March 18, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER IS SOLD
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amBut what happens to Mr. Sharon Stone? The fate of San Francisco Examiner Editor Phil Bronstein (aka the husband of the actress) was unclear, after the Hearst Corporation said it...
PRINCE OF WAILS : BOXING CHAMP NASEEM STARTS RECORD LABEL
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amMike Tyson, Oscar de la Hoya, Evander Holyfield and now Prince Naseem all have something in common besides boxing: retirement plans. The 26-year-old featherweight champ, Prince Naseem Hamed, is the...
NAUGHTON PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX CHARGE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amA former Internet executive pleaded guilty yesterday to seeking sex with a minor and will have to spend time behind bars. The stunning plea bargain struck by former Infoseek Executive...
BROWNE AND OUT! DR. JOY SHRINK WRAPS; 'INSIDE EDITION' COMES OUT OF EXILE WITH NEW EPISODES
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amSAY goodbye to "Dr. Joy Browne," at least on Ch.2. The low-rated King World talk show, hosted by radio shrink Joy Browne, has been booted off Ch.2 after six months...
TROUBLE FOR TWO ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amTWO Broadway shows have hit snags on the way to their opening nights."The Wild Party," the new musical by Michael John LaChiusa, was forced to cancel Thursday's preview performance when...
SEND IN THE CLOWNS!
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amRINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEYMadison Square Garden, (212) 507-8900. Season runs through April 2. IF you can't run away to join the circus, let the circus join you.Your latest...
LIVE AND LIVELY: ALL ABOUT ARTHUR
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amHe's in over 70 books, is a VIP at PBS (where his TV show's going strong) and will soon have his own line of bedding and bath towels. But Arthur...
LIVE AND LIVELY
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amThe hot ticket on playgrounds this week is "Arthur: A Live Adventure," which bounces into Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday and stays there for two weeks (see accompanying story)....
U.S. IN MOVE TO MAKE NICE WITH OLD FOE IRAN
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amDeclaring the United States is ready to end decades of confrontation, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced a major overture to Iran yesterday, lifting a trade ban and promising to...
PATAKI AIDE SETTLES TOBACCO-FREEBIE FLAP
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY -- A top aide to Gov. Pataki yesterday agreed to pay a $2,000 fine rather than fight charges that he improperly accepted meals from a major tobacco lobbyist. The...
PREZ DELIVERS PEACE PLEA TO ULSTER FOES
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- President Clinton tried to put a St. Patrick's Day smile on Northern Ireland's stalled peace process yesterday by saying no one wants to go back to the old...
TAIWAN ON RED ALERT AS VOTERS GO TO POLLS
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amTaiwan's armed forces were on a heightened state of alert today as tense but determined voters prepared to choose their next president amid threats from China. The race to succeed...
RUDY'S TOP NEGOTIATOR IS QUITTING UFT TALKS
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amCONTRACT talks between the Board of Education and the teachers union are about to become more complicated because mayoral adviser Randy Levine is pulling out of the negotiations. "It's over....
TEARS ALL AROUND FOR AILING FOX'S SITCOM FINALE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amAn emotional Michael J. Fox all but retired from TV last night after shooting his final episode of "Spin City." "I have no clue," Fox said, when asked what was...
LIFE RUNS OUT AFTER 64 YRS. OF PICTURES
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amLife as we know it is over. After 64 years of chronicling World War II, Vietnam, John F. Kennedy's triumph and tragedy, the moonwalk, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King Jr.,...
GANGS 'PUSHING' INTO MIDTOWN DRUG ZONE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amEach day, Bloods members from Brooklyn take the subway to work pushing drugs in a section of Midtown that, despite the Disneyfication of 42nd Street, can still be a foreboding...
GUNMAKER MAKES DEAL TO DODGE LEGAL BULLET
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- The nation's largest gun-maker, Smith & Wesson, agreed yesterday to make its weapons childproof, in order to avoid getting sued by the feds and several states and cities....
JUDGE GIVES JAILBIRD AGNELLO ANOTHER SHOT AT BAIL
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn federal court judge yesterday shot down a bail bid for John Gotti's son-in-law, Carmine Agnello -- but then offered the reputed mob soldier one last chance. Federal magistrate...
KIN DISMISS DEAD MAN'S RECORD AS ERRORS OF YOUTH
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amThe devastated family of an unarmed man killed by undercover cops was outraged yesterday at his depiction by the mayor and cops as a criminal with a long rap sheet....
ATTACK COULD BE THE WORK OF EAST SIDE RAPIST
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amAfter an 18-month silence, and only a day after news of his DNA indictment hit the papers, the East Side rapist may have brazenly struck again, investigators fear. The yet-unnamed...
CARDINAL'S ABSENCE MADE GREEN FEEL BLUE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amIt was a bittersweet St. Patrick's Day Parade yesterday as ailing John Cardinal O'Connor skipped the festivities for the first time in his 16 years as archbishop of New York....
MCCAIN'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSH-GORE AD WAR
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- The fall election is still eight months away, but George W. Bush and Al Gore fired their first attack ads yesterday -- with Gore using ex-GOP hopeful John...
COP SHOOTING PITS RUDY VS. REV. AL POLICE PROCEDURES FACE NEW SCRUTINY
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday rushed to the defense of an undercover narcotics cop who killed an unarmed man as the Rev. Al Sharpton demanded that feds intervene in the case, saying...
GUN COP'S LAWYER: IT WAS 'ACCIDENTAL'
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amIt was an accident, says a lawyer for Detective Anthony Vasquez, the undercover anti-drug cop who shot dead an unarmed man in a struggle outside a West Side bar. Patrick...
BILL MAY FIGHT DISBARMENT AS HILL SPRINTS FOR SENATE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- An Arkansas law panel yesterday refused to let President Clinton delay his disbarment battle, meaning he'll have to wage the messy fight while wife Hillary is a Senate...
GAS PAINS THE $AME ALL AROUND TOWN
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amAs prices nudge up at the pump, the traditional difference between Manhattan gasoline prices and those in the other boroughs is disappearing, city figures show. In October 1998, a gallon...
L.I. DOC HIT WITH NEW SEX-ABUSE RAP
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amA doctor has been arrested for the second time in a year on charges he fondled a female patient at his Long Island office. Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, 47, of Flushing,...
STUDIO TAKES RE-CUT 'EXORCIST' FOR A SPIN
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amA new cut of the classic horror movie "The Exorcist" premiered last night in three college towns -- as Warner Bros. goes ahead with plans to put the flick in...
ST. PAT'S PARADERS HISS ALL OVER HILL 'CARPETBAGGER' JEERED AS RUDY IS CHEERED
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amThe St. Patrick's Day Parade yesterday turned into a 45-block Senate campaign rally for Mayor Giuliani, while Hillary Rodham Clinton got pelted with boos. "Go back to Arkansas," several hecklers...
S.I. BURGLAR LOOTS 500G
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amStaten Island cops yesterday were hunting for a burglar who broke into the home of the widow of a prominent Manhattan contractor and swiped more than $500,000 in cash, jewels...
SOUNDS OF SILENCE AT D'ANGELO GIG
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amFans set to catch the croons and sculpted abs of R&B sensation D'Angelo at Radio City Music Hall last night were crushed when laryngitis forced the sexy singer to cancel...
JAY ON TOP FOR LAST SPOT
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE -- Jay Payton is going to make the Mets' 25-man roster and Benny Agbayani is headed to Triple-A Norfolk, barring the unforeseen. Why this is going to...
A PINCH OF FRANCO IS KEY INGREDIENT METS PLAN TO GO TO MATT WHEN THEY NEED BIG HIT
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE -- They would be in the clubhouse last season and John Olerud would speak. He would turn to Matt Franco and say, "I could never do what...
RANGERS GOTTA GET DEFENSIVE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA -- Even with three healthy Czechmates in the lineup, goal scoring has been a problem pretty much since the All-Star break. Now, with Petr Nedved sidelined for the foreseeable...
YARNALL: A LITTLE BIT BETTER
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amLAKE BUENA VISTA -- Ed Yarnall's second spring outing was better than the first. But it would have been impossible for the rookie lefty to look worse. After giving up...
YANKS WAIT ON ANGELS
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amLAKE BUENA VISTA -- With tons of experience at making deals, the Yankees are letting the Jim Edmonds Game come to them. Look into their eyes and there isn't a...
TRAINER HINE DIES AT AGE 69
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amHubert "Sonny" Hine, the beloved thoroughbred horseman who trained the great Skip Away and many other top runners in his half-century career, died early yesterday morning in Miami. He was...
OH, YEAH, NETS ARE STILL IN THE LEAGUE ...
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amThe Nets play today at 1 o'clock in the Meadowlands against Milwaukee. That's the Nets. The New Jersey Nets. Remember them? Big, tall, sweaty guys? Really stunk in November? Were...
TOBOGGAN ON TAP AT BIG A TODAY
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amToday's $75,000 Toboggan Handicap at the Big A is New York's first stakes this year at seven furlongs, and no horse in the field of eight veteran sprinters likes the...
AUBURN GAME PLAN FOR FIZER'S A KILLER
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS -- Let's see. Things to do for Auburn in tonight's NCAA Tournament Midwest second-round game. No. 1 task: Stop, slow, knock down, distract and/or interfere with Iowa State's do-everything...
EL-AMIN'S SPRAIN GIVES UCONN PAIN
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amUConn75 Utah St.67 BIRMINGHAM -- He said he felt "a snap." The next sound coming out of UConn might be the "pfffffssssst" that signals the deflating of their NCAA Tournament...
ZAGS' JIVE HAS STORM ALL FIRED UP
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amTUCSON -- It is now more than a battle for survival, more than a chance to keep alive dreams of winning the national championship. Today's second-round game between St. John's...
NCAA OWES BARKLEY AN APOLOGY
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amTUCSON -- Erick Barkley was not being defiant. He was being a 22-year-old kid, speaking from his heart. And these are the words he said yesterday about the NCAA. Listen...
GONZAGA NO LONGER IS NCAA CINDERELLA
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amTUCSON -- The Gonzaga Bulldogs know what they are and its not the same opinion the rest of the nation holds. "We're not the best looking airport team," said Gonzaga...
'CUSE WARY OF WILDCATS
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amCLEVELAND -- There are loaded years and reloading years, but the concept of Kentucky suffering any truly long years is pushing the envelope. Granted, there were a few seasons, after...
TEMPLE OF DOOM NEXT FOR THE HALL
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amTemple73 Lafayette47 BUFFALO -- The last coach John Chaney wanted to see on the other side of the Marine Midland Arena court on St. Patrick's Day was Lafayette's Fran O'Hanlon....
SETON HOLLOWAY ; SHAHEEN'S FULL-COURT DASH AND LAYUP LIFT PIRATES IN OT THRILLER
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amOVERTIME Seton Hall72 Oregon71 BUFFALO -- The play was called "Quick," and it was designed for Shaheen Holloway to get the ball to Rimas Kaukenas or Darius Lane for a...
CAROLINA SHOWS IT'S STILL A FORCE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amN. Carolina84 Missouri70 BIRMINGHAM -- They arrived here a shell of their former dynasty, with doubts swirling whether they even belonged in the NCAA Tournament for a record 26th consecutive...
RED-HOT KNICKS AWAIT L.A. EXPRESS
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amP Knicks118Hornets99CHARLOTTE --Look out, Lakers. The Knicks have posted some big victories this season -- Miami, Indiana, San Antonio, Portland. But none like last night's. None as dominating and devastating...
CAMBY'S UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE -- After Marcus Camby's dud return Tuesday night when his right knee swelled up again, there was fear it would take a while before the 6-11 dynamo would regain...
DUTCHMAN DECLARE WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amBUFFALO -- Little Hofstra's Big Dream had been shattered 86-66 by Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State was too big, too strong, too tough, too experienced, too everything. The NCAA Tournament, this...
WAVES SWALLOW UP KNIGHT'S HOOSIERS
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amPepperdine77 Indiana57 BUFFALO -- To those who didn't see Pepperdine's 77-57 first-round whipping of Indiana, the score looked like a misprint. To those who did, the game looked like a...
BRUINS HAVE TALENT TO TEST TERPS
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amMIDWEST MINNEAPOLIS - UCLA coach Steve Lavin watched Maryland dismantle Iona in Thursday night's Midwest Regional first-round game and he liked what he saw ... except for the fact that...
ST. PATRIK SAVORING 30-GOAL MILESTONE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amBy his namesake's holiday, Patrik Elias already had something to celebrate. So did his Devil teammates, who finally didn't have to hear they hadn't had a 30-goal scorer for five...
HOUSTON: I'M READY
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amAllan Houston feels he's about ready to bust out. With an arduous schedule ahead that began last night in Charlotte, continues against the Lakers tomorrow at home and Tuesday in...
HOFSTRA TRIES TO AVOID SPEEDY EXIT
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amBUFFALO - In the biggest game of his life, of all their lives, Speedy Claxton needed the biggest game of his life. Little Hofstra was going to huff and Little...
UTES BEAT MICHIGAN STATE? FAT CHANCE
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - The way to the Sweet Sixteen for Utah now necessarily has to go through Rick Majerus' stomach, which we all know is even more well rounded than Michigan...
TEMPLE SHOWS PLENTY OF PEP
March 18, 2000 | 5:00amTemple 73 Lafayette 47 BUFFALO - The last coach John Chaney wanted to see on the other side of the Marine Midland Arena court on St. Patrick's Day was Lafayette's...