April 26, 2000
DAVID GEFFEN'S CURIOUS $279M INVESTMENT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amWHY did David Geffen invest in a company that has HBO as part of its name? If this were the HBO of "Sopranos" fame, the interest by the entertainment entrepreneur...
VERA PLANS MADISON BOUTIQUE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amVera Wang is expanding her retail empire. The upscale bridal turned ready-to-wear designer is planning to open her first non-bridal store, The Post has learned. She wants to set up...
REID IT AND WEEP - LOOK OUT CLIVE, L.A. REID IS MOVING IN
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe Clive Davis-vs-BMG showdown is finally coming to a close. While Davis is out shopping his plans for a new entertainment company, his sucessor to the Arista Records throne, Antonio...
DARYL K TO BOOST PEGASUS' PROFILE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe U.S. fashion business is starting to look positively European, with designers seeking refuge in the arms of big corporate backers. Downtown designer Daryl Kerrigan, who designs under the name...
BLEEDING DRKOOP.COM SEEKS TRANSFU$ION
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amDrkoop.com, the popular health-related Web site, is on its deathbed. The company admitted yesterday that it will run out of cash in four months and needs a miracle cure to...
SOTHEBY'S CEASE-FIRE SET - TOP SHAREHOLDER WON'T PRESS BOARD PROXY FIGHT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTALKING:Sotheby's investor Ron Baron is negotiating with the auction house over shifting control of the board away from the family of ex-chairman Alfred Taubman (above).AP photo A truce has been...
K-TEL GOING DIGITAL WITH DOWNLOADABLE MUSIC
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIt's the 1990s all over again. K-tel, the record company known for its nostalgic compilation albums, is joining the likes of Sony, Universal and BMG, and going digital. Starting in...
KOSNER'S NEWS: THE EXODUS BEGINS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTHE first defection at the Daily News under new Editor-in-Chief Ed Kosner turns out to be the paper's deputy managing editor, Orla Healy. Healy, who also edits the paper's "Thersdays"...
20 INDICTED, 22 PLEAD GUILTY IN STOCK SCAM
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amMore than 40 officials, brokers and stock promoters affiliated with defunct Meyers Pollock Robbins Inc. have been charged in Manhattan in an alleged $176 million "pump and dump" scheme. The...
DOBBS NEGOTIATING CNN COMEBACK
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amEx-CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is in talks to return to his old employer, The Post has learned. It's unclear whether Dobbs would return to the air or assume an off-air...
STOCK SCAM PROBE NETS 40; 22 PLEAD GUILTY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amMore than 40 officials, brokers and stock promoters affiliated with the defunct Meyers Pollock Robbins, Inc. have been charged in Manhattan in an alleged $176 million "pump and dump" scheme....
HOT EARLY AUGUST
April 26, 2000 | 4:00am'JITNEY," August Wilson's first play, has been reworked for its New York premiere at the Second Stage. Written in 1979, it is set, like most of Wilson's plays, in the...
NEW SMITH'S NOT ALL THAT IT COULD B.
April 26, 2000 | 4:00am'I wouldn't," our Wednesday night waiter replies to our question about So Slow Roast Dry Rub Buttah Ribs. He shakes his head severely. Then this friendly fellow - "I'm trying...
KATHY FINDS HER PRINCE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amROYAL TV producer Prince Edward is making a two-hour drama starring Kathy Ireland for the family-friendly network, Pax TV. Prince Edward - who has adopted the professional name Edward Windsor...
CRITICS GO WILD FOR 'PARTY'
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Manhattan Theater Club's "The Wild Party," a dud panned by most critics, nevertheless snagged 13 Drama Desk nominations yesterday, including Outstanding New Musical, Music and Lyrics (both by Andrew...
THE STARR REPORT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe Eagle has landed Ex-Eagle frontman Don Henley is joining Joan Lunden on A&E's talent roster. Henley will be featured in a special "Live By Request" airing from Dallas on...
NBC'S CHEF SHOW GOES OFF THE BOIL - 'MEN FROM MARS' IS WAITING IN THE WINGS FOR TOP MORNING SLOT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amBUBBLY British chef Ainsley Harriott has been canned by NBC. His self-titled "Ainsley Harriott Show," which mixed up cooking with celebrity interviews, will not be coming back next year. The...
FIDDLING AROUND WITH A STRAD - RARE VIOLIN A REAL TRILL FOR REPORTER
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIT had always been a fantasy - like sleeping with a rock star. Only it wasn't a star I was cuddling, it was a Stradivarius - and for an amateur...
STRINGING TOGETHER TIDBITS ON INSTRUMENT'S PAST
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIT'S the Rolls-Royce of violins, the Chateau Petrus of stringed instruments. It's a Stradivarius - one of about 600 left in the world and one of only 14 fiddles made...
57TH STREET HOSTS TWO NEW VARIETIES
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amSHELLY Fireman's newest restaurant, Shelly's New York, opens in two weeks at the former Motown Cafe at 104 W. 57th St. Meanwhile, Central Park Cafe, located just across 57th St.,...
THEY'RE CHEESE WHIZZES - FROMAGERS: THE NEW WINE STEWARDS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIT'S not easy being cheesy.Slammed as smelly, fatty and bacterially dirty - and deadly by some medical experts - the creamy staple took its lumps in the last decade, including...
ADIOS, ELIAN - WITH THE BOY OUT OF THE PICTURE, CAN TV GO BACK TO NORMAL?
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amNO pictures, no story. It's an axiom that has long been true of television news. And in the case of Elian Gonzalez, it's never been more true than right now....
THE POWER OF CHI - WHAT'S HOT IN THE KITCHEN? FENG SHUI, OF COURSE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amNEXT time you enter your kitchen, watch out. There's a tiger, a tortoise, a bird and a dragon in there! Don't worry. You're not in any immediate danger. What you've...
BITTERSWEET TRIUMPH - BROADWAY'S RED-HOT SUSAN STROMAN BARES HER PRIVATE PAIN
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIN just six months, Susan Stroman has plunged to the depths of personal despair -- and soared to the heights of professional success. As the director and choreographer of both...
THIS ISN'T NAZI GERMANY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amALL right, everybody, cool it with the Hitler analogies. Comparing elected officials and law-enforcement officers here in the United States to the most evil man in human history and the...
BODY'S OWN PROTEIN MIGHT KO LUNG CANCER
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amA protein produced by the body's lymph glands can help kill lung-cancer cells by cutting off their oxygen, UCLA scientists said yesterday. The protein - called secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine,...
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ELIAN: CLINTONITE FLIP-FLOPS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00am'LET'S bear in mind, these people left Cuba because of the terrible economic, social, political, legal and security conditions that led and have led thousands of Cuban citizens to seek...
PETS.COM POOP$ ON CONAN'S 'PUP'PET
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIt's a dog-sue-dog world! Pets.com is hauling Conan O'Brien's former head writer into federal court - saying he defamed the company's popular sock-puppet pooch with a foul-mouthed hose hound named...
YOU CAN ARGUE HER METHODS, BUT SHE GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTHOSE who would damn Janet Reno for snatching Elian Gonzalez from that unpredictable loony bin in Little Havana have never had a natural child torn from their arms. A real...
SEX OFFENDERS NAMED ON PARENTS' WEB SITE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - A grass-roots parent organization has beaten the state by putting the names and addresses of convicted sex offenders online for the first time. Unhappy with the state's progress,...
'FINE' TIME FOR PUFFY PARTY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amPuff Daddy coughed up $2,000 yesterday - as he took the rap for throwing a wild party in the Hamptons last summer. Puffy - a k a Sean Combs -...
FARE 'BEATER': SCARED HACK
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amA Bronx livery driver beat a passenger with a metal bar yesterday morning because he was worried he was going to get shot after the two argued, police said. Police...
COUNCIL OKS PET-SPAYING REGULATIONS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe City Council yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill requiring pet stores and animal shelters to spay or neuter all dogs and cats before they're sold or adopted. The bill, which...
VT. SAYS 'I DO' TO CIVIL UNIONS FOR GAY COUPLES
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amVermont's House of Representatives voted yesterday to give gay and lesbian couples marriage-like recognition - the first state in the nation to do so. The Senate already passed the legislation...
LOUIMA COP: I'M INNOCENT AND 'PROSECUTION KNOWS IT,' JAILED SCHWARZ SAYS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amDEVENS, Mass.JAILED ex-cop Charles Schwarz said yesterday: "Before God and man, I am not guilty of anything. And the prosecution knows it better than anyone." Schwarz, convicted in the Abner...
LEADERS TAKE CRITICAL LOOK AT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amA panel of global leaders yesterday expressed uneasiness with the conduct of American foreign policy and called on the United States to assume a greater leadership role in a world...
SERVICE HONORS SLAIN ARMENIANS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amMore than 2,000 people from around the world converged at St. Patrick's Cathedral Monday night to remember the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian genocide. The somber interfaith service was...
MCCAIN REVISITS TORTUROUS PAST AT HANOI HILTON
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe Vietnam War ended in defeat for the U.S.-backed regime in Saigon 25 years ago this month, the end of a demoralizing conflict that left its mark on all aspects...
SMALL INVESTORS TAKE BIG PLUNGE BACK INTO TECH STOCKS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIndividual investors charged into technology stocks yesterday, driving the Nasdaq composite index to its third-largest point gain ever. Following days of roller-coaster volatility, the rally erased the effects of Monday's...
RUDY'S NOT WAX-EXEMPT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amA wax double of Mayor Giuliani, unveiled yesterday for Madame Tussaud's new Times Square museum, is a Rudy dead-ringer - except for the ring. A slightly shorter and fleshier version...
RUDY HINTS HE'LL NIX RENT HIKES OVER 8%
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani indicated yesterday that he won't approve rent hikes of 8 percent or more for 540,000 tenants, even though new figures show that's how much landlords' operating costs have...
HILL: RUDY OWES FEDS AN APOLOGY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton yesterday called on Mayor Giuliani to apologize for branding the federal agents who snatched Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives as "storm troopers." Giuliani defended his highly...
FLORIDA DEM: PREZ LIED TO ME ABOUT RAID
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A key Democrat - Florida Sen. Bob Graham - yesterday accused President Clinton of breaking a pledge that Elian Gonzalez wouldn't be snatched at night. That charge came...
RENO'S LEGACY RESTS ON RAIDS - WACO, ELIAN DEFINE HER CAREER AS ATTY. GEN.
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amEVEN her biggest critics would never deny that Attorney General Janet Reno agonized over Elian Gonzalez. If anything, they say, she agonized so much - and so long - that...
PUERTO RICO PROTESTERS HALT NAVY BOMBING
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amU.S. Navy officials nixed plans yesterday to bomb the Puerto Rican Island of Vieques, where several hundred protesters have turned themselves into human shields halting military target practices there. The...
'MILLIONAIRE' BRIDE EYEING 'TASTEFUL' FULL-FRONTAL NUDE POSE FOR PLAYBOY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amDarva Conger is set to star in "Who Wants to See a Multimillionaire's Ex-Wife Naked." The blonde nurse who wed comic Rick Rockwell on the Fox show "Who Wants to...
JEWISH VENGEANCE SQUAD KILLED NAZIS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amJewish soldiers in a British unit secretly hunted down and executed Nazis right after the end of World War II, according to an explosive documentary to be aired tonight. "In...
'DR. ZORRO' CUTS A DEAL FOR NO JAIL
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amAn admittedly demented Manhattan doctor has been promised no jail time in return for a guilty plea yesterday to carving his initials into the torso of a female patient. Dr....
CUBAN BUDDIES FRET OVER STATESIDE FIASCO
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amCARDENAS, Cuba. NANCY PEDROSO is torn between the two people she loves the most and Elian Gonzalez. Pedroso's son Hanser, 6, is one of Elian's best friends and one of...
DEADBEAT HUBBY WILL FLEE: WIFE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amDeadbeat millionaire Edward Weslock was released from custody yesterday - and his estranged wife fears the former fugitive will sneak back out of the country. Weslock, 64, was arrested on...
MORGY NOT BUYING BRICK-ATTACK ALIBI
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amManhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau yesterday defended the prosecution of accused brick-attack fiend Paris Drake - despite defense claims that Drake has an airtight alibi and was framed. "We don't...
PALTROW SUED BY PAIR HURT IN CAR CRASH
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A brother and sister who claim they were rear-ended by Gwyneth Paltrow want the Oscar winning actress to pay $50,000. Paltrow was driving on LaCienega Boulevard near...
INVESTOR TO STARS INDICTED IN $9M THEFT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amA high-flying investor to the stars stole from famous clients to bankroll a lifestyle of lavish parties, hotel suites, and helicopter rides - and even loan millions to his glitterati...
GORE SAYS HE'D HAVE HANDLED IT DIFFERENTLY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amVice President Al Gore said yesterday he disagreed with his boss - President Clinton - on the decision to grab Elian Gonzalez by force and return him to his dad....
SKI-LIFT KIN SETTLE FOR $40M
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe families of the 20 people killed when a low-flying Marine jet snapped an Italian ski gondola cable have settled their suits against the United States for $40 million, a...
ELIAN AWAITS HIS LITTLE AMIGOS - CUBAN PALS WILL VISIT HIM AT NEW MD. DIGS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amElian Gonzalez moved yesterday to his new home away from home - where his kindergarten teacher and four Cuban playmates will soon join him for a two-week visit, officials said....
RAMSEYS NIX LIE-DETECTOR TEST
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe parents of JonBenet Ramsey are no longer willing to take a lie-detector test because their lawyer and Boulder, Colo., police are at odds over who should administer it. John...
ORACLE BOSS 'THISCLOSE' TO DETHRONING $$ KING GATES
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amBill Gates nearly lost his title of "World's Richest Man" during a six-second cliffhanger on Wall Street yesterday. The supernerd head of Microsoft was worth $52.9 billion when the opening...
EX-HACKER WILL FIGHT LIMITS ON SPEECHES
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amInfamous computer hacker Kevin Mitnick says he'll fight federal probation officers' efforts to stop him from speaking and writing about computers and computer security problems. "I don't even know if...
SLAIN CABBY 'NABS' FOUR - HE VOWED NOT TO LET SUSPECTS GET AWAY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe eighth livery cabdriver slain this year carried out a vow he made on the day he died - to take his attackers with him. Struggling desperately for his life,...
MUSLIM EXTREMISTS BEHIND MALAY KIDNAP
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amAn upstate hero who faced down armed hostage-takers on a Malaysian resort island and avoided being seized along with his wife had an even narrower escape than he first thought....
POLICE FIND BEHEADED BODY OF ROBBERY WITNESS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amA man found burned and beheaded in Queens was a key witness in a Brooklyn assault and robbery case, sources said yesterday. Kelly Marcelus, a pizza deliveryman, had been expected...
MAN CHARGED IN $40M MEDICARE FRAUD
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amA convicted felon who acted as the shadow boss behind several Brooklyn ambulance companies, was charged yesterday with bilking Medicare out of $40 million - even though he'd been banned...
SEA SEARCH ON FOR MALAYSIA HOSTAGES - ADBUCTORS WHO BACKED DOWN FROM HERO LAY LOW
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amAn upstate hero who faced down armed abductors on a Malaysian resort island and avoided being seized with his wife as hostages may have had an even narrower escape than...
REPORT RIPS 'DUMBED DOWN' TEXTS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amNew history books offered to New York public schools are "dumbed down" guides that promote cultural trivia over substance and distort or ignore American achievements, an explosive new report charges....
WIFE FEARS DEADBEAT HUBBY WILL FLEE AGAIN
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amDeadbeat millionaire Edward Weslock was released from custody yesterday - and his estranged wife fears the former fugitive will sneak back out of the country. Weslock, 64, was arrested on...
MORGY BACKS BRICK-ATTACK PROSECUTION, DESPITE ALIBI
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amManhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau yesterday defended the prosecution of accused brick-attack fiend Paris Drake - despite defense claims that Drake has an airtight alibi and was framed. "We don't...
ORACLE BOSS 44ó SHY OF DETHRONING $$ KING GATES
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIn a six-second cliff-hanger on Wall Street yesterday, Bill Gates came within 44 cents of losing his title as the world's richest man. The supernerd head of Microsoft was worth...
GETTING A JUMP START ON THE DERBY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe Kentucky Derby is just 10 days away, and although Fusaichi Pegasus will be the solid betting choice, he's facing a formidable field of challengers. Remember that no favorite has...
STRIPER FISH TO BE CONTROLLED BY NYS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTHE long awaited striped bass legislation was finally signed on Friday by Gov. Pataki ending the uncertainty as to what regulations would govern the 2000 season. New York State will...
MUGGSY EARNS NOD OVER CHRISTIE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - Well, if it isn't the old Knick point-guard problem rearing its ugly head again. Toronto coach Butch Carter has decided to start pint-sized speed demon Muggsy Bogues in...
DOC'S RX COULD INCLUDE CHEEKS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIf Julius Erving comes in as the head of the Nets' basketball operations, Maurice Cheeks might not be far behind as the coach. With Erving a candidate to return to...
VAN SEES DANGER SIGN - BLASTS KNICKS FOR LACKADAISICAL PRACTICE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy got a little angry when he sensed his club didn't have the same edge during yesterday's practice at Purchase. Van Gundy indicated the Knicks wasted their extra...
DEVS WON'T GO FOURTH VS. TORONTO
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - It probably will happen sooner than later, and when it does, three someones won't like it. Devil coach Larry Robinson expects this to be a three-line series. The...
KNEE SURGERY ENDS OLIWA PLAYOFF HOPES
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - Tie Domi will have to find someone else. Krzysztof Oliwa won't be back in these playoffs. The Devils' 6-foot-5 enforcer underwent season-ending left knee surgery yesterday for a...
ISLANDERS SALE OFFICIAL: NEW ARENA WILL BE NEXT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe Islanders' sale-saga is over. Computer Associates chairman Charles Wang and Computer Associates president Sonjay Kumar finalized a deal yesterday to purchase the Islanders for $180 million. A formal announcement...
AT CRUNCH TIME, KICK THE BALL OUT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amPATRICK EWING will get the ball with little time left, which is plenty more than Jeff Van Gundy has for anyone who wonders why. "A Hall of Fame player gets...
GLOVE SPAT MAY KO GRANT-LEWIS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIT wouldn't be a respectable heavyweight fight without a little pre-fight controversy. That's why it should come as no surprise that three days before Lennox Lewis and Michael Grant meet...
GIANT PROSPECT STARS IN EUROPE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amJust last week, Giants cornerback Bashir Levingston complained about the difficulty in playing and living in Amsterdam, an assignment he accepted in order to have a better chance of sticking...
SPREE KNOWS WHY JEFF WAS TICKED OFF
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Some Knicks didn't know what Jeff Van Gundy was all worked up about yesterday at Purchase. He was ticked the Knicks didn't have the same focus during practice...
CHIP SHOTS FOR CHARITY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIT was a long way from their respective professional golf tours, but the cause made it just as important for PGA Tour veteran Corey Pavin and LPGA star Meg Mallon....
JAYSON VOWS HE'LL BE BACK
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amJayson Williams says he is frustrated. He says he is in pain some days when the weather is bad. But he insists he is not through playing. "I am going...
MINNESOTA'S RADKE COOL ON RUMORS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIf Brad Radke's excited about the prospect of pitching for the Yankees and the Mets, he's hiding it very well. "Right now everything's on hold," the Minnesota right-hander said last...
HOU-DINI: I WON'T DISAPPEAR
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amAllan Houston scored 21 points in Sunday's 92-88 Game 1 win but was shut out in the fourth quarter. Sound familiar? Houston's 0-for-3, two-turnover fourth with no shots taken in...
PETTITTE READY TO PITCH IN
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Today, the Bombers' struggling starting rotation is expected to get a huge boost when Andy Pettitte comes off the disabled list and makes his first start at The...
EL DUQUE FOLLOWS CONSCIENCE, JOINS ELIAN PROTEST
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amPitcher Orlando Hernandez was not present in the Bomber dugout for last night's 6-1 loss to Minnesota. Like a host of other Latin ballplayers, El Duque - who was not...
CAMBY: CASE CLOSED - MARCUS SHRUGS OFF DROPPED LAWSUIT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe TV cameras and microphones floated toward Marcus Camby following yesterday's Knick practice with the same zeal as the Raptors players did in Game 1. But Camby was not ready...
ORDONEZ, ROJAS SIT OUT IN SUPPORT OF ELIAN
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amSupporting the South Florida Cuban community's call for a general strike, Met shortstop Rey Ordonez and third-base coach Cookie Rojas were among numerous major-leaguers to sit out yesterday to protest...
BOMBERS CAN'T GET BATS TO FLY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amLAST year, the Yankees never felt right. They would endure long stretches that played out as indifference, as if the season were boring them. They seemingly won more out of...
REY SHOULD'VE PLAYED - ORDONEZ BELONGED ON FIELD WITH TEAMMATES
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amMELVIN Mora played shortstop for the Mets in place of Rey Ordonez last night, and aside from the improvement, nobody could tell the difference. I know, that is a sentence....
YARNALL MAKES DEBUT - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amBy now, Ed Yarnall was supposed to have made a few starts as the No. 5 man in the Yankee rotation. That's what they had envisioned before the season began...
SILENT NIGHT IN THE BRONX - MENDOZA LOSES AGAIN AS TWINS HAMMER YANKS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amTwins 6 - Yankees 1 Scott Brosius was back in the Yankee lineup last night, with starter Andy Pettitte set to return today and Chuck Knoblauch later in the week,...
NBA BRASS TOLD BUTCH: DON'T BE COURT JESTER
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amRAPTOR NOTES TORONTO - Last night Butch Carter officially confirmed he has dropped his $5 million defamation lawsuit against Marcus Camby. The Toronto coach initially made his decision shortly before...
HE'S NO KEN-DO! - GRIFFEY PUNCHED OUT IN GAME-ENDING DRAMA AS METS WIN 9TH IN ROW
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amWith a 6-5 lead and Sean Casey on first with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning at a cold Shea Stadium last night, Met closer Armando Benitez...
SPRINGER TO TAKE TURN FOR AILING REED
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES After being able to play catch for only moments yesterday, Rick Reed won't start tonight's game with the Reds at Shea. "He played catch, but he didn't catch...
.194 BA HAS JUNIOR RED
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThis is what everyone wanted. The Reds. The fans at Shea. And especially Cincinnati slugger Ken Griffey Jr., who stepped to the plate with two outs and a runner on...
STORM RECRUIT CUFFE ELIGIBLE FOR 2000-01
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amSt. John's recruit Kyle Cuffe of Rice and the Red Storm coaching staff were all smiles yesterday after learning the 6-foot-8 forward had posted a qualifying score on his standardized...
BROSIUS COMPLETES YANKEE PUZZLE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amON THIS team, the No. 9 hitter matters. On this team, not built around the almighty homer, the ability to have professional at-bats, run the bases expertly and make every...
RADKE POKER-FACED 'BOUT DEAL TO APPLE
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amIf Brad Radke's excited about the prospect of pitching for the Yankees and the Mets, he's hiding it very well. "Right now everything's on hold," the Minnesota right-hander said last...
ORDONEZ & ROJAS SIT OUT FOR ELIAN - BACK PROTEST BY FELLOW CUBANS; OCHOA PLAYS
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amSupporting the South Florida Cuban community, neither Met shortstop Rey Ordonez nor third-base coach Cookie Rojas participated in last night's game at Shea with the Reds. Both left Shea before...
PETTITTE READY TO PITCH IN - ANDY TO COME OFF DL AND MAKE 1ST START AT STADIUM
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amJoe Torre has said time and again that the Yankees will go as far as their pitching will take them. Today, the Bombers struggling starting rotation is expected to get...
DROPPED SUIT SUITS CAMBY
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amThe TV cameras and microphones floated toward Marcus Camby following yesterday's Knick practice with the same zeal as the Raptors players did in Game 1. But Camby was not ready...
LEAGUE BRASS TOLD BUTCH DON'T BECOME COURT JESTER
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amRAPTOR NOTES TORONTO - Butch Carter made the decision to drop his $5 million defamation lawsuit against Marcus Camby shortly before midnight Monday after marathon talks with the league. Carter...
.203 BA HAS JUNIOR RED
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amKen Griffey Jr. was standing at the side of the batting cage at Shea, surrounded by photographers and reporters when he yelled, "Yo!" One head turned immediately. Ken Griffey Sr....
REED LIKELY MET SCRATCH FOR TONIGHT
April 26, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES After being able to play catch for only moments yesterday, Rick Reed is unlikely to start tonight's game with the Reds at Shea. "He played catch, but he...