June 22, 1999
WHEN A MUTUAL FUND'S PERFORMANCE LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE - IT MUST BE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amALBERTO Vilar, portfolio manager of the red-hot Amerindo Technology fund, is sitting on a year-to-date gain of 100 percent, and there ain't nothing wrong with that. Or is there? It...
PRIVACY GROUP CALLS FOR DOUBLECLICK NIX
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amNew York-based online ad network DoubleClick faces a speed bump on its way to the proposed $800 million merger with Abacus Direct Corp. The same privacy advocates who made Intel...
WHINE-STEINS TALK HILLARY OFF GEORGE'S SEPTEMBER COVER
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amJohn F. Kennedy Jr. thought he had Hillary Clinton sewn up as his cover girl for the September issue of George - only to have the first lady change her...
ROTH'S VORNADO WORKING ON BIG DEAL IN NEWARK; EXCLUSIVE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amAfter grabbing choice Manhattan land for years, real estate tycoon Steven Roth is turning his sights across the Hudson River to buy Newark's premier office complex. Roth's high-flying real estate...
RAP RIDES TO RICHES? - GANGSTA RAPPER MULLS DOGGYLAND
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amChart-topping rapper Snoop Doggy Dog is joining Dolly Parton - not in a musical duet - but in the business of theme parks. The gangsta rapper hopes to open a...
NEWMAN NOT LIKELY TO GO, ANALYSTS SAY
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amEven though Deutsche Bank brass have their knives out for him, Banker's Trust Chairman and CEO Frank Newman deserves a spot on the policy-making body of the German giant, analysts...
LTCM'S MERIWETHER RETURNING FOR MORE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amLong-Term Capital Management founder John Meriwether is looking to start a new fund, but the question on the Street is: Who's going to give their money to the man who...
CLASH OF THE TITANS: AN INSIDE TALE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amJim Clark is worth a billion bucks, but he's still ticked off about a few things. That's what makes his new book "Netscape Time" (St Martin's, $24.95), so enjoyable. He...
WHOLE WORLD IN YOUR HANDS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amPalm-sized personal digital assistants are all the rage, but they're not cheap. If you get gadget-envy sitting in center-coach, you could start out with a daVinci, made by Royal. For...
IT'S NO FUZZ OR BOTHER
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThe best digital still camera in the world for now anyway is the Fujifilm MX-2700 ($699), an aluminum-cased beauty that fits in a shirt pocket, right where your cigarettes used...
SHOOTING STAR
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amConvergence is thine. At last, someone has come out with an affordable ($1,399) digital camcorder that hooks up speedily and easily to a laptop for digital video editing. The Sony...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amHep cat call Cool jazz, Cajun spice and a great exchange rate add up to the 20th annual Montreal International Jazz Festival. Groove to 400 concerts (more than 300 free)...
PRETENDERS STRIKE A FAMILIAR NOTE ON 'VIVA'
June 22, 1999 | 4:00am*VIVA EL AMOR Pretenders Warner Bros. Chrissie Hynde, rock chick grown old, retains her tough-girl image as she fronts the 1999 edition of the Pretenders, which have a new 12-song...
'QUESTION' MARKS FESTIVAL'S END
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amNEW York City Ballet rounded off its American Music Festival at the New York State Theater over the weekend - now all that is left of the company's grand and...
'TODAY' COURTS FERGIE AS DUCHESS OF (NEW) YORK - SHE'LL REPORT FROM LONDON (BUT NOT ON THE ROYALS)
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amSARAH Ferguson could be officially joining NBC's "Today" show as soon as the end of this week. Several kinks need to be worked out, but NBC is expected to announce...
FIGHT FOR JERRY - SPRINGER PAL IS FRONT-RUNNER TO BUY SHOW IN STUDIO'S FIRE SALE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amBIDS are due today for "The Jerry Springer Show" as Barry Diller's Studios USA tries to unload the controversial talk show. Sources say ex-Studios USA executive Greg Meidel, who was...
BROKAW'S 'GREATEST' GIFT: A BOOK SEQUEL
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amTOM Brokaw is working feverishly on a sequel to his best-selling book "The Greatest Generation" to get it into stores in time for Christmas. The new book will be called...
'MY CORNER' SHIFTS HOOP DREAMS TO A BOXING RING
June 22, 1999 | 4:00am"In My Corner"Tonight at 10 on WNET/Ch. 13 "P.O.V." presents a documentary that is fraught with missed opportunities and underdogs and the hard and narrow road out of a life...
TV TICKER
June 22, 1999 | 4:00am'Center' square Vice President and presidential candidate Al Gore discusses the impact of technology on the U.S. economy on tonight's "Business Center" (6:30-7:30 p.m. on CNBC). Gore will talk to...
THE GAY GLUT - INDIE FILMMAKERS ARE TURNING OUT A STREAM OF MEDIOCRE MOVIES WITH SAME-SEX THEMES. IS IT GAYSPLOITATION OR JUST BAD ART?
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amSOMETIMES it feels like there's a new one every week: a gay-themed independent movie of doubtful quality. They tend to come in two forms: the coming-of-age flick ("Edge of 17,"...
SUN DAMAGE: THE AWFUL TRUTH
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amYou think you look pretty good for your age. Your skin is smooth. You haven't fried yourself in years. And when it comes time to hit the beach, you slather...
BYE, GEORGE! JUDGE GETS A REAL CHARACTER OFF SEINFELD'S BACK
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amJERRY SEINFELD got the last laugh yesterday when a judge threw out as "frivolous" a $100 million suit filed against the funnyman by a man who claims to be the...
'SONNY' OUTLOOK FOR LEO? - 'GODFATHER' MAKERS MAY SIGN DICAPRIO
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amHollywood is buzzing over a report that Francis Ford Coppola has made Leonardo DiCaprio an offer he can't refuse - the role of young Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather, Part...
L.I. MAN A TWO-TIME LOSER IN DUI CRACKDOWN
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amA Long Island man arrested twice in a month has earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first motorist to have two cars confiscated by police under the new crackdown...
NOTE TO HILLARY: NEW YORK IS NOT A SUPPORT GROUP
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amHillary Clinton isn't seeking a seat in the Senate at all. Rather, Hillary Clinton is searching for love. HILLARY CLINTON isn't running for Senate. The woman with a weakness for...
CUNY TASK-FORCE CHIEF ACCUSED OF 'ETHNIC CLEANSING'
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amA Queens councilwoman sparked an uproar in City Hall yesterday - accusing the head of the mayor's City University task force of "ethnic cleansing" for recommending fewer remedial programs at...
SURPRISING TURN IN LEAD-PAINT HEARING
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amNEAR the end of yesterday's emotional City Council hearing on lead poisoning, Kathy Cudahy, the legislative counsel to the speaker, was standing in the back of the chamber. "We are...
KING HURTING, BUT NOT IN 'MISERY'
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amStephen King delivered a frightfully good message to his millions of fans yesterday: He'll be back on his feet in no time. The ailing horror master will undergo a third...
BRONX POLICE SAVE SOME DOE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amCops used tranquilizer darts to capture a deer that was being pursued by a pack of wild dogs along a busy Bronx highway yesterday - just one day after a...
2 COPS INDICTED IN LOUIMA 'COVER-UP'
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amTwo Brooklyn cops were indicted yesterday on federal charges that they lied to cover up for another officer in the Abner Louima sex-torture case. Officers Francisco Rosario and Rolando Aleman...
SILICONE IMPLANTS MAY BOUNCE BACK: REPORT
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amSilicone breast implants aren't the health booby traps they were once feared to be, but some women advocates are still skeptical. A committee named by the Institute of Medicine, an...
SOME DOUBT BERKOWITZ IS AN ONLY 'SON'
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amWHEN it comes to conspiracy theorists, I crawl up the wall like Spider-man. You know, the wackos who obsess over a scintilla of the unexplained and make it the fault...
CHARLES PUTS WILLIAM ON ROAD TO ADULTHOOD
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amPrince William got a wheely cool birthday present yesterday - his very first car. Prince Charles presented his hunky blond-haired son with a Volkswagen Golf as he turned 17, Buckingham...
COPS WHO SHOT BULL GET SET FOR GRILLING
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amFour cops suspected of violating department policy when they fatally shot a rampaging 1,700-pound bull have invoked the "48-hour rule" to delay answering questions. Officers Nicholas Cicio, Michael Murphy, Caesar...
BRONX SUPT. WAITING FOR GRADE AFTER CREW'S QUIZ
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew yesterday grilled at least one top administrator from a low-performing district in The Bronx - but announced no decision on her future. Crew called District 12...
BUSH TOPS GORE BY BRIDGING THE GENDER GAP: POLL
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republican 2000 front-runner George W. Bush is still way ahead of Vice President Al Gore - by more than 17 points - now that both have launched their...
LONELY ROAD LED WOMAN TO PLUNGE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThe mystery woman who leapt to her death from a ritzy Midtown hotel had been depressed, and abruptly abandoned her furnished East Side apartment last week with all her belongings,...
GIULIANI DEFENDS HIS ABSENCE AT BRUTALITY HEARING
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani says he's said his piece to congressional probers investigating police brutality - and can't understand why some members of a black caucus task force are angry he skipped...
CLASSROOMS GETTING MORE MONEY, BUT ...
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amCity schools are pumping more money into classrooms but scrimping on textbooks, instructional supplies and school libraries, Board of Education budget reports released yesterday show. About 53 percent of the...
KNICKS THRIVE ON HOME COOKIN'
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThere was no place like home last night for the never-say-die Knicks, who whipped the Spurs 89-81 at the Garden to notch their first win of the NBA Finals. "It's...
TWO BRITS KILLED CLEARING EXPLOSIVES
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Two British soldiers clearing bombs from a Kosovo school were killed yesterday in an explosion that marked the first deaths of NATO peacekeepers - and also took the...
KOSOVO HOMES ARE DEATH TRAPS - MINE FIELDS AND TRIP WIRES GREET RETURNING REFUGEES
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amPODEJEVO, Kosovo THE minute Isak Hasani returned to his home with his parents and nine siblings, he knew that the war that had sent him to the mountains for the...
BOARD OF ED WILL VOTE ON CLOSING THE UNLUCKY 13
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThe Board of Education is expected to vote tomorrow on a plan by Chancellor Rudy Crew to phase out 13 city schools whose students have failed to meet state standards....
KEY TO THE WIN: ON THIS NIGHT, LJ WAS OK
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amWE CAN'T paint a pretty picture about what the presence of Tim Duncan was doing to the Knicks in the lane. Going into Game 3 last night, their wondrous spring...
NBC CAN'T SCORE WITHOUT JORDAN
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amTV rating for the NBA Finals have plunged 42 percent from last year, when Michael Jordan was the star attraction. In fact, the ratings for the first two games of...
KERR'S CHASE GOES FOURTH - SPURS SHARPSHOOTER SEEKS YET ANOTHER RING
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amDespite all the Garden playoff wars Steve Kerr has been through as a Bull, there is one game against the Knicks that sticks out above all the rest: a regular-season...
SALE JUST ANOTHER MESS FOR NUGGETS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amNothing seems to be bouncing right for the Denver Nuggets, one of the sad sack teams of the NBA. The Nuggets, who struggled through a 14-36 season, the fourth-worst record...
OAKLEY'S NO LOCK FOR LAKERS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThe LA Lakers could very well be playing at this time next year, if they add Charles Oakley. Although reports indicate that Phil Jackson and Jerry West are quite interested,...
WOODS-DUVAL NO JACK-ARNIE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amPINEHURST - Tiger Woods versus David Duval will have to wait for the meaningless, trumped-up, plastic, made-for-TV "Showdown at Sherwood." Until the two talented players, whom the golf world is...
ELIE'S MESSAGE TO LJ: LOSE THE 'TUDE, DUDE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amSpurs guard Mario Elie had this message for Larry Johnson: be a professional and talk to the media. Elie, a native New Yorker who won two NBA titles with Houston...
BIGGEST NEED? GM
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amIT IS tough to throw water on the Knicks' season, even if they are easily dispatched by the Spurs in these NBA Finals. The Knicks weren't supposed to get this...
INFIELD 'D' RATES AN 'A' FOR AMAZIN'
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThere's a baseball statistic that doesn't get the same attention as high home run totals and low ERAs, as runs scored and strikeouts, but when it comes to playing winning...
NEW NAMES MENTIONED FOR FORDHAM HOOP JOB
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amA number of new names have surfaced as possible candidates to fill Fordham's vacant basketball head coaching position as The Bronx school continues to recover from losing Hofstra's Jay Wright....
KNICKS LOOK FOR HOME RUN
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks would like to believe at least some of their shooting woes in the first two games of the NBA Finals can be attributed to playing in the spacious...
HEY, NETS, GIVE CASEY THE DAMN JOB - NOW
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amTHIS is as good an off day from The Finals as any for the Nets to announce they've hired Don Casey as their head coach. Unless Lewis Katz suddenly finds...
BONILLA'S BACK ON BEST BEHAVIOR
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Just by still being on the Mets' roster, Bobby Bonilla deserves consideration for comeback player of the month, if there were such an award. Ten days ago, members...
CAN'T COUNT ON YANKS - IMPATIENT HITTERS COST BOMBERS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amOpposing pitchers built up quite a disdain for the Yankees last season. The Bronx Bombers had transformed themselves into the Patient Gang in Pinstripes. They'd work the count. They'd foul...
THE BIG MOMENT - KNICKS PUT FATE IN HANDS OF GUARDS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amGoliath Gotham Guards vs. Texas Towers. That's what The Finals have come down to as the Knicks fought for survival against the Spurs last night in Game 3 at the...
FLEURY THERE FOR THE TAKIN' - SHARKS ONLY COMPETITION FOR RANGERS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amWITH Zigmund Palffy out west, Sergei Fedorov unattainable and Jaromir Jagr bound to the Penguins be they in Pittsburgh or Portland, the Rangers' search for a marquee talent will resume...
EVERYTHING'S ROSY FOR SPURS' SUB
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amMalik Rose became a national figure during the NBA lockout because he was one players who really was hurting. The Philadelphia product wasn't sweating because he needed to sell a...
MAYHEM REIGNS AT THREE VENUES
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amLONDON - It must have been something in the stars at the weekend, or maybe the moon tugging at a lunatic fringe, because at three separate locations, thousands of miles...
TWO YEARS LATER, JOKINEN FINN-ALLY LANDS ON ISLAND
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amHad L.A. not taken Finnish center Olli Jokinen with the third overall pick in 1997, there would have been a wild debate at the Islanders' draft table. The Isles were...
MILBURY: ISLES WORTH THE WAIT - GM HOPES FANS WILL KEEP THE FAITH
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amAfter completing the dismantling of the current edition of the Islanders with Sunday night's $26 million contract dump of Ziggy Palffy for three prospects and a first-rounder, GM Mike Milbury...
LJ JUST CAN'T WIN - ON COURT & WITH THE MEDIA, BIG L FIGHTING LOSING BATTLE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Three points that should be made about Larry Johnson while waiting for him to either hit a three or turn the age of three: 1) He is a hard...
VG STARTS OVER WITH CAMBY
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amMarcus Camby knows this is what the paying customers want, even though that's not the reason Jeff Van Gundy last night finally relented and moved Camby into the starting lineup....
CHILDS LIMPS TO FINISH ON SPRAINED LEFT KNEE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amChris Childs has played woefully enough during the NBA Finals that he didn't need an injury on top of it all. Childs sprained the medial collateral capsule in his left...
OAKLEY'S NO LOCK TO SIGN WITH LAKERS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThe LA Lakers could very well be playing at this time next year, if they add Charles Oakley. Although reports indicate that Phil Jackson and Jerry West are quite interested,...
DANIELS HELPS A BUNCH OFF SAN ANTONIO BENCH
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amIn Game 1, it was Jaren Jackson. In Game 2, it was Mario Elie. "There's always that confidence," said San Antonio center David Robinson, regarding the supporting cast of perimeter...
FOUL START, BIG FINISH - WHISTLES PUT CAMBY BACK ON THE BENCH
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThere might be some symbolism here, as Marcus Camby refused to back down, despite some difficult moments. Likewise, the Knicks refused to back down, and all of a sudden, there...
KNICKS PUT TO SLEEP ANY TALK OF A SWEEP
June 22, 1999 | 4:00am"They were talking about they were going to sweep us, this and that. We always felt confident we can beat this team." MARCUS CAMBY As Knicks assistant coach Brendan Malone...
SPURS' ELIE HAS NIGHT TO FORGET
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amAs homecomings go, there have been better. Mario Elie scrounged around and came up with 22 tickets for family and friends who wanted to see him play at the Garden...
FINAL-LY, KNICKS SHOW SOME LIFE - HOUSTON'S 34 RENEW DREAMS OF TITLE
June 22, 1999 | 4:00am"Our true character was tested tonight." JEFF VAN GUNDY Allan Houston and the Knicks delivered a message to the Spurs last night at the Garden: Sweep this! Houston scored a...
NOW, MR. SOFTIE IS HARD GUY TO GUARD
June 22, 1999 | 4:00am"Allan has showed the ability to make critical shots. He has made critical shots for us down the stretch of games. And that's a rare quality in this league." JEFF...
SPREE AVERTS DISASTER - WAKES UP FROM NIGHTMARE JUST IN TIME
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThe thought flashed through the mind of Latrell Sprewell, and he immediately decided he was not going to take part in any Knicks demise. Although they were leading the entire...
SPURS KEEP REF RAPS TO THEMSELVES
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThere was what the Spurs said publicly. And what they said privately about the officiating last night. "The Knicks just took it to us. They were very aggressive," Sean Elliott...
FOR MARIO, IT'S NIGHT TO FORGET
June 22, 1999 | 4:00am"We're not going to win every game. We're human, we lose." MARIO ELIE As homecomings go, there have been better. Mario Elie scrounged around and came up with 22 tickets...
OFF BENCH, THOMAS IS CHAIRMAN OF BOARDS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amFINALS NOTEBOOK Kurt Thomas, a man who sometimes has the look of madness, was a madman on the boards last night, and it made a huge difference as the Knicks...
VG, TEAMMATES MARVEL AT HOUSTON
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amIf not for Allan Houston making magic in Miami, the Knicks would not be here. If not for Houston making magic to shoot down the Pacers, the Knicks would not...
DUNCAN FINALLY COMES UP EMPTY - TIM TERRIFIC HELD SCORELESS IN 4TH
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amThere were certain constants in the series before last night. The obvious of course was that the Spurs came away winners in two games. That changed. And so did one...
CAMBY COMES UP BIGGEST WHEN HE'S NEEDED MOST
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: WITH A swooping right hand that came out of the Garden air like some 7-foot tomahawk with bad intentions, Marcus Camby made his first real statement in these NBA...
IT DON'T COME SPREE-ZY - HOT-AND-COLD LATRELL GUTS IT OUT FOR 24 POINTS
June 22, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: It is Latrell Sprewell's job to score and Jeff Van Gundy's job to put Sprewell in the most advantageous position to do so. In the first two games of...