December 9, 2018
Jets linebacker: Bills tried to end my career with 'dirty stuff'
ORCHARD PARK — Jets linebacker Jordan Jenkins won’t be sending any Christmas cards to the Bills. Jenkins was very upset after the game that Bills tackle Dion Dawkins chop blocked...
Pat Shurmur: Odell Beckham's injury has been 'lingering'
LANDOVER, Md. — Saquon Barkley said he believed “something happened’’ to Odell Beckham Jr. during Friday’s practice that led to the star receiver not making the trip and missing Sunday’s...
Police officer shot, suspect dead in Staten Island shootout
A police officer was shot in the stomach and a knife-wielding suspect was shot and killed when cops opened fire while responding to a domestic dispute on Staten Island Sunday...
City’s worst child abuse cases hit record high
Twenty years after it was created to tackle the city’s most heinous child-abuse cases, the ACS’s Instant Response Team is busier than ever, investigating a record number of high-risk cases...
Madison Avenue's new Equinox gym is the height of luxury fitness
This is not your bare-bones fitness club. E by Equinox’s first stand-alone club in the US, located in a Madison Avenue townhouse, opens on Monday, bucking the boroughs-wide trend of...
Dominique Sharpton's $95K payout is an outrage
If it wasn’t political favoritism, then it’s a sign of just how ridiculous New York’s slip-and-fall laws are: The city Law Department just settled with Dominique Sharpton, the Rev. Al’s...
Paris chef Jean Imbert presents Encore to Meatpacking District
Celebrated Paris chef Jean Imbert is bringing his considerable talents to the Meatpacking District. Appropriately named Encore, which Sidedish reported in a scoop last July, the eatery comes from restaurateur...
Career-boosting books to give, or to keep
Most of us spend an average of 2,080 hours at work each year, our noses pressed firmly to the proverbial grindstone. And that doesn’t count the occasional all-nighter we have...
Much-needed win sends Jets tumbling in NFL draft order
ORCHARD PARK — Even when the Jets win, they lose. The Jets may have helped their spirits with their 27-23 win over the Bills on Sunday, but they hurt their...
McConnell's making a big mistake by refusing to let First Step pass
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled late last week that he has no intention of allowing a vote before year’s end on the First Step Act’s criminal-justice reforms. That’s a...
Can I hire a candidate who doesn't send a note after the interview?
I am a manager and there is a candidate I’d really like to hire. He has everything I am looking for except one thing. He didn’t send me a follow-up...
Schumer slams MTA for delays in installing safety equipment
Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to get moving when it comes to safety measures. The New York Democrat said that the agency is expected to announce as...
Why 'No Hate Here' signs are actually pretty hateful
My walks with my dog take me to a quiet off-street, with middle-class houses made expensive because they’re inside the Beltway. Their owners are mostly youngish attorneys who work as...
Councilman calls for probe of de Blasio emails in NYPD corruption case
Mayor de Blasio made a “mockery” out of the state’s Freedom of Information Law by deleting official emails that later surfaced during the ongoing NYPD corruption trial, charges a city...
Kevin Knox's career-best night couldn't save the Knicks
If the Knicks were hoping to convince Kemba Walker to join them next summer as a free agent, at least their youthful core put up a fourth-quarter fight in their...
Good luck getting ahold of NYC's parking summons advocate
The city pays him $120,000 a year to help New Yorkers fight unfair parking tickets — but he’s proven harder to find than a Midtown parking spot. Parking Summons Advocate...
Debunking the lies about the First Step Act
President Trump has courageously thrown his weight behind a reform bill that will dramatically improve how we rehabilitate criminals and help keep them out of overcrowded prisons. Joining him are...
Elizabeth Warren's 'Native' disaster and other commentary
Political analyst: Elizabeth Warren’s Native Disaster Elizabeth Warren crippled her likely 2020 presidential bid before it even began. So contends CNN’s Chris Cilliza, writing of the aftermath of an October...
'Pissed off' Jets get Bills revenge and a party they've waited for
ORCHARD PARK — An unfamiliar sound emanated from the Jets postgame locker room. It was the sound of jubilation. The music was loud, the hollering was louder and everyone had...
Christine Quinn corralling NY Democrats for Nancy Pelosi speaker bid
WASHINGTON —- Christine Quinn, vice chair of the state Democratic Committee, is trying to whip any stragglers in New York's congressional delegation into line behind Nancy Pelosi's bid for reelection...
Woman sues gym after 400-pound tire crushes ankle during workout
She’s exercising her right to sue. A Bronx woman wants her trendy Westchester County gym to fork over $2.5 million after a 400-pound tire crushed her ankle during a crazy...
Robert F. Kennedy mass bailout program is 'lunacy': NYPD union head
The head of the NYPD’s sergeants’ union on Sunday blasted the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights charity for bailing out hundreds of accused criminals -- many with histories of violence....
Cowboys' trade looks genius as they grab NFC East control
The Dallas Cowboys (8-5) have pushed their lead over Philadelphia and Washington in the NFC East to a commanding two games with three games to play, with a wild 29-23...
Restaurant faces closure after owner is caught up in corruption case
A controversial Upper Manhattan restaurant run by a key figure in the City Hall corruption scandal faces closure following the suspension of its liquor license over scores of violations and...
George Steinbrenner doesn't even come close to Hall of Fame
LAS VEGAS — George Steinbrenner, so accustomed to winning during his time in baseball, is now 0-for-4 in his final competition. The winter meetings opened Sunday with invitations to two...
Small plane makes crash landing on New Jersey golf course
This pilot turned the fairway into a runway — and it was one sweet shot. The small plane made an emergency landing on a New Jersey golf course on Sunday...
Jamal Khashoggi's dying words revealed: 'I can't breathe'
Murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s last words were “I can’t breathe,” according to a new report. The Washington Post columnist gasped his plea at least three times before his life...
How the Giants destroyed Mark Sanchez, starting with his head
LANDOVER, Md. — Mark Sanchez never had a chance. Not even a little bit; not with his lack of recent game experience and not with the Giants defense playing as...
Priest accused of sex abuse blows off claims in return to pulpit
The Greek Orthodox priest who was allowed to return to his flock despite admitting to “inappropriate” contact with two women casually waved off the charges as he left services at...
Colin Kaepernick makes the Redskins look even worse
Broken legs in consecutive weeks. This weekend seeing Mark Sanchez get destroyed. At this point, who would even want to quarterback the disastrous Redskins? Well, Colin Kaepernick would. The perpetual...
Kyle Lauletta's Giants debut goes very wrong
LANDOVER, Md. — Finally, here came The Kid. Rookie Kyle Lauletta entered at the start of the fourth quarter for his NFL debut. He should have considered a U-turn. Lauletta...
AllianceBernstein eyeing The Spiral for Manhattan move
Financial giant AllianceBernstein is now closing in on a decision as to where it will regroup in New York City now that it has committed to moving its headquarters to...
Saquon Barkley's worst play shows how amazing he is
LANDOVER, Md. — This is how you overcome no Odell Beckham Jr.: You get the football gods to serve up Santachise — aka Mark Sanchez — to quarterback a depleted...
Baker Mayfield and Browns suddenly look radically different
CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield took the snap in victory formation and dropped to one knee as the crowd roared. When the clock hit zeros, the stadium's sound system blasted "Danger...
Jets report card: This reflects very well on Todd Bowles
Grades from the Jets' 27-23 comeback win over the Bills on Sunday: Offense The Jets only had 248 total yards, but we’re grading on a curve here. They actually scored three...
Sandy Hook killer described 'scorn for humanity' and severe isolation
Sandy Hook mass murderer Adam Lanza bragged about his “scorn for humanity” while touting pedophilia and claiming he would be a “phenomenal father,” according to newly released personal documents. The...
Brooklyn straphangers fed up with poor service protest fare hike
About a dozen protesters hiked between two Bay Ridge subway stops Sunday to rail against a proposed fare increase amid lousy service. “We lovingly refer to [the R train] as...
Giants report card: Where did this offense come from?
Grades from the Giants' 40-16 win over the Redskins on Sunday: Offense Saquon Barkley is getting better the later in the season it gets. He needed only 14 rushing attempts...
Jameis Winston has to be separated from Bucs teammate after clash
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston and center Ryan Jensen got into it on the sideline on Sunday, with the pair needing teammates and a coach to intervene. The argument...
FreshDirect is losing customers over spate of service problems
For a growing number of customers, FreshDirect is just not delivering. Six months ago, the pioneering online grocer moved from Long Island City to a larger warehouse in The Bronx,...
Nick Ayers won't be Trump's next chief of staff after all
WASHINGTON -- Nick Ayers, the 36-year-old chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, will not be taking the chief of staff job at the White House, according to a...
Patriots get stunned on miracle, last-second circus play
The Patriots do not lose games like this, and yet they did. The Dolphins stunned the Bill Belichick-coached team on Sunday with a 69-yard, lateral-filled last-play that ended in the...
Sam Darnold and gutsy call help Jets pull off dramatic thriller
ORCHARD PARK — Sam Darnold returned and he returned the Jets to the win column. The Jets pulled off a dramatic comeback to snap their six-game losing streak and beat...
FBI agent described attacker to cops after being shot: witness
The FBI agent who got shot during a stakeout in Brooklyn battled the pain to tell cops about the drive-by assailant who sparked a wild gun battle with undercover investigators,...
Everything goes stunningly right in Giants' destruction of Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. — At the start of the fourth quarter, it was not Eli Manning on the field, in the huddle and directing the Giants on offense. It was rookie...
Mets bring in Chili Davis and round out coaching staff
LAS VEGAS — The Mets’ makeover of their coaching staff was completed Sunday, with three new hires announced. Chili Davis became the new hitting coach, Chuck Hernandez assumed the role...
Will Giancarlo Stanton memories keep Yankees from Manny Machado?
LAS VEGAS — The Winter Meetings opened in this gambling capital a year to the day after the Yankees made a greater than $200 million bet that is iffy to...
Cops caught on video trying to 'wrestle' child away from mom
A group of NYPD officers tried to rip a child from his mother’s arms at a Brooklyn food-assistance center Friday in a scene captured on video that first sparked outrage...
Spiritual 'healer' featured on Oprah accused of sexual abuse
RIO DE JANEIRO — Ten women in Brazil have accused a self-styled spiritual healer of sexually abusing them at a clinic in the central-western state of Goias. The accusations against...
Mark Sanchez's first start back is absolute disaster
Mark Sanchez's time as the Washington Redskins starts sure was short-lived. The quarterback, making his first start since 2015 against the Giants, found himself benched for Josh Johnson after completing...
St. John's flaws and strengths on full display as they stay perfect
This was the team that looked so impressive against Rutgers, the team that rallied to take down Atlantic 10 contender VCU. But it was also the team that needed to...
Swath of the South faces wintry mess: Snow, sleet, freezing rain
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday — causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power...
Mom-to-be cancels baby shower after family makes fun of son's name
A fed-up mom-to-be KO'd her baby shower because she said her "fake a-- family" ridiculed the name she'd chosen for her child. The unidentified woman blasted her family for questioning...
Saquon Barkley goes over 1,000 yards in breathtaking style
Giants rookie Saquon Barkley passed the 1,000-yard mark in style. The second-overall pick in the draft topped the milestone by breaking a 78-yard touchdown run in the second quarter at...
At the scene of South Sudan's horrifying 10-day mass rape: 'No one could hear me'
NHIALDIU, South Sudan — Wrapping an arm around her stomach, the young woman hung her head and recounted the day in early November when she and a friend were bound,...
Ex-WWE star Big Cass has seizure at wrestling event
Former WWE star Big Cass, real name William Morrissey, was rushed to the hospital Saturday after collapsing and suffering a seizure at a Philadelphia wrestling event, according to TMZ Sports....
Rubio to Trump: Pardoning Manafort 'would be a huge political mistake'
WASHINGTON -- On Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) implored President Trump not to pardon former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. “It would be a mistake. And I would strongly counsel against...
Jets' Sam Darnold returns after limping to locker room
ORCHARD PARK -- Sam Darnold is toughing it out. The rookie quarterback returned to action late in the first quarter against the Bills after walking to the locker room with a...
Kareem Hunt is getting help as first step back toward NFL
While the NFL mulls further punishment for Kareem Hunt, the former Kansas City Chiefs running back is seeking counseling for alcohol and anger issues, according to multiple reports. The league...
Nadler says Trump could be impeached for Stormy Daniels payment
WASHINGTON - If President Trump is found to have directed Michael Cohen to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, those would be “impeachable offenses,” according...
Desperate Cowboys have been trying to pry Jason Witten from 'MNF'
In need of a tight end, the Cowboys have been trying to pull a rabbit out of their head. Dallas head coach Jason Garrett has made multiple attempts throughout this...
Kudlow: Trump didn't know about Chinese tech exec's arrest
WASHINGTON - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said that President Trump did not know that a Chinese tech executive was being arrested at the same time Trump was having...
Trump claims Comey 'set a record' for lying to Congress
WASHINGTON — President Trump went after former FBI Director James Comey in a Sunday morning tweet. “On 245 occasions, former FBI Director James Comey told House investigators he didn’t know,...
Firefighter dies in Brooklyn road-rage attack, police seek gang member's car
A minor traffic dispute turned deadly for an off-duty firefighter Sunday when he and another driver pulled off the road to sort it out and the raging motorist killed him,...
Kyler Murray's homophobic tweets emerge after winning Heisman
Hours after Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray won the Heisman Trophy, several homophobic tweets from his past resurfaced. As a teenager, Murray used an anti-gay slur in a tweet to friends,...
Two in custody after FBI agent injured in shooting: cops
Two people were taken into custody after an on-duty FBI agent was wounded in a wild drive-by shooting in Brooklyn, police said. The suspects, identified by sources as 31-year-old Ronnel...
Big East fends off ACC, Big Ten to keep tournament at MSG
The ACC and Big Ten were rejected. The Big East is going nowhere despite overtures from those power conferences. It has reached a contract extension to continue to play its...
Robert De Niro is back as Robert Mueller on 'SNL'
Robert De Niro reprised his role on "Saturday Night Live" as special counsel Robert Mueller with a warning about the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. In a...
De Blasio doesn't care what parents think about his elite-school-quota plans
Deputy Chancellor Josh Wallack last week became the highest-ranking Department of Education official to face the public about the DOE’s plans for racial re-engineering of the city’s elite high schools....
Two heartbreaking truths about the city and 'street homeless'
It was one story about cops rousting a single homeless man from his encampment, yet it touched two hard truths: the near-futility of current policy, and the serious mental illness...
Two young sisters killed in Brooklyn apartment fire
Two little girls described as their grandfather’s reason for living were killed in a massive fire that tore through his Brooklyn apartment, police said Sunday. The sisters, Payton Gomez, 7,...
Sam Darnold is back
ORCHARD PARK -- Sam is back. The Jets will indeed start rookie Sam Darnold at quarterback on Sunday afternoon against the Bills, according to a source. It has been expected...
Anti-Santa protester arrested outside church
A religious fanatic who stood in protest outside a North Texas church — telling kids who arrived for a Christmas event that Jesus was real, but Santa was fake —...
Jared Kushner is reportedly pals with Saudi Crown Prince
Jared Kushner and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are so close, they call each other by first names in their many private phone calls and texts, The New York...
Apartment fire injures five in Bushwick
A sudden inferno in a three-story residential building in Brooklyn erupted just before 11 p.m. Saturday, leaving five people injured, two of them critically. Witnesses saw at least one child...
Here's some free advice for Jets players not named Jamal Adams
ORCHARD PARK — Follow Jamal Adams. This is the best advice anyone can give the rest of the Jets’ roster, as this season has devolved into garbage time with motivation...
Jets search within themselves for a reason to keep fighting
ORCHARD PARK — If the 2018 Jets season were a horse, you’d shoot it to put it out of its misery. This season has devolved into a nowhere team playing...
Cuomo vetoes bill allowing lotto winners to remain anonymous
Gov. Cuomo has vetoed a bill that would have let state lottery winners remain anonymous. Cuomo explained that publicizing the winners’ names keeps the lottery commission honest. “Being able to...
Rangers ready to make Florida road trip the daddy of them all
SUNRISE, Fla. — This was Jan. 16, 2008, in Chicago after the Rangers had defeated the Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime in the first game of the first dads’ trip in...
Woman fractures spine in alleged subway hate crime
Police on Saturday released this picture of a bigot who committed a vicious hate crime against a young woman on a Queens subway train — knocking her to the floor...
It's no coincidence the Giants improved along with their O-line
LANDOVER, Md. — The last time these teams met, the Giants were utterly dominated up front — their offensive line allowed seven sacks and rushed for just 37 yards against...
The Pat Shurmur era is finally starting to take shape for Giants
LANDOVER, Md. — Through the storm, the great expectations for a Super Bowl-or-bust franchise and its true blue fan base on the precipice of “bust,” coach Pat Shurmur refuses to...
Former teen prostitute who killed john can't be paroled for 51 years
A woman serving a life sentence in Tennessee for killing a john when she was a 16-year-old prostitute cannot be paroled for another 51 years, the state’s highest court ruled...
Fizdale made his point, now it's time for Knicks to play Ntilikina
Realizing what it takes to win in the NBA is an education in itself. The Knicks and Nets are seeing what it takes, but seeing it and making it happen...
Joe Philbin isn't treating his Packers chance as an audition
Four weeks remain until the NFL playoffs begin, with the rams having already clinched. The Chiefs, Chargers, Patriots and Saints can secure spots this week. But those aren’t the only...
Menendez Brothers spotted on 1990 Knicks basketball card
A posting on Reddit shows a nearly 30-year-old Knicks basketball card with a surprise in its background — the infamous Menendez brothers sitting in the front row. The courtside curiosity,...
The Giants running back fans can't wait to see leave the field
He runs in from the sideline and joins the huddle, accompanied by a sense of letdown from Giants supporters in the seats and watching on their sofas at home. The...