July 21, 2018
The NASCAR drivers to let your money ride with this weekend
NASCAR will take its first Sunday drive into New England this weekend as the series heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301. Consider these plays...
Two players who could alter Jets' course at training camp
Here are five players to watch as the Jets open training camp: Sam Darnold The rookie quarterback will be under the microscope in this camp. The Jets are going to...
Yankees' value sinks as they step off the gas against bad teams
“Sunday Night Baseball” on ESPN will feature the finale of the Subway Series. It’s a similar situation to when the teams squared off at Citi Field in early June. In...
All eyes are on these Giants heading into training camp
Here are five players to watch as the Giants open training camp: Eli Manning Yup, he’s here. Normally, Manning would not be included in a list of players to keep...
Giants facing challenge to get back to top of NFC East
A look at how the Giants' rivals in the NFC East stack up: Philadelphia Eagles Coach: Doug Pederson (third season) Biggest newcomers: The Eagles are smart. They realize changing things...
Rookie quarterback class intrigues as NFL camps begin
Will the simplification of the catch rule cause less confusion? (It can only help, right? Please say yes.) Will the personal conduct policy discipline continue to confound NFL commissioner Roger...
Chris Sale offers path of least resistance against Tigers
Up early to the watch the British Open final round this morning even though Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond failed to make the cut. ... It took six years, but restoration work...
Red Bulls win second straight in ugly, muddy battle
If soccer is known as “the beautiful game,” then what took place at Red Bull Arena on Saturday night was a far less appealing derivative. The Revolution entered the game...
Mets take losing in New York to a whole new embarrassing level
I think I finally understand why it feels like losing in New York is worse than losing most anywhere else. Sure, there are the usual culprits. You can start with...
Suspect who took hostages at Trader Joe's is in police custody
A gunman who led police on a pursuit and then ran into a Los Angeles supermarket, holding bystanders inside hostage, has been taken into custody. The suspect walked out of...
This man first broke the sound barrier — in secret
On Oct. 14, 1947, Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier — or so history tells us. According to a new book, World...
NYCHA program is turning residents into successful chefs
She’s gone from hard times to the High Line. Last winter, Donna Davis had to leave the Crown Heights rental she’d called home for many years. Her lease had expired,...
Controversial Westchester principal loses new DOE gig
An embattled Westchester principal who quit under a cloud of controversy — including a grade-fixing scandal, the murder of one student and the stabbing of two others — briefly landed...
Aaron Boone needs Gary Sanchez to find a little more speed
Before Saturday’s 7-6 win over the Mets at Yankee Stadium, Aaron Boone chatted with Gary Sanchez about his approach to running to first base. After moving nowhere close to even...
JPMorgan is thriving under Dimon a decade after financial crisis
In an interesting twist of fate, Lloyd Blankfein’s departure from Goldman Sachs, announced last week, leaves JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon as the lone survivor from the financial crisis. (Blankfein will officially...
Mike Trout has right approach to building his value
Commissioner Rob Manfred’s matter-of-fact speaking style got him in some hot water this past week regarding baseball’s best player. While meeting with the Baseball Writers Association of America in Washington,...
Manny Machado-Bryce Harper free agency saga just beginning
If the baseball season was, let’s say, a Triple Crown horse race, then Manny Machado’s trade to the Dodgers would have prompted announcer Dave Johnson to go to his legendary...
Woman killed after gunman took hostages at Trader Joe's: cops
LOS ANGELES — A man shot his grandmother and girlfriend Saturday and then led police on a car chase that ended when he crashed into a pole and ran inside...
Pro sports teams let vulgarity and hypocrisy go hand in hand
Justice, as opposed to pizza, is served. With the justifiable fallout over Papa John Schnatter’s use of the N-word, how many leagues, colleges, pro teams, media and Peyton Mannings that...
Gallery owner's $15K gamble on storage locker pays off big time
It was the offer of a lifetime he almost refused. A Chelsea art gallery owner hit the jackpot when he took a $15,000 gamble on a storage locker and discovered...
Dozens of raccoons die from viral 'zombie' outbreak in Central Park
More than two dozen Central Park raccoons have died in an ongoing viral outbreak that causes “zombie” behavior in the critters, authorities determined. Of 26 raccoons found dead or sick...
Greg Bird seems to have figured out the biggest hole in his game
Greg Bird had just three at-bats against Steven Matz going into Saturday, but Aaron Boone wasn’t sure how much success the first baseman would have facing the Mets’ southpaw. “I...
FBI releases hundreds of records on Carter Page surveillance
The FBI released 412 pages of documents on its case against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page – the evidence it used to win a surveillance order that lies at the heart of...
Local pro lives lifelong dream at British Open
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Keir McNicoll, a 34-year-old assistant pro at Carnoustie, had the day of his life Saturday. He played in a British Open on his home course. There will...
Residents near Russian diplomat building say 'spies are everywhere'
In a quiet corner of The Bronx, nestled among trees and quaint 1960s houses, the Cold War still lingers. The center of intrigue is located in northern Riverdale, an area...
School only hired me to fulfill diversity quota: suit
A black, lesbian political science professor claims the New School only hired her as a token of diversity to stem complaints about its mostly white staff, according to a lawsuit....
NYU's president was paid $1.8M his first year
New York University is paying top dollar for its top boss. Andrew Hamilton, who took the helm of the institution in 2016, received $1.8 million in compensation that year, NYU’s...
This Jeurys Familia farewell and trade make twisted sense
The Mets are the perfect illustration of the warp speed at which professional sports operates and in which credit expires almost immediately. Their 2015 trip to the World Series might...
Republicans pressure White House to discuss Putin meeting
Congressional Republicans are pushing President Trump to reveal what happened behind closed doors at his one-on-one summit meeting with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin — unsettled by the White House’s silence...
500 displaced by steam-pipe explosion can't catch a break
Neither Con Edison nor the city could say Saturday when some 500 residents, workers and business owners displaced by Thursday’s steam-pipe explosion will be able to re-enter the asbestos-tainted Flatiron...
New York Public Library chief is top pick for CUNY chancellor
The head of the New York Public Library is in the running to be the new CUNY chancellor, The Post has learned. Anthony Marx is a top contender to head...
Harmonica used by Bob Dylan sells for $13.7K at auction
The auction is blowin‘ in the windfall! A harmonica used by music legend Bob Dylan in 1961 fetched $13,750 at auction Saturday. Billed as “an absolutely incredible piece of popular...
Bannon launching foundation to boost far-right in Europe
Steve Bannon is setting his populist sights overseas, aiming to upend the European Parliament by boosting right-wing and nationalist candidates. President Trump’s former chief strategist will launch a Brussels-based foundation,...
Scott Stringer’s plan to make NYC’s housing market even worse
Scott Stringer’s job is to add up the city’s money to see if it’s all there, but when it comes to understanding the housing market, he can’t put two and...
Special-ed kids suffer in de Blasio’s grudge against Success Academy
Mayor de Blasio hates the Success Academy charter schools so much that his minions are even taking it out on Success kids who need special education. The ugly facts are...
Duck boat victim sobs: Life jackets 'could have saved my babies'
Life jackets would have saved her kids, one of the survivors of the tragic Missouri “duck boat” disaster said Saturday. “I felt like if I was able to get a...
The Nets' defense against furious Jeremy Lin fans
Earlier this month, a day after Jeremy Lin told The Post he was confident he would not be traded because he hadn’t heard that he would be from Nets brass,...
The 25 hottest bachelors in New York
Smooth Operators There's nothing smoother than a man in a fine suit. Enter prototype Jon Hamm, 47, who redefined the game with his portrayal of Don Draper on “Mad Men.”...
The weirdest part about Aroldis Chapman's stunning collapse
The good news, according to Aroldis Chapman, is that his balky left knee feels better than it has in a while. That may well be the case, but it certainly...
Homeless people have 'infested' Grand Central: custodian
The homeless have “infested” Grand Central Terminal, says a Metro-North custodian who claims in a lawsuit he was attacked while doing his job. Jason Rumble was cleaning the men’s bathroom...
Saquon Barkley will put in work for this explosive Giants offense
Giants running back Saquon Barkley runs through some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby before he reports to training camp Sunday. Q: Eli Manning said recently that he wants to...
Mets may have missed best time to trade Steven Matz
The Mets may have missed their chance to sell high on Steven Matz. In his first start back from the All-Star break, Matz had one of his worst outings of...
The first sign that Sonny Gray may be turning a corner
Say this for Sonny Gray: This wasn’t the greatest start, but this was a start. This is all about his mental approach, upping his competitive level within the game, which...
Mets outfielder just had the game from hell
Matt den Dekker struck out in his only three at-bats Saturday — and had an even worse day in the field. While den Dekker is now hitless in 17 at-bats...
College president made staffers help him ask students for sex: suit
The founder and president of a for-profit Brooklyn college tasked his employees with steering attractive young women to his office — “so he could proposition them for sex, ” according...
Tiger Woods' partner literally couldn't believe what he was seeing
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Tiger Woods’ playing partner in Saturday’s third round, an obscure 36-year-old South African journeyman who plays on the Japan Tour named Shaun Norris, was mesmerized not only...
The perks and pitfalls of being a celebrity superfan
Johnny Cyrus rang in his 21st birthday in May by traveling from his Milwaukee home to San Francisco for Kylie Jenner’s pop-up shop — where the star greeted him with...
Parks Department ex-con boss benched during sex abuse probe
An ex-con Parks Department supervisor accused of sexually abusing underlings has been benched as the city investigates. Michael Palamar is being probed following a Post report on a lawsuit filed...
Cops identify prisoner who escaped custody
Cops on Saturday identified the handcuffed prisoner who escaped police custody after he allegedly pilfered the SoHo Nike store with a female accomplice. Derek Robinson, 39, along with Alice Scruggs,...
American jihadist to be released 14 years into 65-year sentence
An American jihadist who used a paintball park to train for combat will be freed after serving 14 years of his 65-year sentence, a Virginia judge ruled Friday. Seifullah Chapman,...
A different-looking Jordan Spieth makes his run at juicy British Open
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — On Monday, Jordan Spieth reluctantly returned the Claret Jug he won a year ago for his British Open victory at Royal Birkdale. On Sunday, he has a...
LI beach areas closed off after angler hooks 5-foot-long shark
Sharks were again making waves on Long Island Saturday. Several swimming areas at Robert Moses State Park were off-limits for about an hour after a fisherman hooked a 5-foot-long shark...
Meet the man behind NYC's favorite pun-filled showdown
It’s a scorching Tuesday night in Gowanus and Fred Firestone has his noise-canceling headphones on standby. He’ll need them when some 400 raucous millennials pour into the Littlefield venue, looking...
Hateful firefighter arrested for defecating on stranger's yard is back on job
The son of a former FDNY commissioner arrested for defecating on a stranger’s lawn furniture during a drunken night in New Jersey is back on the job, The Post has...
Jets fans are now getting a summer they've only dreamed about
Quarterback competitions and controversies have been as much a part of a Jets fan’s summer as trips to the beach and eating ice cream. Through different coaches, different general managers...
FDNY firefighter claims he's seen ghosts, aliens and angels
He’s one of the city’s Bravest ... and Strangest. Firefighter Andrew Radziewicz says he’s a “psychic medium” who regularly encounters extraterrestrials, UFOs, dead people, angels and other strange phenomena —...
Ninth-inning meltdown turns rout into Yankees-Mets thriller
Just as the Yankees planned, a left-handed reliever recorded the final three outs Saturday in the second of three Subway Series games against the awful Mets. What wasn’t draw up...
Inwood residents say rezoning plan is an 'ethnic cleansing'
Nestled next to the Harlem River at the tip of Manhattan, Inwood is on the brink of change. Once a refuge from the rest of the borough's unrelenting gentrification, a...
Here are the A's prospects Mets are getting for Jeurys Familia
Jeurys Familia’s Mets career officially became past tense Saturday afternoon in a swap that brought two minor league players and international bonus pool money from Oakland. The Mets received third...
2 survivors of deadly duck boat disaster released from hospital
Two survivors of the deadly Missouri “duck boat” disaster that left 17 people dead were released from the hospital late Friday. The adult and child were not identified. Four other...
Why the Christian Right has embraced Putin
Last week’s arrest of Marina Butina, the 29-year-old operative who allegedly wielded sex as a weapon to spy for Russia, revealed not one but two channels into American power pursued...
Central Park blast victim tries to move on two years later
Two years after losing part of his left leg in a freak explosion at Central Park, Connor Golden is spending the summer some 1,200 miles away from the scene of...
Shooting suspect flees in Maserati after two hurt outside club: cops
A man and woman were wounded in a shooting outside a fancy Queens party space early Saturday -- and the suspect made a getaway in a Maserati, cops said. The...
Brooklyn woman found dead in bedroom closet: cops
A Brooklyn woman was found dead in her bedroom closet Saturday, her body wrapped in a bedsheet, cops said. Kyinar Thein, 58, was discovered around 6:45 a.m. after concerned relatives,...
Eli Manning now has everything — except an excuse
At a time when NFL camps far and near open for business and players of varied shapes and sizes profess their ravenous craving to prove ’em all wrong, Eli Manning...
Landlord critic James raking in cash from real estate interests
After shaming the city’s “worst landlords” for years, Public Advocate Letitia James is hauling in donations for her state attorney general campaign from developers, management companies and other real estate...
This is the Tiger Woods the world has been waiting for
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — You could feel it in the Scottish air, see it in the body language — not only from the player everyone wants to watch, but the throngs...
Father of dead woman in garbage chute says it was 'murder'
Ever since his daughter fell to her death through a high-rise garbage chute in Union Square, Nicholas Prychodko can’t bring himself to take out the trash. Lara Prychodko was found...
The Mets who spoke — and who didn’t — just poured gas on Cespedes fire
“Our priority now is Yoenis and getting him to where he can be the best player he can possibly be. How we do that, I think that’s a question for...
Two men arrested in fatal shooting of NYPD employee
Two men were busted for last year's shooting death of a civilian NYPD employee in his Brooklyn home, cops said. Derek Simpkins, of Brooklyn, and Abasie Brambam, of Marietta, Ga.,...
Off-duty cop hurt while fending off attempted robbery: police
An off-duty Long Island cop was hurt in a Bronx shooting during an attempted robbery early Saturday, police said. The 33-year-old Hempstead officer was driving on Sedgwick Avenue near Hall...
Mickey Callaway stunningly didn't know about Cespedes bombshell
Yoenis Cespedes’ bombshell that he could need surgery on both heels, potentially keeping him sidelined into next season, may have caught the Mets by surprise. Less than 12 hours after...
Tiger Woods charges up leaderboard, and British Open gets interesting
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Tiger Woods turned back the clock and briefly tied for the lead en route to a 5-under 66 as players plundered Carnoustie in perfect conditions in the...
DeMar DeRozan is making the Raptors divorce even uglier
TORONTO — Raptors president Masai Ujiri apologized Friday for a "miscommunication" with four-time All-Star and franchise icon DeMar DeRozan, but Toronto's traded All-Star guard didn't seem quite ready to make...
1968 marked Americans' retreat from civic life
The year 1968 is synonymous with political drama: The violence at the Democratic National Convention and the riots in more than 100 American cities, the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and...
It took one game for Manny Machado to make Dodgers splash
MILWAUKEE — It's a whole new beginning for Manny Machado after months of uncertainty. Perfect time for a new number, too. One with an LA story and a Baltimore past....
What Trump told Spicer after 'Holocaust centers' debacle
Sean Spicer served as communications director for the Republican National Committee during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and as Trump’s White House press secretary until August 2017. His new book, “The...
Cuomo has wasted billions, and somehow he's still here
By any standard or sane measure, Gov. Andrew Cuomo should be running scared. Joseph Percoco, one of his closest advisors and friends — “my father’s third son,” Cuomo once said...
Yankees call up another top prospect, send him right back down
Two Domingoes go down. The Yankees called up Domingo Acevedo from Double-A Trenton, they announced Saturday, a day after they demoted Domingo German to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Yet, Acevedo returned to...
After fateful shooting, Scalise could be most powerful man in Congress
PITTSBURGH — Everyone wants to shake Steve Scalise’s hand. A year ago, the Louisiana congressman was near second base at an early-morning baseball practice when the sound of shots pierced...
Concertgoer struck by lightning while on cellphone: cops
A 22-year-old concertgoer was struck in the ear by lightning while talking on her cellphone, according to officials. The lightning struck Brittany Prehn during a powerful storm early Friday near...
Rare summer nor'easter expected to pound NYC
New York City will see heavy rainfall Saturday night as a rare July nor'easter passes through the tri-state area. The heaviest and steadiest rain will fall overnight and most of...
Baby found safe, dad in custody after Amber Alert: cops
A man was busted Saturday morning for allegedly snatching his infant daughter from a Queens family shelter after a spat with her mother, cops said. Jerome Pippins, 24, took off...
Democratic socialism surging in Trump era
PORTLAND, Maine — Last Friday, Maine Democrat Zak Ringelstein wasn’t ready to consider himself a formal member of the Democratic Socialists of America, even if he appreciated the organization’s values...
Knifeman charged in Germany bus attack
BERLIN — German prosecutors are charging a 34-year-old man who attacked passengers on a crowded city bus with a knife in the northern town of Luebeck on Friday with attempted...
Parkland survivors' dad fatally shot in robbery
A father of two high school students who survived February's school massacre in Parkland, Fla., was fatally shot this week by a robber, authorities said. On Friday, a 19-year-old man...
Trump dubs himself 'your favorite president' in response to hush money report
President Trump slammed his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen Saturday — his first public reaction to reports that the attorney recorded at least one of their conversations in the run-up...
CIA official: China waging 'quiet' cold war against US
ASPEN, Colo. — China is waging a “quiet kind of cold war” against the United States, using all its resources to try to replace America as the leading power in...
Elon Musk is a total fraud
One disastrous tweet has finally revealed Elon Musk for what he is: a fraud. Enraged that a British cave diver called his idea to rescue the Thai soccer team for...
Capital Gazette shooting suspect indicted on 23 charges
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A grand jury has leveled 23 charges against a man accused of killing five people in a mass shooting at a Maryland newspaper office, a prosecutor announced...
Hamas accepts cease-fire after fiercest fighting since 2014
JERUSALEM — Gaza's militant Hamas rulers said Saturday they had accepted a cease-fire ending a massive Israeli onslaught on militant positions after a soldier was shot dead, once again pulling...
George H.W. Bush's former doctor gunned down by cyclist
A heart doctor who treated former President George H.W. Bush was biking to work when he was gunned down by another cyclist on Friday, authorities said. The former president released...
Man arrested after young grandson shoots 2-year-old cousin
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old cousin Friday at a home in Southern California and deputies arrested the victim's grandfather for allegedly leaving...
Yoenis Cespedes drops surgery bombshell
With the clock inching toward midnight Friday night, Yoenis Cespedes dropped a double-scary health bombshell. The often-injured Cespedes said he needs to have surgery on both heels and he is...
Handcuffed prisoner escapes NYPD custody in Tribeca
A handcuffed prisoner escaped police custody in lower Manhattan on Friday night, cops said. The man, who had been arrested on suspicion of petit larceny, fled from the First Precinct...
Yankees have seen enough of Domingo German for now
The initial Domingo German Rotation Participation era for the Yankees has ended. “We just optioned him,” manager Aaron Boone said. That’ll do it. The Mets made German — in his...
Subway Series reveals Yankees' biggest vulnerability
The matchup was a pretty skeevy one to begin with, the Yankees out of the All-Star break opting to go with Domingo German against Noah Syndergaard in Friday’s opener of...
Stephen Strasburg and Max Scherzer in ugly dugout dust-up
WASHINGTON — Families fight, even on special occasions. Birthday boy Stephen Strasburg and Nationals ace Max Scherzer are leaving it at that. Strasburg was batted around by the Braves, then...
Michael Conforto looked like an All-Star again for one night
Yoenis Cespedes was back, and there was talk of the return of two more other key pieces, Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce, in the not-too-distant future. But the player the...
Jacob deGrom is in no hurry to leave his Mets home
Mets ace Jacob deGrom wants to remain with the team. He has made that clear. He said so at the All-Star Game. He said it again Friday before the start...
Man stabbed in the head during brawl at Queens mall
A man was stabbed in the head during a brawl in the food court at the Queens Center Mall on Friday, cops said. The victim, in his 20s, was injured...
It looks like Jeurys Familia's time with Mets is done
Jeurys Familia was nowhere to be found in the ninth inning Friday for good reason: He was on the verge of leaving the Mets through a trade. The Mets closer...
FAA employee charged with having child porn on work laptop
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An administrative officer with the Federal Aviation Administration has been charged with having child pornography on his work computer. Prosecutors say 57-year-old Scott Pierson of Vernon...
Noah Syndergaard's Yankees audition came with big red flag
There was Noah Syndergaard, following his 75th pitch with one out in the fifth, assuring Mickey Callaway and assistant trainer Joseph Golia during a mound visit there was nothing wrong...
'Escort queen' behind Louisville basketball scandal indicted on forgery charges
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman who declared herself the "escort queen" of a sex scandal involving the University of Louisville's basketball team has been indicted on theft charges. The Courier...