Jones and Samantha Bee spent every weekend in the Catskills with their kids (ages 10, 7 and 5). But now that they’re each...
The one place in NYC where you can play with fire
I’m holding a pair of felt-covered hangers, swishing them around in what I imagine is a graceful display of raw, sizzling sex appeal. The illusion ends as soon as I...
Hillary made more in 3 speeches than Bernie did in a year
Bernie Sanders and his wife reported their income in 2014 was about $205,000, and they donated $8,350 to charity. Most of the income came from Bernie’s salary as senator and...
MTA to vote on new budget after getting $1B more in state funds
The MTA will vote on yet another capital budget next week — and this time, it will be a bit more robust. The agency, buoyed by getting $1 billion more...
Lawyer who lied about mom's death still can't tell the truth
A Brooklyn lawyer who delayed a trial by falsely claiming to a federal judge that his mother had died has now given the same judge another wobbly excuse — this...
Why Cano is hitting HRs again after suffering a lost season
A healthy Robinson Cano returned to Yankee Stadium on Friday, a much different player than he was for Seattle most of last season — when he was bothered by a...
1 firefighter dead, another injured after shooting
TEMPLE HILLS, Md. — One of two firefighters shot Friday night while making a welfare check in a Maryland suburb of Washington has died and another remains in serious condition,...
Isles run into surprising problem after stopping Panthers' top line
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Islanders have held the Panthers’ leading scorers, Jaromir Jagr and Aleksander Barkov, without a point through the first two games, but the disparity between the teams’...
Woman says Procter & Gamble fired her for being pregnant
A former cosmetics saleswoman for Procter & Gamble is suing the company, claiming she was fired after becoming pregnant and being told earlier by a supervisor that “pregnancy is not...
Mom says city won't turn over records in daughter's lunchtime death
The mother of a 7-year-old girl who choked to death on a sandwich at a Brooklyn school is suing the city for refusing to turn over records about the tragedy....
Meet the women who allegedly slept with Sheldon Silver
One, Janele Hyer-Spencer, is a motorcycle-riding former beauty queen who’d blast around Albany in a Yamaha V-Star motorcycle and who allegedly got two state jobs through Sheldon Silver’s influence. The...
Nets' hiring, firings could signal larger offseason shakeup
The Nets started what is expected to be an offseason shakeup by hiring Ronald Nored as head coach of the D-League Long Island Nets and firing both award-winning trainer Tim...
Waldorf's longest-tenured resident owed $1M when she died: suit
The Waldorf Astoria’s longest residing guest — the agent for celebrities including artist Andy Warhol and British film star George Sanders — owed nearly $1 million in rent and meal...
Trump blasts GOP's delegate system -- again
Donald Trump on Friday again denounced the way GOP delegates are awarded after losing all 34 of Colorado’s delegates to Ted Cruz in what he called a power grab by...
Yoenis Cespedes can thank AL park for his explosion
CLEVELAND — Yoenis Cespedes was sore, but productive. The Mets outfielder took advantage of the rare opportunity to DH on Friday — two days after he went hurtling into the...
It won't be busy Warriors keeping Luke Walton from Phil Jackson
If Knicks president Phil Jackson wanted to talk to Warriors stud assistant Luke Walton during their expected long playoff run, Golden State would not stand in the way, according to...
This TV beauty wants to take a bite out of shark extinction
This beauty’s in “deep” trouble. Brazilian television personality Karina Oliani participates in an underwater photo shoot without any breathing equipment off the coast of Nassau in the Bahamas. Oliani, 33,...
Bartolo Colon is just the coolest man in the world
CLEVELAND — Here’s what I wish for you, dear reader: that in your hour of worry, in your hour of tension, you are afforded the Zen of Bartolo. Actually, I...
Hondo’s Cleveland show
Hondo’s Indians were nipped by the Mets on Friday night, but that damage was largely offset when the Twins broke their 2016 maiden to put the earnings at 236 charboneaus....
Daily Blotter
Manhattan Two Harlem men were shot trying to protect their home from the armed suspects, police said. The intruders knocked on the door of an apartment at West 115th Street...