May 17, 2000
THE NABISCO NAME GAME IS ONE TOUGH COOKIE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amARE you buying the wrong Nabisco? That's exactly what a lot of investors may be doing in their zeal to be part of the takeover play for the giant food...
LITTLE GUYS KEPT COOL IN MARKET MAYHEM
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe proof is in: Individual investors did not panic during April's big market swings. Investors with online brokerage accounts neither sold in droves nor bought on the dips during the...
BIG HIKES HISTORICALLY BOOST MARTS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amInvestors know that interest-rate hikes are bad for stocks. But big rate hikes - like the half-point rise imposed by the Federal Reserve yesterday - are historically good for markets....
FEARS RAISED OF MORE RATE HIKES AHEAD
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMarkets rallied yesterday when Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan raised rates a half-point - but there was plenty of nervousness about the prospects of more hikes to come. The three major...
ALWALEED LIKES A SHAKY MARKET
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amHis first $1 billion bet this spring on the market has been flat, but Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal isn't bothered - and has tossed in another $1 billion...
CLAUDIA'S GOT WEB FEVER
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amClaudia Schiffer: supermodel, actress and now - cybergeek. The statuesque blond uber-model is set to launch her own e-commerce Web site that will offer merchandise selected by the German import...
FORMER EDITOR GOLIN GOES CYBER
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMARK Golin, the witty but out-of-work former editor of Details, has landed in cyberspace. He's about to become the senior vice president/creative director of an AOL subsidiary, Moviefone. "I got...
WHITHER WETHERELL? - CMGI BOSS COULD BLOCK LYCOS-TERRA DEAL
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe Lycos-Terra marriage could mean a giant payday for CMGI boss David Wetherell. If he lets the deal go through. Wetherell stands to make a killing on his original investment...
WORLD-BEATER - DEAFNESS DOESN'T STOP SOLO PERCUSSIONIST EVELYN GLENNIE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amSHE'S played tom-toms and tam-tams, snare drums and steel drums, cymbals and gongs, but this week Evelyn Glennie tried something new: a trash can. Taking a pair of drumsticks from...
THAT EMPTY FEELING
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amCOMMUNE validates your dread of "downtown." When the city overhauls zoning laws this summer, it should impose a new one below 23rd Street: no restaurants run by publicists. The stench...
SUSHI JOINT'S GOT THE RAW MATERIALS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amIF you knew sushi like I know sushi, you'd believe there are basically two kinds: the good and the cheap. In Midtown especially, Japanese-style raw fish seems to swim in...
THE STARR REPORT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe 'Inside' story Yesterday's "Inside Edition" reported that former "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contestant Paul Barbour is a wanted man - for allegedly bilking his ex-employer, Nationwide Insurance,...
TIDE TURNS ON DR. LAURA
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amEMBATTLED shrink Dr. Laura Schlessinger has become too controversial for one of the country's biggest advertisers. Proctor & Gamble - maker of household products ranging from Tide detergent to Ivory...
'SEUSSICAL' HIRES HIP PHOTOG LACHAPELLE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amTHE producers of "The Seussical" want you to know that, even though their show is based on Theodor Seuss Geisel's beloved children's stories, it is not just for the kiddies....
'SURVIVOR' SPEAKS - ON NBC
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amA CONTESTANT on CBS adventure/ game show "Survivor," who was arrested on child-abuse charges, has broken his silence - on NBC. "I think it's a crime that the state is...
NEW LETTERMAN SERIES SAILS INTO SUNNY WEATHER
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amCBS is expected to announce a fall slate today featuring Bette Midler's first-ever series and a show loosely based on the life of "Late Show" host David Letterman. "Bette," starring...
GAME'S UP FOR NBC AND CBS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00am'WHO Wants to Be a Millionaire" spawned a slew of game-show imitators - but none of them are on the CBS or NBC fall 2000 prime-time schedules. NBC's "Twenty One"...
PRETTY IN PINK, VICTORIA'S 'ANGELS' WING THEIR WAY TO FRANCE A LA CONCORDE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amCANNES, France - If Air France flight 4563 had fallen from the sky yesterday, the fashion world would have suffered a major loss. That's because 18 of the world's most...
A FAREWELL NOT TO MISS - FOX 'SPIN' FINALE; IS HEROIC TV
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amJIMMY Cagney recognized the similarities in 1985 - the diminutive height, the taut athleticism, the bouncy step. The old gent - 86 years-old and a year away from death -...
A REEL COSTUME PARTY - DRESS-UP DRAMAS FLOOD FESTIVAL
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amCANNES, France - Some might have thought Asian films would rule this year's film festival - or that Internet companies would be all over Cannes, since the fest's most important...
BILL: I'M SIGNING UP TO VOTE FOR HILL
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton said he'll become a registered voter in New York so he can help wife Hillary in her Senate race in the most important way. "This is...
PARKS POLICE TAKE IT ON THE CHIN
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amA state parks worker who was suspended for growing a beard mandated by his Muslim faith will receive more than $25,000 in damages. Former parks Police Officer Muhammad Ali will...
PARENTS FEAR GIRL'S RUN OFF TO JOIN ONLINE 'SOULMATE'
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe panicked family of a 13-year-old Bronx girl fears she has run away to California to be with a "soulmate" she met on the Internet. "Somebody must have sold her...
SURPRISE! HILL PREDICTS VICTORY - LIFE OF DEMS' PARTY
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Hillary Rodham Clinton wasted no time in predicting a Senate win in November at the state Democratic convention last night. "We have a united Democratic Party," Mrs. Clinton...
RUDY'S FRIENDS & FOES: HYPOCRITES ALL AROUND?
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amLOTS of questions remain unanswered in the ongoing domestic saga of Rudy Giuliani. But here's one that isn't being asked: Are the biggest hypocrites to be found on the political...
EVEREST IS CONQUERED THREE TIMES
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThree teams reached the top of Mount Everest within minutes of each other yesterday - becoming the millennium's first climbers to scale the world's highest mountain from the Nepalese side,...
NYPD PULLS PROBERS FROM 2ND JOINT FED TASK FORCE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amFor the second time in as many months, the NYPD has yanked a cadre of investigators from a joint federal task force - this one fighting weapons traffickers, The Post...
AIDE CAUGHT IN MIDDLE OF RUDY TUSSLE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amA casual chat about Mayor Giuliani turned into a no-holds-barred fight yesterday, right in front of Giuliani's incredulous campaign manager. Bruce Teitelbaum said he was leaving his Upper West Side...
DAME LIZ MISSES HER 'SIR' - SORRY BURTON CAN'T SHARE HONOR WITH HER
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amElizabeth Taylor was a bundle of emotions yesterday as she was made a Dame of the British Empire - lamenting that Richard Burton couldn't be there to see it. "I...
PRIEST BUSTED IN TEEN'S SEX ABUSE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amA retired priest was busted on charges of sexually abusing a learning-disabled 15-year-old after the boy's father caught him in a Long Island beach restroom with his son, police said...
TA HOPES SIMULATORS WILL BE STIMULATORS OF BETTER DRIVING
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amAccidents involving city buses are up sharply over last year - a trend the Transit Authority hopes to reverse with a virtual driving school. During the first two months of...
COURT DEALS NEW BLOW TO TRAGIC DAD
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - The state's highest court has ruled that a Queens man who was wrongly probed for the death of his son cannot sue the city, even though a medical...
A PRISONER FOR ETERNITY - COP-NEPHEW WANTS DIGNITY FOR BAD GUY
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amEVEN death could not free William Everett King from prison. "Before he died, he had only one wish," said his nephew, Tommy King, 32. "And that was to be buried...
GIULIANI'S POLITICAL OBITUARY PREMATURE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amDON'T count out Rudy just yet. The politicians and pundits have declared Rudy Giuliani politically deceased. His prostate diseased, his wife in tears, his Senate campaign in tatters - Rudy...
EGAN SET FOR ST. PAT'S DEBUT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amArchbishop-designate Edward Egan will celebrate his first public Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral this weekend. At a Mass at 9 a.m. Saturday, Egan, 68, appointed successor to the late John...
BRONX KIDS TOP U.S. IN SCHOOL CHESS TOURNEY
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMove over Yanks - a bevy of Bronx fifth-graders have become champs by winning the National Elementary School Chess Championship and bringing home two, four-foot trophies. Their winning performance in...
NEW MIRACLE DRUG A SHOT IN THE ARM
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amEleven-year-old Michael Tutone never ever got to hang out with his friends playing baseball or biking - his daily allergy-related asthma attacks were too severe. "I'd start running, and I'd...
PREZ SENDS JESSE TO SIERRA IN BID TO FREE HOSTAGES
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe Rev. Jesse Jackson is planning to leave for war-torn Sierra Leone today as President Clinton's envoy in an effort to win the release of 347 U.N. peacekeeping troops held...
BLACK-ROBED BLACKHEARTS SAY RAPE ISN'T HATE CRIME
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amSO, THE robed rat-bags of the U.S. Supreme Court have ruled in a 5-4 decision that victims of rape cannot sue their attackers in federal court. And that's because, the...
WHITE HOUSE PRESS DEAN QUITS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Helen Thomas, who asks the first question at White House press conferences, won't be asking them any more - she quit yesterday in protest over her new boss,...
BABY TALK IN BRIT HIGH COURT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amWith just eight days until her own due date, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife went to court yesterday to fight Britain's parental-leave policy. Representing the Trades Union Congress, 45-year-old...
COUNCIL SET TO GIVE NEW QNS. SCHOOL GREEN LIGHT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe City Council is expected to approve construction of a new 900-seat school on the site of a former supermarket in Maspeth, Queens - over the objections of angry residents...
LING 'VIEWS' HERSELF AS KATHIE LEE'S SUCCESSOR
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amLisa Ling - the perky co-hostess of "The View" - is "champing at the bit" to take over for Kathie Lee Gifford on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee," The...
ALLERGY RISE NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT - RELATED ASTHMA CASES ARE NOW AT CRISIS LEVEL
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amWE'RE in the middle of the worst-ever allergy epidemic. New studies show the number of asthma cases, most of which are allergy related, is set to double by 2020 and...
FED'S RATE HIKE WILL HIT HOME - YOU'LL PAY MORE WHEN YOU BORROW
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe Fed's half-point interest-rate hike means you'll soon be paying more for just about everything you borrow. By raising the Federal Funds Rate - what banks charge each other for...
JUDGE GIVES COMBS THE BRUSH
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amRap mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs got bad news in his gun-possession case yesterday when a Manhattan judge turned down his request to distance himself from his two co-defendants. Combs -...
BUSH A MICROSOFT SHAREHOLDER
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush's financial-disclosure records show he's a multimillionaire with a huge trust fund, thousands of acres in Texas - and profits from Microsoft. Bush's investments in Microsoft...
POL JOB MARKET IN MAYOR'S FAVOR IF HE BOWS OUT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amBailing out of the Senate race would give Mayor Giuliani the chance to consider plenty of other top jobs - without even having to polish his résumé. The career path...
RUDY URGES BOARD: MAKE VOTE FOR LEVY UNANIMOUS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani urged the Board of Education to unanimously approve acting schools boss Harold Levy as permanent chancellor today, to give the school system "a degree of stability that it...
CUOMO, MCCALL SPEECHES A PREVIEW OF '02 GOV RACE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - If applause is an indicator of who's the leading Democrat in the 2002 gubernatorial race, Comptroller H. Carl McCall has a good lead over HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo....
CHECK THIS SITE BEFORE YOU HAVE A BYTE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amGet ready for a different kind of restaurant review on the Internet - written by health inspectors. Starting today, New Yorkers who want to dine out can first peek at...
HIZZONER'S RIDING OUT STORM SO FAR, ACCORDING TO NEW POLL
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe Senate race between Mayor Giuliani and Hillary Rodham Clinton is still a tossup, even after the most turbulent two weeks in Giuliani's political and personal life. A Quinnipiac College...
HILL: I'LL CHAMPION THE 'FORGOTTEN NYERS' - GETS DEM NOD WHILE BILL BEAMS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Hillary Rodham Clinton last night officially won the Democratic nomination for Senate and pledged to make the election about "forgotten New Yorkers." Clinton made a dramatic entrance at...
TWO ARRESTED IN SCHOOL SEX ATTACKS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amTwo people were arrested yesterday in separate sex attacks in city schools. Kenneth Cunningham, 18, was charged with first-degree attempted sodomy on a fellow student at Susan Wagner HS in...
PICKING STAPLES OVER STUDENTS IS RIDICULOUS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE'S something wrong with the drinking water in Maspeth, Queens. The water is contaminated and the DEP should be called in. That's not the Department of Environmental Protection - what...
DEMS SET A BATTLE PLAN AGAINST LAZIO
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amEven as they celebrated the nomination of Hillary Rodham Clinton on the Democratic ticket yesterday, the first lady's advisers were quietly readying themselves for an opponent other than Mayor Giuliani....
BRONX GIRL, 13, FOUND IN MICH. WITH HER CYBER 'SOULMATE,' 18
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amA 13-year-old Bronx girl thought to have run off to be with a young man she met on the Internet, was located with the youth in Michigan last night, cops...
HOT BAT TURNS ZEILE INTO MR. CLUTCH
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amEveryone knew Todd Zeile could hit. Until recently, however, the Mets really hadn't seen it. When the Mets signed the former catcher-third baseman, the question was whether he would be...
CURTAIN CALL FOR RICKEY IN CLUBHOUSE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES In the world of the Mets, the only thing that can be bizarre is when things are normal. So at 4:32 p.m. yesterday, guess who walked into the...
BAT BELL AT LEADOFF
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amTWO experienced leadoff hitters could be found in the Mets' clubhouse yesterday. One was wearing a surgical boot and won't have the stitches removed from his surgically repaired foot until...
RICKEY TAKES CURTAIN CALL IN CLUBHOUSE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES In the world of the Mets, the only time when it's bizarre is when the it's normal. So, at 4:32 p.m. yesterday, guess who walked into the Mets'...
BUBBA THUMP KOS METS - CARPENTER HR IN 11TH NAILS TURK
May 17, 2000 | 4:00am11 INNINGS: Rockies 4 - Mets 3 Turk Wendell came off the field after the top of the 11th inning, sat on the Mets' bench and slammed down his glove...
SORE HAMMY COOLS HELTON'S JETS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe Mets got a huge break on Sunday and it didn't come in their game against Florida. Instead, it happened in Montreal, where Colorado's Todd Helton strained his right hamstring...
HAMILTON READY TO TOE LINE- DARRYL'S ON TRACK FOR REHAB
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amDarryl Hamilton spoke about the surgery on his big left toe yesterday for the first time. He thinks the timetable that has him returning in 5-to7 weeks is probable. "I...
BIG HURT HAS BECOME BIG PAIN AGAIN
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amIt is, indeed, odd to see the White Sox atop the AL Central, peering at the Indians in the rear-view mirror at this - or any - stage of the...
JETER HOPES TO BE BACK BY WEEKEND
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The latest news on injured shortstop Derek Jeter is ... no news. An abdominal strain kept Jeter out of last night's game with Chicago, and will likely keep...
FLYER BOYS DON'T CRY, GIVE UP
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Flyers are big boys. They didn't cry when a good young defenseman, Dmitri Tertyshny, was killed in a summertime boating accident or when Roger Neilson, their coach...
YANKS WAIT FOR LEDEE TO BUST OUT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amIt's not like Joe Torre was throwing down the gauntlet, because that's not his way. The Yankee skipper was just being honest about Ricky Ledee and his recent hitting struggles...
TEAM ASMUSSEN SET TO GO
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - If Snuck In sneaks in to upset heavily favored Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus in Saturday's 125th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, the longshot victory will be a family...
SPEEDING 'BULLET' UP TO SUPER TASK
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The whole world may think Fusaichi Pegasus has a mortgage on Saturday's Preakness Stakes, just don't count Joe Orseno, the Jersey sharpshooter, among them. Joe is going to...
LINDROS STILL EYEING RETURN
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amVOORHEES, N.J. - Setting up the possibility of a dramatic return late in the Eastern Conference Finals, Eric Lindros skated by himself for just under 30 minutes yesterday at the...
SPREE: IU KIDDING ME? - RIPS KNIGHT PENALTY AS DOUBLE STANDARD
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amAn outraged Latrell Sprewell believes Bobby Knight got off relatively scot-free, calling it "sad," "unfair" and a "double standard" following yesterday's Knick practice at Purchase College. If he was going...
CAMBY GLAD BOBBY SURVIVED
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMarcus Camby is Latrell Sprewell's teammate and friend, but he's one Knick who is happy to see that Bobby Knight did not lose his job at Indiana. "I thought they...
CAMBY LED THE CHEERS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - As the final seconds ticked off and the home crowd was chanting the name of Charlie Ward, Marcus Camby was enjoying every minute of the festivities. He knew...
HOOSIER FANS HAPPY TO KEEP THEIR MAN
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amBLOOMINGTON - Yesterday, the residents of this sunny, idyllic college town seemed unanimously in favor of Indiana University's decision to keep Bob Knight on as coach of the basketball team....
IMPEACHMENT AND SNUCK IN SIZZLE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The two final major workouts for Saturday's Preakness were turned in yesterday morning by Snuck In and Impeachment, who both went four furlongs in :48. Snuck In, who...
IT'S GONNA BE WAR BY THE SHORE - KNICKS AND HEAT REVVED FOR 'PIVOTAL' TILT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - If the Knicks lose tonight at AmericanAirlines Arena, they can still win two straight - at the Garden on Friday, and in a Game 7 back here Sunday....
$45B FOR ENVIRONMENT ENDANGERED
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amLAST week the House overwhelmingly agreed to create a $45 billion, 15-year conservation fund to buy parks and open spaces, pay for wildlife protection and restore environmentally damaged coastal areas....
LINDROS BEWARE - DEVILS WANT A PIECE OF CENTER WHEN HE RETURNS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Devils have a warning for Eric Lindros. Heads up. The deposed Flyer captain is trying to get into this playoff series against New Jersey, despite being out...
NOW'S TIME TO STEP UP
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Knicks have talked about winning a championship all year. They've even carted around this gigantic sign with the number 15 emblazoned on it to every city, every locker room...
BRODEUR NOT MONEY MAN - YET - BUT A SIP FROM 2000 CUP COULD CHANGE THAT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - We remember Ken Dryden more from 1971 when, as a rookie, he carried the underdog Canadiens to the Stanley Cup more than we do for the five additional...
SPREE'S GOAL: TAKE DASH OUT OF MASH
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - Latrell Sprewell is not winning the matchup with Jamal Mashburn but he doesn't think he's losing it either. Mashburn is averaging 18.8 points per game but...
MENTAL EDGE WILL DECIDE THE WINNER
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - He would have sworn the Knicks were on target heading into Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against Miami. They were coming off a rousing road...
MOUNT CAN COUNT TO 13
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amH.S. BASEBALL Mt. St. Michael 13 - Xavier 0 Mount St. Michael took advantage of every Xavier mistake, routing the Knights 13-0 at Howie Smith Field in the north Bronx...
NEW ISLE OWNERS: MILBURY & CO. SAFE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - In their first extensive meeting since the Islanders were sold last month, incoming co-owner Sanjay Kumar assured Mike Milbury yesterday that he would remain as the club's general...
PATH TO WIZARDS CLEARING FOR JARVIS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amWhile St. John's coach Mike Jarvis and his wife Connie were driving to Bethesda, Md., yesterday to visit family, Washington Wizard boss Michael Jordan was making two personnel decisions, and...
NO MUTINY IF JARVIS BOLTS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amThe living room in the Cook family apartment in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn has been transformed into a basketball shrine honoring Omar, the former Christ The King star...
MOURNING: RING'S THE THING
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Bill Russell, the legendary center of the Boston Celtics, yesterday was seated to the left of Alonzo Mourning, potentially a legendary center in the making. To the right...
HEAT MUST STAY ALIVE IN 5
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - After their last playoff game defeat to the Knicks here, Pat Riley gave an Einstein-like mathematical breakdown of how long the Heat have worked, grunted, sweated to secure...
CARTER WON'T DISPOSE OF 'GARBAGE' COMMENT
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amHEAT NOTES MIAMI - Anthony Carter didn't use "garbage" again concerning Charlie Ward's Game 4 scoring. But he didn't back off his statements, either. "People are going to blow up...
BOSS' TEMPERATURE RISIN'
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amTHE approach was better, the results were not. The Yankees were more patient at the plate last night in front of their impatient owner. George Steinbrenner, though, already is on...
LINDROS EYES GAME 6 RETURN
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Setting up a dramatic return, possibly by Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, star center Eric Lindros skated by himself for 30 minutes yesterday morning at the...
SLUMPING LEDEE SPINS WHEELS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amHe's the symbol of the Yankees' futility at the plate right now except for the fact that Ricky Ledee's batting slump has lasted the entire season. Few in the Yankees'...
DEVILS CAN'T GET A STRANGLEHOLD - FEISTY FLYERS BATTLE BACK, TIE SERIES
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 2 Flyers 4 - Devils 3 PHILADELPHIA - This double Devil disaster has that all-too-familiar feel. Not only have the Devils likely lost sparkplug rookie John Madden, but they've...
BOMBERS IN FREE FALL - DROP FIFTH STRAIGHT AS BATS BETRAY EL DUQUE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amWhite Sox 4 - Yankees 0 As the Yankees' losing streak reached a season-high five games, and as the frustration in The Bronx reached new levels, watching the Bombers' slump...
ZIPPED EL DUQUE HAS NO COMPLAINTS
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Talk about pitching into tough luck. Orlando Hernandez has allowed just three runs in his last 17 innings of work; the problem is the Yankees haven't scored one....
PHILLY TRUE TO ITS HERITAGE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - When Larry Robinson wanted to get away from hockey the day after the Devils eliminated the Maple Leafs, he and his wife Jeannette went to see the movie...
YANKEE CASTOFF MAKES METS PAY
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amFOR all the opportunity the Yankees were ever going to give him, the only way this Bubba was ever going to get to New York would be as a carpenter...
RICKEY TAKES A CURTAIN CALL IN CLUBHOUSE
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES In the world of the Mets, the only time when it's bizarre is when the it's normal. So, at 4:32 p.m. yesterday, guess who walked into the Mets'...
TURK'S GREAT STUFF WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amNext time Turk Wendell feels like he has great stuff coming out of the bullpen, Bobby Valentine should do one thing: Bring in someone else. Or at least make Wendell...
FLYER BIG BOYS DON'T CRY
May 17, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Flyers are big boys. They didn't cry when a good, young defenseman, Dmitri Tertyshny, was killed in a summertime boating accident or when coach Roger Neilson was...