May 21, 2000
TINA RECYCLES PHOTOS - AGAIN
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTALK'S Tina Brown has been caught borrowing photos again - this time from her own files. Sharp-eyed observers noticed the current cover story on Angelina Jolie for the June/July Talk...
FORSTMANN EYES TREASURY SEC POST IF BUSH WINS POLL
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amSPECIAL REPORT: FROM THE ICI CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON D.C. FINANCIER Teddy Forstmann, who was considering a run for the Senate if Rudy Giuliani dropped out, said he has decided against...
SMALL-CAP FUND IGNORES DOW AND GROWS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amIN the midst of a conversation with me at a mutual-fund conference on Friday, Irene Hoover sneaked a glance at a computer, saw the Dow Jones industrial average was down...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00am* JIMMY CARTERThe ex-president pulled down about $1.7 million from Simon & Schuster for his latest book. * CLIVE CALDER The Jive records CEO watched Britney Spears' second album fly...
...AND LOSERS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00am* BERNIE EBBERSThe Worldcom CEO watched his stock hit a 52-week low after Federal investigators recommended the government block his acquisition of Sprint. * GARY GERSHThe CEO of the scandal-plagued...
RULER OF THE INTERNET: CMGI'S WETHERELL SEES HIS ALTAVISTA AS KEY TO THE FUTURE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amWHO'D think a boy reared on a chicken farm could ever rule the Internet? Friends of David Wetherell aren't surprised that his up-before-dawn drive has helped him build CMGI into...
GREAT SCOTT: HE'S HOLLYWOOD'S HOT NEW VILLAIN
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amDougray Scott: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to bask in the limelight as Hollywood's newest heartthrob. The Byronic Scottish actor, who played Drew Barrymore's Prince Charming...
BIG NAMES ROCK THE BIG APPLE: GET READY FOR A PARADE OF GREAT SHOWS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe rock music circuit rides solo this summer. After years of tours being dominated by the festival concert, Summer 2000 features some of the biggest names in the music industry...
WOO WOWS 'EM WITH HIS "MISSION"
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amSee Tom Cruise propel his motorcycle through a wall of flame, spinning on one wheel while spraying bullets! Shudder as he dangles from a sheer rockface by his fingertips high...
A 'MAD' MIX OF MELODIES
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amWhen a band's debut album sells a whopping 10 million copies and its lead singer, Rob Thomas, co-writes and records the mega hit "Smooth" with guitar ace Carlos Santana, what's...
HOW SWEET IT IS: WE COMPARE THREE SUGAR SUBSTITUTES
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amNow that saccharin's back in good standing - having last week been lifted from the list of suspected carcinogens - those who prefer a sweet taste without the bitterness of...
MEALS & DEALS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe Pump 40 W. 50th Street (212) 246-6844 With swimsuit season approaching, it's time to think about dieting. And The Pump, a self-described "physical fitness restaurant," can help. Here, many...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: IVANA TRUMP
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amAfter her divorce from billionaire Donald Trump, many thought Ivana would fade away. Instead, she's emerged as a successful businesswoman in her own right. Ivana's built two companies: "House of...
SHOWING OFF THEIR CANNES: THE POST GOES BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE WORLD'S BIGGEST FASHION SHOW
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amIt ain't easy being fabulous. Just ask any of the 24 models who flashed their bon-bons in the Victoria's Secret fashion show Thursday in Cannes, where these girls were on...
BIGGER THAN BARBARA?
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTHE face of ABC News is beginning to look a lot like Diane Sawyer. Not only has Sawyer helped save "Good Morning America' from ratings oblivion, but she"s now been...
4 QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE SULLIVAN
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amI gambled with my cat and lost to the coyotes Nicole Sullivan, the blond bombshell who doubles as a goofball on Fox's sketch comedy show ''Mad TV,'' would have been...
WHAT I WATCH
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amDONALD TRUMP REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERRegis Philbin has done an amazing job with "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." I'd do the show if they wanted me to! I'd give the...
SAY IT WITH FEELING
May 21, 2000 | 4:00am'My ambitions are real modest in terms of movies," filmmaker Alan Rudolph once said. "I'm asking the audience to feel something." Judging by Rudolph's string of hip, iconclastic flicks (with...
HIT BAM FOR A TREAT
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMuch of the best theater in New York is not on Broadway, or even in Manhattan, but across the East River at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Admittedly, these BAM...
"THE FEAST OF LOVE" BY CHARLES BAXTER, PANTHEON, 320 PAGES, $24
May 21, 2000 | 4:00am'Every relationship has at least one really good day. What I mean is, no matter how sour things go, there's always that day. That day is always in your possession."...
RECOMMENDED READINGS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00am* Ralph "Sonny" Barger has ridden with the legendary Hells Angels for over 40 years, and was even at that fateful Rolling Stones' concert at Altamont. Join him online at...
"IF ONLY IT WERE TRUE" BY MARC LEVY, POCKET BOOKS, 213 PAGES, $22.95
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amWhile transcendental love between a living individual and the soul of another (en route to a better place) has been attempted in fiction and film, rarely has this plot device...
"THE FOREST" BY EDWARD RUTHERFORD, CROWN, 598 PAGES, $26.95
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amFirst he tackled London and the ancient city of Sarum. Now, author Edward Rutherford has gone into the woods with his latest novel, a sprawling tome that combines fact with...
SHRINKS: SCARE SOFTENED THE HARD POL
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe Post put Mayor Giuliani on the couch - and our team of top shrinks say Hizzoner's bouts with cancer and separation have made him a kinder, gentler guy. Gone...
MORE UNDECIDED VOTERS THAN EVER: POLL
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Hillary Rodham Clinton is the clear front-runner in the U.S. Senate race, leading Rick Lazio, her new opponent, 45.7 percent to 32.2 percent, and is ahead throughout the...
COPS: SUSPECT RAPED AU PAIR
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man with no previous criminal record was busted for rape and sodomy yesterday after he allegedly attacked a 19-year-old Swedish au pair in the bathroom of an East...
HILL ON THE RACE: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ISSUES
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton yesterday welcomed Rick Lazio into the Senate race, saying, "There will be a clear difference between us on a number of issues." Appearing at the Boys and...
DORISMOND KIN NOT MOLLIFIED
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe family of police shooting victim Patrick Dorismond lashed out at Mayor Giuliani yesterday, saying his apology for the way he handled the case comes months too late. "It's been...
DINO-MICE! MARSUPIAL ANCESTORS FOUND
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amEeeeek! Mice may be the great-great-great-great-granddaddies of kangaroos, possums, koala bears and wombats! Scientists say those unique creatures could be spawned from a tiny, 55-million-year-old mouse-sized insectivore. The dinosaur mouse...
KINGMAKER AL BACK FROM GOP EXILE : RICK'S HIS TICKET FOR 'VINDICATION'
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Rick Lazio's overnight rise to the front ranks of the state Republican Party may signal the return of former U.S. Sen. Al D'Amato to the role of party...
CLINTON'S SMEAR SQUAD WON'T MAKE USUAL LIES STICK TO RIGHTEOUS RICK
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amUNLESS the Clinton TontonsMacoutes can find out that Rick Lazio wears a mask, carries a machine gun and hunts bear out of season with a crossbow, Hillary is looking at...
EGAN PACKS 'EM IN AT ST. PAT'S DEBUT
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amArchbishop-designate Edward Egan welcomed five new priests yesterday at a packed St. Patrick's Cathedral, where he was warmly received in his first New York Mass since being named archdiocesan leader....
CHANCELLOR DUCKS VOUCHERS, VOWS MAJOR IMPROVEMENT
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amNew Schools Chancellor Harold Levy told parents yesterday he wants to do all he can to improve the current school system - and not focus on a controversial voucher program...
BEST-STRESSED GALS BESTING GUYS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amStress can turn women into better moms and men into brawling boozers, a new study says. And that's why gals live an average 7½ years longer than guys, according to...
KING ABDICATES HIS SENATE HOPES
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amPlucks hat from ring.WASHINGTON - Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.) yesterday dropped out of the New York Senate race, saying it would have been a "kamikaze mission" to run against Rep....
INSURER WANTS SWISSAIR JET-WRECK LOOT
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amA famed insurance company wants to dive for the jewels and cash of passengers who died in a jet crash off Nova Scotia two years ago - and grieving relatives...
TEEN WEB-GUN BUYERS BUSTED
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTwo New Jersey high school students have been arrested for using the Internet to amass an arsenal of semi-automatic guns. The two 17-year-olds may have ordered up to 20 guns...
ISRAELI BOMBS GIVE NO TANKS TO PALESTINIANS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - In a warning to Syria, Israeli warplanes launched an attack on radical Palestinian targets in Lebanon yesterday, blowing up 10 tanks. The attack came as another day of...
STICKY SITUATION AS BAD VALVE THREATENS ATLANTIS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amA busted valve on the space shuttle Atlantis may put its latest mission in peril, NASA revealed yesterday. Atlantis and its crew blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in...
'AS GRACIE MANSION TURNS'
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTHE mayor's life has become such a public soap opera that his next campaign should be sponsored by Proctor & Gamble. I mean, who holds a press conference to announce...
ST. JOHN'S HOOPS LEGEND KILLED IN CRASH
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amNBA and former St. John's star Malik Sealy was killed in a head-on collision with a pickup truck in Minnesota yesterday, officials said. Sealy, the second leading scorer in St....
'GLADIATOR' A STAR IN SEXUAL ARENA
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amHunky "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe is a real-life swordsman, too - having bedded such Hollywood beauties as Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone and Jodie Foster, it was reported today. Crowe, who...
NRA'S HESTON IS DECLARING WAR ON GORE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amNational Rifle Association president Charlton Heston put Al Gore squarely in his sights yesterday - offering to serve an unprecedented third term with the gun lobby to work for the...
PUNCHED-OUT MADONNA FAN ADMITS HIS OBSESSION
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe fan beaten up and branded a stalker by Madonna's boyfriend has confessed he is obsessed with the Material Girl and even keeps a personal diary detailing her every single...
BLOW-BY-BLOW: WHAT LED UP TO GIULIANI'S BIG DECISION
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amHere's is a play-by-play of key events over the past five months - from the marital to the medical - that ended in Mayor Giuliani's stunning announcement Friday that he...
ISRAELI JETS HIT LEB LAIR OF PRO-SYRIA RADICALS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - In a warning to Syria, Israeli warplanes launched an attack on radical Palestinian targets in Lebanon yesterday, blowing up 10 tanks. The attack came as another day of...
NEWBORN SON A SIGHT FOR BLEARY-EYED BLAIR
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair took time off from work yesterday to attend to his new job: proud papa. Newborn Leo "is a gorgeous baby, really lovely," a beaming -...
RUDY: 'I WANTED THE JOB' : DENIES HIS HEART WAS NOT IN RACE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amA day after dropping his Senate bid, Mayor Giuliani insisted yesterday that he "wanted the job" and was "ready to do" the some of the same things he did as...
RILEY GLAD THAT A.C. CARRIES NO SCARS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - There are scars on the Heat from their past wars with the Knicks. Scars of every variety. Mental. Emotional. Physical. Even financial. Well, on most Heat players. Anthony...
KNICKS FANS FEEL THE HEAT HOOPSTERS' BOOSTERS KNOW ITS MAKE OR BREAK
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amRaaddar Van Tana has a message for Patrick Ewing & Co: "Concentrate!" "Don't be nervous," said the 26-year-old Brooklyn man, waving his arms around wildly on Seventh Avenue yesterday. "Feel...
BOY FROM BABYLON MAY BE GIANT-KILLER
May 21, 2000 | 4:00am'Do the Clintons ever lose?" So asked a bewildered and despairing Californian friend during the height of Rudy Giuliani's tempest. Was there an Empire State conservative who didn't feel her...
P.I. PACKED PISTOLS - AND AIRLINES LOST 'EM P.I. BLASTS AIRLINES OVER MISSING PISTOLS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amA top private eye whose handguns vanished after he checked them in at airline baggage counters claims the industry handles firearms like "dirty laundry." Louis Palumbo, a retired cop who...
LAZIO FIRES HIS FIRST SHOT AT HILL SAYS STATE DOESN'T NEED 'LEFT WING' CARBETBAGGER
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amRep. Rick Lazio officially launched his underdog bid for the Senate yesterday, slamming Hillary Clinton as a "left wing" carpetbagger who sees the Senate as a steppingstone for higher office....
EAST SIDE GETS FERRY GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO THE SUBWAY
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amIn two years East Side commuters will get their first relief from the overcrowded Lexington Avenue subway when new high-speed ferryboats begin plying the river. The East River service is...
TV'S PERRY PLOWS PORSCHE INTO PORCH
May 21, 2000 | 4:00am"Friends" star Matthew Perry crashed his green Porsche into a porch in the Hollywood Hills yesterday when he swerved to avoid another car. The 30-year-old TV actor - who has...
MUSIC LOVERS MOURN FLUTIST
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amClassical French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal - whose richly textured playing propelled the instrument back into the soloist spotlight - died in Paris yesterday at the age of 78. The soloist,...
SILVER FOE SPEAKS TO CITY SLICKERS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Wannabe Assembly Speaker Michael Bragman of Syracuse sought yesterday to assure city residents he won't ignore their needs if he wins his uphill battle for control of the...
IT'S THE BATTLE OF THE BOUTIQUE BOOZERIES :IAN SCHRAGER ACCUSING PROTEGE OF DEFECTING
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amRBETWEEN them, the two princes of New York night life, Ian Schrager and Rande Gerber, own some of the hippest, coolest and chicest hotels, bars and restaurants in town. Now...
WHY LEVY IS MR. POPULARITY : SCHOOLS CHIEF CAN BE STERN WITH A SMILE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amFriends and co-workers of Harold Levy were not surprised when Mayor Giuliani turned from his stubborn critic to his avowed partner. New Schools Chancellor Levy, they say, knows how to...
IT'S CACHET-AND-CARRY AGAIN IN HAMPTONS' SUMMER SWIRL
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThere'll be more of everything this summer in the Hamptons - more money, more celebs, more partying. And more traffic. Among those joining the weekly snail's-paced pilgrimage to make the...
IT'S REF, REF, REF FOR THE HOME TEAM
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTODAY'S Quickie Prediction: Mike Wallace will do more scoring on 60 Minutes than the Knicks and Heat will do in 48 minutes. Each team may have three players at Scores...
HIGH PEAKS GET NEW PROTECTION
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Adirondacks are a fragile ecosystem, especially the High Peaks Wilderness Area, and New York State expects a lot of campers, hikers and anglers to be roaming this region this...
SCULLY RETURNS TO FORDHAM
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amVin Scully, New York Giants fan. It's hard to believe, but there was a time when the Bronx-born and Fordham-educated broadcaster didn't support the Dodgers. Yesterday afternoon, the 72-year-old Hall...
KNICKS LOOKING FOR A WIN-WIN PROPOSITION
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThey would like to think they delivered a knockout blow, like to believe that their opponent is so badly demoralized that it will be impossible to rally minds and spirits...
RANGER REBUILDING STARTS WITH SLATS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTHE sophomoric domestic squabble in Edmonton among the Keystone Kops 37-man ownership committee was not only spinning out of control, it was spilling into the conference finals and threatening to...
GOOD TO THE LAST SHOT : ONLY ONE WAY FOR THIS SERIES TO END
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - We have seen this before and we should never take it for granted. This is why Knicks-Heat is one of the best rivalries currently in sports, if not...
NOBODY HAS THE NUMBERS LIKE JOHNSON
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amHow good has Randy Johnson been this season? If he throws a complete game today against the Mets and gives up one earned run, his ERA will go up. Surprisingly,...
NBA IN SHOCK OVER SEALY
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe basketball world is again mourning this weekend for another beloved player and friend after Malik Sealy was killed in an automobile accident on a rural Minnesota highway, leaving behind...
NO MORE STAFF INFECTION
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTHE tradeoff with the trade was the concept of getting more with less. The Mets obtained Mike Hampton thinking that possessing a real No. 1 starter would enable them to...
SORE THIGH LANDS VENTURA ON SHELF
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Robin Ventura was not in the lineup for yesterday's scheduled game against Arizona. He is listed as day-to-day with a sore left thigh. "He has a little leg...
LATE DOUBLE SWITCH SPOILS VENTURA'S DAY OFF
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Robin Ventura was supposed to sit out yesterday's game over the Diamondbacks. But then he found himself on the field for the final out. Ventura was listed day...
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: METS PEN NEARLY FOILS HAMPTON'S FIFTH WIN
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMets 8 D-backs 7 Leave it to the Mets to turn the easy into the difficult, to put drama into the mundane, to turn another brilliant Mike Hampton start (and...
WATSON'S RETURN WILL HELP PEN
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CLEVELAND - Even though their bullpen hasn't been hampered by the lack of a second lefty to complement Mike Stanton, the Yankees are looking forward to adding Allen...
FLYERS LAUGH AT STEVENS' DIRTY WORDS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amCraig Ramsay practically fell over with laughter. The Flyers' coach had just been made aware yesterday that Scott Stevens, of all people, had been griping about the Flyers' alleged dirty...
BEHIND BUT NOT BATTERED: DEVILS DENY THAT STEVENS, SYKORA ARE WOUNDED
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThis Turnpike Series is taking a toll on the Devils; at least the Flyers believe so. Damaged themselves in the Eastern Conference finals, the Flyers think the Devils are feeling...
PREAKNESS LOOKS FOR SOME RESPECT
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - It's no fun being the middle child. You get less attention, and less respect. You can never live up to your older sibling and you can't even fall...
THESE DEVILS DON'T COMPARE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTHE COMPARISONS were premature, anyway. No team still trying to win a Stanley Cup can be measured against one that already has. Which is why people who should have known...
'BULLET' SLAYS 'EM: LEAVES FUPEG'S CROWN HOPES IN DUST
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - There is no joy in Mudville. Mighty Fusaichi Pegasus has struck out. Red Bullet ran past the Kentucky Derby hero at the top of the stretch and drew...
PIAZZA NEEDS HELP TO NAIL BASE THIEFS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe Mets, for all their acclaim as a defensive team, do not hold baserunners well. This is just old news brought into renewed focus by the seven bases Arizona stole...
THE OUTSIDER: DRYSDALE PUSHING BIG 3 TRAINERS ASIDE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The most exclusive club in racing, the Triple Crown trainers set dominated for years by Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert and Nick Zito, has been cracked wide-open this year...
PATRICK GOES UP AND GETS IT :EWING SCORES ON THE REBOUND
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES If Patrick Ewing wants the ball so much, Jeff Van Gundy had a solution to how he can get it more: grab an offensive rebound or two. How...
KNICKS & HEAT TAKE IT TO LIMIT ONE MORE TIME
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe ingredients call for drama, sprinkled with a dash of salt and a heaping portion of attitude. In addition, the recipe must be simmered on a high flame - for...
THE CORONATION WAS PREMATURE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - No, racehorses cannot fly, not even those named after the legendary winged horse of Greek mythology. And no, racehorses do not achieve greatness simply because a lot of...
MET MILE STARTING TO SHAPE UP
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThe next Grade 1 to be run on the East Coast will be the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap for three-year-olds and up at one mile here at Belmont Park. It will...
BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE WINS
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amEclipse Award winning mare Beautiful Pleasure returned to her winning ways as she took control at the start and drew off to a 63/4-length victory in the Grade 2 Shuvee...
A COSTLY WALKATHON : NELLIE SUFFERS FIRST SETBACK AFTER LOSING CONTROL IN 9TH
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amCLEVELAND _ Jeff Nelson lounged on a clubhouse sofa with a mountain of ice on his right elbow, a bewildered look on his face. Minutes removed from issuing four walks...
IN THE END, FUPEG IS JUST A FOOTNOTE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTHE bubble has burst with a bullet shot heard 'round the world. Fusaichi Pegasus, the heralded wonder horse that could not lose, the sure thing bet off the map at...
JEFF TROOP LOOKS SET TO POLISH OFF PAT-SIES HUNGRY KNICKS BRACED FOR GAME 7 BATTLE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - You wait all your life for a Game 7, the final frontier of this untamed series between the Knicks and Heat, the one time when only the game...
PAT TELLS HEAT: FUHGEDABOUDIT!
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - This is that deja vu all over again stuff, huh? For the fourth consecutive year, the Heat and Knicks are squared off in opposite corners with 48 minutes,...
CROWN DREAM TAKES BULLET IN THE HEART :PREAKNESS WINNER PAINTS TOWN 'RED'
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - There is no joy in Mudville. Mighty Fusaichi Pegasus has struck out. The hero of the Kentucky Derby, who seemed destined to become the first Triple Crown winner...
CONFIDENT KNICKS: HEAT'S ON MIAMI VG & CO. BRACED FOR GAME 7 SHOWDOWN
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Suddenly, the pressure, along with the venue, has shifted. Suddenly, the Knicks, after their dazzling comeback from an 18-point second-quarter hellhole Friday night in Game 6, have the...
THE RISE AND FALL OF WFAN : MID-DAY FIASCO HIGHLIGHTS STATION'S INSANITY
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amIT has become such a bizarre and sad place, WFAN, a place where people wear everything on their sleeves, a place where, as Jim Morrison sang, "no one here gets...
'MORE THAN READY' CURSE STRIKES AGAIN
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Was Fusaichi Pegasus a victim of the "More Than Ready curse" in yesterday's Preakness? The strange fact is, misfortune has met every horse who dared to beat or...
REAL HAMPTON SHOWS UP
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIKE HAMPTON had tightness yesterday, but it was limited to his upper back. The problem forced him to leave after six innings. By then, though, he had authored six shutout...
RODRIGUEZ POURS GAS ON METS' FIRE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amAfter Rich Rodriguez nearly blew a six-run lead yesterday, Bobby Valentine lamented that the reliever "had been pitching so well." In fact, the lefty had not given up a run...
EWING GOES UP AND GETS IT
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Patrick Ewing uttered no "See ya in Indy" proclamation yesterday. In fact, he wasn't talking. Hopefully, he's saving it for the court again in Game 7 like he...
SPENCER SIDELINED WITH BUM HAMMY
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Last year Shane Spencer's heart started to misbehave just as his bat began to register a pulse. Now, with Spencer's stick in the best groove of the season,...
BACKSTOP CATCHES CONE'S EYE
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - After throwing to Chris Turner for the first time yesterday, David Cone has no idea why the journeyman catcher hasn't been able to find regular work in the...
VG SHOCKED BY CROWD
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - You'd expect it during a lazy effort against Vancouver in December. But the Garden crowd reacted curiously - and viciously - in the first half of the Knicks'...
VAN GUNDY GLAD CARTER PUT IT UP
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Yes, Anthony Carter was hot and wide open at the 3-point line in the last seconds and he had already killed the Knicks in this series with one...
3 HURLERS HURT, BUT AMAZIN'S OPTIMISTIC
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTalk about a draining day. Not only did the Mets sit through a 31/2-hour rain delay and play their 14th one-run game of the year yesterday - they also had...
ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING? ROBINSON CAN ONLY SCREAM AFTER DEVILS ARE PUSHED TO BRINK
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 4 Flyers3 Devils1 The Devils' hopes are reduced to a screaming tirade. The coach who has all but run out of too-little time has run out of other answers....
FLYERS NOT WRITING DEVILS EULOGY YET
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amCareful not to presume the series is over. The Flyers refused to shout "next" last night after going up 3-1 against the Devils in the Eastern Conference finals. "We still...
IT MAY BE FLYERS ARE JUST BETTER
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amSO IS THIS the point where I'm supposed to pull a Larry Robinson of my very own, where I should stomp and scream and demand to know how the Devils...
PHILLY'S SIZE ADVANTAGE LOOMS AS A BIG-TIME ROAD BLOCK FOR JERSEY
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amBECAUSE the failure to tend to the little things has put the Devils one game from summer, the steam coming out of Larry Robinson's ears could power a large factory....
THE NEXT PEDRO? SANCHEZ IS ON THE FAST(BALL) TRACK
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amAfter baseball's amateur draft last June, Humberto Sanchez had just turned 16 and wondered how good he would have to be to someday be selected. He scoured the draft list,...
PARK GETTING ACT IN GEAR
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amDODGERS RHP Chan Ho Park never has been able to translate his electric stuff into great results, but he could be on the brink of doing so. After whiffing three...
LITTLE GUYS OWN BIG UNIT
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amTHE National League's best pitcher graces dumpy Shea Stadium today, which means if the Mets somehow can find a way to win, it likely will be a Joe McEwing or...
WHATEVER HAPPPENED TO ... YANKEE FLIPPER
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amJIM McDowell remains a baseball agent, but is resigned to the reality he won't negotiate another player contract for his favorite client, brother Jack. "He's living in the San Diego...
'COLT' OFFERS NICE RIDE : NEW N.J. COURSE A WELCOME ADDITION
May 21, 2000 | 4:00amThere is wonderful golf in Colts Neck, N.J. - some of the best in the state and beyond. Hominy Hill is one of the finest public tracks not only in...