December 17, 2016
Carmelo calls out Knicks after eye-opening defensive collapse
DENVER — Carmelo Anthony labeled Saturday night’s game a “must-win’’ as he looked for his first victory in the Mile High City since the 2011 trade that brought him to...
Woody Johnson bolts early after Bryce Petty KO'd in Jets debacle
There was still a minute of football to be played, but Jets owner Woody Johnson had seen enough. Johnson strode quickly out of MetLife Stadium, barely breaking stride with TVs...
Experts warn Trump's stock market rally won't last forever
Beware the Ides of March — a brutal stock market rout could slay this bubbly Trump rally starting as early as the first quarter, according to a slew of financial...
Robert Durst: I was 'speeding' on meth during murder 'confession'
Creepy New York real-estate heir Robert Durst didn’t mean to admit his guilt in the murders of three people on the HBO miniseries “The Jinx” — that was just the...
Jimmy Vesey gets his revenge in Rangers thriller
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jimmy Vesey picked the perfect time to get his revenge. Booed relentlessly all night at Bridgestone Arena, the Rangers rookie -- who spurned the Predators after being...
Former Ranger beats Devils as ugly skid continues
OTTAWA, Ontario — Former Ranger Derick Brassard scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period, Mike Condon stopped 29 shots and the Senators beat the Devils, 3-1, on Saturday...
Romeo Okwara talks replacing JPP, loving art and sacks vs. sex
Rookie defensive end Romeo Okwara, who has stepped in for the Giants in the absence of Jason Pierre-Paul, tackles some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Is this a...
Baylor women's basketball openly lies about its blowout disgraces
Advance to the rear! Given the fact Baylor University stands accused of running a football program populated by young men inclined toward sexual assault — two rape convictions with many...
'Let them keep it!': Trump says US shouldn't take drone back
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday on Twitter the United States should let China keep the U.S. Navy's unmanned underwater glider that it seized in the South China Sea....
Jeremy Lin dilemma: Playing minutes vs. maintaining health
PHILADELPHIA — The Nets��� offensive execution has been skittish, especially late in games when they need it the most. Coach Kenny Atkinson said he hopes that will change when Jeremy...
Why Trump shouldn't put all his faith in the dysfunctional CIA
One of the strongest criticisms leveled against President-elect Donald Trump is his alleged indifference to the work of America’s intelligence community, including his disinclination to receive daily intel briefings as...
Derrick Rose's back issues aren't going away
DENVER — If Derrick Rose continues to be in and out of the lineup with back issues, the Knicks’ point-guard depth will continue to grow into a major concern. Rose...
How NFLers see 'insane' Aaron Rodgers: He doesn't need legs
Aaron Rodgers (right calf strain) won’t have his legs in the Arctic wind chill Sunday in Chicago. But he will have his heart and his beautiful mind and that golden...
'Overthinking' St. John's big man maintains confidence
Kassoum Yakwe was considered one of the five best Big East freshmen a year ago by the league’s coaches, a shot-blocking menace with long arms who was a two-way factor...
Muhammad Wilkerson's $86M is busting in every way
Jets defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers is like the president’s press secretary. He faces the media every now and then and tries to put a positive spin on everything, though he...
This is what Josh Norman's mouth has been aching for
With all the games, backstories, injuries and developments in a given week in the NFL, it is tough to know what to look for on Sunday. Here are five things...
Wedding turns tragic after tree collapses
WHITTIER, Calif. — One person was killed and another critically injured when a massive eucalyptus tree fell on them as they posed for wedding pictures in Southern California on Saturday,...
Imagining the New York sports world as a winter wonderland
As John Lennon said: “So this is Christmas … and what have you done?” Me? I’ve collected a batch of Carols for the season. Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. And here’s...
Fed eyes future of growth under 'Trumponomics'
Janet Yellen held a pep rally for President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday when she reluctantly endorsed his economic plan. The Fed chiefs under President Obama — Ben Bernanke and Yellen...
How Giants' defense is affecting more than hopeless opponents
When he needs inspiration, Odell Beckham Jr. does not look within himself. He does not look into the eyes of Eli Manning or Victor Cruz. Beckham looks elsewhere. “Whenever I’m...
The case against screens in schools
As for the notion that a screen device somehow leads to better educational outcomes, there has been a growing mountain of research indicating just the opposite. For example: The Organization...
This cozy photo will not help Cowboys' QB controversy
Jerry Jones watched his grandson John Stephen Jones score two touchdowns, including the winner, to lead Highland Park to the Class 5A Division I state title on Saturday at AT&T...
The story behind the most touching moment of Rio Olympics
Abbey D’Agostino toed the line before the first Olympic race of her career and felt at ease. This event, on this stage, among these people — the “epitome of athletic...
Kids turn violent as parents battle 'digital heroin' addiction
On August 28, The Post published a piece by Dr. Nicholas Kardaras,“The Frightening Effects of Digital Heroin,” that was based on his book “Glow Kids.” In it, he argued that...
How tweaking NHL home-ice advantage can cure tanking for position
With all due respect to Carey Price, you can see it from a mile (or approximately four months) away whereby the crossover wild-card spot into the Atlantic presents a less...
The greatest Giant ever is loving what he's seeing — and hearing
Most of these Giants weren’t even born when Lawrence Taylor was at his fearsome best in 1986, terrorizing the quarterback all the way to Super Bowl XXI against John Elway....
Five years later, why is Matt Moore still on the Dolphins?
The Jets only could envy their opponent’s stability at quarterback going into Saturday night’s matchup with the AFC East-rival Dolphins. What remains a perpetual merry-go-round position for Gang Green has...
Soccer survivor breaks down revealing seat swap that saved him
For Alan Ruschel, one of the three Chapecoense players who survived the devastating plane crash last month, dealing with the aftermath of what happened has only just begun. The 27-year-old...
Wistful Vigneault: Why Rangers didn't get Lundqvist revenge
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Henrik Lundqvist and Alain Vigneault seemed satisfied — to an extent- with the four-game suspension handed down to Dallas forward Cody Eakin after Eakin blasted the goalie...
Deadly blaze tears through Bronx apartment
A 52-year-old woman died on Saturday in a smoky fire in a Bronx high rise. The blaze broke out about 9:30 a.m. in an 11th-floor apartment in the building on...
Jets coach oddly evasive on long snapper contingency plan
Jets special teams coach Brant Boyer saw the tape of the Eagles’ game last week when they lost their long snapper and backup long snapper against the Redskins. What’s Boyer’s...
How so many NFL injuries created this gimme DFS formula
Get your popcorn ready, because we are rolling out dimes here on the DFS NFL Playbook this week. Unlike last week’s fiasco, in which pretty much every stud player not...
Why rival Bengals can put dent in Steelers' AFC North hopes
BENGALS (+3) over Steelers: Cincinnati boasts enough mean, edgy characters on the defensive side to make even hard-guyz Steelers take notice. Andy Dalton tends to perform better in 1 p.m....
Anne Frank may not have been betrayed to the Nazis after all
The Nazis may have discovered Anne Frank’s hiding place by accident – and not because the tragic teenager and her family were betrayed, as historians have long believed. A new...
In My Library: Monica Piper
Growing up in The Bronx in the ’50s, Monica Piper always had questions come Christmastime. “Why don’t we have a tree?” she’d ask her parents. “We’re Jewish,” they replied. “Be...
Thoughtless Cowboys fans don't deserve their dream QB
The noise emanating from Dallas in the wake of the Cowboys’ 10-7 road loss to the Giants last Sunday night is everything that is wrong with sports today — sports...
The anti-smokers' e-cig obsession misses a bigger threat
Welp, looks like that was a bit premature. Just last week, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the sirens on e-cigarette use among teens as a “major public health concern.”...
Examining why Yankees hope these young starters will be different
Stop me if you have heard this one before: The Yankees are about to rely on a class of young starters. Remember when Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy...
Trump's un-PC cabinet matches his campaign promises to a T
President-elect Donald Trump is assembling a Cabinet designed to govern exactly as he promised he would during the campaign. Naturally, the left is freaking out. To be fair, Trump is...
How an Omaha Indian became a symbol of the American dream
In the spring of 1889, Susan La Flesche, a member of the Omaha Indian tribe, graduated from medical school. As investigative journalist Joe Starita recounts in “A Warrior of the...
Team ironically loses Celebration Bowl by celebrating too much
North Carolina Central's downfall was taking the Celebration Bowl to heart.
'Rogue One' proves stars don't have to be alive to still be on the screen
The greatest special effect in “Rogue One” isn’t a planet being wiped out or the whizzing dogfights of the rebels’ X-wing fighters. What’s really breathtaking about the new “Star Wars”...
Knicks-Nuggets will have Hernangomez family glued to TV
DENVER – The Hernangomez family, living in Madrid, plan an early wake up Sunday morning. They'll need alarm clocks when the Knicks face the Nuggets at Pepsi Center to conclude...
What Jets should do next: Trade defensive star, add this QB type
Mike Maccagnan enters his third offseason as Jets general manager with a long to-do list. The team badly underachieved in 2016 and now will have to undergo a complete makeover...
Inventor of Heimlich maneuver dies at 96
CINCINNATI — The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims has died. Dr. Henry Heimlich died early Saturday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was 96. His...
Ivanka is the wild card of the Trump presidency
It only makes sense that such an unprecedented president-elect should have an unprecedented First Daughter. And to Donald Trump, Ivanka has long been first among equals. Of his five children,...
Untangling the mess that is de Blasio's scandal-ridden administration
News broke last week that the multiple grand juries investigating Mayor de Blasio’s crooked campaigns and shady financing schemes are getting close to voting on indictments. To which many New...
Minnesota ends bowl boycott on behalf of 'gang rape' teammates
MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota football team will play in the Holiday Bowl, reversing a threat to boycott the game because of the suspension of 10 players accused of...
Robert Durst: 'I was the worst fugitive'
LOS ANGELES — New York real estate heir Robert Durst knew he was suspected in the Los Angeles killing of his best friend, but he never fled when he had...
China agrees to return seized drone
China will return a U.S. drone that its navy seized from international waters, military officials from both nations confirmed. The Pentagon reached a deal Saturday with the Chinese to turn...
Cops rescue 'frozen' woman who turns out to be mannequin
It was below-zero weather, there was snow on the car, and the old woman in the passenger seat was unresponsive — maybe she had frozen to death, a frantic passer-by...
Trump picks South Carolina congressman as budget director
A Tea Party Republican and fiscal hard-liner is Donald Trump’s nominee as director of the Office of Management and Budget, the president-elect announced Saturday. Congressman Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina,...
Deal reached to complete Aleppo evacuations
A new deal has been reached to complete the evacuation of rebel-held areas of Syria's east Aleppo which ground to a halt on Friday over demands from pro-government forces that...
Trump calls China's seizure of US drone 'unpresidented'
The seizing of an unmanned US Navy drone by the Chinese is an “unpresidented [sic] act,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted early Saturday. The USNS Bowditch, which has a civilian crew,...
Homeless man shot dead near Bryant Park
One homeless man shot and killed another early Saturday near Bryant Park, police sources said. Terrance Walker, 27, was gunned down at about 2:20 a.m. at the busy corner of...
Failing Bronx junior high school set to close at end of year
A struggling junior high school in The Bronx will reportedly shut down at the end of the academic year. JHS 162 Lola Rodriguez de Tio, where just 3 percent of...
Car bomb kills 13 and injures 48 in Turkey
ISTANBUL — Thirteen Turkish troops were killed and 48 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri on Saturday morning, the Turkish military reported....
Glitch in Christmas tree lights sets fire that kills couple
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah couple died after faulty Christmas tree lights sparked a fire at their home of 49 years, authorities said. The fire started Thursday night in...
It won't take much for Jets fans to turn on Todd Bowles again
The last time long-suffering Jets fans showed up at MetLife Stadium, they were subjected to a humiliating Monday Night Massacre that had many screaming for the head of Todd Bowles....
Ben McAdoo clams up when pressed on Giants walkie-talkies
Ben McAdoo was not forthcoming about the Giants’ walkie-talkie controversy Friday, other than to say the team is cooperating with the NFL’s investigation. The league is looking into McAdoo’s use...
Baby girl dies after being found unresponsive in tractor trailer
An 18-month-old baby girl died Friday night after being found unresponsive in a tractor trailer her parents were driving. Cops said they were called to St Nicholas Avenue and West...
If Hornacek didn't get Knicks job, he would've worked for Kerr
DENVER — Jeff Hornacek is the last one to take offense that Golden State coach Steve Kerr ripped his Warriors for only blowing out Hornacek’s Knicks by 13 points after...
A.J. Green's back, but is he worth playing in fantasy playoffs?
The fantasy playoffs are in full swing, and no one wants to be derailed by an injury now. The best teams are built on options and matchups, so there really...
De Blasio slams media for grilling him on campaign finance probes
Mayor de Blasio got testy Friday over the two grand juries probing his administration — and accused the news media of holding him to a higher standard than opponents of his...
Jets safety 'very confident' filling in for Marcus Gilchrist
The Jets’ defense is going to have to adjust to life without safety Marcus Gilchrist. Gilchrist suffered a season-ending knee injury last week against the 49ers, which means Rontez Miles...
Bernard Hopkins working for storybook ending in 'final' bout
At age 51, Bernard Hopkins insists his light heavyweight fight against Long Island slugger Joe Smith Jr. on Saturday night is the last bout of his prizefighting career. “Win, lose...
Eerie Giants-Lions similarities could mean unpredictable game
If the Giants haven’t quite figured out what their identity is, they should look no further than Sunday’s opponent, the Lions, who are their mirror image. Both teams are 9-4....
Top football prospect spurns Alabama for this SEC school
As a consensus top 10 national football prospect from Brooklyn, Isaiah Wilson was an outlier. That was clear when the mountainous offensive lineman from Poly Prep made the biggest decision...
Monmouth's success has made its great feats ordinary
Of course you remember Monmouth becoming a national phenomenon last season, stealing a spotlight mid-major teams are usually only allowed to borrow in March. You remember the bench mob. You...
De Blasio says he had to take credit for appointing ACS monitor
Mayor de Blasio on Friday blamed the state for the news conference where he misled the public into thinking he came up with the idea of appointing a monitor to...
Ex-Goldman guy went 'berserk' at holiday party, punched exec in the face: suit
A former Goldman Sachs director who now runs the $4 billion hedge fund Knight Capital Management is being sued after allegedly walloping a marketing executive in the face at a...