October 11, 1999
WARNACO MAY CONSIDER CALVIN; BIDS FOR AUTHENTIC
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amSeventh Avenue mover and shaker Linda Wachner said yesterday she may be interested in buying Calvin Klein. "When Calvin's book is finished up by Lazard Freres, I'm definitely interested in...
MLB REVS UP MARKETING NEW DRIVE PUSHES MERCHANDISE, CO-BRANDING
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amLike an army plotting a multi-front offensive, Major League Baseball is setting in motion an October merchandising and marketing blitz aimed at winning the hearts and minds - and wallets...
RATE HIKE COULD COME SOONER THAN YOU THINK
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amH OW stupid is Wall Street? That question is brought to mind by what happened to stock prices on Friday. On Thursday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes of its...
GARY KUNZ IS SNAGGED BY NEW HASSLE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amFor the second time this year, famed four-star chef Gray Kunz has been thwarted in his attempt to open his own restaurant. The Post has learned that Kunz had an...
'DOUBLE' HITS TRIPLE; 'JEOPARDY' NO. 1 FOR 3RD WEEK IN A ROW
October 11, 1999 | 4:00am'RANDOM Hearts" was built Ford tough - Harrison Ford, that is. But, with an estimated $13.1 million three-day total, Sidney Pollack's romantic thriller couldn't overcome weak reviews to unseat "Double...
'JEOPARDY!' HITS NYC; GAME SHOW CHALLENGES 'MILLIONAIRE' ON ITS OWN TURF
October 11, 1999 | 4:00am"Jeopardy!" whiz Alex Trebek is talking tough about a possible challenge from "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." "Our show is harder than 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,'" says...
THE BEST OF 'STRANGERS': MARK LINN-BAKER AND BRONSON PINCHOT, CLOSE FRIENDS WHO TEAMED UP ON THE HIT TV SERIES "PERFECT STRANGERS," TAKE THE STAGE - BUT IN DIFFERENT SHOWS.
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S the kind of coincidence that would strike many as perfectly strange. But Bronson Pinchot was not in the least surprised to discover the Mark Linn-Baker, his former cohort on...
STRANDED DOC'S HEROIC BATTLE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amON Wednesday, the 109th Airlift Wing of New York Air National Guard launched a five-day mission to rescue a deathly ill doctor who has been forced for the past four...
TV TICKER
October 11, 1999 | 4:00am'Day' trip Lifetime's "Any Day Now" will examine racism in a special two-hour episode airing Sunday, Oct. 24 (8-10 p.m.) - followed by an ABC News special anchored by Cokie...
FROM HELMET HEAD TO CELEBRITY STYLE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Ever wonder why all anchor women look alike? They certainly weren't all born with that color blond. "These women's hairstyle decisions are made by older male TV execs with...
UNABOMBER BLOWS UP AT HIS 'JEALOUS' LITTLE BROTHER
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amImprisoned Unabomber Ted Kaczynski says he'd rather get the death penalty than spend years in prison - and charges that the brother who turned him in to the FBI was...
GUY: INDECISIVE PATAKI UNWORTHY TO BE OUR VEEP
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amSTATEN ISLAND Borough President Guy Molinari yesterday blasted Gov. Pataki as a would-be vice president "who appears to have a difficult time making decisions." "Gov. Pataki seems to be afraid...
REEVE'S INTIMATE DETAILS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amChristopher Reeve's gutsy wife says she and the paralyzed star still have sex - but sadly admits that it's "one-sided." "What we do is physically intimate, but it is not...
COLOMBO DON FOLLOWS DAD'S FOOTSTEPS INTO THE SLAMMER
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe feds are trying to nail reputed mob boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico for the death of a high-ranking mobster who mysteriously vanished five months ago, his lawyer said yesterday....
EARTHQUAKE MIRACLE MUTTS - THEY'RE OK AFTER 18 DAYS IN RUBBLE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amTwo whimpering dogs were pulled from the rubble of the devastating Taiwan earthquake - after being buried alive for an astounding 437 hours. Veterinarians said it was a miracle that...
'EXHAUSTED' O'CONNOR MISSES MASS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor missed Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday - his first absence from the principal Sunday service since his brain surgery last month - saying follow-up radiation treatments...
EXPERIMENT PROVIDES CAT'S-EYE VIEW OF WORLD
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amIn an experiment sure to enrage animal lovers, a team of American scientists has wired a computer to a cat's brain to create videos of what the animal sees. Pet...
RUDY STEPS OVER COMMISH'S DUNG PLEA
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani isn't heeding his cultural commissioner's plea to give the Brooklyn Museum of Art its $7.2 million in city funding, Hizzoner said yesterday. Giuliani refused to say what he...
DAY OF GRIEF FOR BRITAIN'S TRAIN VICTIMS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amThousands of mourners sang and prayed yesterday in a special service at the site of London's horrific commuter-train crash - while churchgoers across Britain remembered the victims. The day of...
GODFATHERS ARE GONE AND THEIR KIDS ARE COLLEGE BOYS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00am'ALLIE BOY" Persico will probably skate on thin ice - but I'm about to put his lawyer underneath it. While the feds were trying their best to make page one...
ST. PAT'S TO SHOWCASE SAINT'S REMAINS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amSt. Patrick's Cathedral will be open all night next week when thousands of worshippers from around the Big Apple are expected to come and venerate the relics of St. Therese...
MCCAIN COOL ON GOP NUKE VOTE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Senate leaders said yesterday they're ready to defeat President Clinton's no-nuke-testing treaty, but GOP presidential candidate John McCain said the vote should be postponed. "There's no reason for...
GOP COLLEAGUES BRIDLE AT BUSH'S BARBS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republicans yesterday told presidential front-runner George W. Bush to stop attacking his own party if he wants to win the White House. But they did so in polite...
2ND ARREST IN SUBWAY SLAY
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amCops yesterday arrested a second suspect in the shotgun slaying of a 16-year-old boy - blown away on a Bronx train even though he didn't resist when two thugs demanded...
WAS FREEH IN DARK ON FBI'S SPY DOUBTS?
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - FBI Director Louis Freeh is fighting off new complaints that he was ignorant of key weaknesses in the case against a man suspected of giving U.S. nuke secrets...
COLUMBINE KID JOINING COLUMBUS PARADE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe Rockettes will kick off New York's celebration of Italian heritage today at the start of the 55th annual Columbus Day Parade. The festivities, sponsored by the Columbus Citizens Foundation,...
MET ACE EYES METROCARD MATCHUP - AL LEITER JOINS FANS IN DREAM OF FACING HIS OLD BRONX TEAM (S, LCF)
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amMet pitching ace Al Leiter said yesterday he's dreaming of a subway series - echoing the thoughts of Big Apple baseball fans of every stripe who want the fall classic...
E. SIDERS ON TRACK FOR CHAOS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amBuilding subway stations for a Second Avenue subway will inflict more havoc on neighborhoods than digging the new tunnel. Workers will have to open up streets and burrow down in...
PROBERS EYE RUSSIA TYCOON IN MEGA$CAM
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amSwiss probers have a new target in their investigation into Russian corruption linked to suspected mob money-laundering - a Kremlin-connected aluminum baron. Top Russian businessman Lev Chernoy has close ties...
LEITER AT END OF THE TUNNEL? - MET STAR HOPING HE'LL FACE HIS OLD TEAM: THE YANKS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amMet pitching ace Al Leiter said yesterday he's dreaming of a subway series - echoing the thoughts of Big Apple baseball fans of every stripe who want the fall classic...
ONCE-DEAD METS HAVE GHOST OF A CHANCE ; ONCE-DEAD METS HAVE GHOST OF A CHANCE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amDURING the regular season, the Mets lost nine of 12 games to the Atlanta Braves. They were outscored 63-40. Their .279 team batting average plunged to .224 against Brave pitching....
THIS JIMMY HOFFA IS NO CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK; EXCLUSIVE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amJAMES P. HOFFA, the president of the Teamsters union for the past seven months, is an impressively forgiving person. I was a friend and biographer of Robert Kennedy, who, as...
NO PROOF OF SADDAM TIE TO BUG VIRUS - SOURCES
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amTop federal sources tell The Post there is no evidence that New York's West Nile-like fever outbreak is an Iraqi bio-terrorist attack - contrary to a shocking new report. "There...
BOMBER BOOSTER NOT SHEA ABOUT ROOTING FOR METS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amFreddy "The Fan" Schuman says the Yankees and Mets are on the fast track to a dream subway series. "It's definitely going to happen this year," Schuman told The Post....
BRIT BISHOP PAYS GIRL, 12, NOT TO HAVE AN ABORTION
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe Catholic Church is paying a pregnant 12-year-old British girl to help her keep her baby - a move anti-abortionists said they're "appalled" over, it was reported today. The unidentified...
WHY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CITY HALL INSIDER
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amIT WAS a beautiful, crisp fall day in the gorgeously restored City Hall Park, and City Hall never looked better. The outside of City Hall, that is. I can't tell...
BOXING BUFFS CALL GAL'S WIN A MS.-MATCH
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amA sideshow, a circus, a spectacle - and certainly not sport. That's what experts yesterday called the history-making, gender-bent bout in which woman boxer Margaret MacGregor easily pummeled a diminutive...
DEFIANT JESSE REJECTS CRITICS' YAMMER-LOCK
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amTelling the truth hurts, says Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, but the man who wrote a book called "I Ain't Got Time to Bleed" says critics' barbs won't keep him from...
BOMBERS KEEPING THEIR FOCUS ON ALCS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ARLINGTON - There are a possible seven ALCS games left with the Indians or Red Sox before the Yankees can even think about hooking up with the Mets...
ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR ROCKET GEM VS. RANGERS LETS YANKS BREATHE A BIG CY OF RELIEF
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amARLINGTON - Four buses departed the Yankees' team hotel a few minutes past 11 a.m. yesterday and headed for the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. From there, the Yankees would fly to...
BRYLIN MAKING MOST OF CHANCE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amOTTAWA - Just in time, the Devils wised up about Sergei Brylin. An afterthought for five seasons, the 25-year-old appears to have finally earned a regular job with the Devils...
REVITALIZED JETS HIT FORK IN ROAD ; JAGS POSE CRUCIAL TEST
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe Jets saved their season last Sunday in Denver. Now what? A win in tonight's crucial Monday night showdown with the AFC Central-leading Jaguars and the Jets could possibly catapult...
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT ; POSTSEASON BRINGS OUT BEST IN BOMBERS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amTHE play defined the team at this time of year. The Yankees had recorded 80 of the 81 outs necessary to complete a second straight Division Series sweep of the...
BROOKLYN TECH TEACHES UTES HOW TO WIN
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amB'klyn Tech 29 New Utrecht 15 As it rained and rained yesterday on the freshly painted Astroturf of Erasmus in Brooklyn, upstart New Utrecht took a 9-0 first-quarter lead over...
'PLEASURE,' SURFSIDE POST GRADE 1 UPSETS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amSpeed in the slop always holds well at Belmont Park, and yesterday that helped produce a pair of Grade 1 upsets. Beautiful Pleasure posted a wire-to-wire victory over super filly...
NET BENCH FOR STARTERS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY - Johnny Newman played like a starter. Elliot Perry played like he was back in the West. Gheorghe Muresan played like Gheorghe Muresan used to play. And the...
THIS ONE'S PERSONAL BOBBY V DECLARES WAR ON BRAVES
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amIt's not just a battle for respect, it's not just about winning four games, it's not about getting a small measure of revenge. Bobby Valentine made that clear yesterday when...
JET NOTES KEYSHAWN RELISHES PRIME TIME
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amFor tonight's rare home prime-time appearance, the Jets need as many prime-time players as possible. One player they know they can count on to shine for tonight's game against the...
METS DARE CHIPPER TO DO IT AGAIN
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amIf anyone thought the Mets had learned a lesson about pitching to Chipper Jones from their last 12 games in the regular season against, don't expect anything too different now...
THIS COULD BECOME A HABIT
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amRangers 4 Coyotes 2 So what stands out about the Rangers' 4-2 Garden victory over the Coyotes yesterday afternoon? Well, not much, actually, which is probably the most encouraging early-season...
GIVE BOBBY A BREAK
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amWHEN Jeff Van Gundy was going through his hard times this year with the Knicks, the media rallied around him as if he were Joan of Arc. Poor little Jeff...
LEITER'S ON BOARD FOR SUBWAY SERIES
October 11, 1999 | 4:00am"I would dream for a Subway Series, having played for both teams and having grown up in the area."AL LEITERCall it a subway car named desire. The players are just...
TEXAS IN MOAN STAR STATE
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amARLINGTON - After the Yankees swept the Rangers out of the playoffs for a second straight year Saturday night, the AL West champions were left in a state of denial....
CHILI, STRAW PERFECT FIT ; DH DUO CLOSE FRIENDS WHO FOCUS ON WINNING
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amWHEN ONE of them plays, it usually means the other won't. Yet, on those days when Chili Davis is the Yankees designated hitter, he becomes Darryl Strawberry's biggest supporter and...
AWOL SPREE: I HAD TO GO HOME FIRST
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell didn't apologize once, blamed his lack of communication during his AWOL status on his agent and didn't get to the Knicks' Charleston training camp because he wanted to...
BARGAIN BEAUTIES
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amIslanders 4 Avalanche 2 Could the Islanders become the NHL's model franchise? You know, dump your high-salary players, sign a bunch of college-age kids and bring in a coach from...
FIRED-UP WARRIORS HAVE THE FINAL SAY
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amCurtis 16 Wagner 6 A chilly, windy, rainy day almost got a lot uglier following Curtis High School's 16-6 win over Wagner yesterday. After time expired, the Curtis players stormed...
PIAZZA'S THUMB STILL IFFY
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amBobby Valentine said yesterday he still is not confident about Mike Piazza being able to play against the Braves in Game 1. But, the Met manager added, he's very confident...
TODD'S TRAVELS TOOK HIM FROM PIZZA TO HERO
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amTodd Pratt - the self-proclaimed Mike Piazza of Triple-A, and now the Bucky Dent of the Mets' first Division Series - may not have had his last moment of glory....
BRAVES BACKIN' DOWN FROM TOUGH TALK
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amNow that both NL Division Series are over and the matchup for tomorrow's Championship Series is set, the Braves - who know all about NLCS baseball - say they kind...
TARDY BENITEZ IN TROUBLE WITH BRASS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets said they are planning to discipline Armando Benitez for being late to Game 4 of the NL Division Series Saturday. Yesterday neither Bobby Valentine nor GM...
BOBBY V'S ALWAYS AT HOME IN HIS JOINT
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amTWENTY-four hours have passed since Steve Finley came back down to earth, checked his glove, saw it was empty. The manager of the Mets walks in the front door of...
HURTIN' HOOF CAN'T STOP 'KEEN' IN CUP
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amThe favorites fell like flies through the first four races of Breeders' Cup Preview weekend at Belmont Park. More Than Ready in the Champagne, Yagli in the Turf Classic, Darling...
FASSEL'S LOST IN DESERT : COACH 'BEFUDDLED' BY LATEST DISASTER
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amTEMPE - What we have here is a mess. A shameful, absolute, all-encompassing mess. What we have here is a coach who admits he is "befuddled," a quarterback who says...
KERRY: LET'S GET TOGETHER ; QB CLAIMS GIANTS 'O' LACKS UNITY
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amTEMPE - He has been behind the controls of this broken-down offensive machine for only one game, but that was enough for Kerry Collins to determine at least one thing...
AGAIN, THE DEFENSE GETS NO HELP
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES TEMPE - There's only so much a defensive end can do. Michael Strahan yesterday had five tackles and one sack and was part of a defensive front that...
A PAIN IN THE BOTTOM ; ESPN2'S SILLY SCOREBOARD CROWDS OUT METS, D-BACKS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00am"ONCE AGAIN, the final score from ESPN2's coverage of the fourth and final game of the 1999 Diamondbacks-Mets playoff series: "In a 10-inning thriller, Alcorn St. 54, Prairie View 0,...
PEDRO SITTING THIS ONE OUT
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Pedro Martinez, nursing a back muscle strain he suffered in Game 1, will be in the dugout as the Red Sox put their season and potentially one of...
BATTY BOSOX TROUNCE TRIBE FORCE GAME 5
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amRed Sox 23 Indians 7 BOSTON - The city of Cleveland once doused a fire in the Cuyahoga River, presumably without any help from Indians' middle relief. Now, with its...
ACHIN' NOMAR IS BACK AT SS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amALDS NOTEBOOK BOSTON --Nomar Garciaparra, who may need surgery for a wrist problem created by an Al Reyes' plunk on Sept. 25, was back in the lineup after a one-game...
ACHIN' NOMAR BACK AT SS
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amALDS NOTEBOOK BOSTON - Nomar Garciaparra, who may need surgery for a wrist problem created by an Al Reyes' plunk on Sept. 25, was back in the lineup after a...
TRIBE ARMS ON SHORT SIDE: INDIAN PITCHING STARTING TO RUN THIN
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Indians have never really had a post- season rotation, more like a wheel of fortune. In the five consecutive years Cleveland has made the post-season without ever...
RUNNING GAME STALLS WITH WILLIAMS MISSING
October 11, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES TEMPE - All week, Jim Fassel downplayed the injury to center Brian Williams, but it appears Williams was more in tune with the severity of the injury than...