May 26, 2018
Joe Namath turning 75: Icon reflects on wild life and he's not done yet
When Joe Namath was turning 50 years old, one of his friends said to him, “Damn you’re getting old, huh?” The Hall of Fame quarterback thought about it a little....
Sonny Gray awful again as Trout, Angels hammer Yankees
Bill de Blasio might not be the only one who can’t handle New York. Sonny Gray had yet another brutal outing on Saturday, as the Yankees lost to the Angels,...
Readers sick of dealing with neighbor from hell
Dear John: I’ve been reading about things you’ve done in the past. Maybe you could help me with a serious situation soon. It’s about my next-door neighbor. Here is a...
Tax refunds aren't enough to improve the economy
Dear John: Mick Mulvaney, head of the Office of Management and Budget, is being optimistic about the future growth of the economy. I am skeptical that the middle-class tax refunds...
Accountant embezzled $3.4M from famed literary agency
A Manhattan accountant cooked the books at a prestigious literary agency that represents top writers, including “Fight Club” author Chuck Palahniuk, bilking its clients of millions and leaving the company...
How this trucker became a Manhattan socialite
Inside her new $11.5 million apartment on a top floor of the Plaza Hotel, Trudy Jacobson is ready to party. “When I play the piano, I’m usually nude,” she said....
Mitch McConnell says a 'blue wave' won't be coming in 2018
The “blue wave” that Democrats hope to ride to midterm glory has ebbed to a blue trickle, gleeful Republicans say. Buoyed by a surging economy and President Trump’s rising approval...
De Blasio looked for 'validators' days after cop assassinations
In the days after two cops were assassinated in Brooklyn, Mayor de Blasio’s team was looking for lackeys to validate the administration as it faced withering criticism, recently released emails...
Threats on city schools have been growing at an alarming rate
Threats against city schools have reached epidemic proportions. The NYPD has fielded 334 threats of violence against schools since September, an average of two a day — and 18 percent...
Thief sues after being shot while robbing store
He’s a lousy crook — and an even worse jailhouse lawyer. A bumbling Long Island liquor-store thief who got caught stuffing bottles of hooch in his pants, only to be...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn't think Sirhan Sirhan killed his dad
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not convinced that Sirhan Sirhan fired the shot that killed his father — and wants a new investigation. Kennedy Jr., 64, made the shocking disclosure...
Red Bulls settle for lethargic home draw
Despite the results and the pundits both pointing to the Red Bulls as MLS’ top team, coach Jesse Marsch hates praise and plaudits because he wants to keep his team...
A President Clinton would have made things much worse
To put the roller-coaster presidency of Donald Trump in perspective, it helps on occasion to imagine that Hillary Clinton won the election. My experience is that the exercise leads to...
NFL anthem ruling about money, not patriotism
When will we learn the fact of life? Once we cease to follow the money, we’re off the trail; we’ve lost the scent. Despite what we have been told, the...
I accidentally threw away $60M worth of Bitcoin
After Matthew Mellon, scion of the Mellon banking fortune, died on April 16 of a drug-related heart attack in Mexico, his family was unable to locate the pass code needed...
Mario Cuomo’s lesson for Bill de Blasio
It’s no secret that Mayor de Blasio hates the New York Post with a passion that is pretty much all-consuming. OK, so he can’t stand all the city’s other newspapers,...
What’s really blocking opportunity in NYC schools
New schools Chancellor Richard Carranza had quite the week, first signaling his desire to dump the single-test admissions criteria at the city’s eight specialized high schools and then going totally...
As Rangers go young, Quinn must connect with new core
The new trend in the NHL is to hire a coach directly from behind the bench in college, and it is largely because the league is getting younger. The Rangers...
Mets collapse reaches epic proportions in embarrassing loss
MILWAUKEE — In a race to the bottom in which everybody associated with the Mets loses, Jason Vargas and AJ Ramos are galloping like Secretariat but without a finish line...
It's hard to hate these Celtics ... there, I said it
See, here’s the thing: from the cradle I’d been taught to recoil at the very sight of those green uniforms. Our earliest sporting narratives generally come from our family or...
Yankees shouldn't have shipped Ronald Torreyes to the minors
What’s the 2018 Yankees’ best roster? It has become a surprisingly pressing issue for this club, with a surprising consequence on Saturday. And in the unlikely chance that good health...
What was Team USA thinking in hiring Vanbiesbrouck? Or was it?
USA Hockey’s decision to make John Vanbiesbrouck one of its most prominent faces and forces by hiring the former Rangers (and Islanders and Devils) goaltender as assistant executive director of...
Councilman slams de Blasio for trying to settle NYCHA probe
A Democratic lawmaker slammed Mayor de Blasio for “dangerously” engaging in secretive talks to settle a longtime federal investigation into the city’s embattled Housing Authority. NYCHA is working to resolve...
Cops rescue two dogs left in hot car
Brooklyn cops rescued two dogs left in a stifling hot car Saturday. The officers administered oxygen to the pooches, then rushed them to an animal hospital, where one is in...
7-year-old boy on scooter fatally struck by MTA bus
A 7-year-old boy riding a scooter in the Bronx was killed when an MTA bus rammed into him Saturday afternoon, cops said. Shevon Bethea, of Brooklyn, was riding his Razor...
Florida declares state of emergency ahead of storm Alberto
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Saturday as the state readied to face the wrath of Subtropical Storm Alberto. The slow-moving storm is expected to slam the...
Mets manager knows why AJ Ramos has been so brutal
MILWAUKEE — AJ Ramos just needs to get his head straight. In assessing the veteran reliever’s brutal season, Mets manager Mickey Callaway has concluded Ramos’ troubles are mental, and not...
NYPD cop accused in road rage beating 'never should have been hired'
An NYPD cop accused of brutally beating a motorist in a fit of road rage was deemed “unsuitable” three years ago, but a supervisor dismissed the red flags and green-lighted...
Hero teacher kept promise to protect students during shooting
The Indiana science teacher who tackled a young gunman who opened fire in his classroom was true to his word: during active shooter drills, he promised his students he'd always...
Real Madrid topples Liverpool to win Champions League final
KIEV, Ukraine — With his back to goal but eyes on the incoming cross, Gareth Bale connected with the ball while leaping in the air and sent a scissor-kick arcing...
David Quinn talks motivation, memories and ... Bucky Dent
New Rangers coach David Quinn calls a timeout for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Describe the ideal David Quinn hockey player. A: Someone who plays at a...
Campaign contributor helped Obamas score Netflix deal
Barack and Michelle Obama are raking in the cash, thanks to the influence of a former campaign supporter. The couple last week signed a creative production deal with Netflix that...
Body found in river identified as financially struggling cabbie
A body found floating in the East River earlier this week was positively identified as cabbie Yu Mein "Kenny' Chow – the latest financially struggling taxi driver to lose his...
Dangerous strain of dog flu spreads to Manhattan
A potentially deadly strain of canine influenza that infected at least three dozen dogs in Brooklyn in less than a month is now surfacing in Manhattan, city vets say. “This...
Carter Page: The FBI ruined my life
FBI surveillance of former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page cost him business, income and even his girlfriend. Page tells The Post that during the media barrage he faced in late...
Security guard killed by falling glass panel
A security guard was killed in Manhattan Saturday morning when a large glass panel crashed on top of him, according to officials and witnesses. Construction workers were moving the panel...
PC police won't let us use these words anymore
On a crowded elevator in San Francisco in April, Richard Ned Lebow was asked what floor he wanted. The 76-year-old professor from Kings College London replied: “Ladies’ lingerie.” Turns out,...
Cavs' Kevin Love will miss Game 7; LeBron not worried about leg
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers All-Star forward Kevin Love will miss Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Celtics with a concussion. Meanwhile, LeBron James, who suffered a leg injury...
Trump hails 'hero' teacher who stopped classroom shooting
President Trump on Saturday hailed the heroism of an Indiana science teacher who stopped a shooting inside his classroom. "Thanks to very brave Teacher & Hero Jason Seaman of Noblesville,...
Rep. Peter King compares NFL anthem protests to Nazi salute
In the latest “Take a Knee” drama, Long Island Rep. Peter King now wants to know if Jets owner Chris Johnson would pay the fines for players if they gave...
How free-agent busts could reshape the future of MLB
This past offseason was considered the worst ever for free agents. Might we say that about the actual season as well? Technically, Shohei Ohtani was a free agent, though due...
'Boozy' passenger brawls on flight after he's cut off
A booze-craving brute flew into a rage and brawled with another passenger aboard an American Airlines flight when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol, according to reports. Jason...
Longtime Manhattan pol Herman ‘Denny’ Farrell Jr. dead at 86
Longtime Manhattan Assemblyman Herman “Denny” Farrell Jr. died on Saturday, officials said. He was 86. The Democratic powerbroker retired from the Assembly last fall after nearly 43 years in office....
Greg Bird's activation forced Yankees' tough call on Torreyes
Greg Bird returned to Yankee Stadium on Saturday buzzing with energy for his 2018 debut, but went hitless in four at-bats in the Yankees’ 11-4 loss to the Angels. But...
Mom's boyfriend arrested after boy was found dead
A 36-year-old man was busted for manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in the Bronx, cops said on Saturday. Police found Messiah Allen unconscious inside the Bruckner...
Why GPS will never make the road atlas obsolete
Peter Dalbis has been alive for 76 years, and at least 50 of those were spent following directions in Rand McNally road atlases. Dalbis didn’t stop using paper atlases when...
Subway performer punched man after he complained about getting kicked: cops
A subway performer slugged a Queens straphanger after he confronted the dancers for kicking him, cops said Saturday. The victim, 28, was on a southbound E train at the Sutphin...
Deadbeat son is a sign of America's failure to raise boys
Last week, a judge in New York ruled that a 30-year-old man must move out of his childhood home on June 1 after his parents served him with several notices...
The 20 best reads for your summer break
Looking for a book to take you away this summer? Grab one of these beauties and let your imagination run wild. How Hard Can It Be? Allison Pearson (fiction, St....
Ireland set to repeal abortion ban after historic referendum
Abortion rights activists declared victory Saturday in Ireland as exit polls indicated voters in the largely Catholic nation overwhelmingly repealed a 1983 ban on abortion. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar praised...
How I learned to love my online trolls
I don’t want to brag, but I have an especially strong following of Internet trolls. And this isn’t just anecdotal: Someone at Twitter actually told me that I have some...
Booze cruise brawl leads to gunfire, car crash
A horde of unruly booze cruisers started a brawl that ended in gunfire and a car crash in Brooklyn. The party boat had docked at the Brooklyn Army Terminal near...
Venezuela releases American hostage after two years
For two years, Josh Holt was called a spy, a terrorist, a murderer and a mercenary by Venezuelan authorities, who held him without charge in a notorious jail for political...
In the NFL, patriotism is for sale
Before there was Colin Kaepernick, there was Hank Williams Jr. In the waning days of the Reagan era, Williams vandalized one of his hits, “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming...
Driver rammed car into pedestrians on sidewalk: cops
PORTLAND, Ore. — A driver rammed into three women walking on a sidewalk Friday in downtown Portland, critically injuring one of them, before speeding away and getting arrested within hours...
Town fears water contamination after city worker's eerie suicide
BOISE, Idaho — Residents of an Idaho town have been told not to drink its well water amid concerns that a fired municipal worker who killed himself in his home...
North, South Korea meet to discuss Kim's summit with Trump
North and South Korea’s leaders huddled for a surprise summit Saturday to try to salvage the planned June 12 negotiations between Kim Jong Un and President Trump. The unannounced meeting,...
Yankees have rookie star of their own
Only one of them is a freak, in the kindest sense of the word. Only one of them evokes comparisons to Babe Ruth, though the other one has put himself...
Players are only ones who can lift the Mets out of mediocrity
MILWAUKEE — This is real simple for the Mets. Bill Belichick simple. Do your job. You can overanalyze the Mets’ ugly 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Brewers Friday night at...
Greg Bird arrives as Yankees lament Tyler Austin conundrum
Greg Bird’s journey back to the Yankees from another ankle surgery appears to be almost over, as the first baseman is expected to be back with the Yankees on Saturday...
Shohei Ohtani finally feels wrath of Yankees fans he spurned
For a time, a night like Friday seemed preordained: Shohei Ohtani taking a big, late-game at-bat in The Bronx, his stardom well underway, the next Babe Ruth playing a block...
Why Hanley Ramirez is 'unlikely' to be Mets' next aging slugger
MILWAUKEE — Hanley Ramirez might seem like a good fit for a lineup struggling with run production, but Mets officials aren’t so sure the veteran slugger would be a match...
LeBron's son can't even believe how good his dad is right now
Even LeBron James’ kids are marveling at his greatness. The Cavaliers star was approached by his son Bryce on his way to the locker after scoring 46 points in 46...
Emails show EPA officials working with climate-change deniers
WASHINGTON — Senior Environmental Protection Agency officials have been working closely with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global...
Aaron Judge not surprised by this emerging Met's success
MILWAUKEE — Turns out Aaron Judge found Nimmo years ago and knew the outfielder was capable of being an impact player with the Mets. The Yankees star and Brandon Nimmo...
Tiny cottage on the market for nearly $1M
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. - A 595-square-foot Southern California cottage with one bedroom and one bathroom is on the market for just under $1 million. The Orange County Register reports the...
Sarah Palin’s son wants to bar media from assault proceedings
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The eldest son of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is seeking to bar the media from covering court hearings after he was accused of assaulting...
Rutgers takes important 1st step in recruiting New Jersey players
The recent commitments didn’t make national headlines. Just like Steve Pikiell’s first two seasons as Rutgers’ men’s basketball coach weren’t a resounding success. But they were both signs of progress...
NYCFC just can't win on the road
HOUSTON — New York City FC’s road struggles continue. Alberth Elis scored his seventh goal of the season to help the Houston Dynamo beat NYCFC 3-1 on Friday night. NYCFC...
Teacher hailed as hero for stopping Indiana school shooter
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — An Indiana middle school student armed with two handguns opened fire inside his science classroom Friday, authorities said, wounding a classmate and a teacher whose swift intervention...
Rockets show no fear on brink of Finals despite losing Chris Paul
After announcing star point guard Chris Paul will miss Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference finals, the Rockets are a game up, but a man down. They nearly are...
USC president will step down amid gynecologist sex scandal
LOS ANGELES — The president of the University of Southern California has agreed to step down amid a raging sex scandal involving a university gynecologist who is accused of conducting...
Aaron Judge shows off his other amazing skill at critical moment
Aaron Judge didn’t do much offensively in Friday’s 2-1 win over the Angels, but his arm more than made up for it. The right fielder threw out two baserunners, including...
Stitches plays by the Rules
Memorial Day weekend here in New “Blas” City. Some rules and regulations for you and your family to follow in order to have a safe and happy holiday. ... Don’t...