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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, known for his avant-garde and colorful work that included flamboyant costumes of the late rock icon David Bowie, has died of leukemia, his company said Monday. He was 76. Yamamoto developed leukemia in February and was determined to recover and come back with renewed energy, said the …

He was a brick wall, sizing up the next blind-side screen. He was a propeller, unabashedly throwing elbows. He was a guillotine, killing any potential 3-point play. Tom Thibodeau was a 1990s Knick, starring at Division III Salem State. “I’m a total prick when I play and Thibs was the same way, so we hit …

Tom Coughlin was hired as Giants coach in 2004, branded as a stern taskmaster some players had difficulty playing for. It got Coughlin fired by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Coughlin resurfaced with the Giants with team brass asking the former Boston College coach to ease up a bit. And his softened approach led the Giants to …

Hollywood icon Olivia de Havilland — the Oscar-winning star of classics including “Gone With the Wind” and “The Adventures of Robin Hood” — died Sunday, according to her rep. She was 104. The two-time Academy Award-winning actress died peacefully from natural causes at the home in her home in Paris, France where she had lived …

Joakim Noah believes Tom Thibodeau is a “perfect fit” for the Knicks. The former Knick and New York City native raved on Instagram about the team hiring his former coach with the Bulls, congratulating him and applauding the move. “Defense and practice habits,” the Clippers’ 35-year-old forward wrote. “The Knicks are in good hands. All …

Naya Rivera’s heartbroken ex broke his silence over the “Glee” star’s drowning death in a California lake, writing “there’s not enough words to express the hole left in everyone’s hearts.” “This is so unfair,” Ryan Dorsey wrote Saturday on Instagram. “I can’t believe this is life now. I don’t know if I’ll ever believe it.” …

This one really hurts. The death of Regis Philbin, who passed away at the age of 88 — a month before his 89th birthday — resonates deeply with me. Reege meant so much to my career at The New York Post, particularly when, in 1999, I started writing a gossipy daily TV column called “The …

The Knicks hire the right coach here, and that’s where you have to start. Forget the double-elimination interview tournament the team’s brass seemed to be conducting while most of the NBA was busy trying to get back to work, the 11 candidates who wandered into and out of their purview. All of that is prelude. …

The reaction was predictably split. When news broke of the Knicks hiring Tom Thibodeau to a five-year contract, Twitter exploded with hot takes from fans, reporters and media personalities. The memes and GIFs were flying. Some loved it, some hated it, others merely made fun of it. A few accounts poked fun at the idea …

Jeff Van Gundy can take some pride as he was the one who originally hired Tom Thibodeau to his Knicks staff in 1996, and is considered a mentor to the next Knicks head coach. “I’m extremely happy for Tom and equally happy for the Knicks as they hired an elite coach who will give everything …