January 26, 2014
Garnett's homecoming steal helps Nets down Celtics
BOSTON — On a night all about Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, it was fitting one of them made the play that sealed the game. Garnett picked off a pass...
Grammys red carpet fashion: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Sartorially speaking, the Grammys fell flat this year. Musical artists—typically more irreverent than their actor-celebrity counterparts—played it safe, and delivered no iconic or even delightfully tacky looks for the red...
33 couples wed in emotional Grammys climax
Legendary queen of pop Madonna took the stage with two Grammy faves, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Sunday night as 33 couples got married amid their performance. Joined by Mary Lambert,...
Daft Punk, Lorde big winners at Grammys
LOS ANGELES — Daft Punk's electronic-funk grooves have won big at the Grammys. The French electronic duo's "Random Access Memories" won album of the year and their infectious hit, "Get Lucky,"...
Carroll: Marino's fake spike was season-killer for Jets
As the Seahawks charter flight made its way across the country and landed in Newark, coach Pete Carroll said he did not think about his personal return to a region...
The 56th annual Grammy Awards
All the glitz, glamour and performances from the 56th annual Grammy Awards.
This week's mags make a 100-yard splash
Chips? Check. Liquid refreshment? Check. Now, all you need are these magazines and you’re set. If you ripped out each of the 288 pages of the NFL XLVIII preview and...
Hurrah for alternatives
This morning, visitors from Newark Prep Charter School will travel to the New York Stock Exchange. But this isn’t a class trip to learn about the market. These students and...
Young Seahawks hoping for Super Bowl snow day
Sounding more like a school kid hoping for a snow day rather than a Super Bowl quarterback about to do battle with the great Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson mentioned what...
The nuns fight back
In “The Bells of St. Mary’s,” a nun played by Ingrid Bergman famously teaches a boy who had been bullied to box — even though she personally abhors violence. The...
Nash leads surging Rangers
Rick Nash is in the midst of one of his patented goal-scoring streaks, and the Rangers are reaping the rewards. Nash, the high-scoring forward, extended his goal-scoring streak to five...
Hardaway shows he can share scoring load
Carmelo Anthony can’t score 62 points every night, the frontcourt is woefully shorthanded, and the Knicks need to find some scoring from a different source. For a game at least,...
The heat's on
New York must be running out of room: Only days after Gov. Cuomo said there’s “no place in the state” for “extreme conservatives,” Mayor de Blasio said he doesn’t “see...
Manning wants to play past this season
If Peyton Manning has his way, this won’t be his last Super Bowl. The record-setting Broncos quarterback said Sunday he is not thinking about retirement whether the Broncos win Super...
Amber Rose's tattoo sleeves disappear for red carpet
Who said tattoos were permanent? Amber Rose's ink pulled a disappearing act Sunday night when she appeared on the red carpet without her trademark tattoo sleeves. The blond beauty, who...
Outdoor hockey conditions: ragged ice, unsafe sun glare
Part of the intrigue of playing NHL games outdoors is having to factor in the weather, but not quite like this. With bad ice and a detrimental delay due to...
Fans hit New York as Super Bowl week kicks off
The Pathfinder was a bright, blinding orange, and it was overrun by decals, some of them weather-beaten and dimmed by the years, some going back to the last time the...
Apple record expected by way of Beijing
All eyes will be on Apple on Monday as the iPhone maker gears up to report what Wall Street hopes are record holiday sales numbers — on the back of...
Frozen fields mean indoor practices for Broncos, Seahawks
The Broncos will practice at the Jets training center all week. The question is what kind of condition the outdoor fields are in after the below-freezing temperatures and last week’s...
No buyer for helmet maker because of NFL concussions
Easton-Bell Sports, whose Riddell helmets are worn by a majority of NFL players, failed to find a buyer for the whole company last year because of the liabilities associated with...
Pierce, Garnett feel Boston’s love
BOSTON —Paul Pierce has played thousands of basketball games in his career and hundreds of important ones, from NCAA Tournament games during his time at Kansas to going one-on-one against...
Pharrell's 'mountie' hat wins Grammy for Web virality
Hey Pharrell, Arby's wants its hat back! Music maestro Pharrell Williams set Twitter buzzing Sunday night with his distracting Grammys headpiece - which had some comparing him to a Canadian...
Fox feeling Super after heart scare
Broncos head coach John Fox, dressed sharply in a suit and a tie striped with team colors of blue and orange as he addressed reporters upon his team’s arrival to...
Anthony, D’Antoni barely on speaking terms
Former Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni was booed heartily during pregame introductions and wasn’t in any mood to wax eloquent about Carmelo Anthony or his tumultuous three-and-a-half years in New York...
Dr. Oz magazine launch set for Feb. 4
Hearst’s joint-venture magazine with Dr. Mehmet Oz, one of the biggest magazine launches of 2014, will debut on newsstands Feb. 4 with a respectable 66 ad pages in a 148-page...
Beyonce, Jay-Z's raunchy Grammys duet
http://youtu.be/X38zrPYHx3c It was one sexy ride on that surfboard, surfboard, surfboard. Beyoncé along with her hubby Jay-Z opened up the 56th annual Grammy Awards with a tantalizing performance her Hot...
Champ Bailey finally reaches the Super Bowl
When the Broncos team buses pulled into the driveway of the Hyatt Hotel in Jersey City late Sunday afternoon, Champ Bailey had finally arrived after 15 years. At the Super...
Cops find Maryland mall shooter's rage-filled diary
The gunman who fatally shot two people before killing himself in a Maryland shopping mall left a diary in his bedroom that expressed “unhappiness” with his life, cops said. Darion...
Organic Avenue running with vegan grab-and-go idea
Organic Avenue is launching a vegan grab-and-go element, including hot food, to its on-trend cold press juice shops, Side Dish has learned. The move, slated for spring, is a step...
Jay Leno won't do another talk show after 'Tonight'
In a farewell interview with 60 Minutes, Jay Leno told correspondent Steve Kroft that he would not do another late night talk show. "I could not recreate what we have,"...
Eyes of the world are on Peyton Manning
SUPER BOWL, NEW YORK — Here is the word from an excited Peyton Manning shortly after touching down on the deck of the Cornucopia Majesty in Jersey City: Brrrrrring it...
Having a ball as a lady working for the NFL
For fans across the city, the Super Bowl might be the ultimate excuse to let loose — but for Anna Isaacson, it marks crunch time on the job. This week,...
Headphone ads celebrate incivility in sports
Neither outstanding play Saturday night made ESPN’s Sunday morning highlights. Given the bag we’re in — the bag we’ve been shoved into — neither had a shot. Late during Georgetown-Creighton...
Beat the Polar Vortex with these fab beauty finds
There are plenty of things to love about winter, but there’s simply nothing pretty about a “polar vortex.” “Everyone hates winter,” declares Claire Distenfeld, the 28-year-old founder of Upper East...
Fashion hits & misses on the Grammy Awards red carpet
All the frocks, suits and crazy outfits from the Grammys red carpet.
NHL got something right with Stadium Series
So there is another one of these coming up on Wednesday night, another chance for the Rangers to turn Yankee Stadium into the Bronx Blue against the Islanders the way...
Rigatoni meets ramen
At the new Venetian restaurant All’onda, opened by two alums of the Michael White empire earlier this month, the menu features many of the items you’d expect at a high-end,...
Media jumped the gun on Bridgegate
One of the great consistencies of the news media is that you can always rely upon us to beat everything to death. Then roll it over and beat it some...
Anthony leads Knicks to second straight win
Carmelo Anthony didn’t carry the magic he wielded during Friday’s 62-point night into Sunday’s matinee despite a nationally televised audience and the Lakers being in town. But Anthony’s 35 points...
What's left to look forward to on TV in January?
“Supernatural”(Tuesday, 9 p.m., The CW) Why bother with another State of the Union address, which airs at the same time, when you could enjoy the rare appearance by the always...
Officials end ship's cruise after outbreak leaves 300 ill
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Royal Caribbean cruise line on Sunday ended a ship's 10-day trip in the Caribbean early after hundreds of passengers and crew members were sickened with a...
Brodeur hooked as Rangers rout Devils at Yankee Stadium
Things were so dire after the second period Martin Brodeur, arguably the greatest goalie in the history of the game, approached his coach and told him that it might be...
Ian Fleming's kinky lifestyle paves the way for 007
Our image of James Bond — the ultra-cool, impeccably dressed bon vivant who picks off spies and always has time for Pussy Galore — is at odds with the one...
Kobe’s willing to advise Melo on free agency
Kobe Bryant said he’s not surprised to hear reports Carmelo Anthony may want to make Los Angeles his permanent workplace this summer, playfully taking a shot at the frigid New...
Perkins swims with network sharks on 'Episodes'
She’s been described as “the secret weapon” on Showtime’s satirical comedy about the making of a terrible sitcom, “Episodes.” But that description of Kathleen Rose Perkins doesn’t fly with series...
Is 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' really TV's best comedy?
The television world and Twittersphere was shocked last Sunday night when Fox’s struggling cop comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” won awards for both best TV series, musical or comedy, and for its...
Man commits suicide in police station holding cell
A burglary suspect with a long rap sheet hanged himself inside a holding cell at an Upper East Side police station, authorities said Sunday. Cops said Edward Soto, 51, was...
This week's must-read books
The Guts by Roddy Doyle (Viking) Twenty-seven years after Doyle introduced us to Irish lad Jimmy Rabbitte and his band of musical misfits in “The Commitments” (made into a wonderful...
In My Library: Julie Halston
When Julie Halston met Charles Busch, neither guessed they’d become one of theater’s most dynamic duos. In fact, after a mutual friend introduced them in the early ’80s, Halston recalls,...
Pregnant, brain-dead woman taken off life support
FORT WORTH, Texas — The family of a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman said Sunday afternoon that she has been removed from life support following a judge's ruling that a Fort...
LSU assistant eyed for Jets' special teams job
LSU special teams coach Thomas McGaughey is the top candidate to land the Jets’ special teams coordinator position, according to a report from coachingsearch.com. The Jets are hiring their second...
Heroic dog owner saves pup from freezing Central Park lake
A brave dog owner risked her life by jumping into a frigid Central Park lake to rescue her precious pooch Sunday. Cops said the bowwow lover was walking five dogs,...
Sochi is most dangerous Olympics ever: Congressman
WASHINGTON – The terror threat hanging over the Winter Olympics in Sochi likely will make it the most dangerous Olympics in history, Rep. Peter King warned Sunday. “The fact is...
Descendants defend '12 Years a Slave' plantation owner
Descendants of a Louisiana plantation owner rallied to his defense, insisting that the Oscar-nominated movie “12 Years a Slave” unfairly portrayed him as a tyrant. The critically acclaimed movie -...
Test tube grown meat might be coming to Brooklyn
Talk about locally sourced! A biotech firm that wants to grow edible meat in test tubes is eyeing Brooklyn as a base for its Franken-foodie creations, according to a published...
Woman sets fire to boyfriend's apartment during fight
A woman set her boyfriend’s apartment on fire during a domestic dispute in The Bronx early Sunday, authorities said. Clarissa Calderon, apparently sparked the blaze while she and her partner...
Glare from sun delays NHL game at Yankee Stadium
A paid crowd of 50,105 endured brutal cold Sunday at Yankee Stadium to see the first outdoor NHL game ever played in New York City. The mercury dipped into the...
Pope's peace doves attacked by angry birds
Come on birds, give peace a chance. Two white doves released by smiling children from a window above St. Peter’s Square were immediately attacked by other birds, turning Sunday services...
Thousands protest against French President Hollande
PARIS — About 17,000 people have marched through central Paris to criticize President Francois Hollande. Carrying banners saying "The French are angry!" Sunday's demonstration by people from about 50 organizations...
NSA involved in industrial espionage: Snowden
BERLIN — Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden claims in a new interview that the U.S. agency is involved in industrial espionage. German public television broadcaster ARD released a written statement...
Widow Whisperer dances the waltz of the cougars
Call him the Widow Whisperer. Caleb Young, 45, has made a career for himself helping octogenarians feel like they’re on “Dancing With the Stars.” The New York transplant’s Florida-based dance...
Fire truck stealing thieves lead cops on wild chase
Two bold joyriders led police on a wild chase across Long Island Sunday morning after stealing a Suffolk County fire chief’s idling SUV from a fire station parking lot, cops...
Obama to continue bypassing Congress with executive orders
WASHINGTON – President Obama in his State of the Union Address this week will double down on his strategy of using a “pen and phone” to advance his agenda without...
Maryland mall shooter had no criminal record
The gunman who shot two people to death at a Maryland shopping mall had no criminal record, police said Sunday, but little else was known about the 19-year-old and whether...
The secret history of the Parthenon
For the past 230 years or so, the story that was sculpted into the frieze of the Parthenon, the most influential building in the western world, has seemed fairly straight-forward,...
Candidates brawl for Booker's old job
Newark’s mayoral race has become a street fight — literally. Since Cory Booker’s decision to flee the Brick City for the US Senate, the four Democratic candidates campaigning for his...
Step inside the cockpit of six real-life air disasters
Seven hundred and ninety-three people died in the making of this movie. “Charlie Victor Romeo,” opening Wednesday at Film Forum, started as the twisted brainchild of a Lower East Side...
Writer's 'Labor Day' side job: teaching Brolin to bake pies
It’s all about the pie — but it’s also not really about the pie at all. In “Labor Day,” Jason Reitman’s new film in theaters Friday, Josh Brolin stars as...
'Labor Day' teen just wants to play football, ride horses
Meet Gattlin Griffith, a 15-year-old high school freshman and the protagonist of this Friday’s “Labor Day.” What? You thought Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet were the movie’s only stars? Griffith...
Incorrectly used collars, leashes can do harm
Animal-welfare professional Elli Frank has handled dozens of dogs of all breeds and temperaments. But this didn’t prevent one wriggly pup, Tanya, a 7-year-old mastiff and American Staffordshire terrier mix,...
New burger channels 'The Flintstones' at M. Wells
It takes a lot to stand out in New York’s world of burgers: From Shake Shack’s populist Pat LaFrieda blend to DB Bistro Moderne’s sirloin offering filled with braised short...
Union dues violate First Amendment rights
The other day, these pages called for New York to stand up for teachers by letting them decide for themselves whether they are going to pay their union dues. We...
The Central Park 5
During his campaign for mayor, Bill de Blasio called for the city to settle a $250 million lawsuit brought by five men who had their convictions for raping a Central...
Couples who weigh together stay together
Having issues getting to the gym? Getting your sweetie pie to bribe you with the promise of a reality-show marathon afterward might just do the trick. At least that’s how...
This week's couple: Truce story
Love at first sight isn’t nearly as common as like at first sight. We see someone, they’re nice enough, cute enough — but if anything is going to grow, there...
Sara Bareilles gets Grammy nom over Kanye, Timberlake
Forget flashy limos. Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles may be up for five awards at Sunday night’s Grammys ceremony, but she pounds the pavement just like any other New Yorker. On any...
Writing cred for 'Rapper's Delight' sparks grudge
From “Rapper’s Delight”: “Check it out, I’m the C-A-S-A, the N-O-V-A, And the rest is F-L-Y, You see I go by the code of the doctor of the mix, And...
Former smuggler tells all in 'Midnight Express' adventure
Billy Hayes is as charming a (former) drug smuggler as you’d ever hope to meet. And if his name isn’t familiar, his story is, thanks to the movie “Midnight Express.”...
Efron, Hudgens get careers back on track
At the beginning of 2006, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens were cute teenagers no one would stop on the street. But after “High School Musical” debuted to a then-record 7.7...
How Billy Joel became 'The Piano Man'
Monday’s Billy Joel show at Madison Square Garden will be his 47th at the venue, and the first in a potentially never-ending monthly residency there. After Elton John and the...
New Year hangover is a killer
As Januarys go, the first month already has 2014 shaping up as a topsy-turvy year — most especially for those who make their living predicting stock patterns. On Wall Street,...
Bitcoin could be crime-fighter against credit hacks
Silicon Valley may be on target to stop credit-card hacking, according to multiple reports on social media. The infamous hack over the holiday-shopping season may have involved more than 100...
Made it here & I’m gone
For almost as long as its existence, New York has been known as one of the business capitals of the world. Today, though, as many have surely taken notice, there...
NBC gets ready for Sochi Winter Olympics coverage
NBC faces plenty of performance pressure as it prepares to broadcast the Sochi Winter Olympics, which get under way in few weeks. Most important, of course, are the well-documented security...
Pot stocks may go up in smoke
The high times won’t last long for Wall Street’s pot brokers. The sudden US investor interest in marijuana-related stocks — some having soared as much as 1,700 percent in value...
Unused gift cards total $44B since 2008: study
Millions of Americans aren’t playing their cards right. In fact, we’ve left more than $44 billion on the table, in the form of unused gift cards, according to a new...
$4k whiskey a go go in Upper East Side shop
One Upper East Side wine-and-spirits entrepreneur has enjoyed a huge payoff because of some risk-taking. Frank Giresi, who opened Whiskey & Wine Off 69 last September, heard from Empire Merchants,...
Warner Music owner hosting two Grammy parties
Why have one Grammy party when you can have two? Sources tell On The Money that Warner Music Group owner and multibillionaire Len Blavatnik is hosting a party immediately after...
$1.25M payout in bungled death, burial of playwright Melfi
The curtain has fallen on the final act of a tragedy starring a late New York playwright. A Manhattan judge last week ordered Mount Sinai Hospital to pay $1.25 million...
Obama aide visiting city to push ObamaCare info in media
ObamaCare is coming to a theater near you. The president’s push for Hollywood to back his health-care agenda is coming to New York City next month when an administration official...
Blogger sued by Queens woman over pedophile claim
A Queens woman says an Orthodox blog has falsely damned her as a pedophile — without being given a chance to state her innocence, according to a lawsuit. Preschool teacher...
Widow sues MTA over husband’s fatal fall from bus
An elderly Manhattan widow says trying to board an MTA bus by using the movable ramp for the disabled cost her husband his life. Eleanor Missaghieh and her husband, Hushang...
Dad sued after errant throw strikes young neighbor
A Staten Island dad tossed a ball to his son in his own back yard — and ended up in court. A neighboring couple claims an errant throw during the...
Manhattan woman sues ex over 'dognapped' toy poodle
I need my Scotch! A Manhattan woman says her ex-boyfriend dognapped their toy poodle and didn’t even let her say goodbye to the adorable pup. Ada Pong, 21, is so...
Bookworms: Library misled us in central-library plan petition
Angry bookworms say they were duped into signing a petition asking Mayor de Blasio to support the New York Public Library’s controversial central-library plan. The top of the NYPL’s online...
Javits Center roof continues to leak despite $465M fix
This tax-funded rehab is all wet. Despite a nearly half-billion dollar makeover that includes a “green” roof covered in grass, the Javits Center still can’t manage to fix a problem...
Plans to map Greenpoint's toxic chemical sites proposed
Greenpoint residents would get an exhaustive map of their neighborhood’s many toxic sites – and diseases possibly triggered by them – under a proposal by a team of community advocates...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan A police officer was injured during a scuffle at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, authorities said. The PAPD cop spotted Pablo Sanchez, 33, loitering in a closed-off boarding area...
No-good Samaritan robs woman after helping her: police
A knight in shining armor turned out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing Saturday when a man rushed over to a woman who had just slipped on ice —...
Billionaire pays for Israeli politicians' trips to Auschwitz
An eccentric Manhattan billionaire is paying for half of Israel’s parliament, as well many of the last survivors of the Holocaust, to visit Auschwitz on Monday for a day of...
Garcia easily defends WBO super featherweight title
Mikey Garcia hopes to fight three more times in 2014. Hopefully, those will be more entertaining than his bout with Juan Carlos Burgos on Saturday night at the Garden Theater....
Rivera: Robertson is the Yankees' closer now
Hal Steinbrenner named David Robertson the new Yankees closer last week. Robertson got an even better endorsement Saturday night from Mariano Rivera. While Rivera was being honored at the New...
The hotties of the Winter Games
It’s too bad they have to wear parkas! These members of Team USA will be heating up Sochi, Russia, after the Winter Olympics kick off Feb. 6. Some are so...
Muhammad Ali’s son shut off from dad, living in poverty
In 1986, when Muhammad Ali Jr. was 14 years old, his father, the greatest boxer alive, picked up the teen for a visit. “We got in the car, and I...