August 20, 2016
1986 Giants hero details first encounter with crack
Bobby Johnson has a permanent place in Big Blue lore for his fourth-and-17 catch of a Phil Simms pass in Minnesota that helped the Giants win the NFC East in...
Shakur Stevenson won't forget this loss anytime soon
It may take time, maybe even a lifetime for Shakur Stevenson to get over the disappointment of not winning an Olympic gold medal Saturday afternoon in Rio de Janeiro. It...
Aaron Judge forecast from those who know him best
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Batesole made the drive south from Fresno, Calif., to Anaheim on Friday to see one of his pupils play in the major leagues for the first...
Boxers' path to welterweight title runs through Coney Island
Errol Spence Jr. of Dallas continues his quest for a shot at the welterweight championship when he faces once-beaten Leonard Bundu of Italy on Sunday night at the Ford Amphitheater...
Why Neil Walker's return to Mets lineup will be short-lived
SAN FRANCISCO — Neil Walker is back — for now. The Mets second baseman returned to the starting lineup Saturday after missing the previous four games with lower back stiffness,...
Dear John: ObamaCare's unaffordable prices make no sense
Dear John: I make approximately $25,000 a year before taxes and I make another $10,000 from rental income. My mortgage is $2,100 a month. I got ObamaCare coverage last year,...
The ironic twist waiting for Victor Cruz as he nears return
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — He stood facing the bright, warm sun on the sideline, clad for the first time in forever in his blue No. 80 jersey. He watched Eli...
Uncle Sam is the most invasive helicopter parent in America
Who is the worst helicopter parent in America? You know, the one who won’t let the kids go anywhere alone, the one who is sure that around every corner of...
Bill Ackman's summer has been pretty horrible
Labor Day — and summer’s unofficial end — can’t come soon enough for Bill Ackman. The hedge fund mogul’s Pershing Square has been scorched by bad news this summer —...
ObamaCare keeps on slamming New Yorkers
With the news last week that Aetna — like UnitedHealth and Humana — is pulling out of most state exchanges, ObamaCare seems set to implode. Even President Obama seems to...
De Blasio should rethink his city schools better test scores victory lap
Mayor de Blasio might want to rethink the wisdom of that victory lap he took after state-test scores showed slight improvements for the city’s public-schoolkids. Especially since Regents Chancellor Betty...
Giants' messy kicker jam: Execs dodge questions, backup misses
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Giants co-owner John Mara, as he exited the visitors’ locker room after Saturday’s 21-0 preseason loss to the Bills, had little to say about the budding...
Emboldened Collins: 'We’ll make' playoffs with this Cespedes
SAN FRANCISCO — Yoenis Cespedes can play all the golf he wants to play. It doesn’t matter. Play through, Yo. As for those worrying about the bad optics of golf...
Everyone wants a piece of college sports' money
College sports is big business, of course — and no one knows that more than the folks at Learfield Communications, the 44-year-old Jefferson City, Mo., company that owns the media...
Fantasy football draft strategy: When to select a running back
In the fourth of a six-part fantasy football draft preview series, The Post looks at running backs. Next week: wide receivers. Imagine an old-man voice: When I was young, we...
Mets remind of another NY team with dashed high hopes
When it comes to great sporting moments in a fan’s life, there is little that can top the unexpected run to glory, the season that seems like it falls out...
Why Hamptons real estate agents love partying execs
Some bad behavior by hedge fund executives in the Hamptons this summer may have sullied the sector’s reputation — but it has had nothing but upside for area real estate...
US men's track team dominates Olympic 4x400M relay
LaShawn Merritt anchored the U.S. 4x400-meter relay team to win an Olympic gold medal and regain control of the event at the games. Four years after the Bahamas beat the...
Allyson Felix leads US to Olympic gold in 4x400M relay
Allyson Felix won a women's track record sixth Olympic gold medal, helping the United States win the 4x400-meter relay. Felix, who also won gold in the 4x100 relay and silver...
Inside Giants' Super Bowl XXI prep: Billy Crystal, LT betting, Morris' lucky pants
In in his new book “Big Blue Wrecking Crew: Smashmouth Football, a Little Bit of Crazy, and the ’86 Super Bowl Champion New York Giants” (St. Martin’s Press), author Jerry...
Aby Rosen wants backers for Four Seasons' replacement
New York developer Aby Rosen has reached out to prospective investors to help fund the restaurant that will occupy the space in the Seagram Building that until July housed the...
At least 50 killed in bomb attack targeting wedding in Turkey
At least 50 people were killed and 94 others wounded in southeastern Turkey on Saturday when a suspected suicide bomber exploded as revelers danced in the streets during an outdoor...
Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh says hello to Twitter
Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh called director Brett Ratner “the biggest sleeze” in Hollywood, in the latest in a string of venomous tweets. In a Twitter rant in the wee hours...
NBC forces anchors to trade credibility for Olympic shilling
Odd, how it works. In Lester Holt, NBC found the credible lead news anchor to replace discredited Brian Williams. Then NBC assigned Holt to destroy his credibility by serving as...
In My Library: Tina Packer
Tina Packer, who’s acted in seven of Shakespeare’s plays and directed and taught all of them, makes no bones about “The Merchant of Venice”: She hates it. “It’s such a...
Hain Celestial's struggles ruined CEO's plan to sell company
Irwin Simon had big plans to grow his Hain Celestial Group stable of organic and natural foods and then sell the company, food industry advisers tell The Post. Those plans...
Golfers might have the sexiest wives and girlfriends of any sport
On Tuesday, the Professional Golf Association’s Barclays tournament kicks off at Bethpage Black on Long Island — and it might be hard to keep your eye on the ball. Several...
Hain Celestial can blame their stock flop on themselves
The king of the supermarket health food aisle is under attack — again. And this time the company’s wounds are somewhat self-inflicted. Hain Celestial Group, which for 23 years has...
Ryan Lochte admits he 'over-exaggerated' Rio robbery tale
Swimmer Ryan Lochte came to New York City for his first post-Olympics interview Saturday — his bleached hair dyed back to normal, his tail between his legs and his reputation-rehabilitation...
Carl Icahn and Mark Cuban fight on Twitter over Trump
Blame it on the heat. August is always silly season on Wall Street, when the A-team is usually on vacation in the Hamptons or off on some yacht, soaking their...
First American wins gold in men's 1500M since 1908
American Matthew Centrowitz claimed a surprise victory in the men's Olympic 1,500m final on Saturday, stunning former champion and favorite Asbel Kiprop of Kenya. Kiprop, who has won the past...
Carmelo Anthony's USA hoops passion in one Coach K word
When coach Mike Krzyzewski references Carmelo Anthony, usually with equal parts admiration and appreciation, one word keeps surfacing. Committed. Normal folks often use that word, too, as in “Melo oughta...
Meet Gary Sanchez: On 5-game ban, cardboard gloves and worst bus ride
Post columnist Steve Serby caught up with young Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez for some Q&A. Q: Do you feel any pressure being called the Yankees’ catcher of the future? A:...
Family of New Jersey-born Olympian cheers for hometown hero
He lost his gold medal boxing match on Saturday, but New Jersey-born Shakur Stevenson is still a champion in Newark. Stevenson, 19, the pride of the Garden State, ended his...
Yoenis Cespedes rescues Mets in 2015 flashback
SAN FRANCISCO — Just say Yo. The Mets had waited patiently over the past six weeks for their best player to get healthy, and Saturday they received a strong indication...
Neymar in tears as partying Brazil gets revenge for gold
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's trophy case is finally complete. The five-time World Cup champion won the only championship it was still missing on Saturday, defeating Germany 5-4 in a...
Eli Manning’s first outing ugly in Giants’ offensive disaster
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Eli Manning: “You can’t freak out but you got to understand there’s got to be some urgency and we got to do some things better.’’ Rashad...
The Mets' Conforto-Granderson double standard: scout
SAN FRANCISCO — There might not be a bigger hot-button topic in the Mets’ organization than Michael Conforto, still regarded as a building block in the team’s future, even if...
Bryce Petty is accomplishing his goal, testing Bowles' camp vow
LANDOVER, Md. — When it comes to the Jets’ quarterback situation, it never is easy. Weeks after the team’s contract standoff with starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ended, there is a...
NYCFC teen steals show from Lampard-Gerrard face-off
So much for that Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard pre-retirement party. In what was touted as possibly the last meeting between two of England’s most decorated soccer players, it was...
Legalized pot is making America's lower class poorer and less responsible
Pot for the poor! That could be the new slogan of marijuana legalization advocates. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize the use of medical marijuana. There are...
Protesters harass donors at Trump fundraiser
https://twitter.com/EmmaSapong/status/766797703858655232 Violent protesters forced Donald Trump supporters to run a gauntlet of punches and abuse as they entered and left a private GOP fundraiser in Minneapolis Friday night. Video posted...
How Mets' letdown turns bright future into big question
The biggest problem for the 2016 Mets is the 2017 Mets … and 2018 and 2019. Conventional wisdom was the 2015 NL East title was just the beginning of the...
Cops rescue naked lady perched on air conditioner
A nude and suicidal woman leaped from her fifth-story window in northern Manhattan on Saturday morning — but her life was saved when she landed two stories down onto an...
US swimmers 'couldn't speak straight' at gas station: guard
After vandalizing a Rio de Janeiro gas station, Ryan Lochte and his teammates willingly gave their cash to the manager to keep the police out of it, multiple eye witnesses...
US women's basketball team wins 6th straight Olympic gold
RIO DE JANEIRO — The dominant U.S. women's basketball team won a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal in impressive fashion, routing Spain 101-72 on Saturday. Diana Taurasi and the Americans...
It all hits the fan at Bills camp
Rex Ryan infamously proclaimed the Bills "won the offseason" in June. Good thing, because Buffalo is losing the preseason big-time. The imploding Bills, whose first two draft picks this year...
Why US troops risked their lives in WWII to rescue horses kidnapped by Nazis
"Get them. Make it fast.” In the chaotic last days of the Second World War, Gen. George Patton’s terse command set off a remarkable secret mission to save a group...
USA men's Olympic relay officially a stunning disaster -- again
RIO DE JANEIRO — It shouldn't be that hard. The Americans make it look that way. The latest U.S. debacle in the Olympic relays reached its end point Saturday, when...
US boxing darling bursts into tears after heartbreaking defeat
RIO DE JANEIRO — Robeisy Ramirez and Shakur Stevenson are two of the top talents in the entire Olympic boxing tournament, and their bantamweight championship bout produced three rounds of...
Tonga’s shirtless heartthrob crushed in Olympics 'nightmare'
The Tonga flag-bearer who became an unexpected sensation at the Rio Games after marching shirtless into the opening ceremonies has lost his chance for a gold medal in the men's...
6 Notre Dame players arrested after handgun, 'cop-punching' night
So much for the luck of the Irish. Six Notre Dame football players were arrested in two separate incidents Friday night and Saturday morning — and may now face possible...
The true story of the Attica prison riot
When a helicopter flew over the yard at Attica Correctional Facility on Sept. 13, 1971, five days into a takeover of the prison by its 1,300 inmates, some of the...
Wildly obscene Brock Lesnar's WWE challenge for Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor isn’t a big fan of WWE, and it's now apparent Brock Lesnar doesn’t think too highly of the UFC’s featherweight champion. Interviewed ahead of Summer Slam and on...
Cops investigate body found in Greenlawn Park
A man’s badly cut-up corpse was found in a Suffolk County park Saturday morning, cops said. The body was discovered near a baseball field at about 7 a.m. by a...
Everyone's freaking out about Cowboys' rookie QB
Cowboys fans have a lot of reasons to be excited about this season. Ezekiel Elliott is going to be an awesome running back. The offensive line might be the best...
This 81-year-old got fired from Disney -- and refuses to stop working
He worked on “Sleeping Beauty,” “Mary Poppins” and “The Jungle Book.” But while those Disney films are ageless, their animators are not — which is why Floyd Norman found himself...
We need to stop sanitizing everything and let bacteria back in our lives
Dr. Jack Gilbert wants to make our hospitals dirty. His idea runs counter to hundreds of years of scientific practice. Since a surgeon named Joseph Lister became the first to...
Americans are about to get the first landslide president we don't want
We’ve got a presidential campaign that stars one of the most polarizing, divisive and talked-about figures in American life, an international celebrity and lightning rod for all sociopolitical topics going...
El Chapo's kidnapped son becomes potential bargaining chip
MEXICO CITY — For the ambitious Jalisco New Generation cartel, it must have seemed like a gift: Imprisoned Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's son, partying at a gourmet...
Police find out 'old man' is young fugitive in disguise
https://twitter.com/ATFHQ/status/766763954660073472 A Massachusetts man wanted on drug trafficking charges tried to brazenly walk past a ring of cops wearing a disturbingly realistic “old man” mask. The get-up included liver spots...
Stepmom charged with 9-year-old's murder
The little girl was tossed around and hit — but adults in 9-year-old Ashdeep Kaur’s life didn’t think too much about it until she was found dead in an empty...
Jamie Foxx's favorite jewelry designer is a 20-year-old college student
Ariel Neman lives a double life. By day, the 20-year-old is a pre-dental student at Baruch College in Manhattan, where he’s entering his junior year. But when school’s out of...
How to rock tennis chic off the court
I started playing tennis when I was 5 years old. Back then, I was a tiny tomboy who loved the sport but refused to wear the signature pleated skirts. Fast-forward...
Big boobs are over
Two years ago, Gwen Welborn was in a rough spot. The middle-age single mom had recently divorced, was dealing with her child’s cystic fibrosis and had just lost both her...
Video shows Bronx drive-by shooting that killed teen
This is the moment that someone fires a gun into a crowd of people -- including a child who appears to be left behind by a fleeing adult. Cop released...
Usain Bolt would have been really good at javelin too
RIO DE JANEIRO — How did Usain Bolt celebrate winning a ninth Olympic gold medal? He went into a darkened Olympic Stadium, surrounded by volunteers — and started throwing a...
Hey, Mets: Don't blame Terry Collins for this mess
SAN FRANCISCO — Firing Terry Collins is the easy way out for this disaster of a Mets season. And it would be the wrong thing to do. Sandy Alderson has...
African-American women inspire, dominate at Rio Olympics
PHILADELPHIA — Andrea Lawful-Saunders has a ritual for cheering the black heroines of the Summer Olympics. She gets into her corner of the living room, sets up her chair, demands...
Are the Yankees hurting Brian McCann's trade value?
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Maybe Carlos Beltran was lucky in more ways than one. Not only did he get traded from the Yankees to the Rangers, significantly increasing his chances of...
Immature Geno Smith showing how to lose a backup QB job
LANDOVER, Md. — The contrast in backup quarterbacks on this night was so stark, so neon-bright it was borderline blinding. There was Geno Smith, in the midst of a second...
The best shopping at the new Westfield World Trade Center Mall
It's taken nearly 15 years, but there are finally some new and wonderful reasons to go downtown: about 100 of them — all part of the just-opened Westfield World Trade...
How Nathan Eovaldi loss has affected the Yankees' staff
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nathan Eovaldi’s season came to an end when it was discovered he had not only a slight tear to his UCL that required Tommy John surgery, but...
The story behind Central Park's 3,466-year-old, 238-ton Egyptian obelisk
Sunday night’s episode of “Secrets of America’s Favorite Places: Central Park” examines the origins of the park’s most distinctive and unusual attraction: the Egyptian obelisk that sits behind the Metropolitan...
Christian Hackenberg can't crack a Jets game
LANDOVER, Md. – Rookie quarterback Christian Hackenberg watched from the sideline again Friday night. Jets coach Todd Bowles said Wednesday that the plan was to play the second-round pick, but...
Where you can spy ‘Americans’ star Margo Martindale in NYC
Don’t let her native Texas twang fool you: Margo Martindale’s been an Upper West Sider for more than 40 years. But you’ve also probably seen TV’s top character actress everywhere...
Why New York City FC will be short-handed vs. Galaxy
New York FC play host to the L.A. Galaxy on Saturday (3 p.m., ESPN) in a matchup of two of MLS’ most star-studded and high-priced rosters. After losing appeals Friday,...
These people actually eat fish from the East River
Brian Hickman started fishing at age 8 with his grandmother in Florida. Now the native New Yorker is a local pro, casting lines into the East River almost every night...
Why James Caan will never do another TV series
Veteran actor James Caan has no qualms about starring in the Hallmark movie “JL Family Ranch.” Just don’t expect him to ever do another TV series. “Never. Under no conditions,”...
Ex-Navy SEAL to pay feds $6.6M over bin Laden raid book
WASHINGTON – The former Navy SEAL who wrote a book about his role in the raid that killed Usama bin Laden will pay the government more than $6.6 million for violating...
Yoenis Cespedes' defiant answer to golf-game queries
SAN FRANCISCO — Yoenis Cespedes teed off Friday on the notion his golf game played a role in aggravating the right quadriceps injury that sent him to the disabled list....
Hondo Sawk it to ’em
Tigers ace Michael Fulmer is getting a little blasé about his status as the stud in Hondo’s Stable of Stalwarts, losing Friday for the second time in three starts to...
Ex-Staten Island Beep's grandson arrested in 100lb. pot bust
The ex-con grandson of a former Staten Island borough president was arrested in California when cops discovered more than 100 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car, police...
Cespedes' return provides little help for free-falling Mets
SAN FRANCISCO — The reinforcements arrived, but it might as well have been the Return of the Living Dead. Yoenis Cespedes and Asdrubal Cabrera were supposed to bring energy Friday...
Cuomo stiffens penalties for assaulting subway employees
New Yorkers will face stiffer penalties for assaulting subway station agents and cleaners. Gov. Cuomo on Friday signed legislation allowing prosecutors to seek punishment of up to seven years in...
Trump to black voters: Vote for me, you have nothing to lose
Donald Trump told black voters Friday their lives are so miserable that they have nothing to lose by voting for him. “Look at how much African-American communities have suffered under...
Former flame gets $7.1M payout from ex-TransPerfect biz partner
The co-founder of the world’s largest language-translation company must pay his former business partner — and ex-lover — $7.1 million, a judge ruled Friday. Philip Shawe and Elizabeth Elting, who...
Producer name-dropped Lupita Nyong’o to dupe investors out of $165K: cops
It was all an act. A conniving theater producer stole thousands of dollars from investors for a bogus Broadway show he claimed would star Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, authorities said....
Masahiro Tanaka, Gary Sanchez get early start on 2017 battery
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Manager Joe Girardi doesn’t want his young players thinking about next year — not while there still is more than a month left of this season and...
Saratoga worker accused of using track's money to place $12K in bets
A Brooklyn man working a betting window at Saratoga Raceway has been busted for placing nearly $12,000 in personal bets — allegedly with the track’s money. Vito F. Vivona, 49,...
Fellow psych ward patients in awe of Trump Tower climber
The man who scaled Trump Tower in a failed bid to meet the Republican presidential hopeful has nicknamed himself “MAGA” — an acronym for The Donald’s campaign slogan, “Make America...
Usain Bolt channels Muhammad Ali after perfect ending
The Greatest Ever? That’s the only question left for Usain Bolt, after he capped his third straight three-gold medal Olympics performance Friday night in Rio de Janeiro. “There you go....
JetBlue instructor accused of showing off saucy nudes to new pilot
Not on his watch! A newly hired — and then fired — JetBlue pilot is suing the budget airline claiming his training instructor showed him a saucy snapshot of himself...
Liberty, Olympic star's drive matched only by charitable spirit
Tina Charles is as close as there is to a sure bet to win Olympic gold in Saturday’s women’s basketball final. Yet the Liberty center and Jamaica, Queens, native might...
Morgan Stanley mismanaged employee retirement funds: suit
Morgan Stanley was hit with a lawsuit on Friday accusing it of mismanaging its employees’ retirement money to maximize its own profits. The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, claims...
Vevo on the hunt for $500M cash infusion
Vevo, the music service backed by the major record labels, is once again looking to outside investors for cash. The music video destination, which lives on Google-owned YouTube, wants to...
Man accused of drowning mom had argued over meds before
The Long Island man charged with putting his mom in a headlock and drowning her in the family pool this week had previously went after her in a bar in...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan A suspect smashed a glass bottle over the head of a rival in West Harlem, authorities said. The foes squared off at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 141st Street...