September 22, 2018
New Rangers coach demanded more toughness — and he got it
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — David Quinn asked for his players to stick up for one another, and it didn’t take them long to heed that message. The first-year Rangers coach watched...
Islanders' free agents have plenty to prove to Lou Lamoriello
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — If there is one thing the Islanders have in abundance going into this season it’s flexibility. New team president Lou Lamoriello is strapped with the task of...
Mats Zuccarello is ready for anything in rebuilding season
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — When Mats Zuccarello was not advancing the cause of his own foundation in Norway and the Right to Play movement with a monumental outdoor game in Oslo...
Chiefs will move to 3-0 — and cover
The Patrick Mahomes era is well underway. Of all the new starting quarterbacks, he is blessed with the best scoring weapons around him. The Chiefs are the most impressive 2-0...
Wade Miley will shut down the Pirates
Autumn arrived Saturday night. The Jets’ and Giants’ seasons didn’t make it out of summer. Locals should be a combined 1-5 after today. The Browns are 1-1-1 while former teammate...
Giants visit Texans teetering on the edge of irrelevance
HOUSTON — Pat Shurmur has been around long enough — not with the Giants, but certainly around the NFL — to understand what happens early is not necessarily an indication...
Yankees are entering playoffs with big Aaron Boone mistake
There was a refreshing touch of autumn in the air Saturday at Yankee Stadium. The question is: How deep into autumn will the Yankees play? It took the Yankees 11...
15-year-old girl charged in deaths of mother, sister
ATHENS, Ala. — A 15-year-old girl accused of fatally stabbing her mother and older sister has been arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder. Limestone County Sheriff's Office...
Fugitive caught in Mexico 15 years after escaping prison
CLINTON, La. — It’s been 15 years since inmate Lonnie Payne called Louisiana’s East Feliciana Parish Prison his home, but a sheriff’s official says that’s about to change. Criminal Deputy...
NYPD cop accused of choking girlfriend released without bail
An off-duty NYPD cop accused of choking his ex-girlfriend -- and sending her a terrifying picture of a noose -- was released without bail Saturday and ordered to stay away...
Homeless man found stabbed to death in Washington Heights
A man who cops believe was homeless was found stabbed to death in Manhattan early Saturday. A passerby discovered the body of the 35-year-old man at West 176th Street and...
Motorcyclist killed in Brooklyn crash
A motorcyclist was killed when he rammed into a Nissan in Brooklyn on Saturday, cops said. The 47-year-old cyclist was heading north on Mother Gaston Boulevard at Belmont Avenue in...
Sports leagues, media keep treating the fans poorly
Every time we turn on the TV we’re treated like idiots. Then, when we turn the channel, we’re treated like idiots. Thursday night was a peach. In the first inning...
First photos of 2 identified Korean War soldiers released
Here are the first photos of the two American soldiers killed during the Korean War whose remains were returned to the U.S. last month. The two, shown proudly wearing their...
'Lion King' prop maker busted for trying to 3-D-print a gun
Things weren’t very Hakuna Matata at Broadway’s iconic “The Lion King” on Friday afternoon, when cops stormed the theater to arrest a props worker for allegedly trying to make a...
New Chinese train will make 1-hour Hong Kong trip in 14 minutes
Eat your hearts out, NYC straphangers. Hong Kong on Saturday opened a new high-speed rail link to inland China that will vastly decrease travel times. Costing over $10 billion and...
Merciless school bus driver told boy 'just pee yourself': mom
A city school bus driver showed no mercy toward a child who begged to stop at a restroom, telling the 11-year-old boy to “just pee yourself,” he and his livid...
US student debt might lead to the next financial crisis
In may not be trigonometry, but if you do the math, there is a great divide in how an estimated $2 trillion will be paid back in the near future....
Wall Street is high on Thiel-backed cannabis company
America saw reefer madness take over the stock market last week. For a few months now, the budding industry has captured the hearts, minds and money of many investors. However,...
Marine tried to save teen shot on Brooklyn basketball court
A former Marine desperately tried to save the doomed teen shot in the head at a Brooklyn basketball court — and held the 16-year-old in his arms as the young...
Fans furious after Yankee Stadium bans bike helmets
This wheely weird policy is getting a Bronx cheer. Yankee Stadium bans bike helmets from all events, even though every other stadium in the New York City area allows them....
The city could pay billions for a test that didn't really discriminate
It’s just nuts that the city might have to cough up billions for supposedly racist teacher-certification exams it stopped using long ago. But don’t count on Mayor de Blasio to...
Team Cuomo shows it doesn't care about toxic water after all
Now that the state’s bungling of the Hoosick Falls water-contamination nightmare has faded from the headlines, Gov. Cuomo’s office has forgotten all about it. That’s the obvious conclusion once you...
Devils sign Miles Wood to four-year, $11 million deal
The Devils have signed forward Miles Wood to a four-year, $11 million contract. General manager Ray Shero announced the signing Saturday. Wood will earn $2.5 million annually in the first...
The 'deep state' leaves Trump with no good options
President Trump is not generally given to understatement, but he soft-pedaled problems at the Department of Justice. There is, he said Friday, a “lingering stench” there. A “stench” doesn’t describe...
Giants defensive coordinator: I have to be better
HOUSTON — Without coming out and saying it, sometimes a coach will explain a failing of his team by insinuating, “We taught it right, they played it wrong.’’ That is...
GOP congressman's siblings: Don't vote for our brother
Thanksgiving with the Gosars will be mighty awkward this year. Six of GOP Rep. Paul Gosar’s nine siblings are campaigning against him. “Where is his integrity?” asked sis Jennifer Gosar...
Next crash will be 'worse than the Great Depression': experts
Ten years ago, it was too-easy credit that brought financial markets to their knees. Today, it could be a global debt of $247 trillion that causes the next crash. After...
Nets defense will determine how far they have come
In their slow climb from the NBA cellar, the Nets added offensive punch last summer and hope they addressed their rebounding woes this offseason. It will be for naught, however,...
Why Dolce & Gabbana's founders are laughing at their haters
Dolce & Gabbana’s runway show at Milan Fashion Week has long been a hot ticket. After all, the brand is known for dressing the world’s sexiest women: Madonna, Jennifer Lopez,...
It's official: The Yankees are in the playoffs
Take that, Kirk Gibson. Two pitches after fouling a ball off his left ankle and writhing in pain on the ground, Aaron Hicks got the Yankees into the playoffs by...
Engineer miraculously survived 2 days inside capsized ferry
An engineer aboard a doomed ferry that capsized in Tanzania miraculously survived for about two days thanks to an air pocket inside the overcrowded vessel, officials said Saturday. The glimmer...
Trump may push antitrust probe into Google, Facebook
President Trump has an executive order on his desk that could trigger an antitrust investigation into Google, Facebook and other tech giants amid allegations of anti-conservative bias on their platforms....
East Village already a 'war zone' ahead of L train shutdown
The L train shutdown is still seven months away, but East Villagers say they’re already going through hell. Non-stop construction spanning two blocks on East 14th Street near the First...
Anthony Joshua moves step closer to his megafight
LONDON — Anthony Joshua retained his WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles with a seventh-round stoppage of Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium. Joshua, who fought with a suspected broken nose...
Stabbed baby's father recounts terrifying ordeal at day care
The madwoman’s butcher knife went clear through Atiana’s 13-day-old body, piercing the newborn’s torso to the right of her navel. “From the front to the back,” her dad told The...
Schumer and Hannity agree: Trump shouldn't fire Rosenstein
Politics makes strange bedfellows, all right. Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and right-wing talker Sean Hannity are united in urging President Trump not to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in...
Philip Rivers will keep the Chargers close
Chargers (+7) over RAMS: Rams picked up where they left off in ’17 regular season — on fire, behind Jared Goff and a brace of serious skill players. But this...
This is why the East Village smells so disgusting
Neighbors are raising a big stink over the city parking 21 garbage trucks along three residential streets on the East Side. After the Sanitation Department was evicted from a garage...
Corey Oswalt offers silver lining as Mets offense offers nothing
WASHINGTON — Corey Oswalt might rank as the Mets’ eighth-best starting pitcher, but his flashes of respectability this season have served a purpose, allowing manager Mickey Callaway to keep Seth...
Tiger Woods rides hot start to brink of Tour Championship win
ATLANTA — Tiger Woods made it look and sound as if he never had been gone. More than turning back time, every hole seemed like the one before on Saturday...
How the Knicks are selling this strange season
To borrow from Vince Lombardi, “Winning isn’t everything, player development is.” At least that’s the motto of the Knicks leadership quartet of Steve Mills-Scott Perry-Craig Robinson-David Fizdale entering another training...
Carson Wentz is once again the king of Philadelphia
Philadelphia gets its adopted son back on Sunday. And Carson Wentz gets his team back. A love affair so rudely erupted by a devastating ACL and LCL nightmare resumes Sunday...
College professors allegedly sold drugs, 'pimped' out students
Veteran professors at the Manhattan school renowned for training future crime-fighters ran a lawless den of depravity called “the swamp,” where they allegedly used and sold drugs, and “pimped” out...
Sanchez struggles again after being named wild-card catcher
Aaron Boone left no doubt on Saturday that Gary Sanchez will be behind the plate for the Yankees wild-card game, regardless of who is pitching. Asked if Sanchez — who...
Finding the perfect players for your fantasy baseball future
Whether you’re planning your championship lineup or focusing on your extreme ironing fantasy league (anyone who uses a Shark Ultimate Pro Select Steam Iron is a lock to be on...
Thousands in Russia protest proposed retirement age increase
Thousands rallied across Russia on Saturday to protest the government’s plan to raise the eligibility age for retirement pensions by five years. Several thousand people attended a Moscow rally organized...
How Feinstein is conspiring to destroy Kavanaugh
Democratic leaders and their liberal aides, along with professional agitators, are all intermingled and conspiring together to achieve the same objective — in this case, to spike the confirmation of...
#MeToo has morphed into a career-destroying angry mob
#MeToo has done a lot of work exposing uncomfortable truths, but now its eagerness to denounce is taking on a censorious tone. #TimesUp is becoming #ShutUp. Recall that the movement...
Yankees may be tipping their hand on wild-card starter
J.A. Happ is zoned in on what’s right in front of him, which is Sunday’s start against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium. But by virtue of pitching on that particular...
Everything has lined up for St. John's best chance in years
It could be the perfect Storm. The Big East is projected to be down. St. John’s has by far its best roster of the Chris Mullin era — a loaded...
Tennis star's ex killed their kids as they slept, then shot himself: cops
The deranged ex-husband of an Indiana tennis star killed his son and daughter in their sleep, and then turned the gun on himself, police said. Boone County, Indiana cops discovered...
Giants find the perfect opponent to improve a lacking pass rush
HOUSTON — If the Giants do not apply more pressure to the pocket this week than they managed in the first two games, something is very wrong. Sure, for the...
The era of the sports god who shuns politics is sadly over
As a kid growing up in Nashville, I had three sports posters on my bedroom wall: Michael Jordan in mid-flight dunking from the free-throw line in the 1988 slam-dunk contest,...
Bloomberg considered Oprah for his Cabinet if he became president
Oprah Winfrey was in the running to be Mike Bloomberg’s Secretary of Commerce during his last flirtation with the White House in 2016 — alongside other big names for the...
Predicting the fate of the NFL's winless teams
0-2. Every year for some NFL teams, that record to start a season represents early crisis. It’s a time when, regardless of what the expectations were before the season began,...
Time for serious self-analysis for fantasy baseball owners
As the calendar gets closer to flipping to October and MLB fans start gearing up for the playoffs, fantasy baseball owners anxiously await the end of the regular season and...
Comcast wins Sky auction with $39B bid
LONDON — British regulators say Comcast has beat 21st Century Fox in a rare auction that allowed both sides to bid for European broadcaster Sky. After three rounds of bidding...
Nets' biggest potential storyline isn't even here yet
Here are the top five storylines to watch as the Nets enter training camp: 1. Is Butler Brooklyn-bound? With Jimmy Butler possibly getting traded within the next week, the Nets...
Kavanaugh accuser will testify against him
The woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has tentatively agreed to testify Thusday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers and bipartisan representatives...
'Insecure' shows how hard it is for a black girl to find love
When I moved to New York City in March of 2008, I thought my life would look a lot like Carrie Bradshaw’s from HBO’s “Sex and the City.” My social...
Knicks getting first test of new direction with camp opening
Here are the top five storylines to watch as the Knicks enter training camp: 1. What activities will Porzingis do in the preseason? President Steve Mills declined to put a...
Guy arrested for DUI after crashing in front of NYPD headquarters
An apparently drunk driver made it easy for cops to arrest him when he slammed his car into a concrete barrier -- right at the front entrance to 1 Police...
Sex assault eyed after turtle is discovered in woman's vagina
The British expat who had a dead baby turtle inside her vagina may have been a victim of a sexual assault, police said. The 26-year-old woman, who lives on Tenerife in...
Iowa State honors murdered golf star before game
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State honored slain golf star Celia Barquin Arozamena with an elaborate ceremony ahead of the Cyclones' game against Akron on Saturday. Iowa State's band used a...
Eli Manning suddenly is the most divisive figure in city sports
A strange thing has happened the past few years. There was a time when it became clear there would probably never be a more polarizing athlete than Alex Rodriguez, even...
Luke Voit has embraced every part of becoming a Yankee
New Yankees first baseman Luke Voit, acquired in a deadline deal with the Cardinals, takes a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: If you could pick...
Let's get real about Beto O'Rourke winning Texas
The toughest opponent is the one you don’t see coming. Sen. Ted Cruz is the political heavyweight champ in his home state of Texas. In 2012, his long-shot run that...
More victims say accused threesome rapist doctor assaulted them
Six additional women have come forward to say they were sexually assaulted by a reality-TV surgeon from California and his girlfriend, who are accused of sedating then attacking victims, prosecutors...
Here's how the Mets can be contenders again right away
What has 138 starts, a 3.29 ERA and averages better than a strikeout an inning? Moment to think about it. Answer: The combined 2018 rotation work of Jacob deGrom, Steven...
Senate Judiciary Committee aide resigns over sex harassment claim
An aide for the Senate committee overseeing hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has resigned after a past sexual-harassment allegation against the staffer surfaced. The aide, Garrett Ventry —...
DOE honcho gets moved after boneheaded busing decisions
The Department of Education has moved a top administrator in the latest personnel shake-up stemming from a string of student transportation disasters, officials told The Post. CEO of school operations...
China's new two-child policy should not be celebrated
I was living in China in 1980 when the one-child policy — one of the most brutal political campaigns any government has unleashed on women — began. Under that policy,...
Sugar crash kills girl at sleepover
A Pennsylvania community is mourning the death of a 10-year-old girl who was discovered unresponsive at a sleepover on Sunday morning. Sophia Daugherty, a fifth-grader in New Castle, was a...
Genealogy website lands UC Berkeley worker behind bars for rape spree
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A married 58-year-old man has been arrested in connection with at least 10 rapes across Northern California between 1991 and 2006 in what’s known as the NorCal...
Those cute labradoodles mask a dark, disturbing truth
With its cutesy curls and plaintive eyes, it’s no wonder the labradoodle became America’s second-favorite dog in 2010. But the man who first invented the breed by crossing a Labrador...
Woman charged for stabbing rampage at NYC 'tourist baby' birthing center
The crazed woman accused of a stabbing spree at a Queens boarding house for "tourist babies" -- cutting three newborns and two adults before trying to kill herself -- has...
Little girl's cellphone emerges as key clue after she's found dead in Alaskan tundra
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska man linked to a 10-year-old girl’s death through her cellphone pleaded not guilty Friday to lying to federal authorities investigating the case. After entering his...
Death count reaches 183 after ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria
UKARA, Tanzania - Divers rescued a man on Saturday as they searched for survivors from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria on Thursday, killing...
Army misses recruiting goal for first time since 2005
WASHINGTON — For the first time since 2005, the U.S. Army missed its recruiting goal this year, falling short by about 6,500 soldiers, despite pouring an extra $200 million into...
Luke Voit keeps raking and Greg Bird could be the odd man out
Luke Voit failed to crush a home run Friday night and still his legend grew. The Yankees first baseman contributed with a quieter hit, a two-run single in the seventh...
Knicks' rebuilding plan not hurting ticket sales
There is evidence some are buying hard into the Knicks’ patient rebuilding plan, despite five straight seasons of missing the playoffs. According to a Garden official, the season-ticket renewal rate...
Aaron Judge starting to get back into the swing of things
Aaron Judge started a fourth straight game Friday night since his return from the disabled list, and he entered still looking to find his rhythm. In his first three starts...
China's interference in US politics is only beginning
The Trump administration is publicly calling out China for attempting to influence US politics ahead of the midterms. Privately, the United States is looking past November as Beijing expands its...
Credit Trump's toughness for Putin's softening in Syria
All of a sudden, President Vladimir Putin is a soft touch on Syria. First, he let President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey persuade him not to begin a huge attack...
Giants looking to journeyman CB to step up in place of injured Eli Apple
B.W. Webb smiled at the suggestion, fully aware of what’s in store for him Sunday in Houston. The journeyman cornerback may as well have a bull’s-eye on his jersey. He...
Yankees 'doubling down and tripling down' on Gary Sanchez
Gary Sanchez was one of three regulars out of the Yankees’ lineup Friday night against the Orioles. None needed to use it as a springboard into the final days of...
Mets assistant GM: We were right to hold onto our starters
WASHINGTON — The debate over whether to maintain the current starting rotation or trade pieces to address weaknesses isn’t settled, but the Mets lately have made a case for keeping...
Anthony Joshua not only thing noteworthy about this card
Englishman Anthony Joshua will defend his multiple heavyweight titles against Alexander Povetkin in front of more than 80,000 people at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday night in an important...
Rangers giving Chris Kreider a look as a penalty killer
Chris Kreider has killed penalties for the grand total of 5:37 over his six years and 381 NHL games, and not for one second was No. 20 considered a credible...
How blindly betting favorites can cost the public a lot of money
Sports books rejoiced last Saturday because highly regarded big favorites all over the college schedule failed to cover their point spreads. The general public loves laying chalk (Las Vegas slang...
25 killed, dozens wounded in attack during military parade in Iran
Gunmen ambushed an annual Iranian military parade Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 70 others in the bloodiest assault to strike the country in nearly a decade. Attackers...
Jacob deGrom got his favorite catcher back
WASHINGTON — Jacob deGrom had a gift waiting for him behind home plate as he walked to the mound to face the Nationals on Friday. His favorite catcher was back....
Jaguars aren't tripping up this week
I don’t expect Sunday’s game at home to be a letdown spot for the Jaguars, because they lost twice last year to Tennessee. Other than an early trick play, the...
Rangers' Shattenkirk set to play first game since knee surgery
Bridgeport on a Saturday in September probably wasn’t on Kevin Shattenkirk’s bucket list, but the defenseman won’t pass up the short trip to Connecticut for a preseason match against the...
Bowles: Penalties not a coaching problem but a players' one
The Jets thought they were past this point. They thought they knew how to finish games, something that killed them repeatedly in 2017. The Week 1 victory over the Lions...
Giants will be playing out the string if they start 0-3
We’ve been down this road too many times before with the Giants, who have started 0-2 in four of the past five years. It might not seem like much in...
What Yankees Plan B should be if Chapman isn't ready to close
On its surface, this game served as the poorest of platforms for the Yankees’ deep bullpen. A nail-biting, 10-8 victory over the historically awful Orioles on Friday night at Yankee...
China reportedly cancels trade talks with US as tariff threats escalate
SHANGHAI — China has canceled upcoming trade talks with the United States and will not send vice-premier Liu He to Washington next week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources....
Minnesota lawmaker quits campaign amid daughter's inappropriate touching claims
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota state Rep. Jim Knoblach abruptly ended his re-election campaign Friday amid allegations of inappropriate touching from his adult daughter. Minnesota Public Radio reported the announcement...
Johnny Manziel sacked five times in ugly loss
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Montreal quarterback Johnny Manziel went 18 for 25 for 212 yards with no touchdowns and one interception in the Alouettes' 31-14 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers...
Grassley extends deadline for accuser to testify against Kavanaugh
Christine Blasey Ford has been given one more extension — to Saturday at 2:30 pm, according to multiple reports – to decide whether she will testify against Brett Kavanaugh, the...
Widow of slain officer breaks down, berates suspect in court
DEDHAM, Mass. — The widow of a Massachusetts police officer shot and killed while investigating a car crash in July yelled and swore at the suspect during his arraignment. Cindy...
Mom, 3 kids killed in horrific highway wreck
BEAUMONT, Texas — Police say a Georgia woman and her three children have been killed in a fiery eight-vehicle accident on westbound Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas. A Beaumont police...
Bet on Blue Jays left-hander to lead the way over Rays
“I’ll be home for ziti. You can plan on me.” Gov. Cuomo’s former top aide, Joe Percoco, was sentenced to six years for bribery. Percoco, a fan of “The Sopranos”...
3 arrested after teen boy found naked and chained inside home
PRATTVILLE, Ala. — A 13-year-old boy was found naked and chained at an Alabama home and three of his relatives have been arrested on child abuse charges, authorities said Friday....