October 17, 1999
SWEET DREAMS FOR MODELL
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amSOMETIMES you have to pay attention to ideas that go bump in the night. Mitchell Modell, president of the family-owned sporting goods store, certainly will after awakening in the middle...
WARRING WRITERS TACKLE CAPT. COOK
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE'S a Cook book war in the making. Martin Dugard was gnashing his teeth last week when he read that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz had nabbed an estimated $1...
LAUDER'S MAKEOVER RONALD HAS TRADED IN MAKEUP FOR DIPLOMACY
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBILLIONAIRE cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder is finding covert diplomatic missions are a snap compared to setting up a business empire in the former Communist nations. Nearly all of his far-flung...
LABOR ISN'T TOO BRIGHT ABOUT HISTORY
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWALL Street is not happy with the U.S. Labor Department. The source of the conflict is the upcoming consumer price index report, which the Labor Department inexplicably scheduled for Oct....
MARTHA COOKS UP RECIPE FOR GAIN: WHAT SHE'S GOT ON HER PLATE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amCount on Martha Stewart for tips on making dough rise - and this week, she'll attempt to raise her biggest, greenest pile of money ever. When Martha Stewart rings the...
ELLISON IS GROUNDED
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amORACLE CEO Larry Ellison is famous for breaking the rules of how a chief executive should act, but the good people at the San Jose airport wish he'd just stop...
TURNER'S CNN IS POACHING CNBC'S STAFF
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amTED Turner's cable network seems to have won the latest battle in the Great Business TV War of 1999. The last few weeks have seen CNNfn and CNN's "Moneyline" poach...
ABOUT.COM WANTS TO GUIDE YOU
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amABOUT.com is the perfect metaphor for the Internet and the complex new economy it has created. The New York-based directory service uses real live humans to maintain a network of...
DOING 'RAGTIME' PROUD
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWhen I started pounding the Broadway theater beat more than 30 years ago, I was amazed to discover that replacement casts on Broadway normally went unnoticed, unhonored and unreviewed. Stars...
THE SAVVY SHOPPER
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBRIDAL Goddess Supply Corp. 155 E. 84th St., between Third and Lexington avenues, (212) 734-6730 Sale dates: Through October Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat. and Sun....
TECH IT OUT
October 17, 1999 | 4:00am"Paint" and "draw" programs that let you use your mouse like spray paint, a marker or a pencil have been inside PCs for a decade now. And who, at some...
SHELL GAME : TURTLES ARE TERRIFIC - AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amThey won't meow, bark or tweet through the night. And while they'll beg for food as sweetly as any dog or cat, they don't need to be walked or groomed....
UNDERGROUND FEST SURFACES IN B'KLYN
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amQuestion: What do you get when you mix the New York Underground Film Festival with the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival? Answer: The XENO International Film Festival, a...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE : RITA MORENO
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amAt 68, Rita Moreno shows no sign of slowing down. In fact, the dancer/singer/actress with the gorgeous gams is still kicking - and making her New York cabaret debut at...
SCORSESE'S SIRENS : WITH THE UPCOMING RELEASE OF "BRINGING OUT THE DEAD," LEGENDARY DIRECTOR MARTIN SCORSESE TALKS MOVIES, MORALS AND MEDICS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00am"I've always been interested in people who suffer," explains Martin Scorsese, whose "Bringing Out the Dead," about a tormented emergency medical technician, opens on Friday. Based on the book of...
MEALS & DEALS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amMickey Mantle's 42 Central Park South (between Fifth and Sixth avenues) (212) 688-7777 With baseball fever at a new high, what better place to enjoy the fall classic than at...
TABLE HOPPER
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amPalm West 250 W. 50th St. (between Eighth Avenue and Broadway) (212) 333-7256 Palm West - the third incarnation in New York of the famous food chain -has been open...
COLUMBINE HS KILLER'S PARENTS STUN SCHOOL WITH LAWSUIT
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe parents of Columbine HS gunman Dylan Klebold have stunned authorities by filing court papers blaming them for failing to prevent the teen's bombs-and-bullets rampage. In a bizarre twist of...
GOP BRACES FOR BILL BUDGET 'REVENGE'
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Congressional Republican leaders are bracing for President Clinton to shut down the government to exact revenge upon the Senate for rejecting his no-nukes treaty, say several leadership aides....
CASE JOINS A LONG LIST OF UNSOLVED MURDERS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amProsecutors in the JonBenet Ramsey case still hope they'll crack the 6-year-old's murder - but many familiar with homicide investigations say the slaying is doomed to remain unsolved. TV's "America's...
BUG VIRUS IN UPSTATE BIRDS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe encephalitis virus has been found as far as 150 miles north of the city. But state Health Department officials say the risk of upstate residents contracting the virus is...
DISNEY WIPES POOH OFF SHELVES AFTER CHOKE ALERT
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWinnie the Pooh can kill you. Walt Disney has ordered a massive recall of 60,000 books about the chubby cartoon bear for fear toddlers could choke on the sliding windows...
DC 37 POISED TO BACK FIRST LADY
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday all but picked up the endorsement of the city's largest municipal labor union for her likely Senate campaign. Two years after District Council 37...
I MEAN, TALK ABOUT CHUTZPAH!
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amRONNIE DeFeo, sole architect of the "Amityville Horror" by slaughtering his family, snickered at a time-worn joke, that I first heard when I was 14. I was with him in...
CITY NIXES PERMIT FOR ANTI-KKK PROTEST
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amDays after denying a rally permit for the Ku Klux Klan, the Police Department has shot down a permit for a group of counterdemonstrators. That means the New York Civil...
L.I. LOBSTERS SLEEP WITH FISHES
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amJacques Cousteau, where are you? Hundreds of thousands of lobsters are dying in Long Island Sound and no one can figure out why. Restaurateurs and wholesalers from Montauk to Midtown...
APPLE'S LOVE FOR BOMBERS KNOCKS BOSTON'S SOX OFF
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON. NEW YORK loves its Yankees more than Boston loves its Red Sox. The owner of the Red Sox said the team could have sold 60,000 tickets for each playoff...
YO! $2M CELLO'S SAFE 'N' SOUND
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe NYPD turned a sour note into sweet music for Yo-Yo Ma - pulling out all the stops to track down a $2.5 million cello he left in the trunk...
WIFE LOPS FINGERS OFF HUBBY'S HOOKER: COPS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amA Long Island woman made her opinion of infidelity quite clear early yesterday when she used a sword to chop two fingertips off an escort girl she discovered in bed...
TV ANCHOR JENSEN DEAD AT 73
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amTV anchorman Jim Jensen, whose face came to symbolize the evening news for many New Yorkers during his 31-year career with WCBS, died yesterday. He was 73. Jensen succumbed in...
4 QUESTIONS FOR AMY BRENNEMAN: JUDGMENTS OF A HARVARD GRAD
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amAmy Brenneman is leading the renaissance of prime-time drama with the breakout hit "Judging Amy." As Judge Amy Gray, a single mom who returns to her hometown, Hartford, Brenneman is...
DUNG-DAUBER'S PALS RALLY TO HIS NEW SHOW
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amHundreds of artists last night flooded a Chelsea gallery to throw their support behind a new show by Chris Ofili, whose dung-adorned painting of the Virgin Mary sparked an all-out...
S0H0 SLAY SUSPECT: HEIST WAS INSIDE J0B
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amPatrick Collins told cops that slain muffin-shop manager Jimmy Brown concocted the robbery scheme. A suspect linked to last week's SoHo muffin-shop slayings told investigators the manager who was gunned...
AMAZIN'S NEVER SHEA DIE! : BUT YANKEES GET BEATEN UP 13-1 IN BOSTON MASSACRE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amFrenzied fans of the Mighty Mets say their Amazins are set to do it all over again today - beat the Braves! - while Yankee yahooers vow they're out for...
EXPECT AN 'AD' NAUSEAM MUDFEST
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amNew Yorkers, run for cover! The commercial "ad war" between Mayor Giuliani and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is coming soon to a TV near you. Together their campaigns will...
BRONX BOY, 7, KILLED IN BIKE TRAGEDY
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amA 7-year-old boy was killed and another child hurt last night when a van slammed into the bike they were riding at a Bronx intersection, police said. Arnaldo Martinez, 7,...
WHAT A JERK! RILED RICKEY WALKS OUT ON TEAMMATES
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amIn the aftermath of the Mets stirring, come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Braves at sold-out Shea Stadium last night, the most striking line is the one that appears at the...
BIG QUAKE DOES LITTLE DAMAGE IN MOJAVE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amA powerful earthquake rocked Southern California yesterday, shaking buildings from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and Phoenix and knocking an Amtrak train off its tracks. The temblor, measuring 7.0 on...
HOW TO AVOID MAULING BY MARKET BEARS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWall Street's devastating 6 percent loss last week should shock even the most complacent investor into action. Top brokers and investment advisers warn that the markets could go even lower...
WOULD-BE UMPS, TAKE YOUR LUMPS : TOUGH ROAD FOR MAJORS' MEN IN BLUE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amFifty thousand people hate you. A man with spikes on his feet is kicking dirt on you. Another one, holding a heavy wooden club, is screaming at you. Sound like...
BACKTRACK TO THE FUTURE: FRANKLIN AVE. SHUTTLE ROLLS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe Franklin Avenue shuttle is back from near-death. The Transit Authority will reopen the 1.4-mile elevated Brooklyn line tomorrow - nearly four months ahead of schedule - following an $80...
CYBER-POSTMAN PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON DELIVERY
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amSick of snail mail? In the next millennium, it'll go the way of the Pony Express thanks to a host of new innovations the U.S. Postal Service is working on....
HIS IDEA HAS STUCK AROUND
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBefore the 1840s, mail delivery in England and the United States was always C.O.D. The problem came when someone refused a letter and the mail service was left holding the...
BARAK READIES RED CARPET FOR HILL & BILL
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. NEXT month, President Clinton and his wife will spend time with Israel's first couple - dealing with separate issues at different locations. According to knowledgeable officials in Jerusalem, Hillary...
BIZ-BUILT LINE MAY BE ; THE BEST ROUTE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amGetting the private sector to help build a Second Avenue subway faster and cheaper might not be such a far-fetched idea. Private firms could even operate the new line. That's...
STILL A CLOUD OVER JONBENET CROWD: MYSTERY LEAVES FAMILY, FRIENDS' LIVES IN LIMBO
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amLEGAL pundits say the JonBenet Ramsey case is dead in the water - but for those who have fallen under the infamous "umbrella of suspicion," the saga won't be over...
MET ROLLER-COASTER TOOK FINAL PLUNGE & COULDN'T GET UP
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amIT may be too late for the Mets to do anything about the predicament they have created for themselves with the Braves - which means it is not too early...
'RADIO NOVELIST' SHEPHERD DIES
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amJean Shepherd, the velvet-voiced, sardonic story-teller who chronicled his off-beat boyhood in the Midwest, died yesterday. He was 78. Shepherd, who was dubbed "the first radio novelist" by media critic...
TLC SEEKS NEW GIZMO TO 'ZAP' CHEATING HACKS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe Taxi and Limousine Commission wants all cabs to be equipped with anti-fraud software by Jan. 1 to stop unscrupulous taxi drivers from overcharging their customers. The new equipment will...
YANKS FANS: HEY, WE'RE NOT WORRIED! SHRUG OFF 13-1 POUNDING AS 'GIFT' TO THE RED SOX
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amYankee fans will march into Fenway Park today ready for revenge after last night's bloody Boston massacre that saw the BoSox blast the Bombers in a rough-on-the-eyes, 13-1 rout. "The...
FENWAY'S FAITHFUL CHASE HOT TICKETS WITH BUCKS, SMARTS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Memo to the Boston cardiologist who paid $12,100 for four tickets to yesterday's ALCS Game 3: You got had. Fourteen-year-old David Urman had been calling the Red Sox'...
CURTIS FIGURES OUT KENNEDY : QB HASSELL CALLS SHOTS IN 2ND-HALF ROUT
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amCurtis20 Kennedy0 Like a good heavyweight boxer, Curtis High School's football team pounds its opponent until it is weak before throwing the knockout punch. For the second straight week, the...
KNICKS SHOPPING SPREE ; CHECKETTS, VAN WANT TO UNLOAD SPREWELL
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amREMEMBER the year, 1990, Al Batross dealt Rod Strickland to San Antonio for Maurice Cheeks (worst trade in franchise history), and the Knicks upset the Celtics in the first round...
GYAMATI BREAKS MAIDEN AS TRAINER
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amFormer jockey Leah Gyarmati, sending out the second starter of her training career, won the first race of her career, winning the $100,000 Maryland Million Distaff Handicap with Flippy Diane...
ALL EYES ARE ON SABES
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Talk about anticlimatic. Bret Saberhagen, once one of the best pitchers in the game, has been reduced to an afterthought. He's the guy who will pitch for the...
12-1 'TWILIGHT' IN A ZONE IN WINNING COWDIN STAKES
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amTwilight Time, facing winners for the first time after breaking his maiden by 10 lengths, roared from off the pace to take yesterday's Grade 2 Cowdin Stakes at Belmont Park...
ARTAX BREEZES TO RECORD
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amDr. Fager and Groovy, both champion sprinters, were two of the fastest horses that ever lived. Now, Artax is faster than them both. Last May in the Carter Handicap at...
SOX SUMMON MORE GAME 3 MAGIC
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Game 3 magic struck again for the Red Sox. It struck with the force of thundering lumber. It struck early and, like sinister lightning, it kept striking. The...
BOMBERS BETTER PRAY THEY CLINCH BY GAME 6
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Ladies and gentlemen, we have an American League Championship Series. The match of the moment, Roger Clemens vs. Pedro Martinez, proved all coming attraction, which brought us back...
ROGER POUNDED IN MASS-MATCH: LOOKS LIKE THIS ROCKET IS SPENT
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Pedro Martinez said the muscle strain in his back was "aching" and his stuff was awful. "I didn't have a fastball, a good breaking ball or a changeup,"...
ROGER POUNDED IN MASS-MATCH: CLEMENS OUTCLASSED BY PEDRO AS SOX CLIMB BACK TO 2-1
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - What some called The Best Post-Season Pitching Match-Up Of The Century quickly developed into a battle of finesse versus power late yesterday afternoon at Fenway Park, where Pedro...
HIDEKI TAKES ONE FOR TEAM
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - It's not often a manager thanks a pitcher for giving up eight runs on 13 hits in 4 2/3 innings, but that's the word sacrificial lamb Hideki Irabu...
JEERS FILL YANKS' EARS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - By the time the seventh inning of the Red Sox, 13-1, whipping of the Yankees rolled around, the Fenway Park crowd decided it was time to have some...
... BUT LATRELL SAYS STARTING JOB'S HIS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amSYRACUSE - Latrell Sprewell was in the Knick starting lineup in last night's 82-68 exhibition loss against the Cavaliers at the Carrier Dome. Get used to it. Spree said before...
GOMEZ IS FILLING IN NICELY ; ROOKIE NETS FIRST WHILE TALKS WITH HOLDOUTS HEAT UP
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amDevils 4 Isles 1 Just when a contract breakthrough may be bringing Brendan Morrison and perhaps Patrik Elias back to the Devils, rookie Scott Gomez broke through himself. Taking full...
WAYNE SETTING THE STAGE ; CHREBET INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO MIRER
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES In anticipation of his return, Jets receiver Wayne Chrebet, who expects to make his first regular-season appearance today after breaking his left foot in preseason, has been chatting...
GARBAGE TIME COULD COME EARLY FOR JETS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWith each fall Sunday, the window inches closer to closed for the reigning AFC East-champion Jets. At 1-4 entering today's (did we say crucial again?) game against the 2-2 Colts...
FERRARO DELIVERS BUT MATES DON'T
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amThis is all Chris Ferraro had wanted. Frustrated at being scratched more often than a subway window, the Islanders' only Long Island native had asked Butch Goring Friday for some...
CEDENO'S SPEED KEEPS CAREER SEASON ALIVE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHE bullpen gate flew open and John "Punk" Rocker began his sprint in from left field. Some born loser who deserved to be arrested, jailed and worked over at the...
METS DODE FIRST FATAL BULLET: AMAZIN'S LIVE ON OLERUD'S TWO-RUN SINGLE OFF ROCKER
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWhen the Mets fell behind three games to none in the NLCS, it was as if they had the Braves right where they wanted them. For some reason, the Mets...
LARRY NOT CHIPPING IN MUCH
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amLarry Jones isn't too Chipper these days. Jones, who simply annihilated the Mets during the regular season, was 0-for-3 last night and was left on deck as the game ended...
ROCKER: OLERUD'S HIT A 'CHEAP' ONE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Rocker still is talking the talk even after the Mets beat the Braves 3-2 last night at Shea Stadium and even after he surrendered the two-run single to John...
IN THE RICK OF TIME REED PITCHES BEST GAME OF CAREER
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Atlanta's Brian Jordan and Ryan Klesko hit back-to-back eighth-inning home runs last night off Rick Reed, the Mets took just moments to go from tasting their most important win...
AMAZIN'S DELIGHT IN ROCKIN' ROCKER
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets couldn't have been happier to get the winning runs in last night's 3-2 victory in Game 4 while John Rocker was on the mound. Rocker had...
OLERUD: THE ANTI-ROCKER
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amCLASSIC confrontation. Power closer versus pure line drive hitter. Good vs. Evil. Rocker versus Anti-Rocker. They don't mind John Olerud at all in Atlanta. He has never called the fans...
IT'S A MIRACLE!
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Tom Seaver looks back on the post-game euphoria of winning the 1969 World Series, he doesn't think of the celebration in the clubhouse or the parade down rollicking Broadway...
U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE RETURNS FIRE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHE U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is firing back at accusations that its has been guilty of mismanagement in its administration of the Federal Aid program for Fish and Wildlife...
COOKIE THEORY CRUMBLES ON NBC'S MORGAN
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amIF I were NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol, I'd invest in a food-taster for Joe Morgan. And fast. Someone keeps spiking his pineapple juice. Friday, during Game 3 of the...
99'S GARDEN PARTY? NOT IN '99 RANGERS WILL HONOR WAYNE - NEXT YEAR
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amAFTER careful consideration, the Rangers have decided to defer Wayne Gretzky's number-retirement ceremony at the Garden until next season, Slap Shots has been told by team President Neil Smith. "After...
LOOKS LIKE THIS ROCKET IS SPENT
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON -The hype had been building since Tuesday, when Joe Torre and Jimy Williams announced their respective pitching rotations for the ALCS and it was known that Roger Clemens and...
COX: PITCHING STAFF MAKES BRAVES GREAT
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amNot only is this series history, but the Braves have carved out their piece of baseball history with their latest mound domination. There is no doubt they will be the...
METS NEED SOME OF BRAVES' ATTITUDE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHE biggest advantage the Braves have over the Mets in the National League Championship Series and the regular-season games that brought similar one-side results is a pitching staff stocked with...
INABILITY TO BEAT BRAVES CONTINUES TO HAUNT METS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amPerhaps Chipper Jones just had the best explanation of all for the Braves' domination over the Mets. After his Braves had beaten the Mets 1-0 in Game 3 to take...
LEAVE IT TO OLERUD FOR DELIVERANCE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHIS is what post-season baseball is all about. Bottom of the eighth, runners on second and third, Mets trailing by a run. Braves trying to put the series away. Mets...
VAN SAYS KNICKS 'NOT EVEN CLOSE'
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amSYRACUSE - The annual Knick soap opera is moving right along. The Latrell Sprewell "Charleston-gate" episode is just about over - but coach Jeff Van Gundy said he expects some...
DEVS, 'LOCKOUTS' TALKING AGAIN: LOU SOFTENS STANCE ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH MORRISON, ELIAS
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Some six weeks after Brendan Morrison and Patrik Elias were locked out of Devils camp as unsigned restricted free agents, a breakthrough may have occurred in contract talks. Although...
POTVIN KEEPING ISLANDER NET CLEAR
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: With a seriously talent-deficient roster, the Islanders might lose more often than any NHL team this season. But at least they won't be blown out very often. Despite a...
HISTORY'S WHIPPING BOYS: BRAVES DON'T GET CREDIT THEY DESERVE
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: If the Mets squeezed enough runs against John Smoltz last night, they'll have to do it again against Greg Maddux this afternoon. If they somehow, some way, get this...
LEITER: GERALD'S DA MAN: AL SAYS WILLIAMS IS BRAVES' SPARK
October 17, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: "Gerald Williams has been a big catalyst for this lineup. He's a tough out , and when he gets on base, he's trouble." Al Leiter on Atlanta leadoff hitter...