June 7, 1999
FEDS PASS FRAUD BUCK TO BROKERAGES
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amONE defendant in a recent securities fraud case said he tried to cooperate with prosecutors by giving up damning information about two big Wall Street investment firms. The U.S. Attorney's...
BUSTA RHYMES: RAPPER READY FOR THE RUNWAY
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amRapper Busta Rhymes is busting into the ranks of celebrities who have their own apparel lines, joining stars like Sean "Puffy" Combs, Michael Jordan, Kathie Lee Gifford and even Virgin...
A NEW YEAR'S YVES? GUCCI BOSS MAY GET FRENCH FASHION HOUSE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIs it Au Revoir, Pierre? Yves Saint Laurent Chairman Pierre Berge will be eased out of the French fashion powerhouse so Gucci's Domenico De Sole and Tom Ford can run...
'CEREAL KILLER' LEAVES BAD TASTE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amTimes Mirror is trying to portray Kathryn Downing's appointment as successor to Los Angeles Times publisher Mark Willes as a natural transition. But many feel the tumultuous run in the...
SECRET SERVICE TO WATCH GREENSPAN
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amAsked to name the most important person in Washington, D.C., few investors would hesitate before identifying Alan Greenspan, the architect of this nation's longest peacetime economic expansion. Apparently others agree;...
ON THE NEWSTAND
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIF you can't find some good reading on the newsstand this week, you're just not looking hard enough. We can't imagine there's one New Yorker who won't be attracted by...
NFL COSTS MAKE ABC GO DEEP IN AFFILIATES' POCKETS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amABC is hitting up its 225 affiliate stations again, trying to make them help pay for National Football League games. ABC, which disclosed the plan in a letter that hit...
'HONEYMOONERS' FOR SALE (INCLUDING KITCHEN SINK) OR HOW ABOUT RALPH'S BUS DRIVER UNIFORM?
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amWARNING to "Honeymooners" fanatics who may be thinking about bidding on furniture from the show's kitchen set when they come up for auction this weekend: The items are NOT the...
FOUR MEN AND THE UGLIEST THING ALIVE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00am"Fast, Cheap & Out of Control" Tonight 8 on WNET/Ch.13 ANYONE who likes candy for the eyes and intellect is likely to enjoy "Fast, Cheap & Out of Control," a...
VOODOO GURU:MIAMI RITUAL MURDERS COP IS SUPER NATURAL FOR NEW SERIES
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amTHE true-life story of a pretty Miami cop who specializes in solving ritual murders and voodoo crimes has been bought to make a TV series. Proposed title: "Voodoo Cop." Producers...
SUDDENLY, ZOE'S ALL GROWN UP: UPGRADING CAST TO COLLEGE KIDS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amTHE characters of "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" will be older when they return in midseason - after failing to convince many viewers that the twentysomething actors were 16-year-old high...
'HURRAH' DOESN'T DESERVE MANY
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amTheater Review SOMETIMES a joke works; sometimes it lies there. In playwright Richard Greenberg's new full-length play, "Hurrah at Last," now at the Gramercy, a tormented author and his sunny,...
'STAR WARS' STILL NO. 1 BUT NOT AS FORCEFUL
June 7, 1999 | 4:00am`STAR Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace'' remained a strong No. 1 at the box office, roaring past the quarter-billion mark over the weekend. The George Lucas space epic...
SUMMER CLOTHES THAT MAKE YOU SICK
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: THE sun's out. Time for your favorite strapless Ralph Lauren sundress. Your beloved 4-inch high strappy Manolo Blahnik sandals. Your sexy Victoria's Secret thong. The pricey 14-karat-gold necklace you...
WHERE IS THE O.J. 'CAST' TODAY? - FROM COPS TO COCHRAN, THEIR LIVES HAVE CHANGED
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIt's been five years since the bloody double-murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman transformed washed-up ballplayer-turned-actor O.J. Simpson into the nation's favorite pinata. And what a gripping saga...
ADDICTION: SECRET SHAME OF ORTHODOX JEWS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amRising numbers of New York's Orthodox-Jewish teens are getting hooked on dope and booze - forcing the tightknit community to face a problem many would rather keep hidden. Parents and...
SLOBBO'S PARK AVE. DUPLEX UP FOR GRABS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amNOW that the war in the Balkans is over, it's time to settle a more pressing question (at least here in real-estate-obsessed New York): Who will get Slobbo's Park Avenue...
SILVER RIPS 'IMPERIAL' PATAKI
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amASSEMBLY Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday blasted Gov. Pataki as "an imperial governor" who has "contempt for the Legislature," and claimed Pataki is obsessed with fighting Mayor Giuliani. "How much longer...
WHY NEW YORKERS MUST RUN FROM HER IF SHE RUNS FOR US
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amSHE is like some rich kids who want everything given to them - whether they deserve it or not. Of course, I talk of Hillary Clinton, who has tired of...
COP CHARGED IN BIZARRE GUN THREAT ON REPO MAN
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amAn off-duty cop pulled a gun on a repo man who wanted to tow his friend's car from a Brooklyn street, authorities said yesterday. Ronn Todd, 47, and Martin Nelson,...
POLS AGREE: SOMEBODY ELSE SHOULD NAB SLOBBO
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Congressional leaders yesterday demanded that indicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic be made to pay for his crimes - but nobody seems to want to do it. "That's never...
PBA WINNER VOWS CHANGE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00am"I plan to have an open-door policy and work with city government in helping cops."PATRICK LYNCH The newly elected head of the city's police union yesterday promised big changes in...
G0PERS FIRE AWAY AT FIRST 0UT-0F-T0WNER
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Wasting no time, Republicans yesterday ripped into Hillary Rodham Clinton as a liberal carpetbagger with zippo know-how. "I bet she can't even spell Schenectady," national GOP Chairman Jim...
ISRAEL'S BARAK TO STOP BUILDING W. BANK SETTLEMENTS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe new leader of Israel plans to stop settlements in the West Bank as part of an ambitious strategy to achieve peace with the Palestinians and Syria, officials said yesterday....
HIT-RUN KID'S FOLKS IN PLEA TO DRIVER
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe sobbing parents of a critically injured 7-year-old boy yesterday begged the hit-and-run driver who struck the child to "listen to your heart" and admit committing the crime. "I ask...
POL EYES DAD'S OLD BID TO KO MARSHALS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amState Sen. David Paterson may revive a bill to abolish city marshals that his lawmaker-father originally worked on decades ago. "It's certainly something I'll consider," said Paterson (D-Manhattan) after The...
HEAVY-DUTY RESCUE FOR 1,100-LB. MAN
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amA mountain-sized Brooklyn man - who ballooned to 1,100 pounds after fitness guru Richard Simmons helped him slim down to a svelte 200 - will be forklifted from his home...
ROMANCE WRITER KILLED BY HUBBY AS KIDS WATCH
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amNancy Richards-Akers' husband then blew his brains out in front of Washington's Vietnam Veterans Memorial. An acclaimed romance novelist was killed in front of her two young children by her...
THE HEAT IS ON - FOR REAL
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amBreak out the ice cubes and crank up the AC, because a heatwave is set to hit town today. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for New...
BUSH AND GORE HIT ROAD
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - It's back to the political wars as the 2000 front-runners - Veep Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush - hit the campaign trail in a great rush....
'SALESMAN' GETS THE GOLD AT TONYS - BUT 'ICEMAN' IS LEFT IN THE COLD
June 7, 1999 | 4:00am"Death of a Salesman" was the life of Broadway's big bash last night, freezing out "The Iceman Cometh" at the 53rd Annual Tony Awards. The revival of the Arthur Miller...
THEY'RE YANKEE DOODLE DANDIES!
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amSCORE one for the Americans. In a Broadway season dominated by British plays with big-name stars, American writer Warren Leight's acclaimed but struggling memory play, "Side Man," snagged the highly...
MEMORIES PROVE THAT A KISS IS NOT JUST A KISS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe most memorable moment in most people's lives is their first kiss not their first sexual experience, a new study reveals. The American Psychological Society also says memories of a...
FIREMEN'S EXPRESS DELIVERY
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amThree firefighters helped a Harlem mom deliver her baby in the bedroom of the family home, officials said. "it was so great. I couldn't have done it without their help,"...
SURVIVORS FIND HUMOR IN THE TUMOR
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amCancer may be nothing to laugh at, but yesterday, dozens of Big C survivors got together to let loose with huge smiles. "What today is really about is a celebration...
DON'T BLAME D. WAYNE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amONCE again, a racehorse has shown us he would rather die than lose. And once again, it appears that a trainer, and perhaps an owner, might have been willing to...
SALZBERG, SOMERS A BAD MIX
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amDURING the four years Russ Salzberg and Steve Somers have been in WFAN's 10 a.m.-1 p.m. slot, have you ever asked yourself: "Wonder what Russ and Steve think about this...
WITH BEST OUT, BIRD POINTS TO ROSE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amTravis Best knew what was coming yesterday morning. And sure enough, it came. And that's pain and tightness, lots of pain and tightness, in the right groin muscle he pulled...
REG: BLAME US, NOT REFS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks-Pacers series has contained its fill of whining, griping and complaining. And in the wake of a call that will place ref Jess Kersey's name in infamy in Indiana...
HIT CAMBY? INDY WON'T
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe implication behind the question was that Knick forward Marcus Camby is soft, that he's no Charles Oakley and that a well-timed hit or two might knock him off his...
PACERS JUST PRETENDERS TIMID INDY LACKING JORDAN'S KILLER INSTINCT
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S along about this time that Michael Jordan would be getting mad. Either the Knicks would have swiped one at Chicago Stadium, held serve at home, or the Sonics or...
WHISTLE WILL HAUNT DAVIS 'FOREVER'
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIn the dark times, the depressing times, the consolation of a wife or a mother can usually heal almost any personal ill. But not even those two special people in...
'LEMON DROP' EYES SARATOGA
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amBELMONT NOTEBOOK Belmont Stakes upset winner Lemon Drop Kid, whose $61.50 payoff was the highest in nearly 20 years, will be pointed for the Jim Dandy and Travers at Saratoga,...
MORRISON ON THE RIGHT TRACK: COLLECTS $100G BONUS IN NEW PRO MEET
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIt took just two hours for the new Track & Field Association to put on its first meet. And it took less than 13 seconds for Melissa Morrison to hurdle...
TFA UNDAUNTED BY SPARSE CROWD
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amYesterday's inaugural TFA ProChampionship drew just 3,184 fans - and that wind-aided total may have included hands and feet. And the Mitchel Field complex, as usual, had headwinds up to...
KURT TAKES ONE FOR TEAM
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amUnlike Latrell Sprewell, Kurt Thomas wasn't about to complain about his new role off the bench. Jeff Van Gundy will start Latrell Sprewell tonight as Thomas takes a rare seat....
KNICKS GOTTA GET RIK QUICK
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amPredictions the Dutch Giant would feast in Patrick Ewing's absence came true. Indiana's Rik Smits, free of having to bang with Ewing on the Pacers' defensive end, became overwhelming at...
BONUS-BABY GRUNFELD KEEPS EYES ON PRIZE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amFormer Knicks GM Ernie Grunfeld is reaping the benefits of the Knicks' surprising march through the playoffs in more ways than one. Grunfeld, according to sources, will receive a player's...
VG FINALLY ON MARCUS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amTHOSE oriental symbols that make Marcus Camby's right arm look like something out of a Bruce Lee movie have significant meaning. One says, "Strive to the be the best," while...
IF BOBBY V GOES, GM MUST FOLLOW
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amPhillips shares in Met mess Bobby Valentine is in trouble. Real trouble. The firing of three of his coaches late Saturday after a second straight loss to the Yankees and...
'PERFECT' ENDING IN SANDS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amUnder a patient ride by Pat Day, Perfect Sting won the first stakes in her career, rolling to a 1-length victory in the Grade 3 Sands Point over favored Pico...
FOR STARTERS, SPREE! JEFF PUTS LATRELL IN LINEUP FOR GAME 4
June 7, 1999 | 4:00am"It's the way I think we can win the series."JEFF VAN GUNDY Spree. At last. Latrell Sprewell has gotten his wish and will start tonight in Game 4 of the...
REALISTIC PACERS KNOW THEY HAVE TO GO FOUR IT
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe Pacers awoke yesterday and, somewhat amazingly, the Earth still spun on its axis, that big yellow ball of fire in the sky sat perched in the East and life...
VAN GUNDY APPLAUDS CHILDS' PLAY
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Jeff Van Gundy singled out three players for the Knicks' amazing, 92-91 victory Saturday over the Pacers: Larry Johnson, of course, for this three threes, the third becoming...
BY GEORGE! BRONX NOW PEACEFUL PORT
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amI FELT like getting a reminder of what stability in baseball tastes like, so naturally I went into George Steinbrenner's clubhouse. The first man I ran into was Tony Cloninger,...
THE THRILL IS GONE: YANKS' DOMINANCE TAKES SIZZLE OUT OF SUBWAY SERIES
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amRemember when the city was alive over the prospects of Mets-Yankees in the hours leading to Game 1 of the Subway Series Friday? Recall how families, offices, country clubs and...
CHARISMATIC 'FINE' AFTER LEG SURGERY
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amCharismatic is out of the woods. His broken leg is going to heal and the Kentucky Derby-Preakness winner will be moving on to greener pastures - namely a career at...
ANTLEY DEFENDS HIS 'ANTSY' BELMONT RIDE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amOne of the controversies brewing over Saturday's Belmont Stakes is the ride Chris Antley gave Charismatic. Critics say the colt, who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness coming from behind,...
SPREE'S SEARCHING FOR SHOOTING TOUCH
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell would fit perfectly in the famed Rucker League in Harlem this summer. He rarely passes and has no conscious about taking off-balance 18-footers. But while that style goes...
BIRD CALL TO REGGIE: STEP UP. LARRY TELLS MILLER GO GET THE BALL
June 7, 1999 | 4:00am"Superstars are supposed to go get the basketball."LARRY BIRD To a man, the Pacers were talking about how hard they need to work to get Reggie Miller better shots tonight....
BELEAGUERED BOBBY V PUTS GUN TO HIS HEAD
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIn the wake of three of his trusted coaches being fired Saturday night, Bobby Valentine laid down the gauntlet yesterday ... in front of himself. The beleaguered Mets manager said...
DOYLE STEALS SPOTLIGHT
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amMost come to the Upper Montclair Country Club annually to catch a glimpse of one of their favorite football stars playing in the Cadillac/NFL Golf Classic. Many others come to...
HOUSTON HAVING NO PROBLEM WITH MILLER
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy has suffered plenty of sleepless summers this decade due to Reggie Miller. So just because the Pacers' star guard seems to be in desperate need of eyeglasses...
PLAYERS DUCK QUESTIONS ABOUT SHAKE-UP
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amTo a man, the Mets didn't have a whole lot to say yesterday about the news that three of their coaches had been fired Saturday night. Rickey Henderson said he...
VALENTINE, PHILLIPS MAKE UNEASY PEACE
June 7, 1999 | 4:00am"It was emotional [Saturday] night. But it was very professional today. We've had similar situations in the past and come out of it stronger."BOBBY VALENTINE ON STEVE PHILLIPS They sat...
BOBBY V PUTS GUN TO HEAD
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIn the wake of the firings of three of his trusted coaches Saturday night, Bobby Valentine started his own firing watch with a bold proclamation before the Mets' 7-2 victory...
GIVE GM SOME BLAME FOR AMAZIN' MESS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIf you don't like how Valentine uses his players, you must remember these are Phillips' players being orchestrated by Phillips' manager. BOBBY Valentine is bleeding in the water, and once...
PIAZZA PROVIDES THE PUNCH
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amBefore last night's game, Mike Piazza repeated over and over again that the Mets had to "stay professional" amidst the carnage of the coaching staff and their eight-game losing streak....
STRAW BAN EXPECTED TODAY
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amSUBWAY SERIES NOTEBOOK Darryl Strawberry expects to hear from Bud Selig today just how long baseball's commissioner will suspend him. Strawberry has his fingers firmly crossed that the sentence for...
TURK WORKS MAGIC ON MIKE'S BAT
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIn the moments before last night's game, Mike Piazza was walking out to take batting practice when he passed Turk Wendell in a Yankee Stadium hallway. Wendell stopped Piazza and...
OLERUD: I WUZ ROBBED!
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amIf you need any more proof that the Mets' firing of their hitting coach was, at best, a bizarre move, look no further than the first baseman, who entered last...
LEITER SHOWS HE CAN STOP BLEEDING
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amA L LEITER pitches so much better with blood on his hands. The blood of fired pitching coach Bob Apodaca. If Leiter had pitched up to the expectations the Mets...
A NIGHT OF REDEMPTION FOR PIAZZA
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amEven with a win, last night was another example of the trouble the Mets are having this season. After pummeling Roger Clemens for seven runs in 22/3 innings, the same...
BENITEZ GETS BEST OF TINO
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe matchup everyone wanted to see finally took place last night in the eighth inning of the Mets' 7-2 win over the Yankees, and although it was fairly anticlimactic, it...
LEITER LOOKS LIKE WORLD BEATER
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amAt a time when the Mets needed a stopper more than anything, they finally got one. Al Leiter, struggling as badly as any of the struggling starters on the team,...
METS ANSWER SHAKE-UP CALL: END 8-GAME SKID, SNAP ROCKET STREAK BY BELTING BOMBERS
June 7, 1999 | 4:00amOn the cusp of being swept underneath the D train in the Subway Series, the Mets put Roger Clemens' AL record winning streak in a blender at Yankee Stadium last...