December 14, 2000
MERGER WAS PHONE-Y: SUIT - ESREY, 4 OTHERS CHARGED WITH PUMPING STOCK PRICE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amSprint and WorldCom execs have been accused of pushing for a phony merger knowing it would never happen - then making millions by dumping their stock near its peak. In...
FEDEX NIXES CHELSEA HUB AFTER CELEB PUSH
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amFedEx is planning a new distribution hub on West 48th Street as a larger project in Chelsea appears to have been slain by the presence of an elevated train track...
EZBID.COM SET TO PULL THE PLUG TOMORROW
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amAuction site EZBid.com expires on Friday, according to a posting on its Web site. The Seattle-based company announced yesterday that it will shut down its operations and liquidate its assets....
WANNABE BARNEYS' LANDLORD?
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amBarneys won't just have a new chief executive soon. The tony retailer is also getting a new landlord. Isetan, the Japanese company that owns the physical stores, is putting the...
GRUBMAN NAPSTERIZED - FILE SWAPPER HIRES DEALMAKER TO LURE LABELS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amIn a last-ditch effort to cut deals with the major labels, Napster has turned to the recording industry's hot-shot power broker to close the deals. Lawyer-to-the-stars Allen Grubman was hired...
PROFIT PLUNGE FILETS RAZORFISH STOCK PRICE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amDancer-turned-Silicon Alley boss Jeff Dachis couldn't tap his way out of a bad beating by Wall Street yesterday over lousy profits at his Razorfish shop. Its shares plunged by nearly...
TECHS DRAG NASDAQ DOWN BUT DOW GAINS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amTech stocks played holiday Grinch again yesterday and slipped more fears into the Christmas stockings of investors. High-tech shares skidded, wiping out most of Wall Street's brief euphoria over the...
DECISION 2000 PART II: FTC VOTES ON AOL TODAY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amJudgement day has arrived for AOL-Time Warner. The Federal Trade Commission is scheduled to vote today on the controversial megamerger of America Online and Time Warner. But it's anybody's guess...
WAS MERGER A PHONE-Y SCAM? - SPRINT, WORLDCOM EXECS JUST WANTED TO POCKET OPTIONS: SUIT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amSprint and WorldCom execs have been accused of pushing for a phony merger knowing it would never happen - then making millions by dumping their stock near its peak. In...
HEARST TAPS SWARTZ TO BE NO. 2 FOR PAPERS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amHearst has tapped magazine executive Steve Swartz, currently the head honcho of Smart Money, to become the No. 2 executive in the far-flung newspaper empire founded in 1887 by William...
AILEY COMPANY OFFERS A TASTY 'CHOCOLATE SESSIONS'
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amEVERY year - or at least every recent year - the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company has showcased its creative efforts with a series of world premieres highlighting its annual...
DAVE A RAVE AT GARDEN
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amIT was an early holiday gift from the Dave Matthews Band - his gig at Madison Square Garden this week more than made up for his summer snooze at Giants...
WE RATE THE MANHATTAN SANTAS - CLAUS FOR CELEBRATION
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amSANTA, Santa at the mall - who's the jolliest of them all?Seems there's a bearded fat guy in a red suit on every street corner and in every store this...
HELP! THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL SCHLOCKY TV - THAT DAMN 'WEST WING'S' TO BLAME FOR THIS OUTRAGE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amOH no! Is quality TV (normally an oxymoron), killing off cheeseola? If the current crop of executions are any indication, we may be facing a cheese dearth. Now don't get...
THE STARR REPORT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amEllen makes a habit of saying 'Grace' "Will & Grace" audience members were shocked Tuesday night when Ellen DeGeneres walked out as a guest star - playing a nun dressed...
STONE'S SHOT AT REAGAN
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amOLIVER Stone is making a career filming gunned-down presidents - this time reenacting the 1981 shooting of Ronald Reagan and the fracas that followed in a movie for Showtime."The Day...
MAKING YOUR PARTY POOPER-PROOF - THE HIPPEST FOOD, COOLEST DRINKS & HOTTEST THEMES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amMANHATTAN is Party Central, especially at holiday time. And while being a guest is one thing, hosting is quite another.If the soiree's at your place, the goal is to make...
PEOPLE ARE BEAMING AT LATEST AD SCHEME
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amSURFER gURL noticed some flashing red lights the other night coming from a bus shelter ad in Chelsea. Upon investigation she realized she needed her trusty Palm V to unlock...
A PRETTY PACKAGE PUTS US IN GOOD SPIRITS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amTHE holidays signal a return of holiday spirits - and not just the Ghost of Christmas Past. Between the whirl of parties and family celebrations, 'tis the season for cocktails....
'HAT' TRICK FOR ROSIE - SHE'S GOING TO RESCUE LIMPING NEW MUSICAL 'SUESSICAL'
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amROSIE O'Donnell is riding to the rescue of "Seussical, the Musical." On her syndicated talk show yesterday, the gabfest diva announced she will play the Cat in the Hat in...
NOW FOR THE CABINET: COLIN POWELL FIRST IN LINE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amPresident-in-waiting George W. Bush's first and most famous Cabinet pick is no secret - Colin Powell. As secretary of state, Powell will be the first black person ever to hold...
THE MESS AL LEFT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amReprinted from the late editions of yesterday's Post GEORGE Bush has won the presidency in the least satisfying possible way. Not morally, because he should have been the undisputed winner...
ALERT FOR DROWSY-DRIVER MOMS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amNew moms should stay out of the driver's seat, a new study says. That's because women who've recently given birth lose so much sleep, they can suffer major mood swings...
13 BUSTED IN BX. HS RACE BRAWL
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThirteen students were arrested after a huge brawl broke out among Albanian, black and Hispanic students at Lehman HS in The Bronx yesterday, police said. Tension had been building among...
DIAL M FOR MURDER: CELL PHONES THAT KILL
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThese cell phones could really kill you. The NYPD has been alerted to the existence of "innocent-looking cellular phones," as an internal memo describes them, that may double as hiding...
PASTOR WHO'LL WED MADONNA NOT MUCH INTO MATERIAL-ISM
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe minister who'll wed Madonna and Guy Ritchie doesn't own a single record by the Material Mom and can't recite the words to any of her million-selling hits. In fact,...
COPS PULL PLUG ON YULE-ARSON SUSPECT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amAn ex-con who is "anti-everything" was charged yesterday with setting fire to Christmas wreaths and other holiday decorations at 19 homes in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn, cops said....
WILL IT BE GORE IN '04 - OR WILL HE BE HARVARD PREZ?
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - If Al Gore can't be president of the United States, how about president of Harvard University? The job's open, it pays more than leader of the free world...
FOES: TIME TO BE UNITED STATES - AL CONCEDES, BUSH PLEADS FOR POLS TO 'WORK TOGETHER'
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe two presidential rivals ended the extraordinary 2000 election last night as peacemakers, with Al Gore asking Americans to accept George W. Bush as the country's legitimate leader and Bush...
GORE: LET'S UNITE FOR WINNER BUSH - HIS CONCESSION IS FINAL CHAPTER IN AMAZING RACE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Gore campaigned as a fighter but ended the extraordinary 2000 election last night as a peacemaker, asking Americans to accept George W. Bush as the country's legitimate...
AL'S AIM: SHOW HE'S NOT 'SORE LOSERMAN'
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amANALYSIS WASHINGTON - It was the hardest political speech he ever made. After running for president most of his adult life and getting within a few hundred Florida votes of...
THEIR 15 MINUTES OF FAME
December 14, 2000 | 5:00am(MD+IT)Here's a look at the Florida figures who were drawn into the spotlight during the election saga:(MD-IT) Palm Beach County Judge Charles Burton: The photo of the tanned middle-aged judge...
NEW FACES IN TOWN
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWhen George W. Bush moves to Washington in January, he'll be taking along a lot of the key players from his campaign as the heart of his new White House...
COFFEE CUTS SMOKERS' CANCER RISK: STUDY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amDrinking coffee may reduce a smoker's chances of developing bladder cancer, new research shows. It's long been known that smokers are at risk for bladder cancer, and coffee was believed...
A CHALLENGE EMBRACED
December 14, 2000 | 5:00am'REASONABLE in manner." Those words, taken from Thomas Jefferson's letter on reconciliation after the tangled election of 1800, were at the heart of George W. Bush's remarks last night. He...
THE SUPREME PRETENDERS MOCK COURT'S JUDICIAL HISTORY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amIN THE end, the senior and least partisan justice on the Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, spoke for the majority of Americans, who voted for Al Gore. In his remarkable...
U.S. WELCOMES BACK THE COLE - EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AT DOCKS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe crippled USS Cole had a bittersweet homecoming yesterday as it arrived in the United States two months after it was ripped open by a suicide bomb that killed 17...
LOSING LAWYER WINS SCHOLARLY PRAISE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amTake away the political handcuffs and the partisan shackles and Gore lawyer David Boies did an excellent job, his peers said yesterday. "I don't think he'll take a hit for...
PREZ TAKES HEAT FROM N. IRELAND PROTESTANTS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amAlready reeling from Al Gore's apparent loss, President Clinton hit a snag on the last leg of his Irish peace pilgrimage when irate hard-line Protestants accused him of endorsing terrorism....
HOW GORE COURTED ANARCHY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN President Clinton suggested alternate meanings for the word "is," he showed that he viewed the law not as a fixed standard against which disputes can be measured and resolved...
I DON'T HATE YOU: NICOLE TO BASH MAN
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amMiracle brick-bash survivor Nicole Barrett said she can't hate her convicted attacker, despite the "evil" act he committed against her a year ago - as he was sentenced yesterday to...
REMBRANDT 'LADY' $EDUCES BIDDER
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amA wealthy art dealer shelled out a world-record $29 million for a Rembrandt masterpiece, saying he had no choice after falling in love with the woman in the picture. The...
FORGERY PLOT FORCES 3 OUT AT ELECTIONS BD.
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThree veteran Board of Elections staffers, implicated in what one candidate called a "bonehead" scheme to forge voter signatures, have been forced out. Kenneth Marino, Sherry Schoenfeld and Maria Damone...
FLA. 'TROOPS' HEAD HOME AS FIVE-WEEK BATTLE ENDS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - The vast political operations that had descended on Florida's normally sleepy capital in the five weeks since the election began packing it in yesterday. The first sign that...
RANGEL: DEMS SHOULD FISH FOR BUSH ELECTORS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amHarlem Rep. Charles Rangel said yesterday he'd "strongly support" a move by Al Gore's supporters to go after George W. Bush's electors. "I don't think there's any need for him...
'KING' IS OUT OF EXILE - MICHAEL MINGLES AT PARTIES AGAIN
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amIT APPEARS Jacko is making a comebacko. After years of living in exile, the self-proclaimed "King of Pop" is shaking off his tattered reputation to once again mingle with Hollywood's...
MEANWHILE, THIS CLOSE RACE STILL ISN'T OVER
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe state's top court yesterday ordered the recount of absentee ballots to resume in the still-too-close-to-call East Side state Senate race between incumbent Roy Goodman and Liz Krueger. The counting...
MY GUY WON, SO WHY DO I FEEL LIKE A LOSER?
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amOUR short national nightmare is over. My guy won. And truth to tell, it feels pretty lousy. It's not because George W. Bush won ugly, as many Democrats insist. Bush...
MORTIFYING GIFTS ENLIVEN HOLIDAY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper today offers some macabre ideas for holiday gift-buying.BAH, humbug! Savvy is tired of cheery gifts such as toys and clothes, and we're sure there are others like...
CHENEY FINDS TAX CUT MAY BE UP'HILL' BATTLE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President-elect Dick Cheney met with a range of congressmen yesterday, assuring all that George W. Bush wants to get along with everybody. Cheney said little - hustling...
JOE'S JOB INSURANCE IN SENATE PAYING OFF
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - It turns out Joe Lieberman was smart to keep his day job. The two-term Democratic senator from Connecticut, picked last summer to serve as Al Gore's running mate,...
TALKING HEADS SURE REDEFINED TV TEDIUM
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amA LOT of people tell me they're going to miss the Florida fiasco story, but I won't. I'm rather sick of it - all those anchorpeople, correspondents and pundits flapping...
ARNIE SEEMS TO HAVE THE GIFT OF GRAB
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amJust call him the Gropinator. "Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger has been accused in a third groping incident while on a publicity tour in London. The hubby of TV reporter Maria...
TEACHERS FIRE BACK OVER 'CHEATING' RAP
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe teachers union accused Special Schools Investigator Ed Stancik yesterday of a "miscarriage of justice" for unfairly accusing dozens of teachers with test cheating during probes last year. The United...
TRANSIT UNION VOTES BOSS JAMES OUT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe city's 33,000 transit workers have a new union leader and a new direction. New Directions, the insurgent faction of Transit Workers Union Local 100, rose to power yesterday by...
L.I. FLOCK BIDDING FAREWELL TO BISHOP
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amHundreds of mourners filed by the open casket of Long Island Roman Catholic Bishop James McHugh yesterday at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre. McHugh, who died of cancer this...
THERE'S NO LID TO BIDS FOR HILL MEMOIR
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amBidding on Hillary Rodham Clinton's memoir of her White House years stalled at $7.6 million yesterday - but it's not over yet. At least four publishers are still in the...
CYBERSEX SUSPECT NIXES DEAL
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amAccused cybersex-fiend Oliver Jovanovic is officially retrial bound. Jovanovic, due to be retried because his conviction for kidnapping and abusing a Barnard student he met online was overturned on a...
DISARMING TOP COP BREAKS UP A BIG FIGHT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amCall it the case of the commish putting the kibosh on street crime. The city's top cop intervened yesterday to stop what might have become a violent argument between a...
BRAVEST NAB BX. MAN IN STAB ATTACK ON WIFE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amA team of Bronx firefighters answered a desperate plea for help yesterday and saved a woman from a vicious attack by her knife-wielding, gun-toting husband, authorities said. "Our job is...
THOMAS: 'WE HAVE NO AXES TO GRIND' - HE DEFENDS COURT AS NONPARTISAN BODY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Justice Clarence Thomas yesterday hit back at critics of the U.S. Supreme Court - insisting "partisan politics" play "zero" role in its rulings. "We have no axes to...
RUDY VOWS VOUCHER BONUS - WANTS MORE FUNDING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani vowed yesterday to try to extend his private-school voucher program for thousands of low-income students after hearing pleas from parents whose money is about to run out. Under...
ATTACKER GETS MAX IN SUBWAY SHOVING
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe legless survivor of a heinous subway-pushing got his wish in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday when a judge slammed his attacker with up to 25 years in prison, the maximum...
RAPE-SLAY SUSPECT GETS EERIE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe trial of a man accused of a horrific string of rape-murders took a "Twilight Zone" turn yesterday when he took the stand to deliver a rambling defense that seemed...
MAJOR BILINGUAL-ED CHANGES EYED
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amStudents in bilingual education could spend nearly the entire school day learning English under a new program being eyed by Mayor Giuliani and Schools Chancellor Harold Levy. The mayor's task...
BUSH BOUNDING INTO WINNER'S CIRCLE - READY TO HEAD FOR D.C. WITH OLIVE BRANCH FOR AL
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - Better late than never. After five zany weeks, George W. Bush plans to wing his way to Washington Sunday for a victory lap, aides said. And he'll...
OLD HAS-BEEN JESSE KEEPS SPEWING BILE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amDESPITE his gracious speech, Al Gore, obsessed with clutching the key to the White House, can be excused for forgetting something he should have told his friend Jesse Jackson last...
DUBYA MUST NOW TAKE AIM AT THE CENTER
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amGEORGE W. BUSH has to find a way to make the center hold if he's to have any chance of being a success as president - and he has to...
IT MAY BE GORE VS. CLINTON (HILLARY) IN '04
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWhether she likes it or not, Sen.-elect Hillary Clinton starts out as one of the two front-runners for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination to try to knock George W. Bush...
DOWNEY DENIES HECHE WAS HIS DRUG SUPPLIER
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amTroubled actor Robert Downey Jr. is denying an accusation that actress Anne Heche gave him cocaine for the drug binge that landed him behind bars again. "It was not true,"...
SOME REELING, SOME HEALING - BUT PARTIES AGREE: W. HAS TOUGH TASK
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Gore's decision to halt his fight for the White House yesterday sparked anger and resignation - but also hope for a new spirit of bipartisanship. Many said...
AL SCORES WITH BEST SPEECH OF HIS CAREER
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amANALYSIS WASHINGTON - It was the hardest political speech Al Gore ever made, and maybe his best. After running for president most of his adult life and getting within a...
DIAMOND TIARA WILL 'GRACE' MADONNA ON WEDDING DAY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amIt looks like diamonds are a Material Girl's best friend. Madonna will reportedly be sparkling from head to toe on her wedding day - sporting Prince Grace's diamond-encrusted tiara and...
MOB DAMES ARE 'DONS' IN SICILY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe Mafia has signed on to the women's liberation movement - a raid in Sicily netted a dozen female goodfellas. Italian police say the Corsi clan is run almost entirely...
HERO SAVES TOT ON TRACKS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amA 4-year-old girl plunged into a gap between a Manhattan subway train and platform during rush hour yesterday - and was rescued by a good Samaritan. The terrifying incident unfolded...
MATURITY BIG PLUS FOR HALL'S BARRETT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amLong before Andre Barrett set foot in South Orange, Seton Hall coach Tommy Amaker knew all about the young point guard. Between high school games and AAU tournaments, skills camps...
MIGLIORE TO RIDE OUT THE WINTER IN FLORIDA
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amJockey Rich Migliore, expected to be among the top riders at the Aqueduct winter meet, has changed his plans and will head to Gulfstream Park when it opens Jan. 3....
LONG-TERM STRATEGY TAKES ON NEW MEANING
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amLONDON - Winning a soccer match is no longer the straight forward notion of putting the ball in the other guys' net that it used to be. Nowadays, long-term strategy...
ISLES TAKE LOOK AT JOHNNY MAC
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amAlready seeking a veteran forward with presence and power play ability even before leading scorer Brad Isbister suffered a broken jaw during Tuesday night's loss to the Caps, the Islanders...
YOUNG PUGS SAVED BY DIBELLA - MATCHMAKER GIVING BOXERS FINANCIAL FIGHTING CHANCE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amLOU DiBella holds a New York State boxing matchmaker's license, but he's not a matchmaker. He does not have a promoter's license, but a lot of his rivals consider him...
'LET'S BUILD ON THIS' - BYRON TO NETS: KEEP WORKIN'
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe Nets took a giant step forward in their last game. So immediately, warning flags went up. The previous time the Nets moved ahead, they promptly got all smug and...
BUCKEYES LOVE NEW YORK - OHIO STATE MAKES IMPACT RECRUITING BIG APPLE TALENT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Freshman Zach Williams broke the barrier. When he committed to Ohio State, it marked the first time ever that a Christ The King player had signed with...
JAYS WILLING TO MOVE WELLS - BUT PHILLIPS NOT KEEN ON TRADING ESCOBAR
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe Blue Jays are willing to move David Wells for the right price and GM Steve Phillips is determined to make sure the Mets are the ones who come up...
VINNY ACHIN' TO PLAY - JET QB EXPECTS TO FACE LIONS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amSome good news for Jets fans who are still smarting from Sunday night's shellacking by the Raiders: Vinny Testaverde is back and will play against the Lions Sunday at Giants...
HOW GANG GROH CAN JOIN PARTY
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThis is how the Jets can qualify for the playoffs: The Jets can clinch at least a wildcard berth with a win over the Lions Sunday at Giants Stadium. They,...
JINT LG PARKER LIKELY TO MISS NEXT 2 GAMES
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Glenn Parker has made it a habit this season of crashing to the field, seemingly hurt badly, and then somehow rising to his feet and remaining in the...
OAK'S KNOCK ON KNICKS: THEY'RE STILL SOFTIES
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO - Former Knick enforcer Charles Oakley continues to attack the manhood of current Knick enforcer Kurt Thomas and the guts of the franchise as a whole. Thomas counters by...
JOCKEYS OK NEW WEIGHT SCALE
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amAt its annual meeting in Las Vegas, the Jockeys' Guild approved an increase in the scale of weights. The guild has also obtained an agreement on the new scale from...
TORONTO SHOULD GIVE THANKS TO MARCUS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES TORONTO - Marcus Camby should be cheered - not booed - by the Toronto fans tonight. If it wasn't for Camby, the eccentric Butch Carter would still be...
JUST WHO IS THIS GUY? - 'BOYS MYSTERY QB CREATES NEW PROBLEMS FOR GIANTS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe subject was the new and very unknown Cowboys quarterback. Keith Hamilton said he hadn't seen much on film, but that the kid looked mobile and that anyone who made...
HOW JINTS CAN MAKE IT
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amHow can the Giants get in the playoffs this weekend? The better question might be this: How can they not? They could be in before they even take the field...
AMAZIN'S SPLIT ON RODRIGUEZ' REACTION
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amMET NOTES Steve Phillips thinks he's said enough about Alex Rodriguez so yesterday when asked about A-Rod saying Phillips had "an agenda against" him, the Mets GM was contrite. "He...
CHREBET: ANDERSON RATES PRO BOWL
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Wayne Chrebet emerged from his self-imposed, unexplained two-plus-month avoidance of reporters yesterday and offered insight on several issues, including the upcoming Pro Bowl voting, the results of which...
CHECKETTS NOT WORRIED ABOUT SATHER
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - The Rangers have missed the playoffs for three straight seasons. This season they are one-game under .500 and battling the second-year Thrashers for the final playoff spot....
WILPON'S FIELD OF PIPE DREAMS? - FINANCING QUESTIONS LEAVE PROPOSED MET PARK IN LIMBO
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amNo New York sports team owner has worked longer or harder for a new stadium, or has had to put up with as much friendly fire, and has less to...
PLANS FOR NEW MSG IN WORKS
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amRANGER NOTES LOS ANGELES - With a glut of luxurious new arenas lacking in atmosphere or flavor, Garden president Dave Checketts said he would want a new Garden to be...
NO SNAP, CRACKLE OR POP - JOHNNIES (4-4) GO QUIETLY AS BUCKEYES CONTINUE HEX
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amOhio St. 71 - St. John's 58 COLUMBUS, Ohio - Who are these guys wearing the red and white of St. John's? Where is their hunger? What has become of...
LAST-TICK HEROICS RESCUE SETON HALL
December 14, 2000 | 5:00amAfter watching his team blow a 21-point lead at Illinois on Saturday and get outplayed by winless Pennsylvania for most of last night, Seton Hall coach Tommy Amaker told his...