September 3, 2016
Hondo’s big on Giants
That’s it, Fulmer is out of the stable! Hondo was forced to take action Saturday night after the Tiger twirler’s latest losing start cut the earnings to 3,689 hammakers. Sunday:...
Why Terry Collins is perfect manager for these Mets
Joe McCarthy and Casey Stengel were called push-button managers while directing the Lordly Yankees of the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s and 1960 to 18 AL pennants and 14 World Series. Terry...
Rejuventated Venus Williams keeps rolling through draw
Venus Williams is 36, suffering from Sjogren’s syndrome and in the waning stages of her career. But she seems more vibrant than vulnerable, having as much fun on the court...
Millennials are totally mixed up about what they believe in
Step forward and stand tall, millennials, your moment has come at last. The baby boomers are starting to retire. Generation X is turning tired and gray. But millennials are now...
DeGrom who? Robert Gsellman shines as Mets clip Nationals
This is exactly how the Mets drew it up. Get into a pennant race in September and send Robert Gsellman to the mound in an important game. Gsellman and negative...
Dear John: Solving a Catch-22 for a friend
Dear John: I am a loyal reader of your column, and you seem to be the man to write to for solutions. My 59-year-old friend Albert is on disability and...
Yankees blanked again in Baltimore as playoff hopes fade
BALTIMORE — That was fast. Riding high after winning four straight series, the Yankees charged into Camden Yards in hopes of overtaking the Orioles in the wild-card chase. Just 48...
Bradley Wright-Phillips ties MLS scoring lead in Red Bulls' win
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Bradley Wright-Phillips scored in the 50th minute and the Red Bulls beat the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday 1-0 on Saturday to extend their club-record unbeaten streak...
Tina Charles reaches another major milestone in Liberty's win
Bill Laimbeer wasn't surprised his star center reached another milestone so early in her career. Charles scored 23 points, including her 4000th, to help New York beat Phoenix 92-70 on...
Stop worrying, parenting is far less important than people say
The first thing I did when I found out I was pregnant — before I told my family, before I even scheduled an OB appointment — was download “What To...
An insider reveals how all this NFL red zone nonsense started
So if you reinvent the flat tire, where do you apply for the patent? With the NFL season starting, we’re inspired to ask how conspicuously stupid stats — those that...
This data software is competing with Bloomberg for finance students
A wannabe Bloomberg terminal killer is taking aim at the university set. Money.net, run by former Bloomberg exec Morgan Downey, has struck a deal with more than 100 colleges and...
Fantasy football: Include these players on your waiver watch list
Here’s a question that probably never has crossed your mind: How is fantasy football like NASCAR? Now you have a new question you never thought you would ask: Why would...
NBC's Cris Collinsworth on Kaepernick, NFL rules and funny moment with Boomer
Emmy winning broadcaster and analyst, and former NFL wide receiver Cris Collinsworth took a timeout for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What are your thoughts on Colin...
Keep dreaming if you think you're retiring in your 60s
Within this economy and its superficially healthy 4.9 percent unemployment numbers lies a double-edged crisis. It’s a crisis within a crisis. Historically, 5 percent to 6 percent unemployment was considered...
Fight like Rocky in NYC's high-end boxing gym
What would happen if Rocky were an urban, club-going hipster? You would find him at the new fitness trend coming to town: Rumble, a boxing-inspired group fitness center that is...
New York sports rivalries: Teams change, but the passion doesn't
If only it were as easy as it used to be. Back in the day, year after year, the Giants and the Dodgers would play each other 22 times a...
Yankees' stud Gary Sanchez captures another big award
BALTIMORE — The Summer of Sanchez continued Saturday when the Yankees’ rookie catcher picked up yet another award, as he was named the American League Player of the Month. Not...
Chad Green out for season, dodges surgery bullet — for now
BALTIMORE — Chad Green may avoid Tommy John surgery, but his season almost certainly is over after being diagnosed with a sprained UCL and strained flexor tendon in his right...
Chris Ash era at Rutgers begins with a resounding thud
SEATTLE — It was a rough start to the Chris Ash era at Rutgers. John Ross caught two touchdown passes and returned a kickoff for another score, Jake Browning threw...
Navy plucks someone from the stands to play quarterback
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Malcolm Perry marched into the stadium wearing his Navy dress whites. Plucked from the stands at halftime, he wound up in a much different uniform. From question...
These are the signs of an economic collapse
What does the beginning of an economic collapse look like? Do you see grocery stores closing? Do you see other retailers, like clothing stores and department stores, going out of...
Paying off debt is stressing out New Yorkers
Paying off personal debt is now the leading cause of financial stress in New York, according to a new GOBankingRates.com survey. And consumer advocates say some of the blame must...
Golfers riding a new wave — and we don't mean golf carts
As a reasonably athletic person, I still looked at the GolfBoard in front of me and wondered if it was safe, if I could strap my clubs to the front...
How Joe Maddon's Cubs experiment is changing baseball
Three games into the season the Cubs experienced the kind of devastation that could make an organization — especially this organization — feel hexed. Kyle Schwarber slammed into Dexter Fowler...
Brock Turner's mommy calls cops as protesters swarm house
Protesters swarmed Brock Turner’s home Saturday morning, just one day after the convicted sexual assailant was released from jail — and Turner’s parents were so scared that they asked local...
Son of Cookie Gilchrist follows late dad's footsteps into activism
Scott Gilchrist, the son of former Buffalo Bills star Carlton “Cookie” Gilchrist, is following in his father’s footsteps as a rebel with a cause. Cookie’s estate is the only one...
Lundqvist OK after taking puck to ribs during World Cup prep
Henrik Lundqvist took a puck to the ribs while practicing in advance of Team Sweden’s pre-World Cup training camp in the goaltender’s hometown of Gothenburg, but The King told The...
A win for gays --- but possibly a loss for kids
In a landmark ruling, New York’s highest court last week overturned its own 25-year-old precedent on parental rights. It’s being hailed as a win for gays, but we’re not sure...
Feds, state blame each other for Hoosick Falls mess --- and they're both right
State and federal officials are pointing fingers at each other over the Hoosick Falls mess — and it looks like they’re both right. Both sides played the blame game at...
'This is our country!': Tempers flare as Obama arrives in China
HANGZHOU, China — If President Barack Obama was hoping for a graceful start to his final trip to Asia as commander in chief, this wasn't it. A confrontation between a...
Packers release Pro Bowl guard: How it could help the Giants
The answer to the Giants’ prayers on their offensive line might have been delivered by the football powers-that-be in Green Bay who decided to cut Josh Sitton, a three-time Pro...
Missing mom turns up in Queens hospital
A Queens EMT who vanished Thursday on her way to work at the US Open turned up in a hospital on Saturday. She’s being treated at Long Island Jewish Hospital,...
David Zaslav's end-of-summer bash is full of sports stars
Discovery Communications boss David Zaslav has been going deep into the sports world, meeting sports federations around the globe and having chats with the International Olympics Committee. The Olympics arrive...
Serena Williams cruises into 4th round — and sets another record
This started, and remains, a U.S. Open that is all about Serena Williams. The historic climb continued Saturday afternoon with a very tidy 6-2, 6-1 third-round victory over Swede Johanna...
Hermine leaves deadly trail of destruction as it barrels up coast
She’s the Labor Day visitor from hell — and she’s in no hurry to leave. Tropical Storm Hermine will linger off the New York and New Jersey shores for the...
This company is trying to find Bigfoot
You’ve heard of unicorns on Wall Street. Well, another “mythical” creator is coming out in public: Bigfoot. While unicorns are those startup tech companies with $1 billion valuation based on...
Man and woman fatally shot on Long Island street
A man and woman were shot dead on a Long Island street on Friday evening, police said. David Arzu, 29, and Janelle Curella, 28, were gunned down in Bay Shore...
In My Library: Laurie Rubin
Blind from birth but blessed with a beautiful voice, Laurie Rubin kept saying yes to all the things she was told she would never be able to do. She went...
Mark Sanchez joins Cowboys after Broncos cut him loose
The Broncos have had enough of Mark Sanchez and his fumbling ways. The team released the veteran quarterback on Saturday. But the former Jets quarterback, once known as the Sanchise, is...
Man leads cops to remains of boy who vanished nearly 27 years ago
MINNEAPOLIS — The mother of a Minnesota boy missing since 1989 said Saturday that his remains have been found. Patty Wetterling said in a text message to KARE-TV that 11-year-old...
Dog named Romeo emerges from ruins 9 days after Italy earthquake
Nine days after a deadly 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Italy, a golden retriever named Romeo has emerged from the rubble. Firemen located the dog Friday evening, after accompanying Romeo’s owners...
Mark Teixeira gets more grief in Baltimore than love in NYC
BALTIMORE — It has been a quiet farewell tour for Mark Teixeira, hasn’t it? Therein lies the difference between an excellent major league player and an iconic one and between...
Michigan's band honors Michael Jordan by forming 'Jumpman' logo
Michael Jordan was in Ann Arbor for Michigan's first game of the 2016 college football season, which also marked the first game for the Wolverines football program as an official...
Lawrence Taylor adds another mugshot to his collection
Here’s ex-Giant Lawrence Taylor’s DWI arrest mugshot -- showing the Hall of Fame linebacker with a stubbly chin and bloodshot eyes after getting pulled over in Palm Beach for allegedly...
The Bradford effect: QB trade makes fantasy ripples, not waves
In tonight’s episode of “Highway Robbery,” the Philadelphia Eagles star as the greedy, tumbleweed mechanic, and featuring, in the role of the stranded desert motorist, the Minnesota Vikings. Yeah, the...
Trump visits black church, wants to rebuild Detroit
Donald Trump told a black church in Detroit he wanted to help rebuild their city, as he conceded Saturday that there are "many wrongs that should be made right" in...
Cops investigate fatal shooting at Brooklyn housing project
One man was killed and another critically wounded when gunfire erupted at a party in a Crown Heights housing project, cops said. The shots rang out about 4 a.m. at...
Jets drop ax on mega-busts Dee Milliner and Jace Amaro
Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan wielded the ax on two disappointing high draft picks Saturday. The Jets waived both cornerback Dee Milliner, a first-round pick in 2013, and tight end...
I can't have sex because my penis is the size of a baby
It’s a disaster of epic proportions! After contracting a rare disease, a Kenya man’s pecker grew so humungous that he can’t use it to have sex, according to The Mirror....
2 officers shot by visitor in California jail
FRESNO, Calif. — Two unarmed officers were critically injured after being shot by a visitor in the lobby of a central California jail, authorities said. Correctional Officers Juanita Davila and...
Instagram 'celebrities' are destroying the fashion industry
Fashion Week hasn’t even started yet, and I’m already Gucci roadkill. It happened in Soho, while trying — and failing — to fix my iPhone. Somewhere between the Apple Store...
St. Johns student stabbed while trying to stop off-campus fight
A St. Johns University student was stabbed when he tried to break up an off-campus fight Saturday morning, police sources said. The 21-year-old saw a group of people feuding about...
Jets' roster cuts signal youth at wideout, mystery at fullback
It looks as if the Jets are going with a youth movement at wide receiver. The team began reducing its roster to 53 players on Saturday, and so far all...
Twitter hilariously trolls Trump supporter's 'taco trucks' remark
PHOENIX — A Hispanic Donald Trump supporter's assertion that without Trump there could one day be "taco trucks on every corner" in the U.S. has stirred ridicule, not to mention...
Eagles turn to Carson Wentz by dealing Sam Bradford to Vikings
Sam Bradford feared he was just keeping Philadelphia's quarterback seat warm for rookie Carson Wentz. He was right. The Eagles sent Bradford to the Vikings on Saturday for a pair of...
The boozy, narcissistic culture shock of working in South Korea
Frank Ahrens was director of global p.r. for Hyundai, based out of their Seoul, South Korea, headquarters. One day, his employee Eduardo gave him shocking news. “Sir, I got a...
Giants release Andre Williams, shape WR corps on cutdown day
When a fourth-round pick two years ago is the biggest name and greatest surprise on cutdown day, you know the Giants did not go for any shock value Saturday as...
Inside the US government's secret war against John Lennon
On March 1, 1972, the FBI had John Lennon and Yoko Ono in its sights. A federal agent declared that the superstar couple would be arrested for “interstate travel in...
We've never seen a falling Weiner quite like this before
The self-destruction of Anthony Weiner is something entirely new. It is a phenomenon of the social-media age. Weiner has been undone both professionally and personally by a very specific fetish...
Dinkins says he was driving wife to hospital during bicyclist 'hit-and-run'
Former Mayor David Dinkins insisted Saturday he was taking his wife to the emergency room when his car collided with a bicycle deliveryman on the Upper East Side. Dinkins, 89,...
Party boater goes into cardiac arrest after falling overboard
A party-boat passenger was in grave condition Saturday after he fell overboard near Governors Island, according to police. The victim, 30, fell at about 1:30 p.m. over the railing of...
Suspect killed, officer injured in Atlantic City shooting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — One police officer remains in critical condition and one suspect is dead in an exchange of gunfire following a car stop outside an Atlantic City casino...
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rocks the Great Plains
PAWNEE, Okla. — One of the largest earthquakes in Oklahoma rattled the Midwest on Saturday from Nebraska to North Texas, and likely will turn new attention to the practice of...
Darren Criss' perfect night out — a Koreatown karaoke bar
Darren Criss became a heartthrob when he starred on Fox’s “Glee,” but since then the actor has built a thriving music and Broadway career, appearing onstage in “How To Succeed...
Philippines president declares 'state of lawlessness' after blast
DAVAO, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a nationwide "state of lawlessness" Saturday after suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists detonated a bomb that killed 14 people and wounded about 70...
NASA captures Jupiter like never before
LOS ANGELES – A NASA spacecraft has captured the best views of Jupiter yet, revealing turbulent storms in the north pole. Jupiter's northern polar region is stormier than expected and...
Two USC players under investigation for sexual assault
LOS ANGELES — USC has sent linebacker Don Hill home from Dallas, where the No. 20 Trojans are set to open the season Saturday against No. 1 Alabama. The team...
SpaceX begins search for answers after launch explosion
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is scouring computer and video data for clues to the devastating launch pad explosion that destroyed a rocket and satellite. Thursday's accident occurred during a...
Dozens of middle schoolers need medics after eating ghost peppers
WEST MILTON, Ohio — Officials say several dozen Ohio middle schoolers apparently ate extra-hot peppers brought in by a student and were treated by medics after some had adverse reactions....
Yankees losses no longer can be chalked up to 'it's only one game'
BALTIMORE — Some of us used to believe if you dug a hole straight into the ground, you could get all the way to China. Now the Yankees seem destined...
Mets went for it last year and are paying for it now
As The Murph flies, the distance between Flushing, Queens, and Washington is 17 ½ games in the standings. That would be the seven games by which Daniel Murphy’s Mets finished...
HLN's Robin Meade reaches morning milestone
Robin Meade’s first day on the air at CNN Headline News was Sept. 11, 2001. “I remember calling my husband [Tim Yeager] who lived in downtown Chicago and asking him...
Everything to do in NYC this Labor Day weekend
If Hermine the storm doesn’t make a wet mess of our holiday weekend, there are plenty of ways to bid a fond farewell to summer on a high note. The...
The secret to success for the banged-up Asdrubal Cabrera
As he walked toward his locker stall before the game with the Nationals on Friday, Asdrubal Cabrera grabbed one of the mini basketballs on the floor and fired a jumper...
Mets bullpen's sure-thing lefty no match for Nationals duo
Life in general and baseball in particular offer no sure bets. But Mets lefty specialist Jerry Blevins has come pretty close. That’s why his surrendering hits to two left-handed batters...
Son sues widowed mom to stop sale of trust-owned artwork
First it was the house, now it’s the art. The widow of a Greek shipping heir is driving another wedge between herself and one of her four kids by allegedly...
Auto-repair mogul accused of running $30M postal-truck repair scam
A New York auto-repair magnate has been getting rich off taxpayers by billing for work on US Postal Service trucks that were returned with shoddy repairs or no repairs at...
What a still-jubilant CiCi Bellis learned after US Open ouster
CiCi Bellis looked all of her 17 years when facing Friday’s bright lights and tennis’ new and most dangerous lefty buzzsaw — Angelique Kerber. The resurgent second-seeded German showed no...
Why Novak Djokovic's US Open road just got easier
It keeps getting easier for Novak Djokovic’s ailing wrist. In one of the oddest situations of his career, No. 1 Novak Djokovic has advanced to the round of 16 at...
Insurance company wants nothing to do with Gawker's next Hogan fight
An insurance company wants nothing to do with Hulk Hogan’s second lawsuit against Gawker over the alleged leak of racist comments he made, according to a new court filing. St....
Meet new Knick Justin Holiday: More than a Rose deal throw-in
When Justin Holiday flew from Southern California to New York on Wednesday, the new Knicks shooting guard wore the 2015 championship ring he captured as a fringe player for the...
Police union threatens to boycott 49ers games over Kaepernick protest
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The union for police officers who work San Francisco home games says its members may boycott policing the stadium if the 49ers don't discipline Colin Kaepernick...
Hondo has Ful' plate
Hondo whiffed Friday night with Fister and the ’Stros, who were thoroughly thumped by the Rangers to reduce the earnings to 3,789 foytacks Saturday night: Mr. Aitch will give Fulmer...
Winning double at Yonkers will be no easy task for Scott Zeron
Driver Scott Zeron hopes to add to his Triple Crown win totals as he competes in the $500,000 Yonkers Trot and the $500,000 Messenger Stakes on Saturday night at Yonkers...