June 4, 2000
EISNER ACCUSED OF STEALING EPCOT DESIGN
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amChief Mousketeer Michael Eisner is under attack yet again, this time from an Ohio family that claims Walt Disney Co. stole the concept for Epcot Center. ''My father, Robert Jaffrey,...
LEHMAN BROS. QUESTIONS ITS OWN WISDOM
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWall Street's full-service brokerage firms get away with charging higher fees than the discount broker upstarts - presumably because they can give client definitive answers But Lehman Brothers' weekly Research...
LASTMINUTE.COM CEO WANTS IT BOTH WAYS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHURSDAY morning at the Silicon Alley Reporter's International Network Conference. A roomful of Swedes and Frenchmen are looking for the secrets of Internet success. The moderator asked Martha Lane Fox,...
E-FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN : E*TRADE, OTHER ONLINE BROKERS ADD SERVICES, BRANCHES
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWhen E*Trade last week announced a joint venture with Ernst & Young to provide its online-brokerage clients with financial-planning advice, it wasn't because customers were clamoring for it. On the...
...AND LOSERS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00am* GISELE BUNDCHENA judge ruled that the supermodel is an asset of her former agency, Elite, and that it can sue over losing her to IMG. * DONALD TRUMPThe Donald...
THIS WEEK"S WINNERS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00am* FRANK ZARBThe Nasdaq leader and his supporters crushed Alan Davidson's challenge for seats on the group's board of governors. * JOHN MADIGANThe Tribune Co. CEO scored when the FCC...
HEALTH-CARE FUND THRIVES ON TWO-TIER PLAN
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amIN its first year of life, the Prudential Health Sciences Fund has proven itself a real child prodigy. Born last June, the fund has already attained a lifetime gain of...
FLAP FOR 'BASIC INSTINCT' SCRIBE
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN the book world converged on Chicago for the annual Book Expo America this weekend, a good old-fashioned print controversy over the upcoming Joe Eszterhas book "American Rhapsody" stole the...
FASHION TITAN'S FIGHT : DISAPPOINTED DESIGNER VOWS TO REGAIN RIGHTS TO HIS BRAND
June 4, 2000 | 4:00am"THIS is a difficult and painful moment," Calvin Klein told The Post. He was referring, of course, to his lawsuit against Linda Wachner - the woman who makes Calvin Klein...
TECH IT OUT
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amRating:Retail Price:$400Requirement: Batteries (included)Research:www.motorola.com or (800) 331- 6456 Last year it was the Palm V. This year's must-have accessory among Hollywood stars is a minuscule phone. Hillary Swank, Chloe Sevigny,...
A SUMMER OF FUN FOR $100
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amSummer fun in the Big Apple doesn't have to cost a fortune. In fact, so many venues offer free admission or discounted ducats that with a little searching you can...
SOME THRILLIN' GRILLIN': HEALTHFUL TIPS FOR BARBECUING BEEF
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amNow that everyone's firing up the barbie, the question is: How would you like your meat -- rare, medium or carcinogen-free? Research over the years suggests that grilling animal protein...
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? POST SCRIBE JEANE MACINTOSH GOT A MAJOR MAKEOVER, BUT WOULD MY GUY NOTICE?
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amI got my braces off the week before I started my sophomore year in college. After returning to campus, I giddily marched up to the object of my affection, Charlie...
STYLE AND THE CITY
June 4, 2000 | 4:00am"Sex and the City" leading lady Carrie Bradshaw and her trio of smart tarts have a reputation for being the best-dressed foursome on primetime TV. But at the Monday night...
A WAVE OF CYBER BABES: DIGITAL MODELS SPIN THE WEB WITH THEIR STYLE SAVVY
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amButt-kicking Tomb Raider Lara Croft is in danger of losing her title as the Internet's most popular pinup girl. Poised to take the place of the chestnut-haired beauty are a...
THE SAVVY SHOPPER
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWomen's and men's designer apparel DKNY560 Seventh Ave., at 40th Street, (718) 747-1656 Sale dates: June 6-10 Tues.-Fri. 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. At this DKNY spring collection...
"THE MARINES OF AUTUMN"
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amby James Brady, St. Martin's Press, 274 pages, $24.95There are war novels and then there are great war novels - and James Brady's engrossing tome, "The Marines of Autumn," instantly...
"THE QUESTION OF BRUNO"
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amby Aleksandar Hemon, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 230 pages, $22.95It's always suspicious when a first-time author is touted as having a voice so distinct and powerful that he's called this generation's...
WHAT I WATCH
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amSTEVE ALBERT BOXING ANNOUNCER AND HOST OF "BATTLE DOME" "The Honeymooners." The chemistry between Jackie Gleason and Art Carney works to perfection. And "Frasier" - it's so well written. AL...
THE COMPLETE COENS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe Coen brothers - Joel and Ethan - make films together, jointly writing the scripts while dividing up other credits. A graduate of NYU film school, Joel is the director...
VEDDY ENGLISH GALS GET STAR BILLING
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amMiramax hopes "East Is East" actresses Archie Panjabi (left) and Emma Rydal will draw an American audience.Mary Altaffer The terrific dark comedy "East Is East" has been a slow-burn, word-of-mouth...
'LABOUR' OF LOVE FOR KEN BRANAGH BEST WITH THE BARD
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Miramax President Harvey Weinstein introduced Kenneth Branagh at the Cannes premiere of his new film last month, he proclaimed that the English actor/director had "revolutionized how Shakespeare is done...
HOLY MOLAR! A DENTIST WHO OFFERS SPA TREATMENTS WITH A RINSE
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFew people enjoy going to the dentist.That's why Manhattan tooth doc Dr. Lana Rozenberg offers spa treatments in addition to cleanings and other dental procedures at her private practice on...
"BACK THEN: A MEMOIR OF CHILDHOOD"
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amby Beverly Beckham, Host Communications Inc., 303 pages, $16.95By CATHY BURKE'You piece it together. That's all you can do," Boston Herald columnist Beverly Beckham warns readers in the prologue of...
A CUTE 1BR FOR $1.4 MIL
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amCheryl Hardwick, the musical director and member of the "Saturday Night Live" band for the past 20 years, has played her last note for the late-night show and has put...
A HORSE RACE : THIS YEAR'S TONYS ARE TOO CLOSE TO CALL
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTheater awards are as old as the theater itself - such dear old Greeks as Aeschylus and Sophocles competed for them. But whether they do much good, apart from serving...
ARISE, SIR BOB, AND HIT THE ROAD BACK TO HEALTH
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFAITH and charity brought us Hope - and don't we all feel a little better for the gift. But this is not a eulogy for the world's funniest guy. When...
DOUGLAS NABS CAR THIEVES NEAR MOVIE SET
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amHollywood hunk Michael Douglas - who's played a cop in some of his biggest TV and movie roles - made like the real thing to nab two car thieves after...
POST DRIVER 'LIVED FOR FAMILY'
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amMourners packed a Brooklyn church yesterday to bid a tearful farewell to a Post delivery truck driver killed in a horrific traffic accident that also killed a city cop. Jacques...
'92 SLAY SUSPECT NABBED
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amA Brooklyn cop responding to a call of a man exposing himself wound up arresting a wanted killer, police said yesterday. Detectives had long suspected Lecene Brim, now 26, was...
CLINTON AND PUTIN CHEW OVER A PACT ON MISSILES
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton and Vladimir Putin, Russia's tough, new president, discussed the pros and cons of a "Star Wars" missile defense system during a Kremlin dinner of goose and...
N.J. SENATE RACE IS TAXER AGAINST SPENDER
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amBalloting in the nation's priciest-ever Senate race Tuesday also may decide what's the bigger voter turn-off - sky's-the-limit campaign spending or an earth-shaking tax hike. New Jerseyans will vote in...
HILLARY, LAZIO SNARE NOD OF 2ND-TIER PARTIES
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio yesterday received the nominations of two small but crucial political parties - while another was considering endorsing neither of them. Clinton picked up the...
HOPE IS RISING AS DOCS TAKE HIM OFF THE CRITICAL LIST
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amLegendary funnyman Bob Hope was taken off the critical list yesterday and his doctor said the 97-year-old comedy legend has improved so much, he's even getting a bit frisky. "He's...
STARS PAY HOMAGE TO PUENTE
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amMusical luminaries from Gloria Estefan to Tony Bennett are expected to bid goodbye to mambo king Tito Puente - along with thousands of New Yorkers who will attend his wake,...
CATHOLICS BUY UP REV.'S BOOK ABOUT GAY PRIESTS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amA book that suggests the Catholic priesthood is becoming a gay profession has quietly become a bestseller among priests and Catholics. Copies of "The Changing Face of Priesthood," written by...
'MALKOVICH' DIRECTOR WINS MTV AWARD
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amOff-beat first-time feature film director Spike Jonze snagged the Best New Filmmaker award last night at the star-studded MTV Movie Awards. Jonze's "Being John Malkovich," - a wacky film about...
HOOP 'SKIRTS' ECLIPSE KNICKS: FANS PIN HOPES ON LIBERTY LADIES
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWho needs those men? That was the call from a bevy of female basketball boosters yesterday, who rebounded from the Knicks' stunning Game 6 playoff loss by watching the New...
LOPEZ: CLUB SHOOTING STORY ALL 'PUFFED' UP
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amJennifer Lopez says being busted with Sean "Puffy" Combs after a notorious Times Square nightclub shooting was "the worst thing that ever happened to me." "It was a complete nightmare...
THE QUEEN GRANTS AN AUDIENCE TO CAMILLA
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe Queen of England set aside years of animosity yesterday and met Prince Charles' longtime mistress Camilla Parker Bowles, a British newspaper reports. The meeting took place at a barbecue...
BUST-SEE TV HAS RUSSIA ABREAST OF HOT NEWS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amHere's the latest nudes - male politicians in Russia are lining up to appear on a racy news show on which female reporters are topless. "Naked Truth" has become must-see...
FIDEL SHOWS BILL HIS THRONG: LATEST MASS DEMO CALLS ON U.S. TO END ELIAN'S LEGAL LIMBO
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTens of thousands of Cubans rallied yesterday in the second state-run protest in two days to demand the return of Elian Gonzalez - and an end to the legal wrangling...
COURT RULING IS GOOD NUDES FOR PHOTOGRAPHER
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court rejected city opposition and gave a controversial Manhattan artist the green light to photograph scores of nude models under the Williamsburg Bridge early today. The high...
BARAK THANKS RUSSIAN PREZ FOR RESCUE OF KIDNAP KID
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday called Russian President Vladimir Putin to thank him for helping to free a 12-year-old Israeli boy kidnapped 10 months ago. Adi Sharon,...
MAN SHOOTS BRO AT MCDONALD'S
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amA fight between two brothers turned violent when one shot the other in the chest outside a Bronx McDonald's yesterday afternoon. The victim, in his 30s, was struck twice. He...
NEW LIFESAVING DRUG WORKS IN A HEARTBEAT
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amA power-packed new drug that wipes out heart clots with a single injection can reduce the time it takes to treat heart attacks from 90 minutes to an astonishing five...
ISRAEL SAYS LEBANON STALLS DEPLOYMENT OF U.N. TROOPS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Lebanon wants to delay deployment of U.N. troops at border sites abandoned by Israel to keep Hezbollah guerrillas there as long as possible, a top Israeli official charged...
RAMSEYS HUNT PSYCHIC'S 'KILLER'
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amJonBenet Ramsey's parents have put up on their Web site a dead psychic's composite sketch of a possible suspect in their daughter's murder - whom the soothsayer saw in a...
PARENTS FUME OVER TEST-RESULT MIX-UP
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe nation's biggest medical lab has warned thousands of New Yorkers that test results showing they aren't carriers of a fatal genetic illness may be wrong, The Post has learned....
CBS DUO TICKED OFF! : '60 MINUTES' VETS RIP EX-PAL OVER 'INSIDER'
June 4, 2000 | 4:00am"The Insider" controversy exploded into the open yesterday with veteran "60 Minutes" newsman Mike Wallace calling his former producer a "son-of-a-bitch" who "betrayed" him. Wallace's blast came just after Don...
TENANT: GORE'S A VEEPSKATE MOM: HOME HE RENTS US IS THE PITS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A poor woman who lives with her disabled family on Al Gore's Tennessee farm says he is a stingy slumlord who neglected repeated requests to fix her flea-bitten...
POST'S LIZ SMITH IS LIFE OF PARTY
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe creme de la creme of the publishing world paid homage to Liz Smith last night, as The Post's gossip great launched the first publicity wave for her upcoming autobiography,...
A TEARFUL FAREWELL FOR SLAIN WENDY'S WORKER
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe only woman among five Wendy's workers slaughtered in last week's Queens robbery was remembered yesterday as a saint who wanted to dedicate her life to helping disabled kids. Family...
EX-TERRORIST: IRAN BLEW UP FLIGHT 103
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amAn Iranian defector says he has hard evidence his nation plotted and financed the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, and killed 270...
ELIAN, GO HOME!
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amBRAVO to the courts for saying Elian Gonzalez can return home to Cuba with his own father where he belongs. It's time that the big interfering Donato Dalrymple actually learn...
HELPING BOXING'S FORGOTTEN HEROES CLUB AIDING OLD-TIMERS WHO HAVE FALLEN ON LIFE'S COLD, HARD CANVAS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amABOUT 10 years ago, Sandy Saddler was mugged and robbed in lower Manhattan. Saddler is one of the greatest champions in boxing history. He was twice featherweight champion, beating Willie...
NIXON CABINET MEMBER SIMON IS DEAD AT 72
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFormer Treasury Secretary William Simon, the "energy czar" during the 1970s oil crisis, died Saturday. He was 72. Simon died at a Santa Barbara, Calif., hospital from complications of pulmonary...
RARE, HEREDITARY DISEASE IS ALWAYS FATAL
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTay-Sachs is a rare, hereditary and always-fatal disorder that destroys the central nervous system. It occurs most commonly among Jews of Eastern European descent (Ashkenazi Jews), who have a one...
'BUFFY' GETS MTV BEST-SMOOCH PRIZE
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amActress Sarah Michelle Gellar took home awards for best female performance and best kiss at the MTV Movie Awards last night for her role - and same sex smooch -...
WHY FBI DIRECTOR WON'T QUIT
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFBI Director Louis Freeh - whose feud with Attorney General Janet Reno has exploded in public - would gladly quit, but doesn't want to give President Clinton the chance to...
NO RELIEF FOR SUBWAY SARDINES : MORE BAD NEWS FOR LIVID RIDERS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe daily elbow-in-the-gut crush-hour ride to and from work won't be getting better anytime soon. Although the Transit Authority plans to pour about $10 billion into the system over the...
3RD LOUIMA TRIAL SET TO START
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amNearly three years after Abner Louima's brutal station-house bathroom assault, he's poised to take the stand at the third - and last - criminal trial stemming from the police brutality...
IS DA'S CAREER DOA THANKS TO HUBBY?
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWestchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro is fighting hard for her husband through his grueling federal tax evasion trial - but she's also battling to keep her once-brilliant political career alive....
MTA COURTING TROUBLE FOR NIXING PRO-LIFE AD
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amWHY does the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have to be dragged into court time and time again for an explanation of the First Amendment? It happened three years ago, after the...
EATERY 'RATING' HARD TO SWALLOW ;ZAGAT: RESTAURANT DOCTORED REVIEW
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amA West Village restaurant has been serving up an inflated view of itself - by posting a doctored Zagat rating on its outdoor marquee, the best-selling restaurant guide says. "I...
UNION MEMBERS: PUT THIEVING BOSS AWAY FOR GOOD!
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFor five years, while 22,000 school crossing guards and cafeteria workers braved bad weather on aching feet, or toiled over hot stoves for peanuts, their union president picked their pockets...
FUTURE TEACHERS' SCHOOL DOESN'T MAKE THE GRADE
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amNew York City teachers complain they get no respect - and the Board of Education's disgraceful high school for would-be teachers does nothing to improve the situation. Opened 10 years...
CAR-THEFT DEFENDANTS RIP D.A.
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTwo veteran sanitation workers snared in a major auto-theft ring case are speaking out for the first time, insisting the Brooklyn DA is making them scapegoats because he's too embarrassed...
10 DOLLARS TO VIN : TESTAVERDE FEELS RIGHT AT HOME IN BESTING THE POST
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTAMPA - His life and the way he lives it is a daily dose of sweet, clean-living irony. Ten or 12 years ago the wonderful life that Jet quarterback and...
SAKIC BACK ON THE MARKET 'LANCHE LOOKING TO DEAL HIGH-PRICED CENTER
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - They took their shot at him three summers years ago; we all remember that and we all know how it turned out, but now the Rangers are going...
REDS GETTING NASTY
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHE 1990 Reds swept the favored A's in the World Series thanks in part to the Nasty Boys, a trio of intimidating relievers named Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy...
HARDLY A DREAM TEAM ; U.S. A MIX OF GEEZERS, SCRUBS & KIDS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFORMER Yankees general manager Bob Watson, chairman of the Olympic baseball selection committee, has fielded so many calls from potential Olympians he installed what he terms an "Olympic phone line"...
GOTTA CLICK MANY TIMES FOR ALFONZO
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTYPE www.majorleaguebaseball.com. Click the All-Star logo that pleads, "Vote Now!" Congratulations, you are well on your way to voting for Edgardo Alfonzo 25 times in an attempt to give him...
THIS RUBEN'S TOAST
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE is no website polling the public on the most overhyped baseball trade in history, but here's a vote anyway for the Ruben Rivera for Hideki Irabu and Homer Bush...
WARD STANDS OUT ABOVE REST
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amEspecially during the playoffs, the Knicks were greater than the sum of their parts. Only Charlie Ward, had a superior playoff run. While injuries were a factor, the Knicks were...
KNICKS' BIG PROBLEM WAS IDENTITY CRISIS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Knicks have plenty of credible reasons for why they are now among the viewing audience for the NBA Finals. They could point to the injuries that haunted them during...
NO CROWNING GLORY : 'PEGASUS' LOOKS FOR REDEMPTION
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFor three straight years, the sports world's spotlight fell on the Belmont Stakes as Silver Charm, Real Quiet and Charismatic bid, heroically but in vain, to sweep the Triple Crown...
PACERS PLAYED LIKE TRUE NEW YORKERS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDON'T cry for Spree, New York City. And don't cry for Patrick or Allan or Charlie or LJ or Cotton Camby. Don't shed any tears for Jeff Van Gundy, either....
KURT'S DAYS WITH KNICKS LIKELY OVER
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Kurt Thomas may have played his last game as a Knick Friday night. The reserve power forward/center, is the Knicks' lone free agent. After his reduced role in...
A SUPERFECTA BELMONT - IF ...
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amSuperfecta wagering was approved yesterday for the 132nd running of the Belmont Stakes, with the provisions there must be a minimum of eight horses entered in the race and there...
SIMPLE REASONS KNICKS LOST: PACERS WERE JUST HEALTHIER, HUNGRIER
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amTHE MEDIA crush was so great in the Knicks' locker room late Friday night after the Pacers put them out of their misery, you'd have thought they were the ones...
BOMBERS LONG FOR MUCH-HYPED HENSON
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amIT WOULD be very selfish for Yankee fans to hope that Drew Henson doesn't turn out to be the next John Elway. Bronx Bomber fans today, however, want it all....
HOUSTON: PACERS CAN GO ALL THE WAY
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amThe gut-wrenching pain of a season-ending loss to the Pacers Friday night was still etched on the faces of many of the Knicks, as they tried to make sense of...
CALL FOR ROBO-KNICKS ; VAN GUNDY: DURABILITY'S OUR TEAM'S BIG WEAKNESS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amIt's no fluke the Knicks got slammed again with a spate of injuries for the second straight playoff run. Unfortunately, it's become part of whom they are. And that is...
YANKS HOLD BREATH WITH POSADA'S INJURY
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Yankees have their fingers firmly crossed that the foul ball Jorge Posada took on his right knee early in yesterday's game against the Braves doesn't cause a...
CY YOUNGS TAKE DAY OFF: MADDUX, CLEMENS BOMBED
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amBraves 11 Yankees 7 ATLANTA - Cy Slop. Thanks to nine Cy Young Awards between them, Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux were expected to stage a pitching dual yesterday much...
NIEUWENDYK CAN'T CONN THESE DEVILS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - By winning another Conn Smythe Trophy this year, Joe Nieuwendyk might have assured himself having a street named after him near the Stars' practice site. With the team's...
STARS: ICE ISN'T THAT BAD
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - The slushy and divot-filled ice conditions at Reunion Arena for Game 3 remained a hot topic during yesterday's morning skate at the Stars' practice site. While not defending...
MCKAY UNDERSTANDS HE HAS TO EARN TIME
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - In the third period of the seventh game against the Flyers, only his team's most important period of the season, Randy McKay sat. And sat. And sat. Did...
PRATT EASES HEADACHES: STEPS IN FOR WOOZY PIAZZA, DELIVERS WITH POWER AGAIN
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amBefore Friday night's game at Shea Stadium, when the lineups appeared on the mammoth scoreboard in right-center field, the murmuring in the crowd was audible. "Where's Mike? We want Piazza!"...
ZEILE MAKING BELIEVERS OF METS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES First baseman Todd Zeile has been everything advertised from when the Mets signed him during the offseason. He's been a slow starter, a professional hitter and a clutch...
SYKORA: HEY, WE'RE TRYING - SAYS HE AND ELIAS SHOULDN'T BE BENCHED
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - At first, before Lou Lamoriello himself broke up the later full-scale interview, Petr Sykora was stunned. "Bench us? Why would [Larry Robinson] do that?" Sykora asked yesterday. Apparently,...
BUNYAN DRIVES MOLLOY PAST ST. RAY'S
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amH.S. BASEBALL: Molloy 4 - St. Raymond's 3 With two out in the bottom of the sixth and the potential winning run on first, Archbishop Molloy head coach Jack Curran...
CLEMENT'S 'ROSE' TAKES SHEEPSHEAD
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFrench-born trainer Cristophe Clement has enjoyed much success over the years here with grass runners imported from Europe, and yesterday he struck again, saddling Liseux Rose to win the Grade...
BERNIE'S LUCK-'E' HE WASN'T CHARGED
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amATLANTA - Don't go looking for an "E" next to Bernie Williams' name in last night's box score. Chuck Knoblauch, Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez and Roger Clemens are there, but...
EXCUSES ARE LIKE ROCKET: THEY'RE OLD AND NOT ALWAYS GOOD
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amATLANTA - There is probably a greater waste of time than listening to how Roger Clemens has returned to his vintage self as a Yankee. Though none comes readily to...
SPREE DEAL NOT THE ANSWER : DON'T TURN LATRELLINTO HILL TRADE BAIT
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amNOW that the cold reality of being knocked out of the playoffs on their home floor by an inferior team is sinking in for Knicks, now that Jeff Van Gundy's...
GIANTS' ESTES COULD BOLSTER THE ROTATION
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ATLANTA - While the Yankees continue to monitor what bats will become available as the July 31 trading deadline approaches, they aren't ignoring their starting rotation. With David...
HAMMERIN' HEAVYWEIGHT TUA MUCH FOR SULLIVAN
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - David Tua had a minute to kill last night. So he tried to kill Obed Sullivan. Thankfully, he didn't, but he did convince him to take a...
LEIT WORK FOR AMAZIN'S: AL & BULLPEN REEL IN RAYS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amMets 1 Devil Rays 0 Even with the return of Mike Piazza to the lineup, the Mets' bats were all but smothered by pitching-starved Tampa Bay last night, and held...
DEVILS HALFWAY HOME : SYKORA'S LINE PAVES WAY FOR 2-1 LEAD
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - The challenge was direct and personal. And answered. Petr Sykora and Patrik Elias took it to heart, then to triumph, and halfway to their first Stanley Cup. If...
HARRIS IS HAPPY TO BE BACK, READY TO CONTRIBUTE
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Lenny Harris returned to New York yesterday for his second stint as a Met. And Harris said he realizes now he never should've left the first time around,...
BELFOUR GETS IT DONE WITHOUT A SAFETY NET
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - Standing on his head makes a goalie's hair stick out from his scalp, and the crowd's, too. But there is no future in it. Any Stanley Cup success...
HULL'S SPEECHLESS AFTER GAME 3 LOSS
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFINALS NOTES DALLAS - Another game without a point, another post-game without a quote. Continuing to boycott the media after Stanley Cup Finals defeats, sore loser Brett Hull refused to...
JERSEY'S TRIO GRANDE A BARGAIN - FOR NOW
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - To understand just how the Devils have been carried offensively by the Jason Arnott-Patrik Elias-Petr Sykora line throughout this tournament, just chew on these numbers for bit: Through...
SHED NO TEARS FOR BARRY HE RUES NOT PLAYING IN WORLD SERIES - BUT STILL WON'T HUSTLE
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amFOR pure, unmitigated, colossal gall, Barry Bonds takes the cake, the plate, the fork and the whole Dusty Bakery. He's a first-ballot, unanimous Gall of Famer. Bonds, in the latest...
HOW TO GRIN AND 'BEAR' IT THIS SUMMER
June 4, 2000 | 4:00amHIKERS, campers and anglers will fill the northern woods of New York this summer, and the same fauna and flora that they will be attracted to will also attract bears....