December 13, 2000
RIFFAGE HAS TAKEN ITS FINAL SPIN
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amBertelsmann-backed online record label Riffage.com is officially all played out. The San Francisco home for unsigned bands posted a message on its Web site Monday explaining that it had failed...
FORMER OTB SITE ON PARK WILL BE TRENDY NEW EATERY
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amBettors have lost out to foodies on Park Avenue South, where the team behind Moomba plans to open a Southeast Asia-style restaurant on the site of a former OTB parlor....
A MODEL MARRIAGE ; SPORTS TALENT AGENCY MAGNUM PAYS $50M FOR FORD
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe legendary modeling agency Ford Models is no longer prancing down the catwalk solo - it was sold to a start-up sports talent agency backed by a pair of entertainment...
NINE BROKERS CHARGED IN PUMP-&-DUMP
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amNine stock brokers were charged yesterday with running a "boiler room" operation that made $2 million by foisting near-worthless stock onto unwitting investors. The FBI charged the brokers, who worked...
TECH RALLY IS CUT SHORT; DOW UP 43
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTech stocks slumped yesterday - and things could by rocky today. Compaq joined the growing list of big PC makers warning they won't meeting revenue and earings estimates for the...
MORRIS GETS SWEET DEAL WITH UNIVERSAL
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amUniversal Music boss Doug Morris could earn more than $50 million over five years under the terms of a new five-year deal he has inked with his new bosses at...
NO PETALS TO THE METAL; METALLICA SUES OVER NAMESAKE FLORAL FRAGANACE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amJust call him "Lars the Litigious." First Metallica and its drummer Lars Ulrich lead the bandwagon of groups suing Napster Inc. Now they're taking on Guerlain, Inc., a division of...
ON WALL ST., WHAT'S BAD IS GOOD ; MARKET REWARDING NEGATIVE OUTLOOKS WITH HIGHER PRICES
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amIn Wall Street's latest switch, bad news is turning out to be good news. The bad news was that three companies - Kodak, DoubleClick and Advanced Micro Systems - reported...
KING'S E-BOOK: IT'S ALIVE! ; NEW INSTALLMENT IS FREE DOWNLOAD
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amSTEPHEN KING is battling back against the critics of his aborted e-novel "The Plant." Now, in a new posting on his Web site, he says he plans to resurrect the...
THE FUTURE IS NOW: XEROX CONTINUES ITS TRADITION OF GROUND-BREAKING INVENTION
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWhere do they make such fanciful toys? While many think that technological advances are discovered in the Pentagon basement or the garages of Silicon Valley, many progressions have taken place...
LITTLE BOX OF WONDERS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amIn the play "Little Shop of Horrors," plant-salesman Seymour Krelborn names his special Venus Flytrap Audrey II after the apple of his eye. We don't know why 3Com named their...
SMART IDEAS ALL READY TO RAP
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amIt's raining voice-activated cats and dogs for the holidays. The talking and listening pets take speech commands, recognize their names, wag their tails and do tricks -- all by hearing...
LITTLE VOICE: SPEECH RECOGNITION IS REACHING NEW TECHNOLOGICAL HEIGHTS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe latest technology to get hammered with hype are so-called voice portals, which link users to the Internet through old-school phone lines. These voice portals offer Internet-type information over phone...
GREAT GIZMO GIFTS: PLEASE THE TECHIE IN YOUR LIFE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amHere's a gift that keeps on giving -24 hour unlimited tech support. For $49 you can purchase a years worth of tech support from "ask dr. tech". This entitles the...
THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWant some suggestions on how to take a byte out of your gift list? According to Wes Nehei, editor-in-chief of "GamePro" magazine, "If you're lucky enough to have a PlayStation...
WHAT WOMEN WANT - DOES MEL RING A BELL?
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT do women want?Who cares?Just kidding.I truly tried to find the answer at Monday night's premiere of "What Women Want," which stars Mel Gibson as an advertising executive who can...
OUR CRITICS RATE THE OSCARS: SMALL FISH HAVE ALLURE IN THIS MEDIOCRE POND
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amIT tells you something about the general awfulness of 2000's movies that if any one of 1999's Best Picture nominees had been released this year, it would have been a...
OUR CRITICS RATE THE OSCARS: TOM HANKS COULD WALK 'AWAY' WITH BEST ACTOR'S FIRST NO. 3
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWILL it be three-peat for Tom Hanks?Buzz is building that Hanks could take home an unprecedented third Best Actor Oscar for his tour-de-force in "Cast Away," Robert Zemeckis' stranded-on-a-South Pacific-island...
SLEEK DECOR AND '50S COMFORT FOOD GIVE LIKABLE IKE JUST THE RIGHT TOUCH
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amIKE 103 SECOND AVE. (AT SIXTH STREET) (212) 388-0388 AT ike, June Cleaver meets Jean Prouve. The new restaurant/lounge/bar jazzing up the East Village corner formerly inhabited by trendy Circa...
SWELL ISN'T 'SWONDERFUL
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amCAFE BOULUD ½ 20 E. 76TH ST. (212) 772-2600 'BOY, it's really full," a fellow waiting at the bar admired the packed house at Cafe Boulud.It's always really full at...
A DRINK IN THE PINK ; THIS CHAMPAGNE CAN BE DRY, STYLISH, COMPLEX AND COSTLY
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amPINK champagne is an anti-gravity act.From a drinking person's point of view, it combines the airiness of champagne with some of the weight and flavor of red wine: think a...
CELEBS VOTE FOR FLA. EATS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE are more than just chads hanging in South Beach - a lot of celebs like to hang there, too. Robert De Niro and Marisa Tomei will join an already...
THE STARR REPORT
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amMaloney 'Wings' it on hopeful legislation Behold the power of Martin Sheen and "The West Wing." Thanks to a recent episode of the NBC drama, New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney...
CULKIN COMIN' HOME ; EX-KID STAR SET TO BRING LONDON PLAY HERE FOR SPRING N.Y. STAGE DEBUT
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amIT looks like former child star Macaulay Culkin will be making his New York theater debut this spring.Plans are shaping up to bring "Madame Melville" - an acclaimed new play...
'NET WORKS FOR TV/RADIO MUSEUM
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Museum of Television and Radio will make some of the greatest programs of all time available on the Internet starting next year. The collection features almost every radio and...
'SURVIVOR II:' THE RUMORS GET WILD; ON-LINE GOSSIPS BLOW 'SECRETS' OF SEQUEL IN THE AUSSIE OUTBACK
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWILL "Survivor II: The Australian Outback" generate an election mess rivaling the Gore-Bush fiasco? The followup to "Survivor" has just finished shooting in the Australian Outback - and is now...
INVENTOR'S FATAL IDEA: TED DEAD ; MAN JAILED FOR THREATS TO CNN STAFF AND TURNER SENT 6,000 ANGRY FAXES
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amAN inventor who came up with a new way to dispense dental floss has been found guilty of threatening to kill Ted Turner. Sean Dix, whose dental floss device was...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amQ: What will the U.S. Supreme Court ruling do? A: If the high court rules for George W. Bush and bars further hand recounts, he wins Florida's 25 electors --...
MADONNA'S MARRIAGE A 'TOUR' DE FORCE IN SCOTLAND
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amForget bagpipes and kilts - Madonna is quickly becoming the biggest tourist attraction in Scotland. The Material Mom's upcoming wedding in a Scottish castle has prompted the Scotland Tourist Board...
CHURCH HAILS BRITNEY AS VIRGIN ROLE MODEL
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amShe's sexy and she's sultry - and now Britney Spears is "a saint." The sexy pop singer is being hailed as "a saint" by the influential Church of England for...
FLA.'S STATE POLS OFF THE HOOK: NEW ELECTORS MAY NOT BE NEEDED
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A day of legal victories for George W. Bush - in Washington and Florida - may have saved the state's Legislature from the politically risky step of...
FLA. SENATE CHIEF: IT'S ALL OVER - SAYS NEW ELECTORS UNNEEDED
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The head of the Florida state Senate said late last night it appeared the U.S. Supreme Court ruling eliminates the need for the Legislature to pick its...
A GRATIFIED 'GOV' REFUSES TO GLOAT
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - He isn't calling himself "President-elect Bush" - yet. George W. Bush stayed off the national stage last night, leaving room for rival Al Gore to make the...
HIGH COURT PUTS ITS REPUTATION ON THE LINE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Jesse Jackson vowed a civil-rights "explosion" if the U.S. Supreme Court sided with George W. Bush again. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) warned the high court "will go down...
DEMS TELL GORE: TIME TO BOW OUT
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Top Democrats last night told Al Gore to face the music - but a spokesman said Gore needed more time to review the Supreme Court's decision against him....
STATE HIGH COURT REFUSES TO TOSS OUT BALLOTS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Hours before the U.S. Supreme Court crushed Vice President Al Gore's White House hopes, Florida's top court rejected his supporters' long-shot appeals to toss out thousands of...
A CHRONOLOGY OF CHAOS IN FLORIDA
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amA ruling by the highest court in the land could soon spell an end to the Florida fiasco that has mesmerized the nation for more than a month. Here is...
DEM BUMS WANNA KEEP COUNTING TILL IT COMES OUT RIGHT
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amRECENT history tells us that Democrats, with all respect, don't know how to vote. But at least they are movie buffs. The robed rogues of the Democrat-controlled Florida Supreme Court...
FLA. GOP DEALS DUBYA A FULL HOUSE: REPS. VOTE HIM ELECTOR SLATE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE, Fla. -Calling it a "day of action," the Florida House of Representatives yesterday voted to pick a legislative slate of electors for George W. Bush -even as it awaited...
BUSH & GORE STILL IN LEGAL LIMBO - AL AIDE: IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amLast night's Supreme Court decision didn't immediately remove George W. Bush or Al Gore from the state of political limbo they've been in since election night. Lawyers for Gore and...
IT'S SNOW JOB FOR P.R.
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amA Puerto Rican businessman is importing 300 tons of snow from Canada to bring a white Christmas to San Juan. Starting Friday, Luiz Guzman plans to charge families $30 to...
THE SKINNY ON PLAYBOY NUDES: THEY'RE TOO THIN
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amHere's the naked truth about Playboy models: They're much too thin! That's the conclusion of a study by the International Journal of Obesity, which concludes that centerfolds appearing in the...
'CHAD CHARIOT' RYDER HAULS IN BIDS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amLooking for that perfect stocking-stuffer? The yellow Ryder truck that transported the disputed presidential ballots to a Tallahassee, Fla., court is up for auction on the popular Internet site Yahoo!...
JOSHING DOCS: POOH & PALS NEED THERAPY
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amA new report by a team of pediatricians makes the Hundred Acre Wood of Winnie-the-Pooh fame sound a lot like the mental ward at Bellevue. With tongues planted firmly in...
THE MESS AL LEFT ; REPUBLICANS SHOULD NOT REJOICE IN THIS VICTORY
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amGEORGE Bush has won the presidency in the least satisfying possible way. Not morally, because he should have been the undisputed winner after the machine recount in Florida on Nov....
SLOBBO SAYS: I SHALL RETURN
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amDisgraced Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic, in his first interview since being ousted from power, predicted yesterday he'll be returned to power, saying his conscience is "clear." Milosevic, toppled after an...
OLDS RUNNING OUT OF GAS ; GM SAYS IT'LL DISCONTINUE CLASSIC LINE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe Oldsmobile - dean of American autos - is about to go the way of the Edsel. General Motors yesterday announced that Olds, which spanned the entire 20th century, won't...
RENO'S RULE KEEPS PALESTINIAN IN PEN
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A suspected Palestinian terrorist who has spent three years in jail without being charged was refused freedom yesterday after Attorney General Janet Reno ignored a judge's order to...
CLINTON PUSHES THE IRISH TO STAY THE PEACE COURSE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton hit the Irish ground running yesterday, urging a stronger commitment to peace during speeches and meetings in Dublin with key national leaders. After Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern...
GIVE THE GIFT (IF NECESSARY) OF MANY HAPPY RETURNS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper providesgift-buying tips throughout theholiday season.IT'S hard to imagine that Dad might want to return the fabulous talking spatula you've picked out for him or that Mom can't...
PA BOSS IS HIT WITH NEW FRAUD EVIDENCE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - State investigators hope new evidence will lead a Manhattan judge to retain fraud charges against Port Authority boss Robert Boyle, sources said yesterday. And investigators are speculating that...
MORE CITY SCHOOLS ON STATE'S HIT LIST
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amEducation Commissioner Richard Mills added 18 city schools to his hall of shame yesterday - but removed 17 others from the state list of failures. His action puts the tally...
LOSER LAZIO IS STILL $2.8M IN DEBT FROM SENATE BID
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amRick Lazio needs a few dollars more - like $2.8 million. Although the unsuccessful GOP Senate candidate raised more than $35 million in less than six months during this year's...
MCVEIGH WANTS TO DIE WITH NO FURTHER APPEALS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amOklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh has defied his lawyers and asked a judge to stop all appeals in his case and set a date for his execution, court papers revealed...
BIBI IS LIFE OF THE 'PARTY' AS ARIEL SPRINGS SURPRISE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTEL AVIV - Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got a hero's welcome as he returned to the Likud Party yesterday, but his chief rival in the Israeli opposition surprised him...
DRAMATIC RISE OF TB CASES IN IMMIGRANTS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amMore than a whopping 40 percent of all U.S. tuberculosis cases involve immigrants - putting cities like New York at potentially greater risk for the debilitating disease, a new study...
AMTRAK: GIVE US $340M TO FIX PENN TUNNELS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amPlans to fix potentially deadly railroad tunnels out of Penn Station have been put on the fast track by Amtrak officials, who want to complete the work eight years ahead...
EPIC BIDS ON THE TABLE FOR HILLARY MEMOIR
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amHillary Rodham Clinton may be off in Ireland with husband Bill, but the ongoing red-hot auction for rights to her White House memoir could reach $8 million, sources said. By...
AMTRAK'S BULLET TRAIN MISFIRES ON LOCO DAY 2
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amAmtrak's high-speed bullet train was a no-show on its second day of service yesterday morning at Washington's Union Station - and its slower replacement broke down on the way to...
BUTI . . . OR THE BEAST? CAFE OWNER HOOKWINKED JET-SET PALS, THEY SAY
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN the Fashion Cafe opened to a star-studded parade of supermodels and celebrities six years ago, it seemed the restaurant's energetic creator, Tommaso Buti, could make people believe anything. He...
RADICAL COURT AHEAD? NEXT PREZ WILL TRY TO SET NEW COURSE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court, accused of getting too political in the Florida fiasco, could get more radical under the next president. With the nation's high court split 5-4...
VOUCHER PUSH GOES ON ; RUDY: COURT'S SCHOOL RULING WON'T STOP US
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe debate over school vouchers raged on in New York yesterday, even after a federal court ruling that knocked down a Cleveland program as unconstitutional. Mayor Giuliani said he would...
THE BLOW-BY-BLOW OF WICKED WEATHER
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe city took a body blow yesterday. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph battered the Big Apple, downing power lines, closing bridges, flooding highways and forcing flight cancellations. As...
JUDGE TESTIFIES VS. BIZ BIG ACCUSED IN 'HIT' BID ON HER
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amA tough-talking judge and the Wall Street honcho who allegedly wanted her dead came coolly face to face in Manhattan yesterday in the sensational murder-for-hire trial's most dramatic day of...
QNS. BLVD. IS CONCRETE RIVER OF DEATH
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amKATHERINE DONALDSON looked like a frightened deer as she stood on one of the three narrow medians in the middle of Queens Boulevard. She used one of her frail hands...
FATAL CRASH CLIPS OSPREY'S WINGS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe military grounded its fleet of revolutionary Ospreys yesterday and ordered an immediate review of the hybrid-aircraft program after a crash that killed four Marines, including two New Yorkers. The...
NATION'S EYES ON THE SUPREMES: AND DUBYA GETSNEW HELP IN FLA.
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The nation was on pins and needles last night waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the presidential race. But George W. Bush did get two big...
MADONNA MAY ADD PAVAROTTI DUET TO HER SCOTTISH 'I DO'
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWill sing "Ave Maria."Italy's opera giant may perform a duet with the queen of pop at her wedding in Scotland. The Daily Record in Scotland reported today it's possible that...
LET'S ALL ACCEPT THIS RULING - AND THEN GET ON WITH OUR LIVES
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Supreme Court has spoken - reluctantly, and with division, about this insufferable, infantile, endless election. But the nation's highest court has made its will known. Now, it is imperative...
THERE'S NOTHING FASCIST ABOUT A FINAL VERDICT
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amJESSE JACKSON tells us, "If George Bush wins, it will be by Nazi tactics," which makes me wish the 5-4 Supremes were more in tune with one another. Nine-zip would...
JUSTICES ENDED IT, BUT IT WASN'T PRETTY
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amANALYSIS It was messy, but in the end, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it had to take the heat to end the endless election and say time's up -...
BUSH LOOKS TO AVOID DEFECTIONS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush's team is going all-out to make sure that none of his electors defect to Al Gore, while some Democrats are pushing for just that in...
BUSH CAN ALL BUT CHALK UP 'W': SUPREME COURT'S RULING LOOKS LIKE DEATH BLOW FOR AL
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - It looks like it's President-elect Bush. A sharply-split U.S. Supreme Court last night knocked down the last major hurdle for George W. Bush to become the 43rd president...
DECISION PUTS HIGH COURT'S REPUTATION AT RISK
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Last night's split 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has cast a political pall over the nation's top nine justices. "This really does not put the court...
FLA.'S STATE POLS OFF THE HOOK ; NEW ELECTORS MAY NOT BE NEEDED
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A day of legal victories for George W. Bush - in Washington and Florida - may have saved the state's Legislature from the politically risky step of...
DEMS TELL AL: TIME TO TOSS IN THE TOWEL
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Top Democrats last night told Al Gore to face the music - but a spokesman said the vice president needed more time to review the Supreme Court's decision...
IN THE EAST, EVEN NETS HAVE HOPE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThe Nets were averaging all of 87 points a game, the second worst mark to only Chicago. They had lost 10 of their previous 11 games, which included a defensively-disastrous...
RICHTER INSISTS HE'S NOT TIRED
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amRANGER NOTES SAN JOSE - Including last night against the Sharks, Mike Richter has started in 18 of his last 19 games. Still, Richter, who had off-season surgery on his...
NHL HITS NEDVED WITH 3-GAME BAN
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amSAN JOSE - It was time to stand up for himself. And then it was time to sit down for three games. Petr Nedved remained unrepentant yesterday about his stick...
HERE'S THE DIRT ON THE 'INNER'
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amWith a carryover of $36,585, today's pick 6 at Aqueduct offers the first chance to make a big score at the inner dirt track meet. Before we handcap the card,...
BETTER BELLEAYRE
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amBELLEAYRE Mountain is known as a great place to learn to ski, but the present expansion and redesign is a great boost for intermediate and expert skiers and riders. As...
THE WEST SIDE JET SETTERS ; WOODY TRIES TO LAND GANG AT JAVITS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00am(Second of three parts) Jets owner Woody Johnson went to St. Louis on Oct. 1, the Jets' bye week, but scouting the Rams and visiting the famous Arch were not...
ALLEN, HAYNES: NO TOPPING '83 RAIDERS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amMarcus Allen and Michael Haynes said that while they don't think any of today's teams would be able to beat their 1983 Super Bowl champion Raiders, they're not prepared to...
HS MEDIA BAN IRKS BOARD
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amIMAGINE there's a kid who happens to be really good at, say, science. He's so good that people come to watch him work on his projects and he hopes to...
PUT IT IN THE BOOKS ; DESPERATE JETS WILL BEAT LIONS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amREMEMBER how crisp, sharp and dominating the Jets played in building a 21-0 lead in the first half against the Colts two weeks ago at Giants Stadium? They'll be even...
BIG BLUE 'D' & 'O' MAKE SUPER COMBO
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amSOMETHING quite remarkable happened far behind the scenes this past Sunday. Glenn Parker, the shaved-headed, goatee-wearing guard, approached Jessie Armstead on the sideline moments before Armstead was to return to...
JESSIE TELLS STORM: NO MORE SLACKING OFF
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amCOLUMBUS - Two years ago, St. John's forward Reggie Jessie stood in the lobby of Alumni Hall watching some reporters make their way back from an interview session with several...
YANKS: NO A-ROD DEAL FOR DEREK
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amDerek Jeter may be the next Joe DiMaggio but he shouldn't expect to get Alex Rodriguez money from the Yankees. George Steinbrenner, who often gets wrongly criticized for baseball's runaway...
HITMEN BRACE FOR BIG CHILL
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amTHE customers are going to like night games at Giants Stadium in February. If not, the New York-New Jersey Hitmen say the football fans of this area must be a...
WELL-ING AND ABLE ; PAL SAYS BOOMER WOULDN'T MIND PLAYING FOR METS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amDavid Wells is willing to come to Shea, now the question is will the Mets be able to snare him. A friend of Wells said the 37-year-old lefty wouldn't have...
MILBURY DELIVERS MESSAGE TO ISLES
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amThere was hardly a business-as-usual feeling among the Islanders as they prepared for last night's Coliseum match against the Caps. For The Post has learned that the Islanders on Monday...
A-ROD RIPS PHILLIPS OVER AMAZIN'S SNUB
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amARLINGTON - Alex Rodriguez sounded like a man who left his bruised heart in New York yesterday, when he blasted Met General Manager Steve Phillips with his Texas six-shooters blazing....
NO XMAS SURPRISE FOR HOBBLED KEITH
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES The Nets had hoped to find Keith Van Horn all wrapped up and ready for use by Christmas. Humbug. But there shouldn't be much of a wait beyond...
STEPH SLAMS FORMER TEAM
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amNets 116 T-Wolves 94 The Nets broke 100 points. Easily. There was energy on the floor and in the stands. Plays worked. People cheered. Jaws dropped. Shooting percentages rose. Yup,...
ISLES CONTINUE THEIR BIG MELT
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amCapitals 3 Islanders 2 Not even a rare Mike Milbury address proved inspirational enough to save The Franchise Time Forgot. For even though the Islanders did display more life than...
SATHER WILL TALK PACT WITH COFFEY
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amRANGER NOTES SAN JOSE - Ranger GM Glen Sather said last night he plans to contact unrestricted free agent defenseman Paul Coffey this week to see if Coffey is interested...
SHARK ATTACK SINKS RANGERS
December 13, 2000 | 5:00amSharks 3 Rangers 2 SAN JOSE - Here in Silicon Valley, the Rangers couldn't download a win last night. Despite 31 saves by Mike Richter and a last-minute goal by...