February 14, 2001
NAVISTAR SHAREHOLDERS NOT SATISFIED WITH FORD DEAL
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amNAVISTAR'S executives had to bring bodyguards the last time they dined with investors in New York. After this week, the execs had better carry weapons. The Chicago truck and engine...
DE BEERS CONTROLS THE WORLD - TELLS CONSUMERS WHAT WE SHOULD LIKE IN DIAMONDS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00am"A Diamond is Forever" - because De Beers says so, and has been saying so in their clever, romantic ads since 1947. But the consortium also tells us what diamond...
'NO THANKS, DUBYA' - PAINEWEBBER'S MARRON TURNS DOWN SEC JOB
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amWall Street legend Don Marron has rejected President's Bush's offer to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission, The Post has learned. Marron - who'd earlier been in line for...
LAME 'ANNA KOURNIKOVA' VIRUS DOUBLE-FAULTS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe Anna Kournikova virus proved to be much like her tennis: Long on hype, short on the ability to get the job done. The Internet "worm" purporting to bear a...
MINSKOFF PUSHES TOWER - PLANS 36-STORY OFFICE BLDG NEAR BATTERY PARK CITY
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amDeveloper Edward J. Minskoff is planning to build a 36-story, 1.7 million-square-foot office tower across from Battery Park City, The Post has learned. The giant structure, on a city-owned site...
ALAN GREENSPAN MAKES INVESTORS GO FOR 'SELL' BUTTON
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amAlan Greenspan put Wall Street back into hibernation. After telling Congress, "We are not in a recession," stocks and bonds sank yesterday. Investors had expected the Federal Reserve chairman to...
PLANET RX CHECKS INTO ICU - DITCHES ITS CUSTOMERS TO FOCUS ON SPECIALTY DRUGS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe dot-com industry's prescription for failure has a new signature. PlanetRX, the online drugstore that moved to Memphis last fall in a bid to save money, has announced it is...
MASSACRE ON SESAME STREET
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amBIG Bird has gone berserk and knocked 60 of his colleagues off their perches. In one of the biggest days of doom in the magazine industry this year, Sesame Workshop...
HUEY TO OVERSEE 4 BIZ PUBLICATIONS AT TIME INC.
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amJohn Huey does not eat squirrels - but he does have a big new job at Time Inc. Huey, the managing editor of Fortune, was given a boost to editor...
HEARTLESS TALES TO MAKE CUPID CRINGE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S hard to pick which Valentine's Day was my favorite - the one I spent in a dentist's chair after I chipped a tooth on the candy my girlfriend gave...
FRESH 'MILK' SHAKES INTO A DELIGHTFUL TALE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE PRICE OF MILK () A delightful Valentine's Day fairy tale from New Zealand. Running time: 87 minutes. PG-13 (sexual activity, profanity). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets. ------------...
A PORTUGUESE PEARL
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amPICO ( 1/2) 349 GREENWICH ST. (BETWEEN HARRISON AND JAY) (212) 343-0700 --------- 'CINNAMON, cardamon and cloves." The captain at Pico reels off the spices that lavish a wharf's worth...
LATINO FARE AT LOCO-LOW PRICES
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amPALADAR ( 1/2) 161 LUDLOW ST. (BETWEEN HOUSTON AND STANTON STREETS) (212) 473-3535 -------- THE sea bass special at Paladar arrives beautifully bundled, neatly tied in a stiff, blond wrapper...
ANDREW LLOYD WHO?
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amANDREW Lloyd Webber may be the most successful composer in theater history, but when it comes to landing a Broadway house for his new show, he's no match for that...
THIS BRIC-A-BRAC ATTACK'S GOTTA STOP
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amTIM Meadows spoofed the trend on "Saturday Night Live" when he played an MSNBC news anchor who is eventually blotted out of sight by all the extraneous data cluttering up...
THE STARR REPORT
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amBy the #s: Ripa off toa promising start The debut of Kelly Ripa on "Live with Regis & Kelly" got off to a promising start Monday. "Live" averaged a 5.4...
GO OUT TO EATIE WITH A SWEETIE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amSTILL haven't made dinner plans for tonight? Believe it or not, you still can. A quick check around Gotham shows several restaurants with available seating as of yesterday. The list...
THE DOCTOR IS IN - THE BUFF: PLAYBOY PUTS 'TEMPTATION' BABE ON-LINE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amJUST in time for Valentine's Day, the pinup past of "Temptation Island" temptress Alison Dietrich has caught up with her online. Dietrich, 29, a physician from Philadelphia, posed nude for...
BOOKING THE COOKS - TOME TELLS WHERE TOP CITY CHEFS EAT WHEN THEY'RE NOT HOME ON THE RANGE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S Valentine's Day. Where do you suppose a top chef such as Picholine's Terrance Brennan might take his wife for a romantic meal? What kind of chocolates would they share?...
BARBRA STREISAND AND BOB MARLEY FIGHT IT OUT FOR THE SAME FANS TONIGHT; DREAD LATKES
February 14, 2001 | 5:00am"Barbra Steisand-Timeless" Tonight at 8:00 p.m. on WNYW/Ch. 5 for Streisand fans "American Masters Bob Marley: Rebel Music" Tonight at 9:30 p.m. on WNET/Ch. 13 ½ for Marley fans and...
OSCAR DESERVES AN AWARD
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amFOR the last few seasons, it's seemed like Oscar de la Renta could do no wrong. He keeps producing one winning collection after another. Yesterday, he continued his triumphant streak...
THE POST'S MEGAN TURNER ASKED OSCAR NOMINEES HOW THEY FELT ON THEIR BIG DAY. HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY:
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amBENICIO DEL TORO - Best Supporting Actor, "Traffic." "It feels great! How else can I say it? It's like going to the Super Bowl!" STEVEN SODERBERGH - Best Director, "Traffic"...
BET ON 'GLADIATOR' TO SLAY 'DRAGON' - IT'S THUMBS-UP FOR MOST-NOMINATED BEST PICTURE HOPEFUL
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amWHILE a kung fu ambush is very possible in this year's Oscar race, at this early stage, all roads seem to be leading to Rome: a Best Picture win by...
MAKE YOUR WEDDING AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe historic landmark St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue can host up to 300 guests for a sit-down reception, using the church's own caterer and florists. Wedding coordinator Linda Flynn...
IT'S THE 'WORST' THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO TRAVOLTA
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amIt's bombs away for John Travolta, whose sci-fi flop "Battlefield Earth" picked up eight nominations for the Razzies - the anti-Oscars for the year's worst movies. The critically slammed flick's...
ABE BEAME'S BAD LUCK? - SORRY: THE NICE-GUY MAYOR CAN'T ESCAPE MAJOR BLAME FOR THE '70S FISCAL CRISIS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amHOW ironic that former mayors Abe Beame and John Lindsay should die within a few weeks of each other. For each left City Hall in the '70s with a legacy...
BILL FOREVER? - CLINTON COMES TO HARLEM
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amIN abandoning pricey Midtown for Harlem as the site of his future office, Bill Clinton - formerly known as "America's first black president" - looks to be morphing into "America's...
GYMNAST FELL HEAD OVER HEELS FOR A MET
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amGROWING up as a young superstar gymnast, Julianne McNamara, who won the 1984 Olympic gold in the uneven bars, was often apart from her loved ones. Her parents would kiss...
BUMMER FOR BASEBALL WIVES - SPRING TRAINING PUTS DAMPER ON VALENTINE'S DAY
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amVALENTINE'S DAY is when lovers get showered with flowers, sentiment and romantic gifts - and yet, there's a small community of happily-married women who dread today's holiday for sweethearts. And...
SILVER AIDE ACCUSED OF ALBANY SEX ASSAULT
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - A top aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is being investigated for an alleged sexual assault on a 24-year-old Assembly employee, The Post has learned. The allegation -...
TRAGIC BABY'S PARENTS IN DARK ON DOC PROBE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe Post yesterday reported that doctors on probation can choose and pay the colleagues who monitor them, and don't have to tell patients they're being supervised. This is the story...
BILL COULD BRING BIZ TO HARLEM, MERCHANTS SAY
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amBill Clinton's star power could spur further investment in Harlem if the ex-president sets up shop there, observers say. "What it will do is run prices up on 125th Street,...
SURVIVOR PUTS HEART INTO CAUSE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amWHEN Bob Adams walks into Grand Central Terminal, he strides over the same marble tiles on which he nearly died 3 ½ years ago. He walks the tiles daily as...
VICKY'S DIVORCE DEAL: 17.5G A MONTH
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amCarmine Agnello made estranged wife Victoria Gotti an offer she could refuse in divorce court - so the judge settled the issue yesterday, ordering him to pay her $17,500 a...
NYPD MUST DO RIGHT BY HERO TREATED AS VILLAIN
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amIF YOU draw your pistol, you are looking at heavy time in the slam. If you don't draw your gun, you are looking up at cats in an alley with...
EX-PRESIDENT IS STAR OF 125TH STREET
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amBill Clinton was a big hit uptown yesterday- greeted by a crush of cheering fans who happily jostled for a glimpse, a touch or an autograph as he strolled through...
IT WON'T ERASE BUBBA'S STAIN: PUNDITS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amImage-challenged Bill Clinton may have helped himself by setting up a Harlem office - but it might not be enough to save a legacy pockmarked with controversy, some political experts...
FEDS TO KEEP CLOSER EYE ON WHITE HOUSE FURNITURE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The National Park Service said yesterday it will "tighten" procedures to stop future presidents from leaving with a truckload of furniture that doesn't belong to them. Park Service...
INVESTIGATOR FOR QNS. DA COMMITS SUICIDE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amA top investigator for the Queens district attorney's office shot and killed himself yesterday in an office closet, police said. Colleagues found the body of 53-year-old Jorge Sanchez, who was...
MILLION-$$ QUESTIONS FOR SCHOOL PARENTS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy will ask the Board of Education today to put up nearly $1 million to poll 125,000 parents and employees on what they think of the city...
2 CITY HOSPS RANK WORST IN HEART-BYPASS DEATH RATES
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Two hospitals in New York City were among those with the worst death rates linked to heart-bypass surgery in the state, a new state Health Department report shows....
COMBS SUING HIS BIOGRAPHER
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amHip-hop impresario Sean "Puffy" Combs launched a new legal fight yesterday - this time against an infamous murderer's author brother, who was hired to ghostwrite the rap star's autobiography. While...
DEFENSE GRILLS TERRORIST STOOLIE - SAYS HE COST U.S. $1M
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amFederal authorities gave a turncoat terrorist who once worked for Osama bin Laden nearly $1 million in protection, housing and living expenses, a defense lawyer charged yesterday. Lawyers for four...
HE GOES UPTOWN AFTER HIS IMAGE GOES SOUTH AGAIN
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amBILL CLINTON took his appetite, his entourage and his identity crisis to 125th Street yesterday, hoping once again to bury his spiritual wounds in Harlem's forgiving bosom. For months, our...
'TIGER' EARNS ITS STRIPES WITH 10 OSCAR BIDS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amMartial-arts flicks finally got respect yesterday as Oscar heaped 10 nominations on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - a low-budget action movie with subtitles and no big stars. But the film...
DUBYA: LET'S GO ON FROM CLINTON FLAPS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said "it's time to move on" from all the Clinton controversies - but conceded Congress won't stop probing the ex-president's pardon of fugitive billionaire Marc...
SHE'S NO ROOKIE WHEN IT COMES TO $$-RAISING
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON.SEN. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who recently created a national PAC and will soon begin raising big bucks for her 2006 Senate re-election campaign, isn't shy about asking for money. Last...
POLITICAL WHO'S WHO BIDS ABE FAREWELL
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amAbe Beame, whose career was indelibly linked to the city's near-brush with bankruptcy in the 1970s, was remembered yesterday as a mayor of "substantive" and unheralded accomplishments. Political figures of...
RUDY TO BILL: PAY A BROKER 'FEE': WANTS GOOD OFFER TO GIVE UP HARLEM OFFICE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani challenged Bill Clinton yesterday to a round of "Let's Make a Deal" over Harlem office space coveted by the ex-president - but leased to the city's child-welfare agency....
TERRORIST DEFENSE IS PRIORITY FOR BUSH
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush took a look at high-tech video war games yesterday as he vowed to retool America's military to defend against new terrorist threats that come in containers...
SUB HAD 2 CIVILIANS AT CONTROLS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amTwo civilian guests aboard the USS Greeneville were seated at the submarine's controls when it surfaced and sank a Japanese fishing vessel off Hawaii, a Navy spokesman said yesterday. But...
SECOND QUAKE HITS EL SALVADOR
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amA powerful earthquake shook El Salvador yesterday, killing at least 170 people - one month after a massive quake killed 844. At least 1,500 people were injured and thousands left...
'PUFFY' WITNESS PROBE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amManhattan prosecutors are investigating whether Sean "Puffy" Combs or anyone acting on his behalf tampered with DA witnesses in the rap mogul's guns-and-bribery trial, The Post has learned. According to...
LEONA AXES AND 'EXES' HER BEAU
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amQueen of Mean Leona Helmsley imperiously bounced her much-younger beau as boss of her $3 billion real-estate empire after learning their romance had no chance, sources say. Now, she wants...
QUEENS MUGGERS NET 150G IN GEMS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amAn elderly Queens jeweler, returning home from a sales trip to Washington, D.C., was assaulted yesterday by masked thieves who took $150,000 in gems, cops said. The heist took place...
J.R. 'FRISES' OUT THE PACK AT W'MINSTER DOG SHOW
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amFurrrrgeddabowwowdit! No other pooch stood a chance in the top-dog contest at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show once killer-cute puffball J.R. stepped into the ring last night. The bright-eyed...
BILL SKIRTED RULES TO PARDON RICH: FEDS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amA top Justice Department official is expected to tell Congress today that "none of the regular procedures were followed" in President Clinton's pardon of billionaire financier Marc Rich, a newspaper...
STUDENT NABBED IN 'DEAF' COLLEGE SLAYS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amCops in Washington, D.C., arrested a freshman at Gallaudet University yesterday and charged him with slaying two other students at the country's only liberal-arts university for the deaf. Joseph Mesa,...
SMOKING LINKED TO ARTHRITIS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amSmokers now have a new health risk to worry about: arthritis. An alarming new study reveals that longtime smokers who light up 20 or more cigarettes a day have a...
SURPRISE RX IN BREAST CANCER WAR
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amA drug that treats osteoporosis has also been found to reduce the risk of breast cancer in older women by more than 70 percent. But researchers say that while raloxifene...
'SPIDER-MAN' WILL GET NEW 'WEB' SITE: STATE PEN
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe not-so-friendly neighborhood bandit nicknamed "Spider-Man" for escaping cops by jumping from a 19th-story Midtown office window to another building was found guilty of first-degree robbery yesterday. A Manhattan jury...
HOUSE BIDS TO GRANT DENISE IMMUNITY
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amHouse investigators say they hope to get Justice Department permission to grant criminal immunity to Denise Rich in the next few days so they can put her on the witness...
GIANTS GOT MORE BANG FOR BUCKS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amNo team did more by spending less than the Giants did last season, and that wise buying figures to help them re-tool to make a run at a second consecutive...
GRIMSLEY DOESN'T HOLD ANY GRUDGE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Former Yankee reliever Jason Grimsley stopped by the club's minor-league complex yesterday morning to hook up with buddy Chuck Knoblauch. Grimsley, who was cut by the...
JARVIS KEEPS HOME FRIARS BURNIN'
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amWhen St. John's left Providence the night of Feb. 3, the Red Storm were stinging from a 75-63 loss, the players' ears were ringing from the frenetic screaming of Friar...
HOW TO HAVE ROSY FUTURE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe first round of future-book betting on the 2001 Kentucky Derby opens tomorrow, with a major defection from among the 23 3-year-olds listed for the first pool. Macho Uno, 2-year-old...
U.S. AND AUSTRIA ARE POLES APART
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amJUST one year to go before the Winter Olympics and one thing remains clear: The Austrians still rule alpine skiing. The Americans showed they can pose a threat now and...
FROM CUBA, WITH GLOVES ; EL DUQUECITO FOLLOWING IN ORLANDO'S FOOTSTEPS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - There is a colossal hole in a heart Billy Connors says is as big as the 90-mile body of water that separates Cuba and America. Watching Adrian "El...
MILBURY GRATEFUL TO DODGE AX
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amIn view of his record as Islander GM, Mike Milbury remains extremely thankful he's being retained for next season by co-owners Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar. "It was pretty remarkable...
DEVS, SENS BATTLE FOR EAST LEAD
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe two top teams in the Eastern Conference meet tonight when the Devils host the Senators at the Meadowlands. With 70 points each, the teams are tied for the conference...
HAWKS ERASE SOME OF THE DOUBT
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amHillcrest 67 S. Bay 60 Hillcrest had a message for all the doubters yesterday after its 67-60 victory against Sheepshead Bay in the first round of the PSAL playoffs: Keep...
HERE'S WHAT EAST'S ELITE CAN EXPECT IN 2ND HALF
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amIN THE wake of the East's greatest comeback in Washington not aided by the Supreme Court, the NBA has left the nation's capital (in Nod Strickland's courtesy car, no doubt)...
GABRIEL'S GETTING IT DONE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amNewtown 54 Kennedy 52 When Tamer Gabriel first showed up at Newtown, Johnny Carter was not impressed. "I didn't like him," said the senior tri-captain. "Ever since tryouts, I thought...
JOHNNY'S LIKE A NEWMAN ; VETERAN SHOOTER'S ON TARGET ONCE AGAIN
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amJohnny Newman insisted he didn't want to make excuses. He never has in his 15 NBA seasons, never will. Excuses are a sign of weakness. And so then he promptly...
FROM CUBA, WITH GLOVES: BOMBERS SET TO SIGN 3B MORALES
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - For the third time in four years the Yankees have jumped into the deep end of the Cuban talent pool. According to several industry sources, the Yankees and...
FEUDING OR NOT, THESE LAKERS ARE THE PLATINUM OF THE LEAGUE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE joke is on the rest of the NBA. The Lakers are supposed to be in such trouble because Kobe and Shaq are at odds. Right, the Lakers are in...
SHAQ SHAKES OFF THE RUST, DOESN'T MISS BEAT IN RETURN
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amBefore Los Angeles' 113-110 overtime win over the Nets, Laker coach Phil Jackson actually managed to spin the return of Shaquille O'Neal as a hurdle his team had to clear....
KOBE LOST BATTLE BUT WON WAR
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe Lakers' Kobe Bryant had waged a back-and-forth, point-for-point war with the Nets' Stephon Marbury all night. Marbury won the statistical battle, but in the end it was Bryant that...
MARBURY CAREER-HIGH SQUANDERED IN OT HEARTBREAKER VS. LA
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amOVERTIME Lakers 113 Nets 110 The Nets' winning streak ended at three games last night. But not before they put up a fight that has to make everyone take notice....
GLENDON'S IN A RUSCH TO STAY WITH THE METS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amThere is more Rusch limbo. Glendon Rusch is probably flying to St. Lucie from Los Angeles today and then may have to fly back to Phoenix tomorrow for an arbitration...
BYRON JUST SHRUGS AS REFS CODDLE KOBE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amNET NOTES Kobe Bryant picked up his fifth foul with 2:37 left in the fourth quarter last night. And yet the Nets rarely went right after him from there. In...
RANGERS STAGE ROLL REVERSAL
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amSO LET'S take another look at the Rangers, now that the Blueshirts have put together a little 2-0-1 run that they'll have every opportunity to extend in Tampa on Saturday...
FADE INTO THIN AIR: NUGGETS LEAVE KNICKS GASPING
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amNuggets 96 Knicks 77 DENVER - Jeff Van Gundy couldn't care less that his three Gotham Guns fired blanks on the offensive end, with Allan Houston going scoreless in the...
LUC CONFRONTS VG OVER REDUCED ROLE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES DENVER - Luc Longley does not want to be traded. The 7-foot-2 Aussie center made that perfectly clear. But he also wanted to know what Jeff Van Gundy...
LAKERS NEVER BEEN BETTER
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE joke is on the rest of the NBA. The Lakers are supposed to be in such trouble because Kobe and Shaq are at odds. If you want trouble, look...
SHAQ'S BACK ON THE ATTACK
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amIt would seem the Nets are the medicine for Shaquille O'Neal's ailing foot. It remains to be seen if they are the panacea for Los Angeles' in-house bickering as well....
LONGLEY'S OUT OF LUC: CENTER CONFRONTS JEFF ABOUT REDUCTION IN ROLE
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amDENVER - Luc Longley does not want to be traded; the 7-2 Aussie center made that perfectly clear. But he also wanted to know what Jeff Van Gundy had against...
FADE INTO THIN AIR : NUGGETS LEAVE KNICKS GASPING
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amNuggets 96 Knicks 77 DENVER - The Knicks went into their All-Star break feeling a Mile High after their double-overtime win over Dallas last Wednesday. But as is their custom,...
THIS TIME, BREAK IS WHAT VAN HORN NEEDED
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amNET NOTES For Stephon Marbury, the All-Star break meant a constant whirlwind of activity. For Keith Van Horn, about the most strenuous thing he did was jog to the fridge....
RICHTER'S FATE A BIG QUESTION
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amCOLUMBUS - There is much intrigue surrounding the direction of the Rangers now, what with Wayne Gretzky's group closing on its purchase of the Coyotes today in Manhattan, what with...
JEFF RAPS BROWN FOR ALL-STAR SNUBS
February 14, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES DENVER - Jeff Van Gundy did not directly question East coach Larry Brown's motives in benching Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell in the fourth quarter of Sunday's All-Star...