August 27, 2016
Two horrific holes spoiled Phil Mickelson's Barclays surge
It looked like Phil Mickelson was going to make the New York fans happy early on Saturday afternoon. The galleries swelled as he crossed Round Swamp Road for his final...
Why Cuomo wants you to pay unions to build luxury housing
What Andrew Cuomo did this month was like a parody of a black-and-white 1940s movie about beefing kids in the alley. Bully No. 1 has a baseball bat: “Why I...
The 5 men and 5 women to watch at US Open
The US Open, the final major of the year, begins Monday in Queens, focusing the spotlight on the true superstars of tennis and the up-and-comers trying to crack the sport's upper echelon. Here...
Patrick Reed slips up and calls Bethpage crowd 'obnoxious'
Near the end of a round like this, it would be easy to understand Patrick Reed showing some frustration. So in the context of saying that the New York fans...
Jets' offense sets off alarms as defense shuts down everything
It is fitting that the preseason game between the Jets and Giants is known as the Snoopy Bowl because Saturday night, the Jets’ offense looked like something that belongs in...
Giants' last real offense tune-up as demoralizing as it gets
If Ben McAdoo, Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr. and the rest of the Giants cast is attempting to lull the Cowboys’ defense into a sense of security for the regular-season...
Want to live longer? Choose family over friends
Maybe blood really is thicker than water. A recent study from the University of Chicago found that people who had close relationships with family members lived longer than those who...
Michigan's breakout star has no position -- but all the talent
Two years ago, Desmond Howard visited Michigan practice and left disgusted. He didn’t like what he saw. Yes, it was practice, but the effort was poor, the execution lacking. This...
The Post's guide for fans to enjoy the US Open
The thing about the U.S. Open tennis tournament is it remains a wonderful event in the New York sporting calendar — if you can afford it. And here’s the thing...
Mets' cavalry stomps on Phillies as wild-card race getting close
Eight days ago, the Mets were lost, wobbling toward irrelevancy, fading away in the wild-card race. A little over a week later, they have a pulse and the belief a...
Rutgers coach Chris Ash on Phil Jackson, non-negotiable issues
Steve Serby sits down for some Q&A with new Rutgers coach Chris Ash. Q: What do you want the on-field personality of your team to be from Day 1? A:...
Inside FDR's wartime mission to protect American treasures
Early in the evening of Dec. 26, 1941, a train bound for Fort Knox pulled out of Union Station in Washington, DC. Four Secret Service agents stood guard over an...
The Post's college football Top 25: No. 1 just keeps reloading
The third year of the playoff era begins the same as so many other seasons started over the past half-century. Alabama is again the envy of the nation, coming off...
In My Library: Art Parkinson
Art Parkinson’s had a tumultuous life so far: He outran an earthquake in “San Andreas” and was felled by an arrow on “Game of Thrones” — all before he turned...
Adam Scott gives master course on how to deal with golf demons
Adam Scott finally had enough. He was tired of watching his game flatline because of his faulty flat stick and decided — to borrow from Peter Finch in the movie...
How divorce can stand in the way of a mortgage
Dear John: I’m trying to help my daughter get a mortgage. She’s in the midst of a messy divorce. Her soon-to-be ex hasn’t worked (or looked for a job for...
More happy talk on the city's worst schools
Chancellor Carmen Fariña is still full of happy talk about the Renewal progam — Team de Blasio’s bid to fix 86 failed schools rather than close them. But the teachers...
Team Obama's new low in the name of 'trans rights'
One of the top guardians of American freedoms just entered the fight against the Obama administration’s insane excesses in the name of “trans rights.” The Department of Health and Human...
New Open milestone teases Serena year after it all went wrong
The new $150 million white retractable roof atop Ashe Stadium is big and beautiful, but nothing is bigger in tennis than Serena Williams. There are only a select few sporting...
How Gary Sanchez wowed Buck Showalter without using a bat
Everyone — really, everyone — is caught up in the scintillating offensive start Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez has forged. So both managers Saturday, Orioles’ Buck Showalter and the Yankees’ Joe...
WRs now rule fantasy football — which to target, which to avoid
In the fifth of a six-part fantasy football draft preview series, The Post looks at wide receivers. Next week: Latest draft trends and changes. There has been a fantasy revolution...
It's 'digital heroin': How screens turn kids into psychotic junkies
Susan* bought her 6-year-old son John an iPad when he was in first grade. “I thought, ‘Why not let him get a jump on things?’ ” she told me during...
How Mickelson, MLB's Arroyo have brightened one girl's life
More often than not, high-profile athletes perform charitable acts in relative anonymity. Sometimes you hear about them, but mostly you don’t. In the case of a young girl from Jacksonville,...
'My life flashed before my eyes': Richard Branson recalls crash
Last week Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson was involved in a serious bicycle crash in — where else — Virgin Gorda in the Caribbean islands. Branson, 66, recounted on the...
The Ryder Cup hangs over battle atop Barclays' leaderboard
They won’t be playing for Olympic gold, but there will be plenty at stake on Sunday when Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed pair in the last grouping for the final...
Viacom eyes BuzzFeed as it seeks to connect with millennials
It’s funny how frequently Viacom board member Ken Lerer has been cropping up in news stories of late. Lerer, the onetime AOL communications boss who went on to make millions...
MTV moves editorial operation to Los Angeles
It’s time for some end-of-summer TV craziness. And we’re not talking about presidential campaign coverage. The Video Music Awards will be presented Sunday night in New York, but On the...
EpiPen debacle is symptom of sick health care under Obama
Last week all the things that ail our crummy, screwed-up health care system were on full display. The linchpin of the problem is the EpiPen debacle and the geniuses at...
How Yankees' unstoppable bats are hiding rotation mystery
The deficit of 2 ½ games that stands between the Yankees and what would be perhaps the most unlikely postseason berth in franchise history is manageable, of that there is...
Soledad O’Brien will soon return to TV as host of political show
Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien is celebrating her 50th birthday Sept. 19, but don’t expect her to be sleeping in and guzzling champagne. O’Brien tells On the Money she’ll be...
How to deal with colleagues freezing you out
You'd think that showing up at the office with homemade brownies would be a good thing. But Kathy, a 30-year-old creative manager at a Midtown marketing firm (who asked that...
Mom's inside story of Victor Cruz's heartbreaking fall and rise
Victor Cruz caught just one pass for 4 yards. He was too busy chipping off the rust from nearly two years away from the game he fell in love with...
Lawmakers eye protections for reverse-mortgage borrowers
New York lawmakers are moving to boost protections for reverse-mortgage borrowers in foreclosure — after a report by The Post. Last month, The Post broke the story about a rising...
How do I get my co-workers to stop treating me like an intern?
I accepted a full-time job with the company where I just completed an internship. The problem is, I feel as if people are still treating me like I’m the intern...
Hedge funds stoop to new lows after mishandling fees, accounts
Wall Street’s “alternative investments” are absolutely dying for your business. Hedge funds this year have been roiled by a series of heavy fines and a record $56 billion in customer...
Mom who died saving son kept him above water until rescue
SALT LAKE CITY — A mother was enjoying a family boat trip across Lake Powell when she heard a scream and splash. Her 2-year-old son had slipped off their houseboat...
How model for Yankees' vision shows lightning-rebuild hope
Dave Dombrowski’s parting gift as Tigers general manager could of all things become a problem for the Red Sox’s president of baseball operations — Dave Dombrowski. The young starters obtained...
Are celebrity wine-makers destroying an ancient art?
The wave of celebrities who dabble in winemaking, led by the likes of Trudy and Sting, Angelina and Brad, is turning tidal. Summer brought the launch of Drew Barrymore’s signature...
Gary Sanchez isn’t human in history-making onslaught
This is getting ridiculous. Gary Sanchez homered again for the Yankees on Saturday, a news flash that is becoming as common as announcements it is hot in the Sahara Desert,...
Cops arrest 3 roommates after finding drugs, guns in apartment
Three East Village roommates were busted Friday after cops found a stash of guns and drugs in their apartment – the second time this week one of them was put...
Hillary Clinton attends first security briefing of campaign
Hillary Clinton met with intelligence officials for a two-hour security briefing Saturday morning, her first since winning the Democratic presidential nomination. Regular national security updates are the norm for presidential...
Man found dead on Coney Island beach
A man was found dead at the beach on Coney Island Saturday morning, police said. The 45-year-old victim, who was fully clothed, was spotted lying in the sand by a...
Tony Romo broke again, and let's see if Dak Prescott's real
It looks as if the Giants will usher in the Dak Prescott era with the Cowboys, after yet another injury to Tony Romo has Prescott, an unheralded rookie from Mississippi...
Yellowstone worker falls to her death from canyon rim
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — An Ecuadorian woman has fallen to her death at Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park. Twenty-one-year-old Estefania Liset Mosquera Alcivar was a...
Giant rips 'disrespectful' Kaepernick: 'I will be STANDING'
Current and former NFL players on Saturday ripped San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — who said he refused to get to his feet during the National Anthem to protest...
Why Colin Kaepernick's protesting anthem: 'Bodies in the streets'
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is refusing to stand for the national anthem before games because he believes the United States oppresses African Americans and...
Hondo’s singing Danny Boy
Hondo played some money ball Friday night with the Royals and was rewarded when they erupted early and cruised past the Bosawx to inflate the earnings to 3,889 saberhagens. Saturday...
Trump slammed for controversial tweet about Wade cousin's shooting
Donald Trump on Saturday connected the death of NBA all-star Dwyane Wade’s cousin to his own campaign’s efforts to woo black voters. “Dwayne Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed...
What 'Stranger Things' can teach Hollywood about making movies
What’s scarier than a kid-devouring, plant-faced monster from a parallel universe called the Upside Down? If you’re a Hollywood executive, it’s the runaway success of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” The 1980s-obsessed...
This NYC hotel housed some of the world's most beautiful women
When well-brought-up young women used to come to New York to live, many of them hopped in cabs and headed straight to 140 E. 63rd St. The building that occupied...
2 people rescued from deserted island after writing 'SOS' in sand
CHUUK STATE, Micronesia — The U.S. Coast Guard says two stranded mariners were rescued Friday after crews saw their "SOS" in the sand on an uninhabited island in Micronesia, Hawaii...
Outspoken tennis star Coco Vandeweghe is ready to slam US Open rivals
Last Tuesday, rising tennis star Coco Vandeweghe was standing outside a family member’s apartment on Fifth Avenue, awaiting the car that would whisk her to The Post’s photo shoot on...
Meet the mom cult that speaks a secret language and wears $2,500 baby carriers
It was 2 a.m., and new mom Chrissy Nichols was wide awake. “My adrenaline was racing,” says the 30-year-old Buchanan, NY, resident. “Every five minutes, I was like, now? Will...
Woman shot in leg by gunman in Union Square robbery
A robbery gone bad in the Flatiron District early Saturday left a woman wounded bloodied and shot in the left leg, police said. The 55-year-old woman-- who battled her attacker...
North Korea threatens to fire at US troops' floodlights
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Saturday threatened to aim fire at the lighting equipment used by "provocative" American and South Korean troops at a truce village inside the...
Bruce Springsteen breaks his own record for longest US concert
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was another record-breaking night for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with a few surprises thrown in at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium. The Springsteen...
Olympian sold his Rio medal to help 3-year-old with eye cancer
WARSAW, Poland – Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski has sold the silver medal he won at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to help pay for the medication of a 3-year-old...
Corey Stoll on 'The Strain' Season 3: 'It’s chaos from the beginning'
When “The Strain” returns for Season 3 (Sunday at 10 p.m. on FX), New York is still a battleground between humans and strigoi, the evil strain of vampirism threatening the...
Steven Avery's lawyer says he was framed
MADISON, Wis. — The attorney for a Wisconsin inmate featured in the hit Netflix series "Making a Murderer" filed a motion Friday seeking permission to perform extensive testing on evidence...
Bangladesh police kill 3 linked to terrorist attack that killed 20
NEW DELHI — Police in Bangladesh killed three suspected militants Saturday, including an alleged mastermind of a major attack on a cafe last month that left 20 people dead. Top...
Pregnant mom found strangled in Bronx park
The body of a pregnant Westchester woman was found Friday in a Bronx park after her boyfriend confessed to killing her and told police where to look, a law enforcement...
Asdrubal Cabrera joins Carlos Beltran in Mets' record books
Asdrubal Cabrera was the other important piece of the Mets’ lineup activated last week, a fact that might have been overshadowed by Yoenis Cespedes’ return. But Cabrera’s production over that...
Man charged with murdering 2 nuns who 'dignified' the poor
LEXINGTON, Miss. — A man has been arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with the deaths of two nuns who were slain in Mississippi, police...
Jets' starting offense hoping to pass 'chemistry' test
The Jets’ starting offense gets one last run-through before the regular season Saturday night against the Giants, and some positive signs would be encouraging. Preseason statistics mean very little because...
Where star divorce lawyer Raoul Felder dines with Jackie Mason
Long before he brokered Rudy Giuliani’s divorce — and Robin Givens and Mike Tyson’s — Raoul Felder was just another poor kid in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a period he recalled in...
Facebook replaces editors with algorithms after bias claims
Facebook has replaced the human editors assigned to its Trending topics feature with engineers wielding algorithms — amid allegations the social-media mega-site was suppressing conservative views. Facebook has denied there...
Jason Day learns about Bethpage Black the hard way
Jason Day was cruising along on the front nine of Bethpage Black during Friday’s second-round of The Barclays, rolling in birdies as if he were playing, well … a local...
Where to find the best public tennis courts in NYC
The US Open is one of those quintessential New York happenings: an event that melds celebrity, sport, exclusivity, ruthless competition and glamour into one tournament. “Everyone turns into a tennis...
'Not all a cakewalk': Mets face these lingering issues
On the surface all was well for the Mets. Bartolo Colon pitched deep into Friday’s game and won. The offensive slugged four homers in a 9-4 win over the Phillies....
Ex-Mets prospect showing Yankees he can start
Two major league starts, two strong six-inning performances and two victories. Luis Cessa, the one-time Mets prospect, is making a good impression in The Bronx. The right-hander allowed two Manny...
Why every New Yorker should remember the Battle of Brooklyn
Most people enjoying the view from Brooklyn Heights don’t notice the small stone marker at the end of Montague Street. But every Aug. 27, I leave flowers there. The stone...
New York won't see boxing until 2017 if this plea isn't answered
Local promoters are putting together a formal response to the new laws governing mixed martial arts and boxing in state laws they insist will negatively impact the amount of boxing...
Why next great high school point guard is staying in NYC
Isaiah Washington has noticed the trend for years. He watched as other elite New York City high school players bolted for out-of-state schools this summer. The consensus four-star Harlem point...
Jets rookie wide receiver is the definition of 'wow factor'
Brandon Marshall remembers the first time he saw Robby Anderson. It was at a gym in Florida that Marshall owns. Anderson had just finished his senior season at Temple and...
High school girl attacks her teacher with a stun gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ErBwDGkZM0 SEMMES, Ala. — Authorities say a high school girl in south Alabama faces a felony assault charge after attacking a teacher with a stun gun. Mobile County sheriff's officials...
Fantasy baseball: Check out these starters for stretch run
Unless you’re 35 games behind the first-place team in your league, there is still time to make up ground. This is the beginning of the final push. The final countdown,...
How Rory McIlroy blew his chance at a great round
After struggling in the opening round, Rory McIlroy made a move up the leaderboard at The Barclays, shooting a 2-under 69 Friday to stand six shots off the lead entering...
Gary Sanchez, young Yankees make playoffs a possibility
So the trade deadline came, ownership and management pulled off their version of a purge, and Alex Rodriguez went soon after. But instead of a halt, the Yankees have caught...
Behold the chocolate-chip-cookie-dough ice cream sandwich
Here's your final gobble for the last gasp of summer. Maman bakeries, which make some of the best chocolate chip cookies in the city, have started serving a chocolate-chip-cookie-dough ice...
Landlord fined $120K for cheaping out on bathtub for disabled tenant
A Queens landlord who wouldn’t spend $10,000 on a new bathtub to accommodate a severely disabled tenant has been hit with $120,000 in penalties and damages by the city’s Human...
Hillary, Trump too busy insulting each other to focus on Obama's weak economy
It’s not the economy, stupid — but it should be. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are too busy trading barbs on hot-button topics like race and immigration to discuss the...