• Tom Thibodeau talks Knicks expectations, critical Jeff Van Gundy lesson

    Tom Thibodeau talks Knicks expectations, critical Jeff Van Gundy lesson

    New Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau takes a timeout to discuss his hiring, expectations and what traits the team will have under his leadership in a Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: You’ll probably laugh at this: How do you feel about the fact that Knicks fans are viewing you as the savior? A: (Laugh) …
  • Henrik Lundqvist gets Rangers start with Igor Shesterkin ‘unfit to play’

    Henrik Lundqvist gets Rangers start with Igor Shesterkin ‘unfit to play’

    Henrik Lundqvist will not be unseated from his playoff throne just yet. It was Lundqvist, not Igor Shesterkin, who led the Rangers onto the ice for warmups ahead of Saturday’s Game 1 against the Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup qualifiers at Scotiabank Arena. He was set to be backed up by Alexandar Georgiev while Shesterkin …
  • Rangers vs. Hurricanes: Breaking down matchups and a prediction

    Rangers vs. Hurricanes: Breaking down matchups and a prediction

    So maybe this series against the Candy Canes isn’t officially recognized as a playoff round, but it is the postseason — the postseason! — and the rebuilding Rangers are playing hockey. Raise your hand if you envisioned that as a possibility when The Letter went out on Feb. 8, 2018. You in the back row, …
  • Lena Dunham reveals she battled coronavirus: ‘My body simply revolted’

    Lena Dunham reveals she battled coronavirus: ‘My body simply revolted’

    Lena Dunham on Friday revealed that she battled the coronavirus in mid-March — and that she’s still experiencing crushing after-effects of the disease. The 34-year-old creator and star of HBO’s “Girls” gave a detailed account of her illness in an Instagram post titled, “My Covid Story.” “It started with achy joints,” Dunham wrote, “then the …
  • Davina Potratz wishes her softer side was shown on ‘Selling Sunset’

    Davina Potratz wishes her softer side was shown on ‘Selling Sunset’

    Don’t judge a real estate agent by a TV show. “Selling Sunset” star Davina Potratz wishes fans got to see her softer side on the show, but she understands that it may not be juicy enough for viewers craving drama when it returns to Netflix on Aug. 7. “I actually am the jokester with my …
  • Celebrities are starting to take sides in the Ellen DeGeneres scandal

    Celebrities are starting to take sides in the Ellen DeGeneres scandal

    Ellen DeGeneres’ apology had poor timing. Fans and media waited to see if and when DeGeneres, 62, would address the alleged “toxic” work environment that is her eponymous daytime talk show, and they finally received it on Thursday. Unfortunately, it arrived only hours before 36 former employees accused “Ellen Show” executives of sexual misconduct. In …
  • Additional Unemployment Benefits to Expire as Senate Leaves D.C. Without a Coronavirus Relief Deal

    Additional Unemployment Benefits to Expire as Senate Leaves D.C. Without a Coronavirus Relief Deal

    With more than 30 million Americans on some form of unemployment benefits, the additional $600 per-week unemployment insurance boost expired Friday as partisan fighting has marred the path forward on a new coronavirus relief deal. While Democrats have proposed extending the $600 benefit, which began in March, until January, most Republicans have called the benefits …
  • Under Armour’s stock surges on surprisingly small quarterly loss

    Under Armour’s stock surges on surprisingly small quarterly loss

    Under Armour reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, as it sold more merchandise online with customers staying at home during the coronavirus lockdowns, sending its shares up about 10 percent in early trading. Even as stores were temporarily shut, activewear companies such as Under Armour have been able to benefit from demand for home …
  • Dianne Feinstein Lauds China as a ‘Respectable Nation’ in Senate Committee Hearing

    Dianne Feinstein Lauds China as a ‘Respectable Nation’ in Senate Committee Hearing

    Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) labeled China a “respectable nation” in a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The committee convened to discuss a bill introduced by Senator Martha McSally (R., Ariz.) that would allow U.S. citizens to sue the Chinese government for damages stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. “We hold China as …
  • Hedge funder loses extra $360M after one of UK’s most expensive divorces

    Hedge funder loses extra $360M after one of UK’s most expensive divorces

    A billionaire who settled one of the UK’s most expensive divorces in 2014 was ordered to fork over an additional $360 million grant to his ex-wife’s charity this week. Hedge funder Sir Christopher Hohn had been duking it out in British court with his ex, Jamie Cooper, since they split over whether a charity the …