August 13, 2016
Why Ben McAdoo can return the Giants to glory
Bill Parcells won his first preseason game as Giants head coach. Tom Coughlin won his first preseason game as Giants head coach. Ben McAdoo McAdidn’t. It means nothing, of course,...
Men benefited from preferred treatment at CUNY program: suit
Men had it made at this CUNY art program, according to a lawsuit. Males at the Art History program at CUNY’s Graduate Center got better financial aid, were excused from...
When superstar athletes take the time to interact with fans
This was the spring of 2007, and David Wright already had been signing autographs for 45 minutes in the hot Port St. Lucie, Fla., sunshine. His workday was over. The...
Mariano Rivera gives a playful dig to the married Derek Jeter
As the years passed and the celebrity girlfriends changed, it was unclear if Derek Jeter ever planned on getting married. Apparently, the legendary Yankees shortstop wasn’t sure, either. “There was...
Mets snap 4-game skid with quirky win in 11th in Reyes' return
Wilmer Flores’s ground ball up the middle had double play written all over it. Flores busted it out of the box, hoping to beat the throw. Neil Walker darted home,...
Swiss private bank linked to Malaysia scandal
A former unit of US insurance giant AIG is in the crosshairs of global regulators on an international hunt for billions of dollars — hot money misappropriated, they suspect, from...
Dear John: We’d best tread lightly with China
Dear John: I just read your response to a letter about your recent column on Trump, China and tariffs. I agree with you, except for your take on the situation...
Bradley Wright-Phillips makes history in Red Bulls win
Bradley Wright-Phillips scored two goals to become the Red Bulls' career leader and Sach Kljestan tied the club record for assists in a season in a 3-1 victory over the...
Todd Bowles doesn't ease up on Jets in punishing heat
Todd Bowles did not mind his players feeling the heat. The Jets coach did not shorten practice Saturday just because the heat index made it feel like 106 degrees on...
This app makes bringing the kids to the movies much easier
Hollywood and Silicon Valley Executives Matthew Bakal and Ameesh Paleja jointly founded a new tech startup app called Atom Tickets that aims to solve a few challenges of filmgoing. Say...
Michael Phelps wins 23rd gold medal in last-ever Olympic race
Michael Phelps closed out the Rio Olympics in the only way imaginable. Golden. Phelps put the United States ahead to stay on the butterfly leg of the 4x100-meter medley relay...
Breaking down fantasy football QBs: Scrap luxury signal callers
Most people would love to own an Italian sportscar. They’re sleek, illicit gawking envy from onlookers, and you might even get some extra attention from the ladies. But what do...
US women's swim team takes Olympic gold in medley relay
Simone Manuel anchored the U.S. women's 4x100 meters medley relay team to the 1,000th gold medal in her country's Olympic history on Saturday, and the second of her career. The...
Prince George's first car is up for sale
Now this is a royal ride. The Range Rover Vogue SE that brought the future King of England home from the hospital is being auctioned on a site called CharityStars.com....
Interior designer makes life easy for hedge fund clients
You have heard of Stepford wives? Now there are Stepford homes. Interior designer Gale Sitomer is always there for her high-net-worth hedge fund clients. Sitomer-designed homes are top shelf —...
Why Leonard Williams could make the Jets D-line best in NFL
If you're wondering how good the Jets’ defensive line is right now, consider this: Leonard Williams, who was labeled the best player coming out of the 2015 draft, is the...
Spieth who? Olympics golf turns out to be pretty great
This experiment of golf in the Olympics for the first time in 112 years got off to a rocky start. But now, as it comes to its climax with three...
Wilhelmina to feature transgender model this fall
For the first time, modeling agency Wilhelmina this fall will field a transgender model in its “show package” — the premier group of faces sent to designers and editors and...
Giants' best pass-rush prospect flashes breakout skills
Are these three little words really the secret to success for Owa Odighizuwa? “Let it rip.’’ Those are Ben McAdoo’s marching orders to the second-year defensive end, coming off a...
Stuck-in-the-past Bill de Blasio still thinks more housing will end homelessness
Like most left-wing Democrats, Mayor de Blasio remains hopelessly mired in the past, declaring — as he did again just last week — that “the solution to homelessness” is more...
Why would anyone believe Hillary’s promise of 10 million jobs?
Hillary Clinton was scheduled to lay out her economic plans Thursday but instead spent much of her time bashing Donald Trump — and offering little of anything new. No wonder:...
Production company behind 'Spotlight' could be for sale
Anonymous Content, the production and management firm behind “Spotlight,” the Oscar-winning movie about the Boston Globe’s investigative team that uncovered serial sexual abuse by priests, is again discussing a possible...
How Girardi, Yankees are adjusting to end of A-Rod era
On the field, it was easy to forget Alex Rodriguez was gone. It had been awhile since he was a regular part of the Yankees’ starting lineup, and even longer...
1996 Yankees back in spotlight: 'You never forget your first'
The pinstripes had lost some of their luster. Eighteen years had passed since the Yankees won a World Series, the longest drought since Babe Ruth led the team to its...
City's tax lien is squeezing Brooklyn's neighborhoods
In the past 15 years, New York City pulled in more than $1.3 billion from its annual tax lien sale — often by squeezing struggling families in eastern and central...
Have the Yankees surrendered their way into playoff picture?
The Yankees are surrendering their way into contention. It feels as if they trade just one more star or have another teary-eyed press conference to announce a veteran’s departure, they...
Money laundering has Wall Street freaking out
Wall Street executives are freaking out under the strain of widespread money fraud. More compliance cops, more technology and expanded budgets are needed, they warn, to help stem the flood...
This is the coolest cab ride in the city
It’s the coolest ride in the Big Apple! Cabbie MD “MacGyver” Al-Mamun is helping New Yorkers beat the heat by rigging his front seat air conditioner with duct tubing —...
It's time to start worrying about elder care costs
Last week, the two presidential candidates laid out their economic plans. Both plans touch on caregiving, albeit differently. Donald Trump’s has a $10,000 tax savings on child care, while Hillary...
Rio finally solves their Olympic diving pool problem
RIO DE JANEIRO — Olympic officials gave up on cleaning the green-tinged water in one of the pools at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center. Instead, they began draining it Saturday...
Ibtihaj Muhammad, first US Olympian to wear hijab, wins bronze with women's fencing
U.S. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad came to the Rio Games determined to show the world that sports is a place where Muslim-American women can excel. Muhammad will return to New Jersey...
Ben McAdoo's blunt response to Giants' turnover problem
After Ben McAdoo’s first preseason game as a head coach, he sounded just like so many men who came before him when analyzing what went wrong in a 27-10 loss...
Del Potro ends Nadal's bid for 2nd singles gold
Rafael Nadal's bid for an unprecedented second Olympic singles gold medal ended with a thrill-a-minute semifinal loss to Juan Martin del Potro. Del Potro, who earned a bronze for Argentina...
New-look Yankees pound Rays on day 1996 title team honored
The Yankees are embracing their “Out with the old, in with the new” mentality more than ever before. And so far, it seems to be working. Newcomers Tyler Austin and...
NYC's buzziest restaurants hate old people
To the lumbering herd of “microagressions,” add a gastro-ageist one — New York City restaurants’ undeclared war on clientele over age 50. At a spry but irreducible 66, I can...
Queens imam and his assistant executed in broad daylight
A beloved imam and his assistant were gunned down execution-style in broad daylight Saturday as they walked home in their traditional robes after prayers at a Queens mosque — and...
Critics eye 'social promotion' as more kids pass NYC summer school
Summer school is now a breeze in New York City — with the percentage of students who flunked the remedial classes hitting a five-year low in 2015, The Post has...
History-making rookies jump-start Yankees' youth movement
Forget making an impact, Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge made history on Saturday. After being called up earlier in the day, the two longtime prospects became the first teammates in...
Russia's sole track and field athlete suspended from Olympics
Russia's sole track and field competitor at the Rio Olympics, Darya Klishina, has been suspended from the Games, a source told Reuters on Saturday. No details of the suspension were...
Hope Solo admits she's bad at losing after calling Swedish team 'cowards'
US goalie Hope Solo took her foot from her mouth long enough to offer an apology of sorts after branding the Swedish team "cowards" after getting booted from the Games...
Lawsuits, betrayals and jealousy: What 'War Dogs' doesn't show you
It looks like the adventure of a lifetime: Two gun-dealing stoners bump and grind through Iraq’s so-called Triangle of Death. Crates of Berettas rattle around in the back of their...
Why Joe Girardi could be perfect fit for new Yankees prospects
As preparation for the Yankees, Joe Girardi’s one year managing the Marlins had value. After all, he had to deal with a meddling, impetuous, high-strung owner in Jeffrey Loria and...
Pedestrian dies after dollar van hit-and-run in Brooklyn
A dollar van driver killed a pedestrian and critically injured his wife in a Brooklyn hit-and-run Friday night. The couple, a 47-year-old man and his 50-year-old wife, were crossing Flatbush...
Escape the gross weather in these cool basement bars
These dog days of summer are bringing us blistering temps and stifling humidity, making NYC feel like a perpetual sauna. And with no end in sight this weekend — more...
Gwyneth's pretentiousness may be a good thing after all
Pretension is something we all love to hate. We crave authenticity in our artists and culture, and pretending to be something you’re not is the loathsome opposite. Pretension makes us...
DMC is still the King of Queens
There aren’t many more distinguished members of New York City hip-hop royalty than the King DMC, a k a Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC. The rapper — whose new book, “Ten Ways...
Why is America still freakishly obsessed with JonBenet's murder?
This past Wednesday, CBS announced it would soon air a three-part documentary called “Case Closed: JonBenet Ramsey,” which seeks to solve the 1996 murder of the 6-year-old pageant queen, found...
Inside this beautiful lighthouse's dark, murderous history
Halfway between New Rochelle and Sands Point, in the Long Island Sound, an old lighthouse stands 1,400 feet from shore, ruled by a flock of seagulls and haunted by a...
Rapper claps back at Wendy Williams: 'Nobody can tell me how to live my life'
Brooklyn rapper/music producer Safaree Samuels, aka Scaff Beezy, will make his “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” debut on the show’s Season 3 premiere (Monday night on VH1). Samuels, who dated...
Cops search for suspect named Pablo Escobar
Pablo Escobar -- a guy from Queens, not the Colombian druglord-- is wanted for snatching a gold chain from a 4-year-old girl in Astoria Friday night. Escobar, 22, stole the...
Anthony Weiner caught in new flirty online chat
First he was Carlos Danger. Now — in yet another sexting scandal — he’s a randy “mongoose.” Sext fiend Anthony Weiner boasted of his animal prowess �� claiming he was...
Newspaper extends contest to find new owner
HARDWICK, Vt. — The owner and publisher of a weekly newspaper is extending an essay contest to find a new owner for it after failing to get enough entries. Ross...
Cop shot dead during traffic stop in New Mexico
Three suspects were in custody Saturday after investigators said one of them shot a New Mexico police officer in the neck during a traffic stop, killing him, before trying to...
Ranking Rihanna, Kendall and all the September cover girls
The September glossies at a glance: which ones are stepping up their style game and which are falling flat.
Bullied 13-year-old left heartbreaking letter before killing himself
A 13-year-old Staten Island boy took his own life on Thursday after students at the private school he was attending bullied him mercilessly, his family said on Friday. Danny Fitzpatrick...
Joe Girardi reduced to tears after draining A-Rod week
A stressful final week of managing Alex Rodriguez took its toll on Joe Girardi, who openly wept during his postgame press conference following A-Rod’s final game as a Yankee. Peppered...
Bill Clinton accuses FBI of serving up a 'load of bull'
Bill Clinton is accusing the FBI director of serving up “the biggest load of bull I’ve ever heard” — marking the first significant public comments from the husband of the...
What Mets must do to keep season from spiraling out of control
In October the Mets were in the World Series. Now they have entered a Summer of Losing. The defending NL champs, who had such high aspirations this season, dropped to...
How did Jets fare in preseason Week 1? Here are 4 takeaways
It was hardly artistic, but it was a preseason opener, so what did you expect? Jets 17, Jaguars 13 Thursday night at MetLife Stadium did, however, provide some glimpses into...
Clinton fields softball questions in podcast interview
She hasn’t had a formal news conference in 251 days, but Hillary Clinton found time to record a podcast released Friday to answer questions that voters likely couldn’t care less...
Yankees will call up rookie slugger now that A-Rod's gone
The Yankees’ youth movement will continue on Saturday, the same day the franchise will celebrate a proud moment from the past. On the day the Yankees will honor the 1996...
Fantasy baseball: Why owners should dump Bryce Harper
Fantasy owners probably can hear the Jerry Seinfeld joke starting: “What’s the deal with Bryce Harper?” No matter how you slice it, it has been a down year for the...
Priebus: Don't sweat Trump's bad press
Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus told an audience at a Donald Trump rally to ignore the bad press — and likened Trump’s fight to become president to James Madison’s...
Hackers release phone numbers of House Democrats
The Democrats have been hacked again. Guccifer 2.0 has swiped a trove of private cellphone numbers and personal e-mail addresses of Democrats in the House of Representatives, posting them online...
Ex-Mets GM Steve Phillips' regret: A-Rod and '24-plus-one'
Steve Phillips still believes his position was correct. It was the way he handled it that was all wrong. When Phillips, then the team’s general manager, and the Mets pulled...
Iona track star: A US serviceman and Olympic runner
Leonard Korir came all the way from Kenya to Iona, but he didn’t do it just for himself. He wanted to be part of something greater than just one person,...
Car dealers got a bump despite a tough July for retail
Americans in July continued to splurge on cars — but they certainly weren’t driving them to the mall to go shopping. Retail sales in July were “virtually unchanged” from June,...
Hondo has two for the show
Not even Hondo’s golden touch could prevent the Angels from losing their eighth straight, which happened Friday night in Cleveland and caused the earnings to fall to 3,567 moyers. Saturday...
Two impressive Giants rookies exit with injuries
First-round pick Eli Apple and second-round pick Sterling Shepard played in their first NFL preseason game Friday night, but neither was around at the finish, as both rookies were forced...
NJ's Shakur Stevenson fighting for a golden future
All eyes will be on Newark native Shakur Stevenson when the 19-year-old makes his Olympic boxing debut Sunday morning in Rio de Janeiro. Those eyes will include prospective promoters looking...
Trump: The only way I can lose Pennsylvania is if 'they cheat'
Donald Trump told supporters in Pennsylvania Friday night that the only way he could lose is if “they cheat.” “She can’t beat what’s happening here,” Trump said of Democratic presidential...
Man who had lost $5K returned took $7M from mom
A Manhattan man who once carelessly left a billfold stuffed with $5,000 cash in a Bloomingdale’s is now accused of stuffing his pockets with $7 million he stole from his...
Mark Teixeira's 'special' memory of A-Rod: A Rangers dinner
Mark Teixeira was used to the scene at Yankee Stadium on Friday night. In recent years, he had watched longtime teammates and all-time greats — Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter —...
New Yorkers on Olympics: You call that handball?
Gloves? Goalkeepers? A net? New York’s handball players gave a big “WTF?” Friday when asked about the Olympic version of their gritty sport. “Olympic handball is stupid,” Eddie Correa of...
Ryan Nassib's outing makes Eli Manning even more valuable
After three years of inactivity, Ryan Nassib’s moment finally arrived Friday. It turned out to be a night to forget. Nassib, drafted in the fourth round in 2013 to be...
Apps see surge in riders willing to get comfy with strangers
New York commuters are getting comfier about sharing cars with strangers. Since May, more than 100,000 people in Manhattan have used Via — a New York-based app that plots routes...
Aaron Hicks continues uptick with one boo-silencing swing
Boo this! Yankees fans packed the Stadium on Friday to see Alex Rodriguez’s final game in pinstripes, and they clearly wanted him to take disappointing outfielder Aaron Hicks with him...
Users slam NBC’s 'frustrating' Olympics streaming app
As they struggle to stream live video coverage of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, many users of the NBC Sports app are feeling the agony of defeat. NBC Sports’ app...
How Giants WR Sterling Shepard honors late father's legacy
You bet Sterling Shepard thought about his late father on the night he proudly followed him into the NFL for the first time. “I always think about him,” Shepard told...
The Clintons had a tough 2015 -- with an income of $10.6M
Hillary and Bill Clinton had to get by on a mere $10.6 million in 2015 — the lowest income posted by the couple since 2009, according to tax returns released...
David Tepper's hedge fund exits Facebook, Delta and others
David Tepper’s Appaloosa hedge fund is so over Facebook. The fund completely exited its position in the tech darling during the second quarter, it disclosed in a regulatory filing on...
A-Rod's legacy: Hero, villain and everything in between
Alex Rodriguez was horribly great for baseball. He loved the game and all its nuances as much as any player I ever have covered. And his actions were as destructive...
‘Suicide Squad' soundtrack is looking lively at No. 1 spot
No jokers here. Warner Music Group is celebrating a second straight summer with a blockbuster movie soundtrack on its hands. “Suicide Squad: The Album,” which was released last week along...
A-Rod's fitting Yankees finale: The imperfect, perfect ending
The final contrivance in a week overloaded with them came in two parts, three if you include the sight of Joe Girardi hopping out of the first-base dugout, lineup card...
Fariña must tell judge why computer failed special-education students
Department of Education Chancellor Carmen Fariña will have to tell a judge why the city’s school system has failed special-education students, a new ruling says. Manhattan Judge Lynn Kotler ordered...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Cops are looking for a suspect who allegedly shoved a 74-year-old man down a flight of stairs at a Claremont apartment building and then tried to rob him....