December 10, 2016
Times hit piece on charters misses the real story on schools
We’re not sure when The New York Times decided to outsource its reporting on the city schools to the United Federation of Teachers, but the Gray Lady’s regurgitation of UFT...
Case for an NFL development league: The Jets' QB situation
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Jets’ quarterback situation this year underscores the NFL’s need for a developmental league. The Jets could have had Bryce Petty and Christian Hackenberg getting reps...
Schneiderman wimps out on flagging NY's real election woes
Last April, when state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced he was investigating massive Primary Day voting problems, we asked whether he would “dare point fingers at the true culprits.” Well,...
Porzingis has 'catch on his knee' and a bigger shooting problem
LOS ANGELES — Kristaps Porzingis got off to an All-Star-like start to the season, but has cooled off offensively the past five games. His legs look tired on his jump...
Spurs embarrass Nets in Sean Marks' return to San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — Nets general manager Sean Marks is growing the latest branch of the Spurs’ tree up in Brooklyn, but comparing them to the NBA’s model franchise is preposterous....
Bowles has been bad, but Jets' past alternative a question mark
Undoubtedly, there are Jets fans who have buyer’s remorse over Woody Johnson hiring Todd Bowles as his head coach instead of Dan Quinn. The job to replace the fired Rex...
Islanders' point streak ends with a crushing thud
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jack Johnson, Cam Atkinson and Seth Jones each had a goal and an assist as the Jackets beat the Islanders 6-2 on Saturday night for their sixth...
Why this is an amazing year for office holiday parties
It’ll be one of the very merriest holidays on record. As managers shake off the worst of the Great Recession, corporate America is hosting more office holiday parties and serving...
Why the Packers are a must-bet underdog vs. Seahawks
PACKERS (+3) over Seahawks: Green Bay needs this more, obviously has the pedigree, and maintains sizable chip on shoulder after brutal playoff loss at Seattle which wrapped up 2014 season....
ESPN makes no one happy by bringing back NBA Hall of Famer
Having little 21st Century business being seated at a computer — I just learned how to use our toaster — there are times when I have to look twice to...
Obama preaches empathy; Trump projects it
In “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the moral guidepost of the story is planted by Atticus Finch, who tells us, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from...
Jets fans left with just one thing to watch for vs. terrible 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Only the most diehard of the diehard Jets fans can care about this one. The 3-9 Jets face the 1-11 49ers in a game that has...
Louisville QB Lamar Jackson wins Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Trophy winner was decided before the leaves began to fall — and Saturday night, Lamar Jackson finally was allowed to take it home. The 19-year-old Louisville quarterback, and...
Giants-Cowboys: What the true stakes are for Big Blue
It does not all come down to this, but how the Giants fare Sunday night against the rival, rampaging Cowboys will go a long way in defining the stretch run...
The longest ride in Uber history
Uber driver Janis Rogers picked up a fare in Virginia and drove her nearly eight hours and 400 miles to Brooklyn, in what is believed to be the longest Uber...
Bryce Petty on 'servant-leader' approach, Brett Favre love and abs
New Jets starting quarterback Bryce Petty huddled with Post columnist Steve Serby for some Q&A. Q: How old were you when you had this quarterback NFL dream? A: 6. I...
This alternate-reality, 'classy' Ronda Rousey is ready to storm MMA
Kayla Harrison enters an ordinary door on a gray street on the outskirts of the Garment District. She walks past the doorman, who doesn’t look up from his newspaper, and...
How everyone missed on best NFL lottery ticket since Tom Brady
Everlasting proof the NFL draft isn’t just an inexact science but a total crapshoot will be under center for the Cowboys on Sunday night at MetLife Stadium. The debate over...
Hero cop finds autistic boy after school didn't notice he was missing
A 6-year-old autistic boy ran out of a Brooklyn school without anyone noticing and wound up on a nearby rooftop, where an off-duty cop grabbed him from the ledge. “Thank...
Meet New York MMA star who's done 'selling drugs, robbing people'
Stripped to his waist and wearing black tights, David Branch messes around with one of his training partners in the bright blue Renzo Gracie jiu-jitsu academy in Manhattan. Then Kayla...
How MLB is smartly losing its perpetually middling teams
You will find copycats no matter where you look, right? The whole TV world tries to create the next “Mad Men” period piece. You stumble by a salad joint about...
The chilling stories behind Japan's 'evaporating people'
As a newlywed in the 1980s, a Japanese martial arts master named Ichiro expected only good things. He and his wife, Tomoko, lived among the cherry blossoms in Saitama, a...
Carmelo doesn't sound over it as he and Phil make peace
LOS ANGELES — Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson staged a peace summit at practice Saturday — with the Zen Master clarifying his critical remarks. Anthony said he felt good about...
A wide-open week of DFS has only one absolute must-play
Boom or bust, that is the nature of Week 14 in the NFL, and especially in fantasy football. This week stacks up as one of the most difficult of the...
Was Trump's swipe at Army-Navy football mean or fair?
He just couldn't help himself. The President-elect of the United States took a soft swipe at the quality of the football game he was watching in Baltimore on Saturday between...
These 32 books will please everyone on your gift list
No gift beats the perfect book. Joel Grayson, bookseller from Manhattan children’s bookstore Books of Wonder, sums up the joy of finding that ideal read: “The best part of our...
Killer of Saints' Will Smith tells his side of the story
NEW ORLEANS — The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith insisted Saturday that he did so only after a drunken, irate Smith retrieved a gun...
Inside the room where two tragic tots were scalded to death
This is the heartbreaking scene inside the Bronx apartment where precious baby sisters Ibanez Ambrose, 2, and Scylee Ambrose, 1, met their death as steam scalded them from a radiator...
Donald Trump raucously cheered at Army-Navy game
President-elect Donald Trump was greeted with cheers and jumping cadets at the annual Army-Navy football game in Baltimore. The incoming president waved to the crowd from outside a private box as...
Behind the rollicking spectacle that is now the Knicks bench
Knicks rookie Ron Baker started the “Three-Scope’’ five games ago — an invention that embodies the bench's high-energy, collegial antics. Whenever a Knick drains a 3-pointer, Baker is up on...
Dozens killed in explosions outside Istanbul stadium
ISTANBUL -- A car bomb followed by a suicide bombing less than a minute later killed 29 people and wounded 166 outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul on Saturday night,...
It's up to Jets players whether they'll ax or spare Todd Bowles
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The returns began to stream in before the paint — or was it blood? — had dried from the Jets’ embarrassing 41-10 loss to the Colts...
This is the absolute worst way to travel in New York City
The 1960s countercultural novelist Ken Kesey famously, if obscurely, proclaimed, “You’re either on the bus or off the bus.” More New Yorkers than ever are opting for off, but there’s...
Rising heavyweight champ must win one fight for his dream bout
The heavyweight division has been an afterthought in boxing in recent years, but that’s slowly changing to the point at which it could be one of the most interesting in...
Trump expected to pick Exxon CEO Tillerson for secretary of state
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is Donald Trump’s choice to become America’s next secretary of state, it was reported Saturday. The oil exec beat out Mitt Romney, former CIA Director David...
Promising young boxer found dead in car in Mexico
Alejandro Gonzalez Jr., a super bantamweight fighter and the son of a former world champion, was found dead Friday in Mexico. He was 23.
Giants get injury clarity, but not all the help they wanted
The Giants will be getting some help for their sagging offense, but not quite all the reinforcements they were hoping to gain for their showdown with the Cowboys. Running back...
Inside the terrible, no good mess of the Port Authority police
Scandal continues to plague the Port Authority, the bi-state agency that is supposed to ensure the security and safe operation not only of America’s highest value terrorism target, the 16-acre...
Santacon protesters and revelers clash during bar crawl
SantaCon’s drunken Kris Kringles found coal in their stockings Saturday morning in the form of neighborhood activists jeering the annual Manhattan bar crawl. Two protesters were ticketed — for using...
Kaepernick's parents break silence after Navy admiral 'attack'
Colin Kaepernick's decision to kneel during the national anthem to protest racial inequality and police violence has made the San Francisco 49ers quarterback a polarizing figure, to say the least....
Missing teen who was allegedly called 'terrorist' on subway has been found
The 18-year-old Baruch College student who was reported missing a week after she claimed she was the victim of anti-Muslim harassment has been found, Nassau police said. Yasmin Seweid, of...
Secret Service nabs Ivanka Trump's accused stalker near Trump Tower
Ivanka Trump’s longtime stalker — a schizophrenic who once blamed his obsession on space aliens — was nabbed less than two blocks from Trump Tower by Secret Service agents, a...
Trump calls CNN reporting 'rediculous,' denies reality TV involvement
The President-elect took to Twitter early Saturday to deny news reports he’ll be working on “Celebrity Apprentice” in his spare time. “I have NOTHING to do with The Apprentice except...
US sending 200 more troops to Syria to battle ISIS
MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday that as many as 200 more American troops are being sent to Syria to help Kurdish and Arab fighters capture...
Competitive eater devours 3-foot-long ‘Anaconda’ burrito
A nationally ranked competitive eater has become the first person to finish a 3-foot-long, 5-and-a-half pound burrito. Pablo Martinez, who is ranked 20th in the world by Major League Eating,...
Alain Vigneault's replay challenge saves Rangers
CHICAGO — Alain Vigneault is good at trusting his eyes. The Rangers coach continued his successful run of coach’s challenges when he questioned Marian Hossa’s goal 6:00 into the third...
Broncos' Brandon Marshall shares racist hate-mail
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall posted on social media a racist, threatening letter that denounced him for taking a knee during the national anthem earlier this season. He...
Adrian Peterson's injury drama a tough call for fantasy owners
It is fantasy playoff time in most leagues, so if you have made it this far, you have overcome the injuries that beset all teams. Now, all the months of...
Shutdown averted as Senate backs stop-gap spending bill
WASHINGTON — With less than hour to spare, the Senate late Friday backed legislation averting a government shutdown as coal-state Democrats retreated on long-term health care benefits for retired miners...
UFC finally lights up Albany with rising stars, blood and KOs
ALBANY — Nine months ago, Daniel O’Donnell, brother of talk show host Rosie O’Donnell and an openly gay member of the New York State Assembly, described mixed martial arts as...
Desperate New Yorkers make last-ditch effort to sabotage SantaCon
New Yorkers are making a last-ditch effort to sabotage SantaCon — posting flyers across the city that say the event is cancelled — in the attempt to put an end...
Tyra-free 'ANTM' reboot features Celine Dion's 'Image Architect'
Celebrity stylist Law Roach has moved in front of the cameras as a judge on the rebooted version of “America’s Next Top Model,” premiering Monday on VH1 with British singer/actress...
Where jazz musician Arturo O'Farrill gets his favorite Cuban food
Arturo O’Farrill may have gone kicking and screaming to Cuban father Chico’s jazz gigs, but listening to all that Latin music paid off: This weekend, the 56-year-old Grammy winner returns...
Here's where to buy iconic NYC holiday presents
Whether you’re shopping for a friend or relative who’s moved away or for someone here who shares your affinity for all things Big Apple, consider giving the gift of New...
Carmelo Anthony answers critic Jackson with monster game
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Carmelo Anthony went from a star on Instagram to a star in Sacramento. But he needed a late hand from Joakim Noah and his suddenly soft free-throw...
New York elite at war over nonstop Christmas music
All he wants for Christmas is some peace and quiet. An Upper East Side lawyer is suing his neighbor, socialite Lisa Maria Falcone, to force her to turn off what...
'First-class restaurant' is really a rowdy late-night spot: suit
A “first-class restaurant” in Hell’s Kitchen has turned into a rowdy nightclub, according to a new lawsuit by the building’s landlord, who wants to shut down the parties. The tapas...
Trump's cabinet pick considered replacing chefs with robots
When Andy Puzder, the likely Labor secretary pick of President-elect Donald Trump talks about replacing employees with robots, it is not an idle thought. Puzder, the chief executive of the...
Three injured after SUV plows through brick wall of home
Three people were injured when an out-of-control car plowed into a home in Queens on Friday, police said. Cops said the 47-year-old woman was driving with her young daughter west...
Comptroller: Regulator's claims against hedge funds 'unsupported'
New York’s top financial services regulator used “inaccurate” and “incomplete” data earlier this year when it blasted the state’s pension fund for paying exorbitantly high fees on its hedge fund...
Conditions 'sliding backwards' at city's mixed homeless shelters
Despite multiple commitments to make all shelters safe for homeless residents, conditions at the city’s 280 cluster sites — the same mixed-residential buildings where a radiator leak this week killed...
Sister of accused Etan Patz killer says dad whipped them as kids
The sister of the man accused of killing Etan Patz described in court Friday how their Bible-thumping father would whip them both with belts and forbid them from having sleepovers...
Seamless, Grubhub suffering constant site crashes
Seamless and Grubhub are having trouble staying online — again. The food-delivery sites, run by parent company Grubhub Inc., have lately suffered a slew of major service outages — at...
The race is on to become new No. 2 at Goldman Sachs
The race for No. 2 is on inside Goldman Sachs. Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of the Wall Street bank, is considering splitting the president and chief operating officer roles in the...
'Anastasia' producers sued for plagiarism
The producers of Broadway’s “Anastasia” are being sued by an heir of the author of the alleged original play, who has demanded the production be barred from opening its doors...