May 10, 2000
THREE TAKEOVER PLAYS THAT ARE RIPE FOR MORE ACTION
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amPOLICY Management Systems, Dexter Corp. and Wesley Jessen Inc. - keep an eye on these stocks if you want to play the takeover game with a little less risk. Each...
COMCAST THUMBS-UP COULD AID ARMSTRONG
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amAT&T Chairman Michael Armstrong might want to think about taking advantage of Comcast chief Brian Robert's interest in buying control of Excite@Home. Robert's comments come while AT&T's profts - and...
. . . AND DRAGS THE MARKETS LOWER
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amSkittishness about today's Microsoft news - the company's own plans to remedy its monopolistic practices - unnerved the markets yesterday, with the computer giant falling $2 to $67.81. Microsoft, one...
CISCO BEATS ESTIMATES; WILL IT BEAT BARRON'S RAP?
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amIt's decision day for Cisco shareholders. The Internet router giant beat profit estimates by a penny per share, the company announced after the closing bell last night, and now investors...
MICROSOFT TRIES TO STALL - HOPES NEW PREZ WON'T BE AS TOUGH
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMicrosoft plans to launch an aggressive three-pronged legal assault on the Justice Department today and will demand essentially a "second trial" on government proposals to break up the company and...
BILLIONAIRE BARGAIN HUNTERS - BASS, ICAHN DABBLE IN RETAIL
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amTwo billionaire financiers have suddenly made a play for a couple of Wall Street misfits, leaving some to wonder if their gambles will ever pay off. Yesterday, corporate raider Carl...
THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH OPRAH
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amIT looks like Oprah Winfrey's ability to confer best-seller status on books is translating to her own magazine, as well. O, the Oprah Magazine from Hearst, has gone back on...
SANTANA MULLS EXITING DAVIS-LESS ARISTA
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe fallout may already have begun at Arista Records. Just one week after Arista parent BMG Entertainment announced Antonio "L.A." Reid would be stepping into Clive Davis' shoes, Carlos Santana,...
LEASE AND DESIST - WARRING ONLINE APT. LISTINGS GO TO COURT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amAn ugly war has broken out between two of New York's online apartment listings services. MLX.com and Apartmentsource.com have been slinging insults and allegations back and forth - and the...
ABT CELEBRATES 60TH B-DAY WITH NEW TWYLA
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amAMERICAN Ballet Theater has become a sprightly, even sexy, sexagenarian, and it is celebrating that rite of passage with its current eight-week Metropolitan Opera House season. Monday night brought a...
THE STARR REPORT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amSchulz's legacy Charles Schulz had the chance to work on tonight's CBS special, "Here's To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years," before he passed away last February. It airs at...
CASA MEXICANA IS A HOUSE OF STYLE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00am'COLOR noir" is how my dinner mate sums up Casa Mexicana's unique look. Situated on a Lower East Side corner, this new-style cantina's rust walls and red upholstery - shot...
WANNA SEE A DIRTY MOVIE..? - PORN-AGAIN BROTHERS OF 'RATED X' RATE A PEEK (BUT DON'T GET CAUGHT)
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amWHAT can you say to a religious woman who doesn't speak English who catches you watching a dirty movie at 2 o'clock in the afternoon? Nothing, that's what. My life...
CREEPY EATS - DINERS DOWNING EVER-ODDER EDIBLES
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amNOT too long ago, eating sushi was considered daring. But foodies have become so adventurous that eating out is a sport for some. It's called extreme cuisine - and strange...
MOURNING OVER FOR MORTIMER'S LOYALS?
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE'S good news for the society ladies who lunch: Soon, they'll be able to go home. For nearly a year and a half, the gutted shell of former society chow-house...
NOT ALL MUSICAL REVIVALS ARE 'WONDERFUL'
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amSHORT runs of musical gems from yesteryear can sometimes reveal the essence of a work. Two elegant revivals last weekend let us see straight into the New York of the...
SUDDENLY, SUCCESS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00am'THE pretty boys' careers are over when they hit 30. But because of my weight and lack of hair, mine is just beginning!" says Kevin Chamberlain, triumphantly. The man has...
POKEMON HAS A LOST WEEKEND
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amWHITE hot "Pokemon" is suddenly in danger of cooling off - thanks to Disney's "The Weekenders." For the first time in more than a year, the Japanese-made cartoon placed second...
BREAKIN' IN THE CODE - TIMES SQUARE NIGHTSPOT SHOWCASES VIDEO GAMES
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amWITH booze, video games, pinball and girls all in the same place, Times Square's new Bar Code could be a paradise for geeks who want to spend a night on...
PRESIDENTIAL TRIO PITCHES CHINA TRADE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday enlisted former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter to help him plug his free-trade pact with China - but ex-President Bush was a no-show. Bush,...
MCCARTHY WON'T BACK DOWN FROM CAPITOL HILL GUNFIGHT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - When women from across America rally here Sunday in favor of new gun-control laws, only one member of Congress will be standing before them - Rep. Carolyn McCarthy...
MAC'S STINGING ENDORSEMENT? - BACKS BUSH TO 'TAKE MEDICINE NOW'
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Defeated Republican John McCain finally vowed yesterday to "enthusiastically" back George W. Bush for president - but admitted it was like downing a dose of bitter medicine. "'Take...
MORE FLEE SIERRA LEONE STRIFE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amBritish troops flew European citizens out of Sierra Leone's chaotic capital of Freetown while the government army fought rebels for control of the highway into the city, authorities said yesterday....
LOCKERBIE EVIDENCE SNAFUS EYED
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amScottish police testified yesterday that some evidence from the Lockerbie bombing was mislabeled and some debris has never been found. Officer Duncan McInnes acknowledged under cross-examination that evidence-tracking systems could...
SORRY TO DISAGREE WITH YOU, MR. MAYOR, BUT ... THIS 'FRIEND' MATTERS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amPERHAPS the most astonishing thing about the revelation that Rudy Giuliani has a "very good friend" is that the public response has been little short of indifferent. For all the...
KNICKKNACK NUN SERVES GOD WITH GLEE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amYOU might call Karol Jackowski the East Village's Swinging Nun. On a Friday night, Sister Karol can be found unwinding at some Avenue A dive, sipping margaritas with pals. Laughing...
BLACK KENYANS OCCUPY WHITE FARMS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amHundreds of black families in Kenya have invaded two white-owned farms, but the government in Nairobi said yesterday the incidents are not copycat attacks related to recent land occupations in...
ROGUE COP'S FIREMAN BROTHER NABBED AS PERV
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe firefighter brother of an infamous cop has been charged with acting lewdly in front of two teen-age girls as they walked to their Manhattan school, authorities said. Timothy Dowd,...
'LOVE BUG' SUSPECT CAN BUZZ OFF FOR NOW
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amA Philippine bank employee suspected of creating the "Love Bug" computer virus was temporarily freed yesterday. Reonel Ramones, 28, who was arrested Monday, was released until officials can examine evidence...
ILLNESS MADE ME A CHAMP, BIKE HERO SAYS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amTour de France champ Lance Armstrong, who battled back from a near-fatal cancer to win the world's most grueling bike race last year, calls the disease "the best thing that...
MEDICAID RECIPIENTS MIGHT BE FINGERPRINTED
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - The Pataki administration wants nearly half a million of New York's working poor to undergo fingerprinting to qualify for Medicaid, The Post has learned. Designed to cut down...
STATE'S DEM CHIEF: ATTACK GIULIANI 'OVER MY DEAD BODY'
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amDemocratic state Chairwoman Judith Hope said yesterday she has ordered speakers at next week's party convention to "leave Mayor Giuliani alone." Hope, who is putting the final touches on plans...
ANGRY COPS HINT FEDS POACHED THEIR MOB CANARY
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amA key informant in a major mob probe slipped out of a motel hideout where the NYPD was guarding him around the clock - and quickly turned up working with...
S. BRONX KIDS 'STOCK' UP ON WINNERS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amInvestors looking for get-rich stock tips should call the Wall Street whiz kids from the South Bronx. Cyber-savvy fifth-graders from Clara Barton PS 50 won the elementary-school Stock Market Game...
EMBATTLED BIZ LEADER QUITS SAN GENNARO POST
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe head of the San Gennaro Feast quit suddenly yesterday - a day after The Post disclosed that another organization she runs in Little Italy is under investigation for possible...
FEDS TO SOUND SKEETER-SPRAY ALARM, SAY POLS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amFederal officials are expected to declare malathion, the mosquito-killing chemical sprayed across the city in last summer's battle against the deadly West Nile virus, carcinogenic and much more dangerous than...
HURLEY'S A SUCKER FOR BID TO KICK CIGS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amElizabeth Hurley is a real sucker when it comes to quitting smoking! The sexy brunette actress is using a baby pacifier to try to kick her 10-cig-a-day habit. Hurley's so...
EVIL PEDOPHILE'S INTERNET VICTIM: I WAS EASY PREY - LOVE-STRUCK TEEN FELL FOR ONLINE LIES
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Katie Tarbox thought she was finally grown up when she met the love of her life in an Internet chat room. But her online Romeo was a sexual predator...
BRUNO TO RUDY: DEAL WITH IT! - CONCERNS FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amState Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno - one of the state's top Republicans - said yesterday he is "concerned" that revelations about Mayor Giuliani's gal pal could hurt his U.S....
JUDI'S AUNTS ARE ASHAMED SHE'S SEEING MARRIED MAN
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amJudi Nathan's close relationship with Mayor Giuliani is raising eyebrows in her Pennsylvania hometown - even among members of her own family. "It goes against everything I believe in. I...
JUDGES COULD DECIDE ELIAN FATE TOMORROW
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amA federal court could decide tomorrow whether Cuban "raft boy" Elian Gonzalez is entitled to a political-asylum hearing - something his Miami relatives want - or whether his father is...
PROBLEMATIC PUFF PROTEGE CHARGED IN B-BALL BRAWL
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe Sean "Puffy" Combs protégé accused of shooting up a Midtown nightclub once beat up a man in a tony West Side sports club, court papers charge. In a $6...
U.S. BACKS ONE CUBAN DAD, JAILS ANOTHER
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amDESPERATE, starving and stranded on a deserted island off the coast of Cuba, Ian Alonso remembers how his heart pounded when he spotted his father's 24-foot boat. Alonso and 11...
BOMBSHELL HITS DAD JAGGER ON CHILD SUPPORT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe mother of Mick Jagger's love child wants the wrinkly Rolling Stone to paint it green - and pony up $35,000 a month in child support. "I just want what's...
EXPERT: 'THIS HIGHLIGHTS HOW COMMON DISEASE IS'
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amIt might seem strange that Mayor Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Safir were diagnosed with prostate cancer in the space of two weeks, but experts aren't surprised. They say it...
TV HUNK WINS ANAKIN ROLE IN NEW EPISODE OF 'STAR WARS'
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe Force is with a hunky blond actor who has just been cast in the dream role of Anakin Skywalker in the next "Star Wars" movie. He's 19-year-old Hayden Christensen,...
PAULA DEALING WITH STAG MAG FOR PIX SPREAD
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amPaula Jones says she knows what the president's equipment looks like - now she wants the American people to learn all about hers. The woman who accused Bill Clinton of...
KIDS' PARENTS MUST SHARE IN BLAME
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amSHE is out of jail today, wiser and oh, so much tougher. Amy Grossberg, 21, has spent 23 months in prison for leaving her baby in a trash bin. Amy...
ED BOARD TO QUIZ CHANCELLOR CANDIDATES AS FIELD NARROWS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe Board of Education will start interviewing candidates Saturday for the job of permanent schools chancellor - a list that includes interim schools boss Harold Levy. The board last week...
COURAGEOUS STRAPHANGERS RESCUE BABY ON 'EL' TRACKS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amTwo fearless straphangers jumped onto elevated tracks yesterday to pull a 7-week-old girl to safety when a gust of wind blew her stroller off a Queens train platform. Maria Gonzalez,...
KY. BOOZE BLAZE IMPERILS WATER
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amA conflagration in a Kentucky warehouse yesterday turned at least 15,000 barrels of Wild Turkey bourbon into literal firewater. Flames shot 50 feet into the air at the Wild Turkey...
SAFIR'S GOT SAME CANCER AS MAYOR
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Howard Safir stunned the city yesterday by revealing he is battling the same form of cancer as Mayor Giuliani. With his wife and the mayor at his side,...
NO BABY-KILLERS' REUNION - ALREADY-RELEASED N.J. 'DAD' DOESN'T WANT TO SEE NEWLY-FREED EX
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amConvicted baby-killer Amy Grossberg will walk out of a Delaware prison today - but the boyfriend who fathered her child and tossed the newborn into a Dumpster doesn't want to...
FERGIE'S DAD: LET 'EM REMARRY
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amIf Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew want to tie the knot again, Britain's royal family should not stand in the way, Fergie's dad says in a London newspaper today. Maj....
N.Y.'S LIKELY NEW ARCHBISHOP HAILED AS SCHOOL SAVIOR
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amBRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Bishop Edward Egan is known among his flock for his humanitarianism as well as a flair for fund-raising that helped save many Catholic schools in his diocese...
DORISMOND KIN WIN RULING ON TOXICOLOGY TESTS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe family of Patrick Dorismond should be entitled to toxicology reports on the slain security guard because of Mayor Giuliani's public comments about them, a judge ruled yesterday. "This is...
(MD+BO)R.I.P. WITH YOUR FAVORITE STARS(MD-BO) - CEMETERY WILL BURY FANS NEXT TO H'WOOD GREATS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00am(MD+BO)I(MD-BO)T'S THE final resting place of some of Hollywood's great movie legends -- the last cameo in the closing scene before the Big Awards Show in the Sky. Hollywood Memorial...
ISLE FANS OFFER SOLUTIONS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amIf new Islanders owners Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar thought it was an accomplishment building Computer Associates into an empire, they realized yesterday that it will be even more of...
HOW TO PLAY THE BIG B
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amAfter six long, cold months at Aqueduct, Big Apple bettors finally get a break today when beautiful Belmont Park opens for the spring-summer meet. The opening-day feature is the Grade...
POLITICAL MOVES ARE NOT SO SOUND
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHE environmental troubles of Long Island Sound have been well documented over the past few years, and just when it looked like it could get some help, politicians got involved....
NO RELIEF FOR ROCKER
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Two six-pack-friendly fans are talking in the left-field stands of Pro Player Stadium. One wants to move to the front row of seats along the visiting bullpen, but...
JETS SIGN DEDRIC, LEON
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe Jets yesterday re-signed restricted free agents Dedric Ward, Leon Johnson and Chris Hayes, as well as sixth-round draft pick Tony Scott, a cornerback/safety out of North Carolina State. Ward...
CROSHERE'S BREAKOUT NO SHOCK TO IVERSON
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - If everyone had listened to Allen Iverson, it might not have been such a shock that Indiana reserve Austin Croshere would break out so forcefully in Monday's 103-97...
METS' PROBLEM IS OBVIOUS - IT'S TIME FOR PHILLIPS TO BACK UP HIS MANAGER
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN Steve Phillips flew to Pittsburgh a month ago, it was to get Bobby Valentine. This time, it should be to help him. Phillips should be in the Steel City...
PATIENCE PAYS FOR MATHIS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amOn the court, J.C. Mathis displays a patience that is admirable, but somewhat frustrating to watch for a player of his size and skill. Still, that trait helped him lead...
KNICKS' PLAN: TAKE IT TO TIM - ACHY HARDAWAY IS GAME 2 TARGET FOR WARD & CO.
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Charlie Ward sent Tim Hardaway off to the locker room wincing and Alonzo Mourning to the bench with a headache in the third quarter of Game 1 Sunday...
REVENGE IS GRAND FOR ADAMS IN ROUT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amAdams 11 - GSC 2 John Adams High School was out for revenge yesterday, and got it in a big way as it clobbered Grand Street Campus 11-2. It was...
DEVILS, FLYERS READY FOR WAR
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThis will be the showdown for the real Eastern Conference title. The Flyers nipped the Devils on the final day to deny New Jersey its fourth straight regular season Eastern...
PULSE MAY BE PUSHED TO BULLPEN
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES PITTSBURGH - Bobby Valentine said last night that Glendon Rusch will start Friday against the Marlins. With the Mets having been off on Monday, it kept Rusch (1-3,...
METS SEND RICKEY A MESSAGE - HENDERSON PLAYS ON AFTER BEING PLACED ON OUTRIGHT WAIVERS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Rickey Henderson's Met career is not over - yet. The 41-year-old Henderson was placed on outright waivers on Monday, but the Mets do not have immediate plans to...
POSADA MAKING MOST OF SHOT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amCarefully hidden behind his genuine respect for Joe Girardi last season was Jorge Posada's craving for moments like the ones he's living this year. Moments like in last night's 4-3...
HAMPTON LOOKS LIKE OLD SELF
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - A lot of people are going to get credit for Mike Hampton's 8 1/3 shutout innings last night. Many have counseled last year's NL Cy Young runner-up. The...
YANKS WALK OFF WITH WIN - STRUT PAST RAYS IN 10TH ON BASES-LOADED PASS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00am10 INNINGS Yankees 4 - Devil Rays 3 It may have been one of the easiest RBIs of Paul O'Neill's career, but it was still one of the biggest of...
CURRENT SET-UP SUITS NELLIE FINE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHEY used to call him Baby Face Nelson. At this rate, he soon will answer to the name Elroy Face Nelson. For the record, his name is Jeff Nelson and...
KNOBLAUCH BACK IN LINEUP
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Chuck Knoblauch, the man the Yankees call Itty Bitty, is back. But there's nothing "itty" or "bitty" about the long-awaited return of their leadoff man and second baseman....
THOMPSON WON'T PICK BETWEEN EWING, 'ZO
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - John Thompson chose not to take sides in the Patrick Ewing-Alonzo Mourning debate but told The Post he was hardly surprised Ewing made his bold pre-series proclamation that...
HARDAWAY FEELING NO PAIN - IN FOOT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Tim Hardaway was concerned about his foot. So was everybody even remotely attached to the Heat. But the foot, Hardaway reported, was fine in Game 2, and caused...
HEAT SHOOT BLANKS - MIAMI 'O' FEEBLE FROM FIELD, STRIPE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Heat's offense last night was beyond bad, beyond abysmal. It may sound cruel, but, yes, it was Net-like. Come on, seven straight free-throw misses and 13 overall...
RILEY BEMOANS LOSS OF HOMECOURT EDGE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Heat spoke of cherishing homecourt, treating it like a family heirloom. But the homecourt edge that Miami fought so hard to get was given away last night...
THE TOUGH GET GOING - SCRAPPY VICTORY VINTAGE 'KNICK BASKETBALL'
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Knicks warned the Heat. No more easy baskets. No more free passes to the hoop. While television sets across America self-immolated over the ugliness of the performance...
MARCUS MAKES PRESENCE FELT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Latrell Sprewell missed 11 of 13 shots last night but he was right on target with this comment. Looking to his left, he pointed to Marcus Camby and...
MOURNING PROMISES BETTER THINGS TO COME
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Alonzo Mourning put on his most serious "I kid you not" face and spoke clearly and succinctly. "Mark my words - and you can quote me on this,"...
SAME SPLIT ... DIFFERENT DAY - ONCE AGAIN, KNICKS ESCAPE MIAMI AT 1-1
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - It was a game in which Allan Houston, Latrell Sprewell and Patrick Ewing couldn't throw the ball into Biscayne Bay. On one very strange Miami night, the Knicks'...
THOMAS COMES UP BIG ON ZO
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - If Jeff Van Gundy needed proof Kurt Thomas needs to play more in this series to give Heat center Alonzo Mourning a fresh body to bang against, it...
WARD'S KNICK OF THE NIGHT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Torture? The rack couldn't have been any more painful. This was being drawn for four full quarters. More weight, please, before we have to watch one more second...
RILEY, 'ZO TIP HATS TO MVP SHAQUILLE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amHEAT NOTES MIAMI - Alonzo Mourning was right where Pat Riley figured him to be in the MVP balloting: the top vote getter in the East. The Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal...
SPREE, HOUSTON PULL OUT ALL STOPS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - They each shot 1 of 9 in the first half. They combined to shoot 5 of 27 for the game. But something different happened on this...
IT'S HAMMER TIME! - CHILDS WANTS KNICKS TO PLAY HARDBALL AGAIN
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Enough of this nice-guy stuff. Following their Game 1 loss, the Knicks took a hard look in the mirror and realized they had changed for the worst. They...
KNICKS DELIVER COUNTER-PUNCH - SCORE GAME 2 KO, HEAD BACK TO MSG ALL EVEN WITH HEAT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Allan Houston didn't save the Knicks last night. Neither did Latrell Sprewell. Or Patrick Ewing. In one very strange Miami night, the Big 3 shot an astoundingly horrible...
MIAMI OFFENSE COMES UP UGLY
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Heat's offense last night was beyond bad, beyond abysmal. It may sound cruel, but, yes, it was Net-like. Come on, seven straight free-throw misses and 13 overall...
WARD PUTS DIFFERENT KIND OF HURTIN' ON HEAT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Charlie Ward sent Tim Hardaway off to the locker room, wincing, and Alonzo Mourning to the bench with a headache in the third quarter of Game 1 Sunday...
P.J.'S LAMENT: HERE WE GO AGAIN
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - And now the old familiar pressure is back. The Heat must win in New York plain and simple. "It's the same old, same old," P.J. Brown said after...
DEVIL FORMULA EASY AS ABC...D
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amTheir NHL record-setting smothering job rewrote their own book, too. It erased one of the Devils' darkest moments, when the foundation on which they are built cracked. The pillar of...
TORRE KEEPS THE FAITH IN JETER
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Derek Jeter came into last night's game with Tampa Bay wallowing in the midst of a horrid batting slump. After a pair of hitless games, he was 6-for-35...
POSADA'S MAKING THE GRADE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amCarefully hidden behind his genuine respect for Joe Girardi last season was Jorge Posada's craving for moments like the ones he's living this year. Posada quietly burned to know -...
YANKS GLAD KNOBBY'S BACK - RETURN MAY LIGHT FIRE UNDER JETER
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe man the Yankees call "Itty Bitty" is back. But there's nothing "itty" or "bitty" about the long-awaited return of leadoff man Chuck Knoblauch. The diminutive second baseman, who hasn't...
METS SEND RICKEY A MESSAGE - HENDERSON ELIGIBLE TO BE CLAIMED ON WAIVERS
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Rickey Henderson's Met career is not over - yet. The 41-year-old Henderson was placed on outright waivers on Monday, but the Mets do not have immediate plans to...
TIM PUTS BAD FOOT FORWARD - HURT-AWAY PLAYS THROUGH PAIN
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Tim Hardaway knew he was a marked man. The Miami point guard had no doubt the Knicks would come at him hard in Game 2 of the Eastern...
VG WON'T BLAME SPREE
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - Jeff Van Gundy refused to blame Latrell Sprewell for an 11-point performance in Game 1 during which he was relentlessly double-teamed by Pat Riley's Heat. Sprewell...
RILEY: ALONZO'S BETTER THAN PAT
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amHEAT NOTES MIAMI - Alonzo Mourning was right where Pat Riley figured him to be in the MVP balloting: as the top vote getter in the East. The Lakers' Shaquille...
WATCH PATRICK'S BACK - AILING BIG MAN NEEDS REST, HELP ON DEFENSE TO SURVIVE LONG HAUL
May 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Exactly how bad is Patrick Ewing's back? It's an ancient Chinese secret, one maybe even older than he is starting to feel. The Knicks' center is taking needles...