November 28, 2013
Shump changes: Woodson having effect on Iman’s confidence
DENVER — The night Knicks coach Mike Woodson may have lost Iman Shumpert could have come on Nov. 20 in the heartbreaking overtime loss to the powerhouse Pacers. Shumpert hasn’t...
Giants want Coughlin to lead them in 2014
With the Giants playoff chances essentially sitting two outs in the bottom of the ninth from extinction — and with their head coach, Tom Coughlin, set to turn 68 before...
Back in Denver, Melo feels strain of Knicks strife
DENVER — When Carmelo Anthony made his first return to Denver as a Knick, on March 13, his knee was swollen and full of fluid. He didn’t last the game...
Jason Kidd fined $50K over 'Cupgate'
Not only did “Cupgate” fail to get the Nets a win, it’s also going to cost Jason Kidd some cash. The NBA announced Thursday night it had fined Kidd $50,000...
Red alert: Tough sked upcoming for St. John's
The junior varsity portion of St. John’s schedule is over for now. Beginning Friday night with the Barclays Center Classic, the Red Storm will face major conference opposition in three...
A classic MLB clash — and no one to root for
The prolonged agony of Alex Rodriguez vs. Major League Baseball has been exacerbated by the absence of a key human element: A rooting interest. There’s absolutely none. It’s enough to...
Boy, what a comeback! Dallas rallies to win
ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo was sick, and it wasn’t because he had just watched the Raiders return a fumble for a touchdown on the opening kickoff. After the Dallas...
Rookie lineman Pugh a reliable, bright spot for Giants
As far as the Giants are concerned, what’s most noticeable about Justin Pugh’s first season is there’s not much to notice. His rookie year is heading for the stretch run...
Here's the catch: Jets' receivers know they need to boost Geno
To say Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith is struggling mightily during the team’s current two-game losing streak would be an understatement. The rookie has completed just 37.7 percent of his...
'Downton Abbey' special drives toward new season
Lady Mary’s sad. Lady Edith’s glad. And the Dowager Countess is just... bad. That’s a preview of the fourth season of “Downton Abbey.” These crumbs are interspersed with a tea...
Storm’s a-Bruin: Rangers to face mighty test in Boston
BOSTON — Everyone understands the Penguins’ top-end talent featuring Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin is unparalleled in the East.But still, the big, bad, dark and deep Bruins are the conference’s...
Banker charged with helping rich dodge taxes OK with extradition
Raoul Weil, a former UBS banker charged by US authorities five years ago for allegedly helping rich Americans dodge taxes via secret Swiss bank accounts, has agreed to go to...
Tele-genic: Nets’ Mirza looks good off the bench
HOUSTON — After taking only one shot in the Nets’ win Tuesday at Toronto, Mirza Teletovic insisted his play against the Raptors proved he is more than just a shooter....
Guccione Jr. seen as Maxim CEO choice
After a rough patch, Alpha Media’s deal to sell Maxim magazine to newly formed Darden Media appears to be back on track. What’s more, industry veteran Bob Guccione Jr. is...
Time Inc. to 'dramatically' expand native ad business
Time Inc. is going native. CEO Joe Ripp plans to “dramatically” expand into the so-called native ad business and has issued a request for proposals to find a partner that...
A look inside Brandon Stanton's 'Humans of New York'
Take a look inside "Humans of New York," where photographer Brandon Stanton
Pay-TV providers playing hardball on TWC sports channel
Time Warner Cable may have to rethink its pitch as it prepares to launch a new Dodgers channel next year. The No. 2 cable company is tasked with persuading other...
Report: Fletcher fund like 'Ponzi scheme'
New York hedge-fund manager Alphonse “Buddy” Fletcher is looking more and more like Bernie Madoff.Fletcher’s master hedge fund, Fletcher International, which filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2012, was a...
Lions slug Packers for first Thanksgiving day win in 10 years
DETROIT — Matthew Stafford and Reggie Bush did their part to keep the Aaron Rodgers-less Packers in the game. Stafford turned the ball over a few times and Bush did...
Fashionista has leg amputated so she can wear high heels
A brave Long Island fashionista who was born with a club foot but dreamed of wearing “gorgeous high heels” did the unimaginable — she had her leg amputated so she...
Nets Rewind: 'Cupgate,' Plumlee, and Pierce's struggles
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 99-94 loss to the Lakers in Brooklyn Wednesday night: 1. “Cupgate” is a fun little story that shows Jason Kidd hasn’t lost...
Jason Pierre-Paul misses practice — again
It does not appear as if Jason Pierre-Paul is making much progress with his injured right shoulder. Pierre-Paul did not practice on Thursday as the Giants got their work done...
Giuliani approves of de Blasio's potential police commissioners
Rudy approves. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani agrees with mayor-elect Bill de Blasio about at least one thing: his taste in potential police commissioners. Even though Giuliani stumped hard against de...
Feasting on QBs, Sheldon Richardson is living the dream
This one Thanksgiving Day back in St. Louis was the among the best of times for little Sheldon Richardson. “It was a cold winter,” Richardson recalled. “About eight inches of...
'Gray Thursday' begins with a whimper
They didn’t exactly bust down doors Thursday morning. There was plenty of room to stroll the aisles at Manhattan stores like Kmart and Toys “R” Us, major retailers who wanted...
Islanders demote Donovan after blunder; de Haan on way
A costly turnover, indeed. Islanders rookie defenseman Matt Donovan made a drastic mistake in the team’s 3-2 loss to the Jets on Wednesday night at the Coliseum, and after sticking...
Love of football gets young Harlem star closer to Super Bowl
The Jets and Giants Super Bowl hopes aren’t promising — but there’s still one local to root for. Meet 10-year-old Harlem football star Khordae Sydnor, whose Hail Mary dream of...
The 2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Crowds braved the cold for the 87th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday, cheering on marching bands, cheerleaders and their favorite balloons including Snoopy, Spiderman and Spongebob Sqaurepants.
Home invasion survivor reveals baby boy
Out of tragedy, rebirth. Six years after he lost his family in a home-invasion massacre in Cheshire, Conn., Dr. William Petit Jr. and his new wife have released a photo...
Buzz Lightyear injures worker, Spider-Man punctured
He soars with ease to infinity and beyond, but Buzz Lightyear couldn’t get down Central Park West without a cart in his entourage running over a rope holder’s foot Thursday...
Yale professor dies in jail cell after arrest
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale University professor accused of fighting police officers who tried to handcuff him after a domestic-dispute complaint was taken to a jail and died the...
Former Bravest gets new trial in pot-grow bust
A federal appeals court has ordered a new trial for a former FDNY firefighter convicted of growing marijuana in a Queens house. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals on...
Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher finalize divorce
LOS ANGELES — Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are officially divorced. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon finalized the couple’s split on Tuesday, roughly a year after Kutcher sought...
Silvio Berlusconi kicked out of Italian Parliament
ROME — The Italian Senate on Wednesday expelled former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from Parliament over a tax-fraud conviction, ending, for now, his two-decade legislative run but not his political...
Comet ISON headed our way
A comet that left the outer edge of the solar system more than 5.5 million years ago will pass close by the sun on Thursday, becoming visible in Earth's skies...
Hard-line Iranians condemn nuke deal
TEHRAN, Iran — Hard-line Iranian lawmakers criticized a nuclear deal reached in Geneva last week, with one calling it a "poisoned chalice," but a majority of deputies who spoke Wednesday...
Cops probe another 'knockout' attack
A man was sucker-punched in the head Wednesday in The Bronx in what may have been the latest in a series of “knockout” attacks, cops said. The 23-year-old victim was...
Four die in Thanksgiving-eve crashes
The Thanksgiving-eve rush hour turned tragic as four people, including two women trying to cross a street on Staten Island, were killed in traffic accidents. Marion Anderson, 47, and Lizette...
Rebuilding Philippines could take 10 years
The Philippines' post-typhoon reconstruction could take as long as 10 years, with the leadership of President Benigno Aquino put to a test amid complex problems such as property rights, missing...
Shumpert-Waiters deal a no-go
LOS ANGELES — With another report the Cavaliers approached the Knicks about Iman Shumpert, coach Mike Woodson continues to stamp out the perception he doesn’t like the Knicks combo guard...
Vuitton trunk booted from Red Square
Careful, that’s a Louis Vuitton! A giant pavilion modeled after the luxury luggage line was hauled out of Moscow’s Red Square Wednesday after outraged Russian lawmakers branded it a bourgeois...
Elevator victim ripped off by brother: lawsuit
A Brooklyn mom severely injured after being dragged up seven floors by a defective elevator was duped out of a $221,000 legal settlement — by her own greedy brother, a...
ObamaCare exchange for small biz delayed by a year
WASHINGTON — Add another embarrassment to the ObamaCare ledger.The administration announced Wednesday it would delay by a year the creation of a special exchange for small businesses.The online marketplace where...
Macy's could blow! Wind threat to balloons
Thanksgiving paradegoers should brace themselves for a bone-chilling, windswept route — and the possibility that the big balloons could be grounded for the first time since 1971. It will feel...
Barneys to watch cops watching customers
Barneys says it will start monitoring the police as they monitor shoppers in its flagship Manhattan store. An internal Barneys memo sent to its security staff Tuesday said the store...
Missing autistic NJ teen found in Ohio
A missing autistic New Jersey teen was found in an Ohio shelter nearly 500 miles from home, after crisscrossing four states by bus, authorities said. Michael Karwan, 19, was reunited...
Styrofoam clan's bid to to block city ban
A family member connected to the world’s largest manufacturer of polystyrene cups and food trays pumped $38,535 into the campaign accounts of 14 city politicians in a bid to block...
Rep. Crowley's Va. home scrubbed from Wikipedia
Queens Rep. Joe Crowley is apparently not proud of where he lives — Virginia. A congressional staffer deleted from Crowley’s Wikipedia page a link to a 2011 New York Post...
De Blasio set to pick his team
The first hint of what Bill de Blasio’s administration will look like is coming. The mayor-elect said Wednesday he’ll begin naming top aides late next week. De Blasio dismissed a...
TV favorites in Thanksgiving marathons
With so many Thanksgiving TV marathons, and only so much time to watch between consuming your weight in gravy, you don’t want to get sucked into a single marathon —...
Nets coach Kidd spills drink to get a timeout
Jason Kidd may still be a rookie coach, but he pulled a veteran move late in Wednesday night’s 99-94 loss to the Lakers. After Lakers guard Jodie Meeks made the...
Paul Pierce miss typifies his early woes
If the Nets are arguably the NBA’s biggest underachievers this season, Paul Pierce has been perhaps Brooklyn’s biggest disappointment. Brought in along with Kevin Garnett for his championship pedigree, the...
Knicks fall to Clippers for seventh straight loss
LOS ANGELES — The Knicks were presented a gift and said no thanks. Clippers superstar point guard Chris Paul left the game with 3:39 left in the third quarter and...
For which we give thanks
The first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in mid-October 1621, nearly a year after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Much later, George Washington...
Will Schumer blink on Iran deal?
It looks like Sen. Charles Schumer is going to be at the center of the next drama in the showdown over Iran. He may aspire to the leadership of the...
Things to (maybe) be thankful for
We are tomorrow’s past, so this Thanksgiving give thanks for 2013, a year the future might study more for amusement than for edification. HealthCare.gov performed the public service of defeating...
Nets' struggles similar to Lakers last season
Before the Lakers got out of town after their narrow win over the Nets Wednesday night, Jason Kidd would have been wise to pick Mike D’Antoni’s brain about how to...
Playing chicken: Cano is gonna get his money
Every negotiation is a game of chicken, right? The only differential is the stakes. So we have the Yankees acting like a made-over divorcée, bragging they’ll be just fine without...
Daily Blotter
Staten Island He was caught red-handed — literally. A bank robber who threatened a Port Richmond teller by saying he had a gun made off with nearly $2,000 — but...