March 15, 1999
DOW 10,000 IS A PARTY FOR BUBBLEHEADS; DOW 10,000: JUST BLOWING BUBBLES
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe market's valuation is higher than it has ever been ...the stock market could drop by more than half and still be historically overvalued THE Dow will surpass 10,000 this...
CHANCELLOR PROVES THAT BIGGER'S NOT ALWAYS BETTER
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amINVESTORS at Dallas leveraged buyout firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst find themselves in a bit of a pickle these days. The firm was so successful in amassing radio and...
ON THE NEWSSTAND
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amTHE death of Joltin' Joe DiMaggio grabbed newspaper front pages all week, but the magazine world wasn't as obsessive. The newsweeklies were split. Newsweek's cover features Joe D. and Marilyn...
THE WRIGHT STUFF - NBC, SONY EYEING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amIn a move that would rock the entertainment industry, NBC and Sony Corp. are discussing a global partnership. Executives from both companies secretly met last month in Tokyo to talk...
OUR ODDS ON WHO'LL WIN - BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amJames Coburn, "Affliction"...........................(5-1) Billy Bob Thornton, "A Simple Plan"........... (4-1) Robert Duvall, "A Civil Action"....................(5-1) Geoffrey Rush, "Shakespeare in Love"......(20-1) Ed Harris, 'The Truman Show"....................(60-1) THE biggest shocker of the...
TV TICKER
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amHe's Montel! Montel Williams takes a no-holds-barred look at investigative reporting on tomorrow's "Montel Williams Show" (2 p.m. on Ch.9). Williams will feature six female investigative reporters - including Ch.9's...
CAROL JENKINS QUITS CH.5 TO MAKE TV MOVIES FOR WOMEN
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amCAROL Jenkins - one of the city's best-known TV anchors for more than 25 years - is stepping down. Jenkins is expected to announce that she is leaving the noon...
A 'PAYNE' IN THE... ; ORIGINAL 'FAWLTY' STILL TOWERS OVER THIS CLUMSY KNOCK-OFF
March 15, 1999 | 5:00am"Payne" "PAYNE," which begins a nine-episode run with its preview tonight, is a textbook example of something that was better left alone. It's supposed to be inspired by "Fawlty Towers,"...
IT'S THE LONELIEST JOB ON THE PLANET...BUT TRAVEL CHANNEL GIVES THEM THE WORLD
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amSEVERAL years ago, Justine Shapiro expected to spend only one night in the remote Equadorian town called Banos. But a brief, sudden anti-government uprising supported by drunk rebels sporting automatic...
NEW LIFE FOR TAYLOR'S WORKS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amFOR a painter, who can create storerooms of paintings, for a composer, who can maintain a shelf of scores, for a wordsmith, either novelist or playwright, who can offer a...
DEVILISH 'SUMMER' ROMP
March 15, 1999 | 5:00am'THIS summer vacation isn't turning out as I had imagined," sighs Betty - sweet, sensible, pretty, blond, normal Betty - when she finds a head in the bedroom and a...
CLOTHING TIPS FOR OSCAR NIGHT
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: In fashion, we know that Oscar night is not really about acting. Primarily, it's an arena in which celebrities try to prove that they are possessed not just of...
POLL: CAMPAIGN $$ SWAYED PREZ
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amAmericans believe the Clinton administration risked national security in the Chinese spy scandal because of "Donategate" campaign contributions, a poll has found. The nationwide Fox News/Opinion Dynamics survey was conducted...
WHEN VOTES OUTWEIGH THE FACTS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00am'On the PCBs-kill-people sideof the debate - that is, on [Attorney General] Spitzer's side - thereresides an appalling paucity of scientifically sound scholarship.' ATTORNEY General Eliot Spitzer conducted a dazzling...
LIVING RENT-FREE AMID ELEGANCE LOST
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amSOMETIME between Enrico Caruso and Patrick Cooney, something went very, very wrong at the Windemere Apartments. The Great Caruso was one of the early residents of the castle-like, red-brick building...
NOW THIS IS MULTICULTURALISM
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe first-ever Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5K Run was a runaway cultural success yesterday, with hundreds of people racing to bagpipes and gospel tunes through Washington Heights. "Salsa, blues and...
SOPHIE TAKES TESTS TO SEE IF SHE CAN BEAR ROYAL TOT
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amPrince Edward's fiancee has been visiting a pregnancy expert to make sure she can get in the royal family way. Sophie Rhys-Jones, 34, has been seeing a qualified midwife who...
STUDIO CRUISE-ING FOR BRUISING OVER KUBRICK CUTS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amTom Cruise has vowed to fight anybody who tries to cut his new red-hot sex shocker, ''Eyes Wide Shut.'' The $65 million flick - set for release July 16 -...
GOV EYES PREZ RUN AS GOP BARGAINING CHIP; EXCLUSIVE
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amGOV. PATAKI may run a "favorite son" campaign in New York's presidential primary next year in order to help pick the actual candidate at the Republican National Convention. That's the...
WATCH BOMBS-AWAY BUBBA TRY TO BURY THIS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amPRESIDENTIAL hopeful Pat Buchanan summed up the crisis of the nukes-and-spooks scandal with the beautiful simplicity of sunlight. "It took just an afternoon to fire the entire travel office of...
STOP KING FROM PROMOTING CORRUPTION; KING'S PROMOTING CORRUPTION
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amTHE unified heavyweight championship of the world - the most lucrative prize in sports - was stolen in front of 21,000 witnesses at Madison Square Garden. About 10 million more...
SPY PROBER: CHINA STILL STEALING U.S. SECRETS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The chief congressional Chinagate investigator said yesterday that U.S. research labs are still losing vital intelligence secrets to Beijing. ''This problem is an ongoing problem,'' Rep. Chris Cox...
SOUL-SEARCHING TIME FOR HILLARY
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to enter a month of "introspection" before announcing whether she'll make a run for the U.S. Senate in New York, Sen. Chuck...
POLICE BUST 2 GAY POLS AT BRONX PARADE
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe Bronx's first St. Patrick's Day parade in 70 years went down as a first-class lesson in civil disobedience yesterday with the arrests of two gay city pols and four...
LATEST CIG SHOCKER FOR MOMS-TO-BE
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amBoys born to moms who smoke during pregnancy run a greater risk of violent and criminal behavior that lasts into adulthood, a new study says. And the antisocial behavior may...
SERBS: KOSOVO COMPROMISE STILL 'POSSIBLE'
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amYugoslavia last night hinted at a possible compromise on an international peacekeeping force for war-torn Kosovo. The gesture of hope came as the second, and crucial, round of the Kosovo...
POST VET FEUREY DEAD AT 59
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amFormer Post reporter and veteran newsman Joe Feurey died last week at the age of 59. Feurey died Friday of complications from multiple myeloma at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount...
CHRISTIE IS EYEING N.J. SENATE BID
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amGov. Christie Todd Whitman will reportedly throw her hat into the ring in New Jersey's 2000 Senate race. Whitman, the Garden State's first female governor, will try to win the...
WALDORF KILLER MAY BE ON TAPE - 'MYSTERY' MAN IS SEEN LEAVING ROOM
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe Brazilian tourist who was murdered at the Waldorf-Astoria entered his room with a mystery man who was later videotaped leaving the death scene alone, police said yesterday. The bombshell...
RUDY WEIGHS IN ON PARKING ABUSES
March 15, 1999 | 5:00am"I'm not confident there's enough scrutiny" of officials' parking. MAYOR GIULIANI Mayor Giuliani said yesterday he's "not confident" that enough is being done to make sure city workers don't rack...
PATAKI URGING PROBE OF FIGHT - SPITZER & RUDY ALSO RIP BOXING TITLE DRAW
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amGov. Pataki yesterday vowed to urge state boxing officials to "take a hard look" at the judging of Saturday's disputed heavyweight championship bout between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis. The...
DIALLO RAGE PROMPTS PRAYER PLANS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amCardinal O'Connor yesterday urged New Yorkers outraged over the killing of Amadou Diallo by police to attend a "peace and reconciliation" service at St. Pat's next month. O'Connor said the...
HAPPY NOTE FOR ROSIE-SNUB BAND
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe high-school marching band snubbed by Rosie O'Donnell forgot all about the TV hostess last night as its members met the mayor and dined at a swanky Midtown restaurant. Mayor...
M.I.A. RODMAN LEAVES LAKERS IN THE LURCH
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amWacky basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman has pulled a disappearing act, blowing off his Los Angeles Laker teammates and skipping the start of a road trip, mystified team officials said...
THIS DRAW HAS BRITS FIT TO BE TIED
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe British are bumming! The British are bumming! All over England, the Brits were having fits over the results of Saturday's controversial clash between London's Lennox Lewis and American Evander...
COPS QUIZ TWO WOMEN WHO SAW AMY'S KILLER; EXCLUSIVE
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amTwo witnesses saw Amy Watkins' killer flee the Brooklyn crime scene with her bag in his hand, The Post has learned. The two women, who were walking along the same...
FIGHT FANS COME OUT SWINGING - RUDY PULLS NO PUNCHES OVER HOLYFIELD FIASCO
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amBoxing fans around the world are fighting mad over the Lennox Lewis-Evander Holyfield draw, with everyone from politicians and promoters to pugilists and pop stars throwing punches. "I am embarrassed...
JOHNNIES HAVE 'SWEET' TOOTH - ONLY FINAL FOUR WILL GIVE SATISFACTION
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe Gonzaga Bulldogs raced off their bench and embraced each other in an unabashed display of jubilation after upsetting Stanford on Saturday in a second-round game of the NCAA Tournament....
SOURAY KNOWS THE SCORE
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amVANCOUVER - The Devils say they're going about business as usual, even while they expect Lou Lamoriello to do some business before the March 23 trade deadline. Tops on the...
DEVILS IN LEAGUE BY THEMSELVES
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amEAST Duke 97 Tulsa 56 CHARLOTTE - By the time he reached midcourt, Duke point guard William Avery appeared to be at full speed, which is to say faster than...
BRAVES AT ARM'S LENGTH
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Game One of 162 is still three weeks away and already the Braves are more vulnerable to the Mets. "That's a fair observation," Atlanta GM John...
CLEMENS-BLUE JAY SHOWDOWN STILL ON
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES KISSIMMEE - As if anybody needed to be reminded, the Yankees' rotation revolves around Roger Clemens. With yesterday's game against the Braves rained out, pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre...
YANKS CAN'T WAIT TO GREET TORRE - STRICKEN SKIPPER VISITS TODAY
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE - Emotions will be running off the chart in the Yankees' Legends Field clubhouse today when Joe Torre meets his World Champions for the first time as a team...
BLAZERS ROUT MARTIN
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amPSAL 'A' FINAL Bergtraum 59 Martin 45 Murry Bergtraum was fighting for respect when it faced August Martin in January. After Bergtraum routed Martin, it got some. Yesterday, the Lady...
VILLANUEVA CALLS GARDEN HIS HOME
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amPSAL 'B' FINAL Franklin K. Lane 68 Grover Cleveland 50 It seemed Robert Villanueva was calmer than other high-schoolers playing at the Garden yesterday. Maybe that's because Villanueva expects to...
PAIGE'S PRODS SCORE POINTS; IF YOU BUY KING FIGHT, YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amGOOD post-fiasco, er, post-fight stuff out of WFAN, early yesterday morning. At 1 a.m., Tony Paige, the station's big-bout host, conducted a live interview with Evander Holyfield-Lennox Lewis referee Arthur...
IZZY IN NEED OF MECHANIC - DELIVERY ENDANGERS ELBOW
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Even though Jason Isringhausen is virtually 100 percent healthy, he knows he has to make some changes or he could be headed right back to the...
'TERRIFIC' TUTOR FINISHED WITH FIRST SPRING STINT
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - After two weeks, Tom Seaver's stint as special pitching instructor has come to an end. Both Seaver and general manager Steve Phillips said they...
SOONERS SAIL INTO UNCHARTERED WATERS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amMIDWEST Oklahoma 85 UNC-Charlotte 72 MILWAUKEE - Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson wore a look of disbelief on his face at the post-game interview table yesterday after his 13th-seeded Sooners defeated...
ALFORD'S TEAM BEARS WATCHING
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amEAST SW Mo. St. 81 Tennessee 51 CHARLOTTE - Twelfth-seeded teams don't advance to the Sweet 16 with 30-point blowouts. They sneak in on buzzer-beating shots, controversial calls and answered...
TEMPLE ZONES DOOM CINCY
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amEAST Temple 64 Cincinnati 54 BOSTON - When Temple faced favored Cincinnati yesterday at the FleetCenter with a Sweet 16 berth at stake, it was will vs. skill. And this...
MARBURY'S THE BEST OF VERY BAD LOT
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amHeat 102 Nets 76 MIAMI - Shortly after the Nets traded for Stephon Marbury, NBC immediately changed its scheduling, moving yesterday's New Jersey-Miami game from regional to national coverage. In...
NETS JUST DON'T CARE ; CAL'S BEEN WRITTEN OFF
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amYou can see coaching death in the Nets' vacant stares and vacant presence in the lane. MIAMI - If Lewis Katz hadn't made the $7 million he will owe John...
FIGHT FIASCO PROMPTS CALL FOR REMATCH
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amFight fiasco prompts call for rematch "I was in total control. Total control. What did he do to me? Nothing. I was popping him with jabs all night. There was...
VICAR SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Rival trainers hoping that Vicar's lemon is squeezed dry after his nose victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park had to be disappointed...
GRAVES' SLAPPER REVIVES RANGERS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amOVERTIME Rangers 3 Islanders 2 It was a slap shot that came literally from the far side of the top of the left circle, it was a bolt of lightning...
COACH DRESSES DOWN FOR WIN
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amPSAL 'A' FINAL Cardozo 57 Kennedy 47 It's not everyday Ron Naclerio coaches a PSAL championship game in the Garden. In fact, yesterday marked his first time in 18 years....
THERE'S NO 'IF' ABOUT IT ; NETS TO GIVE CAL WALKING PAPERS ; NETS TO PULL PLUG ON CAL
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amMIAMI - As he exited Miami Arena, John Calipari trudged up a ramp, two full paces behind Lewis Katz, the man now making many of the calls within the Nets'...
ADAM BOMB COULD BE SORRY END FOR SALO
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amMaybe this was the most fitting way for goalie Tommy Salo's Coliseum career as an Islander to end. As Salo skated off the ice in disgust, the Rangers celebrated wildly...
EVANDER'S ACTIONS HOLY UNACCEPTABLE
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amIn end, Evander was accessory to 'crime' QUESTION for Evander Holyfield, boxing's self-styled Holy Warrior: Whatever happened to the Eighth Commandment? The one that reads, Thou shalt not steal? And...
SPARTANS HEED WAKE-UP CALL
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amMIDWEST Michigan St. 74 Mississippi 66 MILWAUKEE - For those around the country who waited to ambush Michigan State as the first No. 1 seed in this upset-riddled NCAA Tournament...
MASE THINKS VAN GUNDY'S A GONER
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amApparently still holding a grudge against his former team, Anthony Mason said he wouldn't be surprised if Jeff Van Gundy is fired by the Knicks. "They try and have a...
HOT BOILERS DUMP 'CANES
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amEAST Purdue 73 Miami 63 BOSTON - Purdue again pulled an upset in the NCAA East Region, but unlike Friday's four-point win over Texas, the 10th-seeded Boilermakers had no last-minute...
KNICKS STAND BEHIND THEIR VAN
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amIn response to yesterday's report by Peter Vecsey on NBC that Jeff Van Gundy would be fired if the Knicks lost to the Hornets last night, Knicks players defended their...
NETS TO GIVE CAL WALKING PAPERS
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amMIAMI - As he exited Miami Arena, John Calipari trudged up a ramp, two full paces behind Lewis Katz, the man now making many of the calls within the Nets'...
VAN MAY BE DITCHED ; KNICK COACH'SJOB IN JEOPARDY
March 15, 1999 | 5:00am"Hey, if we play like we did in Chicago, someone's got to pay."JEFF VAN GUNDY The Knicks are slipping and Jeff Van Gundy's job is in extreme jeopardy. They went...
JEFF VAN GONE-DY?
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amEven after win, coach's job may be in jeopardy Knicks94Hornets86The Knicks survived against the Hornets last night - but will Jeff Van Gundy? Just hours after The Post's Peter Vecsey...
LATRELL VOWS VICTORY - THEN DELIVERS WITH SPARK OFF THE BENCH
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amLatrell Sprewell kept his word. Before last night's game, Sprewell was stretching on the floor in the Knick locker room and made this promise: "We ain't losing." This wasn't exactly...
NETS TELL COACH: QUIT OR AX FALLS ; WOEFUL NETS INFORM CALIPARI HE'S A GONER
March 15, 1999 | 5:00amMIAMI - John Calipari is out as coach of the Nets. Calipari's fate has been decided, although as of late last night, the move had not been finalized, according to...