August 26, 2017
Stitches: Roger the Dodger
Money for Nothing. ... NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is said to be close to receiving a five-year extension from the league to continue serving the owners’ bottom line — at...
Mayweather-McGregor fight starts on time after reports of outages
The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor main event Saturday night in Las Vegas started on time, after ESPN reported it would be delayed because of pay-per-view outages. Hundreds of fans began airing...
Who Rafael Nadal would rather face instead of Roger Federer
Roger Federer would “love’’ it. Rafael Nadal would hate it. The first-ever Federer-Nadal showdown at the U.S. Open is in the cards with their twin renaissances and spate of injuries...
Summer box office sales slump
It’s been a summer to forget for Hollywood — unless, of course, you are a comic-book movie star. Heading into the next-to-last weekend of the summer movie season, the US...
Giants and Jets show why they're so far apart
In the words of Dennis Green, they are who we thought they were. The Giants’ starters looked like playoff contenders and the Jets played like a team that may contend...
Giants offense shows positive signs but O-line still needs work
They did not actually need it, but they sort of needed it. The Giants did not want to go through the entire preseason without their starting offense scoring a touchdown....
Christian Hackenberg shows again why he's not a starting QB
Christian Hackenberg threw passes that reached the end zone three times Saturday night. Unfortunately for him and the Jets, the guys carrying the ball across the goal line on the...
Hurricane Harvey could raise gas prices over the next two weeks
While Texans along the Gulf Coast are getting battered by “life-threatening and devastating flooding” from Hurricane Harvey, the entire country will feel the effects at the pump. As refineries along...
The tax reform plan eliminates deductions Americans need
Last week, several Capitol Hill lawmakers, led by Speaker Paul Ryan, made the rounds pitching a yet-to-be-public plan for tax reform. On the surface, no one would argue that the...
Christopher Columbus deserves to stay in his rightful place
Christopher Columbus has been coming under fire for decades, and lately Mayor de Blasio hasn’t ruled out scrapping the iconic 1892 statue of the explorer, in Columbus Circle, as a...
Twelve injured in two separate Queens car crashes
A dozen people were injured, including at least one child, in separate Queens car crashes Saturday. Five people were hurt in an early-morning crash in Woodside when a car smashed...
Protesters want Rikers closed for it's name tie to slave-catcher
Rikers Island should be shut down because a descendant of the complex’s namesake was a notorious slave-catcher, protesters demanded Saturday. The demonstrators at the Queens end of the Rikers Island...
NRA holds 'fashion show' for gun accessories
It was clothing to die for. The National Rifle Association put on a “fashion show’’ Friday in Milwaukee, Wis., showcasing gun-toting accessories. Forget about using slinky models to show-off the...
Here's why there might be a back-to-school retail slump
With a new school year kicking off, across America, everything seems to be on schedule — except for back-to-school sales. Despite the economy growing and unemployment continuing to shrink, back-to-school...
Rental landlords say vacation law bleeds them dry: suit
Class warfare is raging on Shelter Island, LI, where backers of new rental rules tailored to repel beer-swilling riffraff are clashing with neighbors who say the “devastating” new regulations could...
Jordan Spieth tops dream group in Northern Trust final round
Jordan Spieth has no idea what to expect Sunday. Why? Because he has created a fascinating unpredictable aura about himself, something he’s the first to acknowledge. It’s a wonderfully intriguing...
Funeral home embalmed the wrong body: lawsuit
A Brooklyn funeral home mistakenly retrieved the body of a Pentecostal minister from a hospital morgue — and then embalmed her, in violation of her religious beliefs, the woman’s grieving...
American colleges will fail kids without these 5 crucial upgrades
The students who I taught for a year at a public school in Dallas, Texas, were required to carry see-through backpacks made from plastic. After 20 kids were caught with...
Petition seeks to rename Roosevelt Island, calls FDR 'racist'
Roosevelt Island should be renamed because of FDR’s “racist” decision to send Japanese-Americans to internment camps during World War II, a new petition demands. Franklin Delano Roosevelt — who led...
One of North Korea's missiles blew up 'almost immediately': US
One of three short-range ballistic missiles that North Korea fired early Saturday blew up “almost immediately,” while the other two flew about 155 miles into the sea, US officials said....
Jeurys Familia roughed up in return as Mets keep reeling
WASHINGTON — Jeurys Familia unloaded a 97 mph fastball that plunked Adrian Sanchez in the chest in Saturday’s eighth inning at Nationals Park. The crowd fell silent, as Sanchez lie...
The Baby Bombers have the band back together just in time
Before there was Aaron Judge, there was Gary Sanchez. And before there was Sanchez, there was Greg Bird, the original post-Core Four phenom in pinstripes. On Saturday, for the first...
Fallen Bronx Marine gets street sign in her honor
A Bronx native who enlisted in the US Marines and was killed in one of the deadliest days for American women in uniform was immortalized with a street sign Saturday....
Whom is Conor McGregor going to fight after Floyd Mayweather?
LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. is finished, he says. Following Saturday night’s bout against Conor McGregor, the 40-year-old will hang up his gloves for the second and supposedly final...
Kids of disgraced lawyer refusing to pay for dad's attorney
The rotten legal apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in one family of litigators, where the kids of a disgraced Manhattan lawyer jailed for pocketing $5 million of his...
Texas completes stunning comeback to reach LLWS final
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Mark Requena hit a two-run, go-ahead home run in the sixth inning and Lufkin, Texas, overcame a five-run deficit to beat Greenville, North Carolina, 6-5 on...
Yoenis Cespedes has seen the light, others see opportunity
WASHINGTON — The search is underway for Yoenis Cespedes’ legs. As the Mets look toward next season with their $110 million investment in left field, it has become obvious to...
These US Open tennis pros are pretty much broke
For today’s top tennis pros, it’s nothing but net income. The male and female winners of this year’s US Open, which officially begins Monday, will each walk away with $3.7...
Sonny Gray shows again why he's a top MLB deadline addition
Ever since Sonny Gray arrived from the Athletics in a deadline deal, he has been doing his job. The Yankees finally did theirs behind him Saturday. Gray smothered the Mariners...
This 81-year-old self-help book is still the best
At first, Dale Carnegie was not interested in writing a book about leadership. According to Peter Schwed in the publishing history “Turning the Pages,” the erstwhile Missouri farm boy saw...
After Mayweather-McGregor, boxing's forecast is sunny
LAS VEGAS — Boxing fans who were worried about the manufactured fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor having an adverse effect on their sport can relax. Business is starting...
Nude marchers celebrate 'Go Topless Day' in Midtown
Equalititty for all! Big breasts, small breasts and every size in between were bared for the cause of equality Saturday in the 10th annual Go Topless Day march in Midtown....
You can live in the same building as Obama's old apartment
Renters at one Upper West Side building aren’t paying executive prices just because the future-Leader of the Free World used to hang his hat there. A broker is boasting about...
Sheriff Joe Arpaio thinks his pardon might divide the GOP
Former Phoenix-area Sheriff Joe Arpaio breathed a sigh of relief Saturday as he heaped praise on President Trump, but conceded that his controversial pardon could fracture GOP politics in Arizona...
Ranking the 10 best NFL players in New York right now
If you were making a list of the Top 10 players in New York football right now, it hardly would be surprising the Giants would dominate over the Jets. Only...
Maria Sharapova is back, whether her critics like it or not
Nothing has been easy for Maria Sharapova since her April return from a 15-month drug ban. The 30-year-old’s comeback hasn’t been as sweet as the stuff she sells at her...
Fantasy football WR strategy: Patience is rewarded with value
In the fifth of a six-part fantasy football draft preview series, The Post breaks down wide receivers. Next week: which players are rising and falling on draft boards. Wide receiver...
Grisly details of real estate exec's double-murder suicide
The Westchester dad who murdered his wife and daughter and then killed himself inflicted the carnage using a 12-gauge shotgun, police said Saturday as grisly new details of the horror...
Porn star claims ISIS threatened to behead her
ISIS threatened to behead Lebanese-American porn star Mia Khalifa with a mocked-up execution photo, but she’s keeping up a brave front, she said. The terrorist group sent a “photoshopped picture...
Marie Claire editor celebrates fifth year on the job
It’s too soon to tell whether September fashion issues will prove profitable, but Marie Claire Editor-in-Chief Anne Fulenwider is already celebrating. Next month marks her fifth anniversary at the Hearst...
Ronald Torreyes on running in rivers, overcoming adversity
The Post’s Steve Serby takes some time to talk with Ronald Torreyes, the Yankees’ ultimate utility man: Q: Why do fans seem to have an affection for you? A: I...
The most important benefit of charter schools
The most important thing about the city’s charter schools is that they offer students a chance to excel in neighborhoods where the regular public schools have been failing to offer...
The perils of 'anti-Nazi' vigilante justice
Vigilante justice is never pretty — whether it’s an avenging mob running wild or an online feeding frenzy targeting people in the name of hunting haters. And that’s precisely what’s...
Inside slain journalist's fateful submarine ride
It was meant to be only a “brief trip to Scandinavia,” Swedish journalist Kim Wall assured one of her New York editors. The Nordic jaunt — a stopover en route...
Jacoby Ellsbury actually leads the Yankees to a victory
With the return of Greg Bird, manager Joe Girardi was near ecstatic about adding a strong, left-handed bat to the Yankees equation. Sure enough, the Yankees received a powerful, game-deciding...
I turned a garage into a loft so I could live with my van
Some people live in vans. This Bushwick woman built a home for hers. Jean Chandler, 35, is so in love with her 1967 Ford Falcon Club Wagon that she moved...
Fire truck responding to high-rise fire slams into SUV, 7 injured
Seven people, including a child, were injured when an FDNY rig collided with their vehicle in Queens on Saturday morning. The fire engine was responding to a nearby high-rise fire...
These Trojans are ready to handle the USC hype train
The first game of Clay Helton’s first full season as USC head coach was unimaginably embarrassing, spent on the humbling side of a 52-6 decision against Alabama, which doubled as...
My secret life as Princess Diana's confidant
For Princess Diana, it was a terrifying baptism of fire. In April 1983, she arrived in Australia as a very nervous young woman for a six-week tour with her husband,...
Harvey claims first victim after direct blow on small coastal city
At least one person has died as a result of Hurricane Harvey, according to a report on Saturday. Aransas County Judge C.H. “Burt” Mills Jr. told the Austin American-Statesman that...
Sifting through the Yankees' biggest wild-card threats
Scan the terrain as many times as you want, and you arrive at a simple conclusion: There’s no Dallas Keuchel out there. We are of course comparing the 2017 American...
This major 'GoT' character needs to die in the Season 7 finale
It’s almost game over. Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” is not just the Season 7 finale, it’s also the beginning of the end. After this episode, only six chapters remain in...
Breaking down The Post's Top 25 teams in college football
A little less than eight months ago, Deshaun Watson and Clemson slayed their Alabama demons, winning a national championship game for the ages in the final seconds. It will be...
The corrupting of youth sports is causing a big problem
Here, there, everywhere. Last week, with the Little League World Series underway, we heard from Bill Henel, a 20-year Brick, N.J., LL umpire — eventually its chief umpire — who’d...
Harvey downgraded to tropical storm
The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Harvey from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm. But officials say they are still worried about potentially catastrophic rainfall that will continue...
Transit advocates fume over 'Cuomo Tax' to fund nuke plants
The cash-strapped MTA shouldn’t have to pony up an electric bill surcharge imposed by Gov. Cuomo to support a trio of upstate nuclear plants, transit advocates fumed this week. MTA...
So much has changed in 20 years of New York sports
I’m starting my 20th year writing a column based in our fair city this month, and just typing that sentence out I am immediately curious what 24-year-old me would have...
Prince's longtime art director dishes on working for a rock icon
Prince was no ordinary rock star and, as Steve Parke found during his 13 years of working for him, he was no ordinary boss, either. Between 1988 and 2001, Parke...
Royal bodyguard recalls 'surreal' period after Princess Diana's death
Diana and the Paparazzi Diana: The Day We Said Goodbye Sunday, 8 and 9 p.m., Smithsonian Channel Diana, 7 Days Friday, 8 p.m., NBC Since May, a half-dozen TV documentaries...
Cops hunt for suspect in string of Manhattan bank robberies
Police are searching for a man wanted in a series of Manhattan bank robberies that occurred over five days earlier in August, authorities said. The crook's one-man crime wave started...
Cheerleading coach fired over brutal 'forced splits'
The coach behind a series of videos showing teenage cheerleaders being held down into 'forced splits' has been fired, according to the school's superintendent. Ozell Williams, the cheerleading coach at...
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall, threatens millions with flooding
Hurricane Harvey hammered the Texas Gulf Coast with wind and rain on Saturday – leaving hundreds of thousands without power and threatening millions of residents with days of catastrophic flooding....
Isiah Thomas: Phil's failed stint in New York won't hurt his legacy
Isiah Thomas says Phil Jackson is still the Zen Master to him. While he “respects’’ the way Carmelo Anthony has handled his undefined status, Thomas admits Jackson isn’t the first...
'Logan Lucky' proves Hollywood still doesn't get Trumpland
It has a 94 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s the first feature film directed by proven hitmaker Steven Soderbergh (“Erin Brockovich,” the “Ocean’s 11” series, “Magic Mike”) since 2012....
NYC could be a town without heroes if PC insanity wins out
We should be relieved that Mayor de Blasio won’t send tanks in to demolish monuments and other “symbols of hate” on city land overnight. No! Instead, deciding which statues, plaques...
Democrats won't beat Trump unless they start doing this
Open up the Republican Party Web site and you’ll quickly see an article called “Principles for American Renewal” with 11 broad statements of principle such as this one under immigration:...
Staten Islander defends his Air Guitar Championship title
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Matt “Airistotle” Burns is the best when it comes to pretend playing guitar. The American successfully defended his title at the 22nd Air Guitar World Championships in...
Iraqi military says it's on verge of taking ISIS stronghold
TAL AFAR, Iraq - Iraqi forces are about to take full control of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s stronghold in northwestern Iraq, in a swift campaign against the outnumbered, exhausted militants,...
27 dead after Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Boko Haram extremists killed at least 27 people by shooting them and slitting their throats as they attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno state in the...
Harvey downgraded to Category 1 hurricane
Harvey has been further downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as it churns slowly inland from the Texas Gulf Coast, already depositing more than 9 inches of rain in South...
Thousands rally for gay marriage in Australia ahead of vote
SYDNEY — Thousands of people rallied for marriage equality in Australia’s second-biggest city of Melbourne on Saturday ahead of a postal survey on same-sex marriage which could lead to its...
Belgian prosecutors open terror probe after knife attack
BRUSSELS — Belgian prosecutors have opened an "attempted terrorist murder" probe after a knife-wielding man assaulted three soldiers and was shot dead by troops in Brussels. The Federal Prosecutor's Office...
Gary Sanchez and Yankees need to show more productive fight
Since this is Players Weekend, the Yankees could have changed their nickname to “Fight Club’’ following their brawl with the Tigers on Thursday in Detroit, when Gary Sanchez jumped into...
Trump likely to rescind Obama 'Dreamer' program
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to rescind an Obama-era policy that protects nearly 600,000 immigrants who entered the country illegally as children and are known as “Dreamers,”...
Castro's glad to be back; Greg Bird's on way to Yankee Stadium
Amid news their catching corps could be thrown utterly out of whack through MLB-imposed suspensions, the Yankees were strengthened up the middle with the return of second baseman Starlin Castro...
One WR familiar to Eli Manning could get lots of work vs. Jets
Sterling Shepard has not had much of a summer. He came down with a sprained ankle early in training camp, missed practice time and the Giants’ first preseason game. He...
Dustin Johnson is looking dangerous
There's a theory shared by most professional golfers that, in one of four rounds during a tournament week, they will not have their best stuff, and if they can survive...
Jets know time is near for quarterback decision
After weeks of guesswork, the mysterious Jets quarterback competition finally should become clearer Saturday night against the Giants. Coach Todd Bowles, who has spent the last several days offering virtually...
CC Sabathia 'had everything working' and it was all for naught
If the Yankees are to get to the postseason and make anything resembling noise, they need the CC Sabathia they saw Friday night. “Outstanding performance on CC’s part. Seven really,...
Odell Beckham's mom getting into PayDay act
Odell Beckham Jr. apparently got a PayDay — just not the kind he and his mom want. Heather van Norman, Beckham’s mom, posted an Instagram photo Friday of her son...
Didi Gregorius insists he was safe after ugly blunder
Didi Gregorius committed the cardinal sin of baserunning Friday night when he attempted to go from second to third on a ground ball hit to the left side in the...
Meet referee and judges who will decide Mayweather-McGregor
LAS VEGAS — Steve Farhood will serve as Showtime’s unofficial judge for Saturday night’s pay-per-view boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. Here’s his take on the referee and...
Northern Trust co-leader keeping an eye on Hurricane Harvey
Jhonattan Vegas has a little more on his mind than simply trying to win the Northern Trust this weekend at Glen Oaks Club in Old Westbury. Vegas, who played himself...
Stitches is feeling Punchy
There’s Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki. Rocky vs. Thunderlips. Mitch “Blood” Green vs Mike Tyson (in and out of the ring). But tonight we finally, mercifully, get the spectacle that...
Inspiration for 'The Wire' coaching the next Floyd Mayweather
LAS VEGAS — Just before Floyd Mayweather fights what is expected to be his final bout, the next face of boxing may be introducing himself to the biggest audience in...
Thailand’s ex-PM has fled to Dubai after skipping out on court date: party members
BANGKOK — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai, senior members of her party said on Saturday, a day after she failed to show up for a...
Kyrie Irving-Isaiah Thomas trade in jeopardy
Is there any way for Celtics fans who were upset to un-burn their jerseys? The Isaiah Thomas-Kyrie Irving trade might not get completely voided, but it’s also not a done...
It could be a long time before Michael Conforto plays again
WASHINGTON — In this lost season, Michael Conforto’s damaged left shoulder suddenly has become the center of the Mets’ universe. The outfielder, diagnosed with a tear in his posterior capsule...
Simona Halep gets support from unlikely Olympic source
“Winning.’’ That’s the title of a new documentary starring Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who became a worldwide icon at age 14 during the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. Comaneci heads to...
Here's why Floyd Mayweather must win and why he will
LAS VEGAS — The Money Mayweather brand is all over Las Vegas. It’s on the black buses with TMT in white letters. It’s in the memorabilia shops where rows upon...
Mayweather-McGregor fight night arrives at long last
LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather had made a point during the week to suggest Conor McGregor was having trouble cutting down to the 154-pound weight limit for their boxing match...
Harvey destroys buildings as it rips through Texas town
Hurricane Harvey slammed the coast of Texas near the town of Rockport on Friday night, causing buildings to crumble against 130 mile-per-hour winds. Rockport city manager Kevin Carruth said multiple...
Spieth, Fowler and Johnson vault into lead in Northern Trust
One day after the Northern Trust leaderboard was littered with potential pretenders, the cream of the sport rose to the top on Friday at Glen Oaks Club in Old Westbury....
Fantasy owners can grab late points with these base stealers
During spring training, fantasy baseball owners were warned of the decline in stolen bases over the past two seasons and urged to pay the category some close attention on draft...
US says North Korean missile test was a failure
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired several rockets into the sea Saturday in the continuation of its rapid nuclear and missile expansion, while the United States and South Korea...
One missing after Black Hawk helicopter crashes near Yemen
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday during a training mission and a search was under way for one U.S. service member,...
Giants offensive line running out of chances to prove it can do job
As the adage goes, nowhere is continuity more crucial and beneficial than on the offensive line. As the five players with their hands in the dirt, poised to prevent the...
High School soccer team says '#bringyourshanks' tweet was a misunderstanding
NEPTUNE, N.J. — A New Jersey high school official says a tweet urging girls’ soccer players to bring shanks to a game against a school with many black and Hispanic...
17K National Guard soldiers will get to keep disputed bonuses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 17,000 California National Guard soldiers won’t have to repay more than $190 million in enlistment bonuses and other payments handed out in error between 2004...