May 29, 2016
MLBer in dugout gets drilled in head in scary moment
ATLANTA — Derek Dietrich's big day at the plate ended with a scary injury in the dugout. Dietrich hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer and drove in four runs before being...
Mets' inspired rally vs. Kershaw is ruined by Jeurys Familia
An unlikely comeback against the best pitcher in the game led to another rough outing from Jeurys Familia and instead of a thrilling win against Clayton Kershaw, the Mets left...
'Game of Thrones': Daenerys scores a major victory
Warning: This article contains spoilers from "Game of Thrones" Season 6, Episode 6. Emboldened by her fiery display of bravado in the face of the Khaleesi last week, Daenerys (Emilia...
David Wright's injuries may be causing more injuries
David Wright told doctors his sore neck felt slightly better on Sunday, but the team is still waiting for anti-inflammatory medication to take effect and he is scheduled to be...
Two dead, many injured in Houston shooting
HOUSTON — A man came into a Houston auto detail shop and began shooting, killing a man known to be a customer and putting a neighborhood on lockdown Sunday before...
Honor, pride and sorrow: Shakespeare for Memorial Day
Memorial Day inspires mixed emotions: pride in the valor of those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom; sorrow that such self-sacrifice should have been necessary. Pride in...
Honor the cause for which our fallen fought
On Memorial Day, do we affirm our national faith in the justice of our wars, or honor only the individual sacrifice of those who gave the last, full measure of...
What to learn from the city's 270 war memorials
It’s easy to sleepwalk through New York City without noticing everywhere around us the evidence of our military men and women’s ultimate sacrifice. Memorial Day, which many Americans view as...
Kevin Durant after meltdown: Of course I want it too much
Entering perhaps his final game in a Thunder uniform, Monday’s Game 7 in Oakland against the Warriors, Kevin Durant was in the position of having to defend himself. As despondent...
Landlord claims Town Residential owes nearly $300K in back rent
Town Residential, the posh Manhattan real estate brokerage that is being sued by its former head of sales, owes nearly $300,000 in back rent for its office just steps from...
The new trend in street travel: an electric bike
Hoverboards went up in flames last year, but there’s already another gadget riding over their charred remains. Electric bikes have all the hallmarks of the next hoverboard craze. Celebrities like...
Kerr to Knicks? How Warriors' last Game 7 altered NBA dynamic
The last Game 7 played by the Warriors turned out to have major ramifications for three teams — Golden State, the Knicks and the ABC/ESPN No. 1 broadcasting team. It...
Terry Collins on lost Matt Harvey: 'All I know is he's pitching'
The mere mention of Matt Harvey made Terry Collins sigh, a deep exhale of a sigh that perfectly encapsulated the state of the team’s one-time ace. Harvey, still in the...
Hondo: Nighty Knight!
The Yankees, for much of Sunday’s game, looked downright odorous against Odorizzi, but eventually they did just enough to give Hondo a victory that increased his earnings to 581 heeps....
Noah Syndergaard may be back on mound very quickly
The Mets and Noah Syndergaard hadn’t heard from Major League Baseball on Sunday about any further punishment stemming from the right-hander’s ejection Saturday night, when he threw a third-inning pitch...
Yankees choosing rushing Teixeira back over Nick Swisher
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mark Teixeira may not be completely over the neck spasms that hampered him last week, but with the possibility of Dustin Ackley landing on the DL,...
Nathan Eovaldi's evolution to stardom began with a simple grip
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Nathan Eovaldi is quietly becoming a star. In many ways, he is the anti-Michael Pineda. He has made the adjustments that needed to be made to...
Add Villa slip to NYCFC's laments in exasperating draw
New York City FC came tantalizingly close to exorcising two demons: Last weekend’s historic beating at the hands of their archrival, and their home woes that went back a lot...
Yankees won't budge on Pineda, even as options emerge
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — At this point, the Yankees’ faith in Michael Pineda may be blind, but it still is in place, and so is the struggling pitcher’s spot in...
Did Thunder's Game 6 collapse seal their fate? Not to the Warriors
Golden State’s sensational last-minute comeback in Oklahoma City courtesy of the spectacular Splash Brothers on Saturday night may go down as arguably the greatest moment in their history-making, 73-win campaign....
Porzingis vs. Greek Freak in streetball has dancing, so many points
ATHENS, Greece — NBA stars Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks battled it out in Athens in a game of streetball Sunday,...
'All but over': Clinton backer urges Sanders to bow out of race
WASHINGTON — The Democratic race is “all but over” and it’s time for Bernie Sanders to bow out and unite the party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein urged Sunday. “He ought to...
Details of Jets' offer show why Ryan Fitzpatrick isn't biting
The full picture of the contract offer from the Jets to free agent quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is beginning to come into focus. The team offered him a three-year, $24 million...
NBA changes Stephen Curry's point total, creates gambling chaos
Stephen Curry can score a basket in his sleep. That's not hyperbole. After the Warriors' 108-101 Game 6 win Saturday night, in which the Golden State sharpshooter was credited with...
Man shot while playing basketball in playground
A 20-year-old man who was playing basketball in Bedford-Stuyvesant was shot three times in broad daylight Sunday as residents were outside barbecuing across the street, police sources said. The victim,...
Trump at biker rally: Veterans treated worse than illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump drew cheers from thousands of bikers and war veterans Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial during a stop at the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, where he...
Trump won't be 'wasting his time' debating Sanders
WASHINGTON – It's not that Donald Trump is scared to debate Bernie Sanders--he just doesn’t want to spend his time with an also-ran, top aides for the billionaire said Sunday....
Yankees avoid humiliation and steal win in one-hit escape
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — One hit in nine innings produced two runs and a skinny lead for the Yankees on Sunday. To the Rays, who had to face Dellin Betances,...
A complete unknown stunningly wins Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS — An American took the Andretti family to victory lane in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. It just wasn't the driver anyone expected. Alexander Rossi was the...
Ex-cop went to Eliot Spitzer's madam for prostitution advice
The retired NYPD cop busted last week for running a multimillion-dollar prostitution ring sought expert advice from Eliot Spitzer��s madam before getting his business started, the ex-hooker booker said Sunday....
5 reasons New Yorkers should care about this Stanley Cup final
There is a palpable letdown around here when the New York-area hockey teams are done for the summer. With no dog in the fight, it’s hard to garner interest in the...
Syndergaard lobbies for another Dodgers shot in Twitter joke
Noah Syndergaard says he’s fresh, rested and ready to pitch Sunday night, if needed. The flame-throwing Mets starting pitcher took a comical high road, following his ejection from Saturday night’s Los...
Golfer comes through after plunking fan in the face
https://www.instagram.com/p/BF_mtbwHlZh/ Tony Finau hit a woman in the face with golf ball and has never been more popular. The 26-year-old Tour pro was playing the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas,...
Ex-firefighter in pot farm bust wants back in FDNY
The FDNY hires plenty of bad boys, so what’s one more, argues a former smoke-eater who was canned after being convicted of running a Queens marijuana farm. Patrick Murray was...
Meet this year’s crop of crazy Libertarian Party hopefuls
If you thought the major-party nomination battles have been wild rides, buckle up: It’s time to go off the rails of the crazy train with the Libertarians. The nation’s third-largest...
Johnny Manziel publicly menaced for 'dodging' wrecked-car bills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_sIXBLReU4 The car wreck that is Johnny Manziel became literal last month, when he was involved in an accident in which a Mercedes he rented in Los Angeles crashed into...
PA cops say they're being policed by doctors
Port Authority cops want department doctors to stop poking and prodding them so much, according to a federal class-action lawsuit. Officer Joseph Arias of The Bronx was injured on the...
Rubio says he apologized to Trump over 'tiny hands' dig
WASHINGTON – Marco Rubio said Sunday he offered a private mea culpa to Donald Trump for mocking the tycoon's “small hands.” “I apologized to him for that,” Rubio told “State...
2 die in separate incidents on subways
Two men were struck and killed by subway trains in separate incidents in The Bronx and Queens early Sunday, cops said. A man in his 30s jumped onto the tracks...
Motorcyclist in drive-by shot ex's new boyfriend, police say
When a motorcyclist opened fire on the driver of a car on the LIE in Queens Saturday, he was targeting his ex-girlfriend’s beau — while she and the couple’s baby...
Golfer wins BMW with hole-in-one, goes absolutely nuts
James Morrison was out of contention all day at the BMW PGA Championship Sunday, and a final-round 75 dropped him to 47th - but he'll leave Wentworth Club with one...
Soccer star Alan Pulido kidnapped in Mexico
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Federal and state forces mounted an operation Sunday to find kidnapped Mexican soccer star Alan Pulido, who was abducted in the crime-plagued northern border state of...
Egypt hires recovery crew to find flight's black boxes
Egypt has hired a recovery company to help find EgyptAir Flight 804’s wreckage and black boxes in an area of the Mediterranean Sea narrowed down to about 3 miles wide....
Marrying for brains may actually make you smarter
George Clooney may never be confused for a Mensa candidate, but the “trophy husband” can hike his IQ simply by hanging out with his brainy wife, a new study suggests....
Woman who ran away to fight ISIS: 'They're easy to kill'
A young, beautiful and educated woman who dropped out of college so she could fight against the Islamic State has revealed how easy it is to kill militants. Danish woman...
Zoo kills gorilla seen dragging boy who fell into enclosure
Credit: Kimberley O'Connor/ViralHog The fatal shooting of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo to save a child who fell into his enclosure triggered widespread outrage Sunday. A Facebook page titled...
Gunfire-detection system leads cops to shot man
A 19-year-old man was critically wounded when gunfire erupted in the Bronx early Sunday, police sources said. Police found Brandon Rivera after the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system was activated at East...
The most tricked-out home BBQ grills in NYC
Uptown Grill When it came to gearing up his family’s rooftop terrace on the Upper East Side, Lou Switzer, 67, aimed to go simple. “I wanted a standard outdoor barb’,...
Judge orders release of Trump University documents
WASHINGTON — A federal judge is ordering the release of Trump University internal documents in a class-action lawsuit against the now-defunct real estate school owned by presumptive Republican presidential nominee...
My mommy blog ruined my life
There are 4.2 million American mothers — many of whom detest the dismissive term “mommy blogger” — who blog about their family lives, according to eMarketer. Among them are perfect...
3 shot at fraternity barbecue in The Bronx
Three men were shot at a fraternity barbecue in The Bronx late Saturday night, cops said. A 23-year-old was shot three times in the gut, a 20-year-old was shot once...
Inside Bill Clinton's relationship with his 'very good friend'
"I don’t understand why this is such a big deal,” Chappaqua resident Joanna Fisher says of the revelation that Bill Clinton’s nonprofit foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative, pledged $2 million...
Maya Rudolph and Martin Short ham it up on summer variety series
'Maya & Marty' Tuesday, 10 p.m., NBC "Saturday Night Live” executive producer Lorne Michaels is launching a six-episode variety series starring two alums, Maya Rudolph, 43, and Martin Short, 66....
These burgers are hotter than porn
Be sure to clear these burgers from your browsing history. A new book features beefy sandwiches so decadent that it’s called “PornBurger.” Author and chef Mathew Ramsey started cooking and...
Purple ice cream doesn't taste like you think it will
These scoops are a feast for the eyes and the mouth. At 2nd City, a new Filipino taqueria in the West Village (525 Hudson St.), the only dessert on the...
Model shot at T.I. concert slams 'heartless' NYPD
Stunning Bronx-born model and former exotic dancer Maggie Carrie Heckstall last remembers sitting on a couch in the crowded VIP green room — the first drink of the night fresh...
My student threatened to beat me — and I'm the one in trouble
A veteran English teacher at Flushing HS says she was so terrified when a student charged at her and threatened to beat her with a heavy cast on his arm...
Tropical rainstorm on track to disrupt Memorial Day in NYC
If you’re planning a Memorial Day picnic, a trip to the ballpark or any other outdoor fun, try to move it up by 24 hours. Sunday’s beautiful, sunny weather isn’t...
Cops arrest teen brother of child who brought gun to school
Cops have busted the teenage brother of an 8-year-old boy who was caught with a loaded gun inside his backpack in a Brooklyn schoolyard Friday. The 13-year-old, who police say...
Principal who 'fixed' failing grades moves to LI school
The controversial principal of Automotive HS is zooming off to Long Island. Caterina Lafergola is dumping the long-suffering Brooklyn school — which Mayor de Blasio promised to fix with his...
How I went from the star of the FDNY to torching my uniform
Syndie Molina was a star member of the city’s elite rescue-paramedic squad. The FDNY asked her to appear on “Good Day New York” with Regis Philbin and to do a...
Nassau County secures $125K to repair decaying 9/11 memorial
After falling into disgraceful decay, the Nassau County 9/11 Memorial will get $125,000 in state funds to make sorely needed repairs. State Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove) said he secured...
Critics deface Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Trump’s star has been sullied. Angry Angelenos have been desecrating Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star with swastika graffiti, globs of spit and urine ahead of the state’s June...
Geraldine Ferraro's son elected mayor of LI town
John Zaccaro Jr. was elected mayor of Saltaire, LI, on Fire Island. Zaccaro, 52, whose late mother, Geraldine Ferraro, was in 1984 the first female vice-presidential candidate of a major...
How Mike Sullivan emerged from Tortorella shadow 10 years later
It had no impact that my evaluation of Mike Sullivan was wrong when he replaced Mike Johnston behind the Penguins’ bench in December. What is startling, however, is how essentially...
Founder of delivery app scams investors out of payday: lawsuit
Four local “angel investors” claim they were duped out of a massive payday by a Baltimore tech guru who convinced them his app-based business was a flop — before selling...
Junior Gotti breaks down at daughter's Sweet 16 party
John Gotti Jr. has broken the code of omerta — about his daughter’s sweet 16! The ex-godfather’s little girl Gianna looked elegant in two designer outfits, including a princess gown,...
Woman lost her job for not being Jewish enough: lawsuit
A woman claims she was fired by her nonprofit health-care boss because she wasn’t Jewish enough. Helaine Dominguez, 69, says she spent nearly a dozen years working as director of...
Disgraced NY assemblyman wants to run for his old seat
Ex-con former Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro has been discussing running for his old seat, sources say. “He said he’s running for the Assembly and he asked for my support,” said...
'Swear you're not ISIS!': Bosses allegedly target Muslim staffer
A local Muslim maintenance man says his bigoted bosses subjected him to a CIA-style interrogation after the terrorist attack in Brussels. Saeed Aobad, 34, worked for Temco Service Industries at...
White Hollywood only knows how to tell stories about black pain
On Memorial Day, three cable channels will simultaneously premiere what’s meant to be a landmark in American television: the four-night, eight-hour remake of the iconic 1977 miniseries “Roots.” The response...
US Customs bungles Global Entry pass in 'frightening' error
A Manhattan man’s effort to ease his way through US Customs crossed the border into a bureaucratic nightmare. Lee Fine, a 38-year-old software salesman from Chelsea, was thrilled to obtain...
Were the Mets really New York's favorite 1986 team?
It is funny how certain teams assume certain years, right? If you say the year “1970” to a room crowded with New York sports fans, and ask them the first...
Luke Walton: It's 'easy' to ignore the Lakers (for now)
OKLAHOMA CITY — Luke Walton is laser-focused — just not on the Lakers. Or so he claims. With one more Warriors loss, the acclaimed Warriors assistant will start his next...
Missile J defies post position to win Yonkers' Art Rooney Final
Driver Brian Sears captured his fourth Art Rooney Final on Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway. Sears guided the Linda Toscano-trained Missile J to a 2 ¼-length victory in the $300,000...
Obama and Trump are two sides of the same coin
He came, he saw, and he changed the world. Mostly for the worse. As Barack Obama enters the twilight of his reign of error, he is still doing things his...
Life in the Childish States of America
This week we learned that, for the first time in 130 years, more young adults ages 18-34 are living with their parents than in any other arrangement. We also learned...
Clinton has been burying emails since she was first lady
While the State Department’s own internal probe found former Secretary Hillary Clinton violated federal recordkeeping laws, it’s not the first time she and her top aides shielded her email from...
How Raiders have shot at Vegas in an NFL that's shunned Sin City
In what would be a stunning about-face, the NFL appears ready to roll the dice on Las Vegas. League insiders and observers alike describe themselves as blindsided by how suddenly...
UFC champ has done for Cleveland what LeBron James hasn't
Stipe Miocic can recount the heartbreak like each was a permanent scab. “The Cavs lost to Jordan, The Fumble, then The Drive,” he says. “I’m about to cry just bringing...
Red Bulls' ironman journey: from Germany outcast to MLS rock
What did not destroy Luis Robles made him stronger. So, 120 consecutive starts (and finishes) into his Red Bulls career — an ironman record for the MLS — the Red...
NYCFC built a team doomed by Yankee Stadium's field quirk
Yankee Stadium is one of the most iconic venues in any sport in any country. It is New York City FC’s biggest drawing card. It also may be the team’s...
Now David Wright headed for tests on new injury
Just when it looked like David Wright might be coming around, a new injury popped up. After hitting homers in three straight games, the third baseman didn’t play in Saturday’s...
Hondo banks on Yanks
Hondo went to hell in a hand basket Saturday night with the Angels, whose loss to the ’Stros trimmed the earnings to 481 ditmars. Sunday: Mr. Aitch will go with...
Reuniting with my daughter was awkward after she cut me off
I first noticed Nayla was acting strange when she wasn’t replying to my messages about filling out her financial-aid application. We usually spoke on the phone at least a couple...
Vigilante Noah Syndergaard broke key rule of dealing justice
Here is the unwritten rule of baseball the Mets never can forget: If you are going to throw at Chase Utley, if you are going to throw a 99 mph...
Why I had to escape my Ivy League life and disappear
Nayla Kidd was an engineering student at Columbia University when reports that she had gone missing went viral. She was found perfectly healthy nearly two weeks later, only telling police...
Monstrous Klay Thompson stuns choking Thunder to save season
OKLAHOMA CITY — The 73-win, defending-champion Warriors are not dead yet, as the Splash Brothers live to fight another day. Trailing most of the contest and by as many as...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Cops are on the hunt for three thugs who beat up a man and tried to rob him inside a Canarsie car-service establishment last month. One of the crooks...