May 13, 2000
SWEET (AGAIN) ON NABISCO, ICAHN DROPS $64.3M HINT
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amFrom writing a single letter, financier Carl Icahn made a paper profit of more than $64.3 million on his stake in Nabisco Group Holdings yesterday. Shares of the company shot...
CANTOR'S ODDS MOVE : BOND BROKER BECOMES BOOKIE FOR STOCK WAGERS
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amCantor Fitzgerald LP, the biggest broker of U.S. Treasury bonds, has decided to become a London bookie. The firm, facing an uncertain future for its core business as the U.S....
WHAT'S NEW AT THE ZOO
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amOK, so there really aren't any alligators roaming the sewers. But there are whales in Brooklyn, lambs in Central Park, and lions, tigers and bears - oh, my! - prowling...
MAYOR'S PALS SAY WIFE DIDN'T TAKE HINT: SHE NIXED SEPARATION EVEN AFTER RUDY QUIT WEARING RING
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani tried months ago to get wife Donna Hanover to agree to a separation - and only went public this week with news of their marital woes because she...
GAL PAL JUDI GRADUATES TO EBAY
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amJust two days after Mayor Giuliani announced he was separating from Donna Hanover, his wife of 16 years, memorabilia of Hizzoner's gal pal went up for sale on the popular...
HOT DOG! BIG GAME WIN IS CHOMP CHANGE
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amA Michigan swimming-pool contractor who plunked down a $100 bill for a hot dog and took the change in Big Game lottery tickets was lapping up victory yesterday after winning...
RUDY SHOWED OFF JUDI TO GOP BIGS INTRODUCED HER TO PALS AT FUND-RAISER
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Mayor Giuliani's gal pal, Judi Nathan, accompanied him to an upstate fund-raiser the day after he revealed he had prostate cancer, The Post has learned. Nathan traveled with...
LIZ WEEPS AS MEMORIES OF MIKE TODD TEAR HER HEART
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amElizabeth Taylor discarded husbands like old milk cartons - but one of them still has the power to trigger uncontrollable tears of anguish. The 68-year-old screen legend - married eight...
NEW CANDIDATE WOULDN'T INHERIT HIS $9M WAR CHEST
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - If Rudy Giuliani quits the Senate race, his $9 million war chest won't be of any use to the new candidate, who'll have to start from scratch. Federal...
DOG-ATTACK VICTIM SAYS THE LAW HAS NO TEETH
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amA city buildings inspector is livid that a Harlem man who commanded four dogs - including three pit bulls - to attack him was charged only with a misdemeanor. "I...
LET ASTHMA KIDS GET GOOD 'N' DIRTY: STUDY
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amGood news for parents who are slobs: Dirt is good for kids with asthma. Denver researchers say a bacteria commonly found in dust helps kids build up resistance to allergies...
GEORGE W. PULLS TRIGGER WITH GUN-SAFETY GESTURE
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Two days before the anti-gun Million Mom March, the two presidential wannabes yesterday tried to outshoot each other on gun control. Texas Gov. George W. Bush - who...
POST PHOTO LET CAT OUT OF THE BAG
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amLONG before Mayor Giuliani's relationship with Judi Nathan exploded in public, City Hall was aware that an investigative reporter writing a book about Giuliani knew about it. That meant the...
'FRIENDS' TO THE END? NBC MAY PULL PLUG OVER SIX STARS' PAY
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amTomorrow could spell the end of "Friends." With actors' salary negotiations deadlocked, talks to bring back the popular sitcom this fall have stalled, and NBC has imposed a deadline of...
TEACHERS UNION SPELLS OUT NEW PAY-SCALE PLAN
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amSchool teachers could be promoted to the level of master teacher - with additional pay - under a career-advancement program to be unveiled today by their union. The United Federation...
RON: D'AMATO FREE TO DATE MY EX PERELMAN DENIES ILL FEELINGS FOR AL
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amReports of Ron Perelman's disdain for former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato have been greatly exaggerated, the billionaire said yesterday. Testifying in his custody case against multimillionaire mom Patricia Duff over their...
MAYOR'S PALS SAY WIFE DIDN'T TAKE HINT SHE NIXED SEPARATION EVEN AFTER RUDY QUIT WEARING RING
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani tried months ago to get wife Donna Hanover to agree to a separation - and only went public this week with news of their marital woes because she...
PEACOCK NETWORK HIT WITH $275M BIAS SUITS
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amThree NBC employees filed sex- and race-discrimination lawsuits against the network yesterday, seeking $275 million for alleged behind-the-scenes abuse at "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and other shows. Julie Perez,...
TRIPS TO L.I. LOVE NEST COST TAXPAYERS 3G A DAY
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani's sojourns to the Southampton condo of his "very good friend" may have cost taxpayers at least $3,000 a day for his NYPD security detail and for overnight motel...
EX-POST REPORTER TEIBER DIES AT 47
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amFormer New York Post reporter Eli Teiber died at his home in Silver Springs, Md., this week. Teiber, 47, was found dead in his bed yesterday after he failed to...
LEVY'S IN CLASS OF HIS OWN AFTER RIVALS ALL BAIL OUT
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amActing schools boss Harold Levy is likely to become the permanent chancellor by default - the two other finalists dropped out of the race yesterday. The seven-member Board of Education...
LETHAL POISON GONE FROM STOLEN TRUCK
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amA truck reported stolen in New Jersey last week carrying 20 drums of poisonous potassium cyanide was recovered in Long Island City last night - with the cargo missing, police...
EX SHOT HARLEM MOM AND KILLED SAINTLY GRANNY: COPS
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amA Bronx man yesterday shot his estranged common-law wife in the face and then calmly killed her kindly grandmother after the elderly woman balked at giving him a key to...
RUDY AND JUDI TAKE IT TO STREETS THEIR DINNER DATE ENDS WITH QUICK KISS ON HER DOORSTEP
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani last night boldly squired gal pal Judi Nathan around the Upper East Side, where they dined, cheerfully posed for pictures, strolled side by side and shared a brief...
EWING: FROM HERO TO GOAT
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amIF Patrick Ewing, the self-proclaimed best center in the East, wears The Emperor's Clothes at age 37, he came to Game 3 last night dressed with a scowl. Criticized in...
REJECTION CAN'T STOP DEJECTION
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amThey rarely stage a block party, rarely are able to sustain the sort of intimidation that they unveiled last night. The Knicks frequently play rock-solid defense, but they gave the...
VAN GUNDY: LAY OFF WARD & CHILDS
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amThe things that bug him are never difficult to determine. Jeff Van Gundy gets cranky when groans accompany a Patrick Ewing fall-away jumper. Van Gundy gets annoyed when pleas arise...
ALONZO GETS CHARGE FROM DIE-HARD KNICK FANS
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amOn an elite list that is headlined by Bill Laimbeer, Scottie Pippen and Reggie Miller, Alonzo Mourning has equally established himself as one of the Knick fans all-time most hated...
KNICKS SPLIT ON HOW REFS CALLING GAMES
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy's theory that the refs are calling it much tighter on the perimeter than inside wasn't backed by supposed victim Latrell Sprewell. In Van Gundy's eyes, prior to...
VAN GUNDY MUM ON EWING'S BACK
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES If you want medical reports on Patrick Ewing's back, you're better off asking a New York cabbie than Jeff Van Gundy. But if you want some cold-hard analysis...
LJ AND ZO'S HATRED IS FROM THE HEART
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amSO MUCH has been made of the hatred the Knicks and Heat have for one another. Why, it's so bad that Alonzo Mourning and Patrick Ewing broke bread every day...
MOURNING: NOON & NIGHT, KNICK FANS ARE BEST
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amAlonzo Mourning has joined Bill Laimbeer, Scottie Pippen and Reggie Miller on the elite list of the Knick fans' all-time most hated players. And yet, after all the contempt that...
THEY GOT THE POINT AND VAN GUNDY SAYS WARD, CHILDS ARE FINE
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amThe things that bug him are never difficult to determine. Jeff Van Gundy gets cranky when groans accompany a Patrick Ewing fall-away jumper. Van Gundy gets annoyed when pleas arise...
PAT'S RAP: JEFF SPILLS THE WHINE
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amHEAT NOTES Pat Riley believes he taught Jeff Van Gundy well. Using typical Riley tactics, Van Gundy has complained publicly during the Eastern Conference semifinals that the Heat's players are...
VAN & RILEY PLANT SEEDS FOR CALLS: COACHES ASK REFS FOR MORE CONSISTENCY
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy had no beef with the officiating in Game 2 Tuesday. How could he when his club went to the line 42 times? But Van Gundy noticed the...
ZO CARRIES LOAD, AND HE IS A LOAD
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amTHE ONLY way the Heat make this series a push is if Patrick Ewing can no longer shove. It's going to come down to whether Ewing, many times around the...
HERE'S WHY RICKEY WAS WAIVED
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amRickey Henderson wondered earlier this week why the coverage he receives is sometimes negative. The suggestion here to Rickey is to get a videotape of last night's 6-4 Mets loss...
PULSE SKIPS A BEAT IN ROTATION
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Partly because the Mets are not confident in Bill Pulsipher and partly because the bullpen is rested, Pat Mahomes will start against the Marlins at Shea this afternoon....
SORE CALF PUTS FONZIE ON BENCH
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets lost another middle infielder last night as Edgardo Alfonzo was a late scratch because of soreness in his right calf. Alfonzo didn't think the injury was...
STRUGGLING PULSE BEING BYPASSED
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amPartly because the Mets are not confident in Bill Pulsipher and partly because the bullpen is rested, Pat Mahomes will start against the Marlins at Shea this afternoon. "The bullpen...
PIMLICO BATTLE IS SOMETHING 'SPECIAL'
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amLook at the entries for today's Grade 1, $750,000 Pimlico Special (Fox, 5-6 p.m.; post time 5:40) and you get a sense of deja vu. Cat Thief, Budroyale and Golden...
FLYER TREATMENT OF ROGER IS SICK
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN Roger Neilson's bone marrow is checked late this summer to assure his cancer is indeed in remission, the doctors will likely listen to his heart. They will find it...
JARVIS SAYS JORDAN HASN'T OFFERED JOB
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amMike Jarvis said he did not speak to Michael Jordan about the Wizards' vacant head-coaching position at a fundraiser in Manhattan Thursday night that raised more than $100,000 for the...
THE HATE RUNS DEEP FOR STEVENS, ROBBY
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amAll-timers among NHL defensemen, Larry Robinson and Scott Stevens are cut from the same cloth. That cloth clashes with orange. "I don't think I'm well-liked in Philly. But that's the...
MIGLIORE FIGHTS 'DERBY DAY BAN'
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amRichard Migliore has appealed the five day suspension that was handed down by Churchill Downs stewards for his ride aboard Wheelaway in the Kentucky Derby. Migliore was suspended for careless...
TROPICAL PUNCH TO 'RISK' STREAK IN BIG B FEATURE
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amTropical Punch likes to win races in bunches. Last summer and fall, the Two Punch filly rattled off four straight on the Maryland-Delaware circuit for trainer Allen Iwinski. Now in...
LASZCZYCH GEM TAMES MOUNT
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amFordham1 Mount0 A warm, sunny afternoon was quickly turning chilly and dark and the forecast seemed just as ominous for Fordham Prep. "I was real nervous," said Prep coach Anthony...
BUCK: NETS NEED ISIAH
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amWhile Buck Williams reiterated his desire to move into a front office position with his former team, the Nets, the club's all-time scoring and rebounding leader acknowledged last night that...
TERRIBLE TIGERS TAKE YANKS, TIRED ROCKET
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amTigers9 Yankees7 DETROIT - Pure disgust. That's what Roger Clemens felt as Joe Torre took the ball from him in the fifth inning last night at Comerica Park, an act...
SLICED FINGER LANDS MORA ON DL
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amMelvin Mora suffered a four-stitch cut on his right index finger while bunting for a base hit in the fifth inning of last night's 6-4 loss to the Marlins. Mora...
RICKEY SAYS HE'LL KEEP ON LOAFING
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amIn the bottom of the first inning at Shea last night, Rickey Henderson chose to loaf instead of run hard when he led off with a rocket to left against...
YANKS SAY TIGER PARK IS A DOG
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amDETROIT - According to several Yankees, the Tigers and local taxpayers could have done more with the $300 million it cost to build Comerica Park. "It's real plain," Paul O'Neill...
ANOTHER SAD FINISH FOR EWING
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amThere likely was a wide range of emotions coursing through Patrick Ewing's body and mind as the clock neared midnight and he sat, covered in his trademark ice wraps, looking...
HEAT HOT OVER CALL ON MAJERLE
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amThe ruling on Anthony Carter's shot - which the Knicks insist took a highly circuitous, not to mention illegal, route to the rim - was not the only call that...
METS FIND 6-0 IS TOO DEEP A HOLE
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amAfter a 25-minute rain delay, an announced crowd of 30,828 for the Mets' first game at Shea in two weeks sat through the cold to witness Rickey Henderson style on...
KNICKS COULDN'T PROTECT HOMCOURT
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amPROTECT Homecourt By Any Means Necessary. That was the Knicks' creed on the T-shirts they wore last night heading into Game 3 at the Garden. In the end, though, they...
KNICKS: WE BLEW GAME WHILE 'ZO SAT
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amHe was gone, and the Knicks exhaled and figured things would now be easier. They were so very wrong. "We started to think the game was over," Marcus Camby said....
CARTER'S MIRACLE HAS KNICKS BEHIND : OVER-BACKBOARD PRAYER GIVES HEAT 2-1 LEAD
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amThe Knicks thought the Heat had already answered Allan Houston's epic series-clinching bounce shot from a year ago. Tim Hardaway won an April 9 game with a buzzer-beating overtime prayer...
MOURNING MUSES IT'S ALL PAT'S FAULT
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amAlonzo Mourning blames Pat Riley. Riley is the common thread, the cause for all of this. Knicks-Heat games contain all the offensive excitement of unlined white paper. Oh, there are...
REF CRAWFORD: IT WAS CORRECT NO-CALL
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amReferee Danny Crawford held firm that Anthony Carter's game-winning baseline shot did not float over the top corner of the backboard, which would have disallowed the basket and given the...
PATRICK: ECSTASY TO PURE AGONY
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amPATRICK Ewing, the self-proclaimed best center in the East, wears The Emperor's Clothes at age 37. He came to Game 3 last night dressed mostly with a scowl. Criticized in...
CARTER SHOT A KILL PILL
May 13, 2000 | 4:00amThe crowd hunkered around Anthony Carter, who was reliving and savoring every step, every microsecond of "The Shot" which set off a storm of controversy, broke the collective heart of...