If money is no object in free agency this offseason, the Mets should simply embrace the 2015 Royals team that beat them in the World Series. They should sign Wade Davis to close, move Jeurys Familia to the eighth inning, Jerry Blevins and A.J. Ramos before that and form a super bullpen. They should sign...
Yankee Stadium is his field of screams. Upper West Side developer Andy Zlotnick was sitting in Section 12 on Aug. 25, 2011, about 200 feet from home plate in the right-field stands, when a screaming line drive off the bat of slugger Hideki Matsui came at him like a rocket. The vicious foul ball destroyed...
Once The Juice is loose, he’ll put the squeeze on TV networks for millions for rights to an exclusive interview, sources close to O.J. Simpson told The Post. “He’s not talking for free,” a longtime confidant told The Post a few days before Simpson’s expected Monday release from High Desert State Prison near Las Vegas....
Here is my war on WAR. I like what Wins Above Replacement attempts — to provide a singular stat to sum up a players’ hitting, fielding and baserunning — and I am glad it exists as a tool to think further about overall skill. My aggravation is about how devoted so many have become that...
The man who was fatally shot in the neck outside a Bronx seafood restaurant had accompanied his wife — a former employee of the restaurant — to collect her last paycheck when the eatery owner blasted him during a fight, cops said on Saturday. Lorenzo Daley, 29, of Mount Vernon, NY, went with his wife...
The NBA is recommending teams address fans or show videos expressing themes of unity before their first home games, while reminding them of the rule that players must stand for the national anthem. A memo was sent to teams Friday, a day after Commissioner Adam Silver said he expected players would stand for the anthem. In...
The boyfriend of Kris Jenner isn't letting the whirlwind of Kardashian pregnancy rumors get in the way of his good time.
In December, bestselling author Simon Sinek gave a 15-minute speech on the “millennial question” that sent tsunami-sized waves through the Internet, racking up over 5 million views on YouTube. Sinek, a corporate consultant and TED phenomenon, tapped into something big when he explained — in his clear, compelling and humorous way — why social-media obsessed...
Manhattan federal prosecutors boasted Friday that they have seized $48 million from convicted Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht. Ulbricht, serving a life sentence for his role in running the illegal online drug marketplace, gave up his right to the money recently when he “withdrew his claim,” the feds said, citing an order from Judge Katherine...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Dozens of people were arrested on Saturday as neo-Nazis and anti-fascists clashed with police during a march by the extreme right-wing Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) in Gothenburg, Sweden on Saturday, police said. The NMR gathered hundreds of people for the march. Membership in Nazi organizations is not illegal in Sweden and the...
Two men were killed and five other people hurt — one critically — when a fire ravaged a Bronx apartment building for more than three hours early Saturday, officials said. The blaze broke out on the 10th floor of the building on East Tremont Avenue near Dogwood Drive in Parkchester around 1:10 a.m., the FDNY...
On Sept. 19, Politico congressional reporter Burgess Everett tweeted that he suddenly “[Remembers Vermont has a Republican governor].” His tweet prompted Seung Min Kim, a fellow Politico reporter who covers the US Senate to reply that she “[Learns Vermont has a Republican governor].” That, in turn, instigated a response by Wall Street Journal congressional reporter...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — an actress known for her role on “Suits” and seen this month on the cover of Vanity Fair — seem to be on the brink of matrimony. The couple was seen for the first time at an official royal event over the weekend (the Invictus Games), which means an...
BEIJING – The United States is probing North Korea to see whether it is interested in dialogue and has multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday. “We are probing, so stay tuned,” Tillerson told a small group of reporters during a trip to China. “We ask:...
Faced with mounting criticism over his administration’s response to recovery efforts on hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico — including an angry statement from the mayor of San Juan — President Trump lashed out early Saturday on Twitter. “The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the...
The Myanmar military’s crackdown on the country’s Rohingya minority has triggered a humanitarian catastrophe. Roughly 480,000 Rohingya have fled across the border into neighboring Bangladesh since Aug. 25, desperate to escape the violence. The United States, Europe and global institutions have responded with fairly uniform condemnation. Within the past few weeks, Vice President Mike Pence,...
Dawn Staley and her champion South Carolina Gamecocks are still waiting for their invite to the White House. “We haven’t gotten an invitation yet and that in itself speaks volumes,” the women’s basketball coach told The Associated Press in a phone interview on Friday night. “We won before those other teams won their championships. I...
ORLANDO, Fla. — An online video shows a jittery police officer who’s afraid of snakes using a trash can to try to catch one at the University of Central Florida. Carl Metzger, the deputy chief of the university’s police department, calls the video humorous. He added that the incident, which occurred earlier this month on...
If the Yankees complete a miraculous comeback to tie the Red Sox for the AL East lead, the one-game playoff would be in The Bronx on Monday. The Bombers get home-field advantage because they won the season series 11-8, aided by taking three of four from Boston in their final series, Aug. 31-Sept. 3 at...
National Coffee Day has come and gone, but not without a new study that states people who consume at least four cups a day have a 64 percent lower risk of kicking the bucket at 45. Joe DeRupo of the National Coffee Association, reasons “Coffee is loaded with antioxidants.” Hold on Cuppa Joe. Coffee-guzzling Stitches’...
Aaron Judge appeared to be in pain as he walked off the field following a third-inning groundout during the Yankees’ 4-0 win over the Blue Jays Friday at the Stadium, but the right fielder stayed in the game and had a run-scoring single in the fifth. “We had some concern, but he’s fine,” Girardi said...
After a mostly miserable season spent either in a slump or sidelined with an ankle injury, Greg Bird is in his best stretch of the year at the plate. The first baseman had two more hits and RBIs in Friday’s 4-0 win over the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium — including a double that extended...
