You know what Manhattan needs? More commercial office space! Thankfully, Mayor Bloomberg and some big shot developers are committed to building a 51 story tower on West 30th Street, creating 1.7 million square feet of new commercial office space. Today they announced that they've already locked in the first tenant: Coach, Inc., which will occupy the lower third of the building. It'll be so tall you'll be able to see it from your office in Jersey City! Here's what's happening: more ›

David Harshorn, the 52-year-old Queens Little League coach charged with molesting three of his charges, doesn't just have a history of pursuing sex with minors. He also has a history as a campaign manager who uses minors for grunt work! Harshorn managed Alan Gerson's failed 2009 City Council bid and worked on Joe Fox's failed shot at unseating Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi. In both cases he used kids to hand out literature and it is unclear if a background check was performed in either case. Meanwhile, the Little League has begun its own investigation into how he got his coaching gig. more ›

A Queens little league coach has been charged with criminal sexual acts and endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly molesting three victims, ages 13, 14 and 16, who played on the team he coached. But when David Hartshorn, 52, was brought in for arraignment he reportedly collapsed! He didn't go unconscious, and was revived just in time to be held without bail. For those keeping score, Hartshorn was busted in 1989 for offenses including sodomy and promoting sexual performance with a child under 16. Must not have put that on his resume. more ›

Christopher Mallette of Brooklyn's Bishop Ford High School has filed a lawsuit against assistant coach Dharyl Russell, claiming he intentionally hit him in the face with a baseball, which caused him to need reconstructive surgery. Mallette had reportedly asked his coach to slow his pitches during practice, but the coach beaned him in the face and allegedly told him to "suck it up" and go home. Mallette said, “It can’t be a freak accident." However, both the Post and CBS 2 say the most heartbreaking thing is that Mallette most likely won't be picking up the sport again. more ›

The Giants 2010 season moved along like a sine curve, so despite ending with ten wins, the team missed the playoffs because of their own inconsistent play (especially Eli Manning, and his 25 interceptions). Coach Tom Coughlin, who is no Rex Ryan, received a lot of flack by the media and fans for the disappointment. But the Giants decided to retain Coughlin and his fiery personality, and Coughlin let critics of the team and himself know exactly how he feels: "Kiss my ass." more ›

Joe Torre announced today that he was retiring as manager of the struggling LA Dodgers. The team immediately named former Yankee and current hitting coach Don Mattingly as his replacement. Torre has managed the Dodgers since the 2008 season, and coached the Yankees to four World Series titles in 12 years as their head coach. Torre turned 70 in July and has a 2,318-1,990 regular-season record in 29 major league seasons as a manager. Mattingly was the bench coach with the Yankees in 2007, and hoped to replace Torre as manager, but lost out to Joe Girardi; instead, he followed Torre to LA, as his heir apparent. It's unclear currently whether Torre is retiring from managing entirely or not. more ›

A telltale hickey has made things sticky for the coach of a girls volleyball team at Poly Prep Country Day School, a fancy private school in Dyker Heights. Coach Lisa Guttilla, 37, has been charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of child, an unidentified 14-year-old girl on her team. Their affair was discovered after the girl's mother demanded to know the origins of a hickey on her neck, and the girl confessed. Guttilla, a part time employee at Poly Prep whose photo we're still trying to find, "engaged in sexual conduct" with the girl on at least three occasions, police sources tell the Post. more ›

With the New Jersey Nets likely to tie the NBA's record of for most consecutive losses (17) at the start of the season tonight when they play the Los Angeles Lakers, the team has fired coach Lawrence Frank. ESPN reports that the team was going to fire Frank after the game, "Yet it appears that Nets management determined that it had to make the move before facing the Lakers after reports became more widespread that Frank's dismissal was imminent." more ›

For well over two years now, Bronx gym teacher and coach Dan Smith has been sidelined in one of the Department of Education's infamous "rubber rooms," thanks to an allegation of sexual misconduct in March 2007. But while other teachers (over 600 hundred of them!) use their rubber room time to play Sudoku and nap, Smith has been hatching a plan to get out. more ›

A former employee at Coach's flagship Manhattan store is suing the company and his former boss, who he says subjected him to an endless litany of juvenile double entendres and sexual harassment. Oscar Bravo, a former stockroom clerk at the Madison Avenue store, also claims upper management ignored his repeated complaints about supervisor Brandon Williams. Bravo says the annoying behavior included come-ons from Williams to look at his "weiner" on days he brought his pet dachsund to work. "He would say, 'Ok, I have a big weiner, you wanna come see my weiner?'," Oscar Bravo tells the Daily News. "I would say, 'Get the hell out of here, nobody wants to see that.'" more ›

After changing reports about whether he'd speak to the Jets, former Steelers coach Bill Cowher told Gang Green no thanks. The team issued a statement at 11 p.m. last night, "After reaching out to coach Cowher's representatives, we were informed that he is not a candidate for the position." A source tells Newsday's Bob Glauber talks "never advanced to the point of scheduling a formal interview. Material items such as [front-office] structure, money and length of contract were never discussed." The spotlight is now on the Giants' defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo (Glauber calls him "brilliant") and the Daily News reports he "will interview Saturday for the job." And last night, the Broncos fired Mike Shanahan. We guess we'll have to wait until 2009 to see what happens. more ›

Isiah Thomas may still be a part of the Knicks organization, but he's been barred from contacting any of the players. The Daily News says the no-contact policy was "part of his reassignment agreement with Knicks president Donnie Walsh." more ›