June 16, 2000
CDNOW TO GO CHEAP:BARGAIN MERGER TALK ROCKS STOCK
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amWill somebody please get this company a good PR firm? The flip-flop king of online music - Jason Olim of music e-tailer CDNow - is still peddling his pitch that...
NIKE ENTERS OLYMPICS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amAs the athletic-sneaker market takes a tumble, Nike is making a mad dash to beef up its other divisions. On Monday, Nike will unveil its never-before-seen designs for the Olympic...
NEW JANUS STATUS COULD REAP BAILEY $540 MILLION
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amThomas Bailey is learning that money can't buy happiness. The founder, CEO, and holder of a 12 percent stake in Janus Capital Corp. yesterday lost a battle with the fastest-growing...
FORBES RANKS ELLISON CLOSE 2ND TO GATES
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amLarry Ellison is going to have to settle for silver. The Oracle CEO was dubbed second-richest man in the world, an also-ran behind his archrival, Microsoft founder Bill Gates. For...
POLITICIANS JOIN NRA SHOWDOWN
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amPoliticians are rallying around Toys "R" Us and luxury purveyor LVMH for taking a stand against the National Rifle Association in a Times Square showdown over a shooting gallery there....
COMING TO A PC NEAR YOU - SIGHTSOUND PUTS FILMS ON GNUTELLA NETWORK
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amControversial file-sharing network Gnutella has found its first suitor. Online movie company SightSound.com has agreed to make a dozen films available over the network, which, like Napster, is almost completely...
UDELL HEADS TO FAIRCHILD FOR 'NET JOB
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amRochelle Udell, ex-editor of Self and onetime guru of the fledgling Conde Nast Internet ventures, is going to be drawing a paycheck from Si Newhouse's media empire once again -...
HERE'S AN HONESTY TEST ON GAS PRICES
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amTHE title of the Wall Street research report says it all: "United States - Lies, Damn Lies And Employment Statistics." The report came out of Lehman Brothers, one of those...
CLUELESS IN FRISCO
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amBOYS AND GIRLSNo starsThe year's worst movie, a lame and clueless romantic comedy about commitment-phobic best friends who, duh, fall in love. The hopeless Freddie Prinze Jr. drags every scene...
DIRECTOR SHOULD HAVE WASHED HIS HANDS OF THIS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amMACBETHHalf a star Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. Seen Saturday matinee performance on June 10. THE "Macbeth" of director Terry Hands is a...
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLET New York City Ballet at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. (212) 870-5570. Season runs through June 25. DIAMOND or zircon? Peter Martins and his New...
'TITAN' LOST IN SPACE
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amTITAN A.E.A titanic disappointment. Everything about this sci-fi cartoon is inferior, from the voices to the drawing and the lame, undramatic story.Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG. At the Empire;...
HATS OFF TO 'SHAFT'
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amSHAFTMuch more than a remake or sequel to the 1971 blaxploitation original, this slick, exciting, unusually substantial action flick is one of the year's best.Running time: 120 minutes. Rated R....
PROUST'S 'TIME REGAINED' SLOWLY
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amTIME REGAINED 1/2 A sprawl of flashbacks from the final volume of Marcel Proust's "Rembrance of Things Past" that won't make a lot of sense to anyone who hasn't read...
FASCIST-FIGHTING FILM IS TOUCHING
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amBUTTERFLYTender and subtle coming-of-age story set against the background of the Spanish Civil War.Running time: 96 minutes. In Spanish with English subtitles. Rated R. At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer...
CHECKING OUT SIMON'S 'SUITE'
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amNEIL SIMON'S HOTEL SUITE Gramercy Theatre, 127 E. 23rd St. LIKE "Noel Coward's Suite in Two Keys," staged last season, "Neil Simon's Hotel Suite" is a reshuffling of earlier material....
GRAMMER LESSON
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amSAY what you will about Kelsey Grammer's decision to tackle "Macbeth" on Broadway (a. brave, b. foolhardy, c. egomaniacal), the man has the courage of his convictions - and the...
DARK COMEDY OF THE HIGH AND LOWDOWN
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amJESUS' SON 1/2 A series of darkly humorous, oddly sweet episodes from the life of a 1970s junkie.Running time: 109 minutes. Rated R. At the Union Square, Broadway and 13th...
NOW YOU'LL THINK I'M AWFUL, BUT...
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amComedy Central Premier Week "The Man Show" * * * "Strip Mall" * * * "The League of Gentlemen" * * * 1/2 "Strangers with Candy" * * "Don't Forget...
HOW I TRIED TO WRECK 'SURVIVOR' - WRITER
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amA magazine writer who wanted to sabotage the production of "Survivor" snuck onto the show's remote island last spring and mooned the show's security team. Bill Vaughn, a writer for...
BALD-FACED TRUTHS ; SINEAD'S SEARCH FOR COMPASSION
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amIRISH pop star Sinead O'Connor, who has just released her latest disc "Faith and Courage," is a controversy magnet. Minutes after this interview was completed, wire services began reporting that...
ONE WHALE OF A PROJECT
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amEVER seen a family of humpback whales at Port Authority? If the answer is no, take a closer look. Gracing the underpass on 41st Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues...
GORE'S REALTY CHECK - WHY A MINOR STORY COULD BE A MAJOR WORRY FOR THE VEEP
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amIT seemed like a silly story for a silly political season - a woman in Tennessee complaining that her toilets had been overflowing because of the negligence of Vice President...
HALLE RECOUNTS HER BRUSH WITH SUICIDE AFTER BREAKUP
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amHalle Berry has spoken for the first time about her heartbreaking suicide attempt four years ago. The sexy star of the new flick "X-Men" says she was so devastated by...
WHY RICK DIDN'T PICK VACCO'S 'BRAINS'
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amANYONE wondering why Rick Lazio shunned political consultants Arthur Finkelstein and Kieran Mahoney need look no further than ex-state Attorney General Dennis Vacco's recent finger-pointing. Still bitter after his loss...
KOO'S EX-BOYFRIEND: THIS GOLD DIGGER IS STARK RAVING BAD!
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe millionaire ex-boyfriend of Koo Stark has blasted her as a cruel, cash-hungry woman who treats their 3-year-old love child like a "package" and favors money over motherhood. Boston-born banker...
U.S. TROOPS WILL REMAIN, DESPITE KOREAN PROGRESS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe United States may soon lift sanctions against North Korea, but has no plans to bring troops home from South Korea, despite the dramatic first steps toward reconciliation of the...
IS ROAST RAT TASTELESS? - PETA TO PROTEST CBS'S 'SURVIVOR'
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amScenes of castaways feasting on grilled rat meat on TV's hot "Survivor" show have left animal-rights activists with a bad taste in their mouths. The animal-rights group PETA (People for...
CITY PLAYGROUNDS ARE FOOLING WITH KIDS' LIVES: REPORT
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amNew York City playgrounds are filled with dangerous hazards that can injure and even kill kids, a new report says. "We found when we looked at them ... only two...
DEADLY CHILDHOOD DISEASE THAT DOCS OVERLOOKED
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amFOR much of her son's short life, Debbie Longo grappled with the hunch that something was wrong with her child's health. Since infancy 4-year-old Christopher had been constantly on antibiotics,...
DON'T BLAME POLICE FOR SINS OF A MOB
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amTRUTH is, New York City cops have to observe an unwritten order to go easy on troublemakers at minority parades. City Hall officials and police brass won't acknowledge it, but...
STOLEN MET FLAG FOUND ON WEB
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amAn Amazin' catch by a sports-memorabilia maven has led to the recovery of the stolen Mets' 1986 World Championship flag after it popped up for sale on the Internet. Dennis...
OLD WOUND OPENED FOR '97 VICTIM'S MOM
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amMICHAEL SARTI has been dead for three years, but his Nike sneakers still sit on a mat by the front door of his parents' home in The Bronx. His toothbrush...
A 'WEALTH' OF INFORMATION ON OUR POLS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York's richest congressman is worth more than $350 million, while the least well-off is unmarried, traded no stocks and made nothing on outside speeches. Rep. Amo Houghton...
BLACK COPS WIN LAWSUIT ON 'LOUIMA' TRANSFERS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amTwo dozen minority cops won a $1.2 million verdict yesterday when a jury found the NYPD violated their civil rights by transferring them to the troubled 70th Precinct because of...
SPRAY IT AIN'T SO! SKEETER VIRUS TURNS UP IN QUEENS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe deadly West Nile virus is back in Queens, and Mayor Giuliani yesterday said the city's started planning for a "worst-case scenario" - with ground spraying around Flushing Meadow Park...
COP CLEARED IN SLAYING OF DRUG DEALER
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amBronx District Attorney Robert Johnson said yesterday there wasn't enough evidence to charge a narcotics cop in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man. Johnson said a three-month investigation found...
ELIAN'S MIAMI KIN TRY ANOTHER COURT ROUND
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amElian Gonzalez's Miami relatives filed a new appeal in federal court yesterday in their fight to keep the Cuban tug-of-war kid in the United States. Lawyers for the Miami family...
WILDING SUSPECTS ARE ROUNDED UP - FOUR MORE BUSTED AS COPS NAME BX. TEEN AS RINGLEADER
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amFour more suspects in the Central Park wilding were arrested yesterday as cops released photos of more wanted men and identified the alleged ringleader of the sex-attack spree that shocked...
GORE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LET TONY GO
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Veep Al Gore had to dump ethically challenged campaign chief Tony Coelho to clean up his act for the fall election - and avoid risk of embarrassment in...
ALL-OUT WILDING WARFARE AS HILL & BUCHANAN TRADE BARBS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton went to war yesterday - not against Rick Lazio, but against third-party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, after Buchanan linked her to the Central Park "wilding" sex-attack. Campaigning...
SICKNESS, SCANDAL SINK AL'S TOP AIDE
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Al Gore's embattled campaign chairman quit yesterday amid health concerns and a criminal investigation, and will be replaced by Commerce Secretary Bill Daley. Tony Coelho, 58, who was...
COPS BACK AT HOME OF SUSPECT IN ETAN CASE
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amInvestigators yesterday re-examined the former home of the chief suspect in one of the city's most notorious cases - the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz - and removed barrels of...
UNION: PENSION $$ SAFE FROM STOCK SCANDAL
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amA cop charged in a $50 million mob stock scam never suggested plunging retirement money from the city detectives union into the scheme, the union's head said yesterday. Thomas Scotto,...
FINEST HAD TO FIGHT OFF WILD MOB TO SAVE VICTIM
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amTwo cops who rescued a victim of the Central Park sex attacks recalled yesterday fighting their way through a wild crowd of men leering at the terrified woman and harassing...
UNION SLAPS PRINCIPAL OVER 'THONG' TEACHER
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amA Lower East Side teacher is filing discrimination complaints against her principal for demanding that she reveal whether she wears thong underwear to school. JHS 56 teacher Mary Ellen Saba...
FASHION'S VERY OWN 'OSCAR' AWARDS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amNaomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Elizabeth Hurley turned Lincoln Center into a catwalk last night as the fashion flock honored the best in the business at the 19th annual American...
MINORITY JAVITS WORKERS CLAIM RACE BIAS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amMore than 100 minority workers at the Javits Convention Center - who say they've been subjected to years of racial discrimination, sexist slurs and abuse by white supervisors - are...
COPS: CON MAN AT IT AGAIN
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amAfter serving five years in prison for a brazen investment rip-off, con man David Bloom went back to what he knew best - living the high life with other people's...
WILDING SUSPECTS ARE ROUNDED UP - ALLEGED RINGLEADER AMONG SIX NABBED IN SAVAGE SEX ATTACKS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amSix more suspects in the Central Park wilding - including the alleged ringleader - were arrested yesterday as cops released photos of 15 more men wanted in the sex-attack spree...
RANGEL'S GOING BACK TO KOREA
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amRep. Charles Rangel and some of his old Army buddies are headed to Korea next week to mark the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. At his...
MARSHALS LET SUSPECT WALK
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amRed-faced federal marshals let an accused heroin pusher walk out of court this week after one set of charges against him was dismissed - even though he was supposed to...
BOSS SONG ATERED TO 'KILL COPS'
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amAn explosively altered Internet version of Bruce Springsteen's new song about Amadou Diallo advocates killing cops. A Springsteen Web site reports that someone posted a bootleg recording of "American Skin"...
U.S. MARSHALS MISTAKENLY LET SUSPECT WALK
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amRed-faced federal marshals let an accused heroin pusher walk out of court this week after one set of charges against him was dismissed - even though he was supposed to...
ALLEGED RINGLEADER AMONG SIX NABBED IN SAVAGE SEX ATTACKS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amSix more suspects in the Central Park wilding - including the alleged ringleader - were arrested yesterday as cops released photos of 15 more men wanted in the sex-attack spree...
STYLE CZARS PICK THE BEST SEW FAR
June 16, 2000 | 4:00am,32.8>Fashion icons Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Helmut Lang and Miuccia Prada were slated to walk the red carpet last night at Lincoln Center in hopes of collecting the coveted American...
FINEST FOUGHT OFF WILD MOB TO RESCUE NAKED VICTIM
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amTwo cops who rescued a victim of the Central Park sex attacks recalled yesterday fighting their way through a wild crowd of men leering at the terrified woman and harassing...
WATCH FOR CRACKDOWN ON ROWDIES NEXT YEAR
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amIt took a sex assault near Central Park after a St. Patrick's Day parade in the 1980s and violence on New Year's Eve to convince NYPD brass to crack down...
SINK TEETH INTO SHARK
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amIF you're going by the weather, it is hard to tell what season it is, but with the arrival of those toothy critters in our offshore waters it can only...
BIG TROUBLE AT THE JAKE ; INJURIES ARE TAKING TOLL ON TRIBE
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amARE the Indians to be admired or admonished? Do we criticize them for being unable to dominate the AL Central again? Or do we credit them for being in the...
BIG TROUBLE AT THE JAKE: ALL-STAR SPOT NO SURE THING FOR ALFONZO
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amQUIZ: Three current pitchershave worked exclusively for theteam that drafted them and havewon at least 110 games. Namethem (answer below) ... * Bobby Valentine said "it makes me ill to...
THEY'RE JUST ONE GIANT FAMILY
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amThey have been together for much of the spring, through an official mini-camp, an unofficial two week "summer-school" session which featured practices and countless other less-structured workouts. Players were thrust...
MOSLEY'S DAD TOUGH TO BEAT ; MOSLEY'S DAD CUTS THE MUSTARD
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - He took his kid to boxing tournaments the way other fathers take their sons to Little League games. He was his coach, his mentor, his trainer, and...
HARPER: THOSE BULLS WOULDA GORED THESE LAKERS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amFINALS NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - From one who was there, Ron Harper: Those Bulls would have beaten these Lakers. So for those who love the "Who's better?" discussions, Harper, who won...
MOM ALWAYS IN TYNER'S HEART
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - As he always does, Jason Tyner will touch his heart and point up to the sky as he walks to the plate tonight. However, this evening in County...
FINED NELSON ANGRY OVER 'JUDGMENT' CALL
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amJockeys are accused of poor judgment every day, at every track, in nearly every race. Just ask trainer Bobby Frankel about Alex Solis's ride on Aptitude in the Belmont Stakes....
RED BULLET IS BACK ON TRACK
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amRed Bullet, who skipped last Saturday's Belmont Stakes to await the July 9 Dwyer, had his first workout yesterday morning since he won the Preakness, breezing five furlongs in 1:00...
WEATHER SPELLS CHANGES FOR REED AND METS' ROTATION THIS WEEK
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES MILWAUKEE - Tonight, Al Leiter starts for the Mets against the Brewers' Jimmy Haynes. It's the showcase match-up of the series as Leiter is 7-1 with a 3.18...
KERRY'S KNEE SCARY
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The news keeps getting worse for the Nets. With a short, tightly worded statement, the Nets revealed yesterday that guard Kerry Kittles underwent right-knee surgery that involved "cartilage...
SIX SET FOR STEPHEN FOSTER
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amA field of six was entered to compete in the Grade 2, $750,000 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs tomorrow. The nine-furlong event was won last year by Victory Gallop...
SEEING'S BELIEVING: DOUGLASS ACADEMY CAGER HEADED TO ST. JOHN'S FISHER
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Cory Hepburn first came to Frederick Douglass Academy as a 6-foot-5 freshman, he looked like the type of kid who would excite any basketball coach. There was just one...
SUPERCOLT SCORES IN DEBUT
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amThe fastest horse in the world won his debut yesterday at Monmouth Park, but just barely. Songandaprayer, the $1 million 2-year-old colt rumored to be the hottest item to appear...
JIMENEZ WON'T BACK DOWN FROM WOODS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amPEBBLE BEACH - You might not know much about Miguel Angel Jimenez. He's one of the quietest players out there. But he's got game, and should be considered a threat...
'BUSH' COMES TO SHOVE ; KUDOS FOR CATCHER WHO UPSTAGED HR SHOWOFF
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amWHO's my favorite baseball player? Glad you asked. He's Danny Massiatte, catcher for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Sunday night on ESPN2, Massiatte was behind the plate when John...
ESPN SHOOTS TO ICE EMRICK
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amMike Emrick's last act as a Devils-caster may have been Wednesday, when he was host of the Devils' New Jersey Stanley Cup celebration. Word out of Bristol is that ESPN...
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ; PACERS NEED 3 STRAIGHT OVER THE MIGHTY LAKERS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - For the Lakers, there are three chances to win once. For the Pacers, life could not be any more perilous. There is no room for error. They must...
YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amPEBBLE BEACH - By the ninth hole, Bobby Clampett was already losing the battle to hold back his tears. There's no crying in baseball, and not in golf either, at...
BORG RE-BJORN AS KIDS' COACH
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amBjorn Borg, who burst onto the tennis scene at age 15 by capturing the junior crown at Wimbledon and making the Swedish Davis Cup team, has decided to walk away...
DALY BAGS IT AFTER 14 ON 18
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amCall it a bad U.S. Open hangover. In what might be his last round of U.S. Open golf, John Daly self-destructed on one of the sport's most famous holes. The...
BIRD-BRAINED MOVES WERE INDY'S UNDOING
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Conventional wisdom contends NBA stars don't make good coaches. Larry Bird appears to be doing his best to validate that consensus. Purely judging, that is, by the Pacers'...
GARCIA RIPS SLACK-ERS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amPEBBLE BEACH - Sergio Garcia yesterday blasted his fellow players, including those from the European tour, for not following through on plans to wear knickers in tribute to Payne Stewart...
GRANT OPTS NOT TO PLAY IN OLYMPICS
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amGrant Hill officially declared yesterday that he will not be playing for the U.S. Olympic basketball team this summer. Hill, who broke his left ankle in April, said yesterday the...
HILL WOULDN'T MIND HELPING OUT EWING
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amGrant Hill got stuck in midtown traffic yesterday but it did nothing to slow down his desire to play for the Knicks. In his first remarks since rampant speculation the...
TIGER ROCKS PEBBLE
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amPEBBLE BEACH - Tiger Woods first played at Pebble Beach Golf Links at age 12, though he said he can't remember what he shot. "I do remember the course being...
TIGER JUSTIFIES SKIPPING SERVICE
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amPEBBLE BEACH - Tiger Woods yesterday explained why he opted to stay away from Wednesday morning's Payne Stewart tribute despite the fact that he was right in the area of...
JACK'S TRIBUTE SALUTES PAYNE
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amPEBBLE BEACH - Jack Nicklaus, playing in the first-round tee time that late defending champion Payne Stewart would have played, was overcome with emotion yesterday before his first shot. At...
THOMAS FEELS LIKE BIG HAPPY
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amFrank Thomas' old smile is back, his familiar laugh has returned. He has a hop in his step - and his bat - one that hasn't been there in years....
BIRTHDAY UNHAPP-EFOR ANDY
June 16, 2000 | 4:00amIt was not exactly the way Andy Pettitte envisioned spending his 28th birthday. Bereft of his fastball, without his command, and sabotaged not once, not twice, but thrice by Chuck...