January 14, 2001
AT&T CHIEF SCORES NEW DIGS IN TRUMP PENTHOUSE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE chairman of AT&T, C. Michael Armstrong finally saw his stock move higher this week - and now he is, too. Armstrong is moving into a luxurious 6,000 square-foot suite...
MEET THE 'OTHER' POWELL : COLIN'S SON IS FRONTRUNNER TO RUN FCC, AND HE'S ANTI-REGULATION
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE AOL-Time Warner marriage would probably have looked very different had Michael Powell been in charge. Powell, son of Gen. Colin Powell, is a hands-off regulator, a believer in market...
TURNER'S TRIBULATIONS: TED'S ROLE IN AOL-TIME WARNER IS SHRINKING, AND SO IS HIS EMPIRE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amSteve Case recently referred to Ted Turner as his "hero." Speaking at CNN's 20th anniversary bash a few months ago, the AOL-Time Warner chairman went on to say they "would...
'BAD BLOOD' BEHIND CALVIN, LINDA LEGAL BATTLE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amOn the eve of the big showdown between designer Calvin Klein's Calvin Klein, Inc. and Linda Wachner's Warnaco, one thing is obvious - the suits, filed under the auspices of...
FITNESS GURU'S WRITING EXERCISE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amFITNESS guru to the stars Pat Manocchia is working on a book. Manocchia, who roomed with John F. Kennedy Jr. at Brown University and once dated Julia Roberts, is the...
HOFSTRA'S HERNANDEZ HITTING LIFE'S CLUTCH SHOTS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amYOU look into Jason Hernandez' pale blue eyes, surrounded by a tan face peppered with freckles, and you see a man mature beyond his years. While others his age are...
WHAT I WATCH
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amDANITA MODEL I LOVE VH1'S "BEHIND THE MUSIC," AS WELL AS ANYTHING ON THE DISCOVERY OR HISTORY CHANNELS. ALL OF THIS IS MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN SOME CRAZY SHOW ABOUT...
WHAT GOOD IS THE 'WELL-MADE' PLAY?
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amMany theater lovers know the expression, but what exactly is a "well-made play"? Is it a term of praise, faint praise or even downright abuse? At a time when many...
THE GREAT WHITE WAY TOP-SELLING ACTIVIST AUTHOR TURNS EDITOR
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amEdmund White - the gay activist and author of the best-selling coming-of-age tale "A Boy's Own Story" - is suddenly the publishing world's hottest editor of collected works. White has...
PAULA DEVICQ
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amAs a young girl growing up in White Rock, British Columbia, Paula Devicq never gave a thought to a career in showbiz. "It happened by accident," the 5-foot-8 bombshell admits....
"PERFECT RECALL" BY ANN BEATTIE SCRIBNER 256 PAGES, $25
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amHer characters may be shiftless and befuddled, but no one can complain that Ann Beattie doesn't have a work ethic. Though the days are long since past when she seemed...
SPICY FILMS FROM JAPAN
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE name Tatsumi Kumashiro won't ring a bell with most U.S. moviegoers. But in Japan, Kumashiro (1927-1995) directed a long string of erotic, cutting-edge hits and is considered an important...
COUNTESS TO COUNT ON OPERA PATRON BACKS RISING STARS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe story has all the makings of an opera: a rich countess, her magical elixir and the poor young artists she takes under her wing. Welcome to the world of...
THE SAVVY SHOPPER
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amKNITWEARWhiteandWarren.com Sale: Through January Everything is 50 percent off when you shop online at White & Warren - known for its sumptuous cashmere sweaters. A cashmere shell is $70, reg....
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY NASTY PEOPLE ON TV?
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amSEVERAL words come to mind when describing "Temptation Island," Fox's new reality TV show featuring four couples whose relationships are tested when they spend two weeks on a tropical island...
TREASURE HUNT - THE ANTIQUE CLIQUE GOES ON THE PROWL THIS WEEK, SEARCHING FOR HOT-TICKET ITEMS AT NEW YORK'S BIG WINTER SHOW
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amAntique-lovers will be raring to go this week when the 47th annual Winter Antiques Show kicks off its 10-day Manhattan stay. Some will come to skim for bargains, looking over...
COSMETIC FOOT SURGERY WILL LIFT YOUR SOLE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amPutting your best foot forward has taken on a whole meaning these days with surgery for your feet, the hottest new nip-and-tuck procedure. "Over the last year or so, more...
SPRING AHEAD - SOME TASTY LEFTOVERS SPICE UP CINEMA'S POST-HOLIDAY MENU
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amThere may still be snow on the ground, but spring cleaning in Hollywood has already begun. Between now and the start of Tinseltown's "summer" in late April, we'll see an...
FUR SURE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amIf you've got a hankering for hide but find that full-length mink is out of your price range - not to mention out of synch with your casual wardrobe -...
ROAST OF THE TOWN - WE'VE BEAN ALL OVER NEW YORK IN SEARCH OF THE CITY'S BEST NEW COFFEE BARS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amTrue, the coffee bar craze swept over New York many moons ago, and chains like Starbucks, Timothy's and New World seem like they've set up on every other corner. But...
NEW MEDIA
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amBEACH BUMMER Championship Surfer makes a lame attempt to bring the tang and rumble of the ocean to the PC. The format is tired. Players select different character surfers, and...
READ IT AND WEEP: F***EDCOMPANY.COM EARNS FANS -- AND MONEY -- BY FORECASTING DOT-COM DEATHS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amLana, the human resources manager at a downtown Internet company, knew just how far her firm had fallen when she went online six months ago. "I definitely knew things were...
GOV URGES CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE FOR BUDGETS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki said yesterday he'll urge a constitutional amendment restricting state borrowing in the new budget plan he sends to the Legislature Tuesday. Pataki also will propose using...
BROWN IS BASKING IN BIG BLUE HEAVEN
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amWhen Lomas Brown played for the Cleveland Browns last season, he was known by some as, "the locker room lawyer." It was not a term of endearment. Brown spent just...
BUILDING ON KING'S LEGACY WITH NEW HOUSING FOR HARLEM
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amIn honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday tomorrow, 80 volunteers are on a four-day work blitz this weekend renovating an abandoned Harlem building to create badly needed housing. Habitat...
GIANTS NOT DWELLING ON NIGHTMARE OF '97
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amNothing. That's what it means to these Giants. Nothing. "Get a roster out and take a look, it's not the same team," Jessie Armstead said, sounding annoyed. "You're talking about...
NUMBERS SAY VIKING D ISN'T TITLE TIMBER
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES There is mounting evidence that if indeed defense wins titles, the Vikings are in trouble. No team has ever made it into the Super Bowl having allowed as...
CAN LOPEZ 'STAND' IT? EXPERTS: SHE'S A RISKY WITNESS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amShe's the biggest box-office draw of the Sean "Puffy" Combs shooting case. Beautiful, talented, always dressed to dazzle, she possesses the only true star power in a case that, without...
PATAKI IN PERIL : GRUMBLING REPUBLICANS & IRATE DEMS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY IT'S obvious to insiders here that the past few years of Gov. Pataki's administration have closely resembled the middle years of Gov. Mario Cuomo's second term. A growing state...
SADDAM'S VICIOUS SONS TO FIGHT IT OUT : DID STROKE FELL STRONGMAN?
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amSaddam Hussein survived Operation Desert Storm and a decade of sanctions, but his Iraqi empire may not live past the expected war between the two sons vying to succeed him....
PRO-ABORT GROUPS FACE $$ CUT-OFF FROM W.
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amPresident-elect George W. Bush has signaled he's likely to cut off federal funds for family planning groups that promote or perform abortions overseas. "Organizations that promote abortions are organizations I...
QNS. TEEN GIVES UP IN KILLING OF HS GRID ALL-STAR
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amA teenage thug with four arrests on his record gunned down a Queens high school football star who had tried to play peacemaker during a fight over a girl, police...
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE GIPPER'S UNYIELDING SPIRIT
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amIT IS fitting and proper that people of all religious persuasions pray for Ronald Reagan. When the former president turns 90 on Feb. 6, the prayers should not be for...
BEAUTY & THE BLOVIATOR : KIM, ALEC'S HOT ROMANCE IS A BURNOUT
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe two movies Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger made together flopped - but until recently it looked like the superstars had an off-screen hit on their hands. He's a hothead...
PEACE TALKS CONTINUE ON DAY OF VENGEANCE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amFormer Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres ended a fresh round of Mideast peace talks late yesterday with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, hours after two Palestinians were executed for treason. Peres,...
L.I. 'STRIP' CHARGES SPUR SUFFOLK COP SHAKEUP
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amLong Island police brass are shaking up a bureau where a highway patrolman has been accused of forcing women to strip to avoid drunken-driving charges, officials said yesterday. Suffolk Police...
PAL: RICKY'S LIVIN' LA VIDA DUBYA
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amRicky Martin's songwriter and childhood pal has gone loco over the swivel-hipped crooner's plans to sing his tune at President-elect Bush's inauguration. "Singing 'The Cup of Life' at George Bush's...
IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGH-TECH 'STORM' : 10 YEARS AFTER THE BATTLE FOR KUWAIT
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amOperation Desert Storm - which began 10 years ago this week - was a conflict like none other: a high-tech extravaganza that was more like the first war of the...
BX. 'DWI' MAN HAS RECORD
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe 69-year-old driver suspected of mowing down two men in The Bronx, killing them, had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit - and has two previous DWI...
ARMED WITH BX. ZOO SERUM, COPS SAVE VA. SNAKE VICTIM
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amTwo police officers from the NYPD's aviation unit raced to the rescue yesterday, saving a man's life after he was bitten by a poisonous snake in Virginia. The adrenaline-pumping drama...
DOCS: REAGAN IS RECOVERING NICELY FROM HIP SURGERY
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amRonald Reagan is "back to himself" after sailing through an operation to repair a broken right hip yesterday. Doctors at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., inserted a...
SECRET GIZMO'S FANS CHAMPING AT THE 'IT'
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amWHAT is IT? Oh, baby, everybody wants to know. Only a handful of people have seen the top-secret invention, the brainchild of maverick inventor Dean Kamen, and they're not talking...
INSURERS SEEK TRUE OWNERS OF BX. CLINIC
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amA state judge has given insurance company investigators the green light to probe the true ownership of a Bronx medical clinic that catered to people involved in car crashes. The...
MEN DON'T SUFFER LABOR PAINS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amPOP quiz: Did Colin Powell ever hire a nanny? Has Donald Rumsfeld ever paid a cleaning lady? Who baby-sat Justice Antonin Scalia's nine kids? Whaddaya mean you have no idea?...
BREAST PATIENTS AT RI$K : CLINIC WOES DELAY VITAL SCREENINGS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amMAMMOGRAPHY centers across the city and country are losing money and cutting services - forcing women to wait months for breast-cancer screenings and putting lives at risk, doctors told The...
PUTIN TRIES TO REASSURE RUSSIAN PRESS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amFreedom of the press is alive and well in Russia, President Vladimir Putin insisted yesterday. Meeting with leading editors to mark his country's Day of the Press, the Russian leader...
1ST LOWER EAST SIDE SLAY SINCE '99
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amA 43-year-old man was beaten to death in front of his Lower East Side home - a murder that police said yesterday was the first in the 7th Precinct in...
PRINZE 'SPARES' NO EXPENSE WITH ENGAGEMENT SURPRISE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amActor Freddie Prinze Jr. is rolling into marriage. Instead of a diamond ring, he got "his and her" bowling balls as an engagement gift for actress Sarah Michelle Gellar -...
L.I. COPS 'STRIP' BUREAU OF BIGS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amLong Island police brass are shaking up a bureau where a highway patrolman has been accused of forcing women to strip to avoid drunk-driving charges, officials said yesterday. Suffolk Police...
BRONX FIRE KILLS ELDERLY COUPLE AND FIREFIGHTER
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amA 16-year veteran firefighter died of a heart attack last night after battling a blaze at a dilapidated South Bronx building that killed an elderly couple and critically wounded an...
CRAZY LIKE A FOX - RED-HOT DEFENSIVE GURU READY TO RUN HIS OWN SHOW
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amTRUE story: In 1984, John Fox' wedding day was as well schemed as anything he has in store today for Randy Moss, when he was offered a job with the...
WHY THE GIANTS WILL WIN
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amOne-dimensional teams don't get to the Super Bowl and that's what the Vikings are and why they go no further than this. Giants' defense has been suffocating and although the...
CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAYS: A GAME-BY-GAME LOOK AT GIANTS HISTORY IN NFL TITLE GAMES
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amWhen the Giants take the field against the Vikings today, they will be wearing vintage blue uniforms that have long been removed from Championship Sunday. The ghosts of Giants past...
VIKINGS VS. GIANTS MATCHUPS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amRUNNING BACKS vs. LINEBACKERS When Giants have the ball: After a week to get adjusted to wearing a cast on his broken left arm, Tiki Barber should be more comfortable....
LEAFS' QUINN IN MIDDLE OF THE LINDROS FIASCO
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amBOSTON - This just in: Toronto GM Pat (The Mighty) Quinn vehemently denies knowledge of the Maple Leafs offering a package of Rod Seiling, Arnie Brown, Bob Nevin, Dick Duff...
IS IT A DREAM COME BLUE? JINTS LOOK TO MAKE FANTASY A REALITY
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amIf it did not hit them earlier in the week, then perhaps it struck late last night, or maybe even as late as this morning. By 12:30 p.m. today, the...
TRYING TO RIGHT A WRONG ABOUT HUNTING
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE sport of hunting is constantly under fire from animal rights groups who try and depict hunting and hunters as cruel and non-caring, but now we have national organizations that...
SHARPE WARY OF COLISEUM'S RAIDER ROWDIES
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amOAKLAND - Leave it to the most loquacious player in today's AFC Championship Game to best put the rowdies at the Oakland Coliseum in perspective. Here's the Ravens' tight end...
HANDOFF AT BIRTH HIS BIGGEST BREAK : CULPEPPER OWES IT ALL TO ADOPTIVE MOM
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amIt was not the weight of having his entire college football program on his shoulders that made Daunte Culpepper tough. It was not the pressure of taking over a Minnesota...
DILFER SEES BIG SHOW : BUT RAVEN QB TRIES TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON RUGGED RAIDERS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amOAKLAND - Imagine this surreal scenario: Trent Dilfer as one of the two Super Bowl quarterbacks in Tampa next week. Talk about a delicious dose of redemption. Perhaps the only...
ALPHA STORMS AHEAD
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amJust prior to the Christmas break, St. John's coach Mike Jarvis asked each of his players to think about his role on the team. How was each player responsible for...
ANYTHING BUT LOVE TRIANGLE: LAKERS ON THE ROCKS AS RESTLESS BRYANT STRUGGLES UNDER SHAQ
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amNobody disputes Shaquille O'Neal hadn't been getting enough touches prior to Friday's 101-98 home win against Cleveland. Not even Kobe Bryant, should he observe the urge to be objective. As...
PENTATONIC GETS REVENGE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amFour weeks ago Pentatonic was much the best in the Ladies Handicap at Aqueduct, coming from off the pace to win by two lengths. But she was disqualified and placed...
BIG A OFFERING HOLIDAY CARD
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amAqueduct will be open tomorrow with a special Martin Luther King Day card of nine live races. The feature race of the day is the 100th running of the Fred...
ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL :BLUESHIRTS HUMILIATE THEMSELVES IN BOSTON
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amBruins4 Rangers1 BOSTON - If there is one last best hope for the Rangers it is simply this - that Garden management holds the same sway over Gary Bettman that...
FOR TILDEN, REF WAY TO LOSE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS Newtown52 Tilden50 As Newtown readied to inbound with 3.6 seconds left in a tie game and the full length of the court to go, it seemed overtime was...
THE BOLD AND THE BLUE-TIFUL : FANS FEELIN' SUPER ABOUT GIANTS' CHANCES
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amGiants fans are feeling Big Blue and bold - predicting a humongous win in today's NFC Championship matchup with the Vikings at the Meadowlands. "We're going to win!" said Manhattan...
CAMBY, KNICKS SNAP PORTLAND'S WIN STREAK
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amMaybe last night's blowout of the Blazers finally will mark the end to those who have not taken the Knicks seriously since Patrick Ewing was sent packing Sept. 20th. Remember...
WARD SHAKES OFF THE RUST
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amOne of the keys for the Knicks' offense to hit its peak efficiency is for the point guards to hit their open perimeter looks. Opponents are going to double-team Allan...
VAN GUNDY: YOU CAN CALL US THE N.Y. SHAQS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amJeff Van Gundy said the Knicks would change their name if they could land Shaquille O'Neal, who reportedly asked for a trade two weeks ago. "Make the call [to the...
STILL UNBEATEN, BUT UNHAPPY ; DEVILS NOT SATISFIED WITH KNOTTING LEAFS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amDevils4 Maple Leafs4 When the Devils play again Tuesday, it will be a full month since their last loss. Now they're not even satisfied when they tie a tough team...
RICE COMES BACK - A LITTLE LATE
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amBefore making his return to the Knicks' lineup after a two-week absence, Glen Rice gave Jeff Van Gundy one more thing to worry about. Rice missed yesterday's pre-game walk-through at...
BUCKS BASH BYRON'S BOZOS :DEFENSE (& BRAINS) GO AWOL IN DEFEAT
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - The Nets came here looking for some of the heart and the courage that coach Byron Scott claimed they lacked. But then all during their worst beating of...
DOCTORS BELIEVE GILL'S KNEE NEEDS MORE REST
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - The specialists found tendinitis, more advanced tendinitis than they figured, but that was the good news for the Nets and shooting guard Kendall Gill. Gill, rendered virtually useless...
A NIGHT OF TORREY AND GLORY : ISLES HINIR BOW TIE BILL THEN SNAP 7-GAME SKID
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amOn the night they honored the architect of the glory years, the Islanders showed a rare glimpse into a winning future, as well. With the franchise's stars of the past...
CROSS CRAVES ANOTHER SHOT: ONLY GIANT LEFT FROM '90 CHAMPIONS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amHe was drafted 12 years ago out of Alabama as the heir apparent to Mark Bavaro. He played for Bill Parcells and with Lawrence Taylor and Ottis Anderson, honorary captains...
TORREY HONORED AS ISLE ARCHITECT
January 14, 2001 | 5:00am"How To Build A Team," by Bill Torrey. It's a blueprint that remains the model of sports. With a series of great hires, clever draft picks and savvy trades, the...
HOLIK HASN'T FORGOTTEN: CENTER STILL SMARTING OVER JAN. 2 BENCHING
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe coach wants to put the benching behind them. It is clear, however, that the player is still smarting. This is not, as management tries to pretend, a case of...
THE FRUSTRATION GAME: SCOTT NEEDS NEW WAY TO MOTIVATE NETS
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - There simply is nothing left to get the Nets going. Coach Byron Scott has stroked, yelled, praised, condemned, challenged. And now he has questioned their heart, pride and...
POINT OF NO RETURN: KNICKS NEED WARD TO STEP UP
January 14, 2001 | 5:00amOne of the musts for the Knicks' offense to hit its peak efficiency is for the point guards to hit their open looks. Under Jeff Van Gundy's predictable offensive system,...