April 1, 2001
BULL'S EYE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amGiuliani & Tristani: Protecting Our Decency IF Rudy Giuliani ever makes it to Washington, he should give Democratic Federal Communications Commissioner Gloria Tristani a call. While their politics are very...
INDECISIVENESS MAY GIVE YOU AN INVESTMENT EDGE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amIF you're torn about where to put your investments, that may a good thing. A new study says people who divide their money between value and growth investments - strategic...
MICROCAPS THAT DELIVER THE GOODS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amDURING the go-go years of the late 1990s, many microcap funds -- portfolios that specialize in buying companies with total market values of less than $200 million -- morphed into...
STARTING OVER: A LOOK AT WHAT THE PROS PLAN TO BUY
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amDON'T listen to what the Wall Street pros say; watch what they do. Even as top strategists and portfolio managers claim that the stock market is nearing its bottom, few...
DIAMOND GEMS: A HEAVY-HITTING LINEUP OF BASEBALL BOOKS GETS YOU INTO THE SWING OF SPRING
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe bleachers have been washed down, the fields are landscaped and the mercury is climbing to temperatures just right for the boys of summer. Yes, it's time to crank up...
OUTDATED ALREADY: EVEN SOME OF THE LATEST DVD PLAYERS DON'T HAVE NEW MOVIE-VIEWING TECHNOLOGY
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amIs your brand-new DVD player already obsolete? It could be, thanks to the development of a new microchip needed to process the latest extras that studios have been packing into...
JUST SAY 'BLOW' : DIRECTOR TED DEMME CAPTURES THE GLITZ AND THE AGONY OF A BIG-TIME DRUG DEALER
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWhile Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning "Traffic" took a bleak, political look at the downside of the drug trade, director Ted Demme's "Blow" - which stars Johnny Depp in a true-story depiction...
MICHAEL MADSEN
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMichael Madsen, who plays an FBI informant in the new TV drama "Big Apple," is known for his raspy voice and rugged demeanor. He claims his smooth style is purely...
THE MOVIE THAT DEVOURED 'TIGER'
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe Taiwanese martial-arts epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" may have awed Oscar voters, who gave it four prizes, but moviegoers in China clearly prefer "Shadow Magic." That drama outperformed "Tiger"...
WHY I'M TRYING TO LOSE THE BOOZE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amOh my God, I think I'm an alcoholic!Why do I find it so hard to stay off the sauce? Don't get me wrong, it's not that I can't face the...
A HOST OF FINE NEW SHOWS FOR FURTHER REVUE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amScandals, follies, vanities - no, I'm not talking about Cindy Adams or Page Six but the revue, that former staple of the Broadway scene. Featuring comedians, brief sketches, showgirls in...
WHAT I WATCH
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amLAUREN BUSHMODELI PRETTY MUCH WATCH "SEINFELD" EVERY NIGHT. I LOVE HIM, I THINK HE'S SO HYSTERICAL.EVANDER HOLYFIELDHEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONI WATCH ANYTHING ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND, OF COURSE, THE 11 O'CLOCK...
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE TEA WITH MR. T
April 1, 2001 | 5:00am'I pity the fool who offers Mr. T coffee," growls the one and only Mr. T. "You wouldn't offer Mr. Coffee tea." Seated on a plush banquet in the coffee...
SOHO GETS A DOSA REALITY
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amNow that Hampton Chutney Co.'s in town, the dosa could become the next big thing in fast food. And what is a dosa, you may ask? It's a wafer-thin pancake,...
IT'S A MAG, MAG WHIRL: FREE CD TRAILERS AIM TO REEL IN MOVIE FANS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amNew Yorkers will soon have something more to take home from the movie theater than squashed Milk Duds. Starting this week, select theaters will be distributing free CD-ROMs loaded with...
GIVING UP YOUR LEASH: LOOKING FOR A GOOD DOG WALKER? HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe average dog requires three outings each day. Fortunately for the many New Yorkers who spend long hours at the office, one of the great perks of this city is...
JUST SAY 'BLOW': DIRECTOR TED DEMME CAPTURES THE GLITZ AND THE AGONY OF A BIG-TIME DRUG DEALER
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWhile Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning "Traffic" took a bleak, political look at the downside of the drug trade, director Ted Demme's "Blow" -- which stars Johnny Depp in a true-story depiction...
LONG-LOST DOYLE BOOK DUE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amA long-lost book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that inspired his Sherlock Holmes series is to be published. "The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe," which contains characters similar to the famed...
MATERIAL MOM: IT'S TIME TO GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amEnough with changing diapers and being a housewife - Madonna is ready to hit the road again. The Material Mom will embark on her first concert tour in eight years...
STOOPING TO AN ALL-TIME J.LO
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amI DON'T want to ruffle Bjork's feathers or anything, but try as she might, she just wasn't the most ridiculous-looking human at the Academy Awards this year. No, that honor...
BREAST CANCER DRUG TAMOXIFEN WON'T REDUCE SEX DRIVE: STUDY
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amA new study says long-term use of the anti-breast cancer drug tamoxifen doesn't reduce sex drive or affect mood as had been feared. The conclusion was based on studies of...
BIRTH-CONTROL DRUG IS OK'D
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amNorplant - the long-lasting contraceptive that can be implanted in a woman's arm - may be safe to use after all. The birth-control device was yanked off the market last...
MONUMENTAL DISRESPECT FOR TRUE HEROES
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amKOREAN WAR veteran Rod O'Shea was saying: "Ask anyone who has been in combat, and the sad response is pretty much the same. "In the final moments, a fallen serviceman's...
TAX $$ FUNDED AIR CUOMO - MADE 25 VISITS TO N.Y. AS HUD CHIEF
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Andrew Cuomo visited New York 25 times on the taxpayers' dime in his final year as Bill Clinton's housing secretary - 21 visits more than he made to...
SLAIN DOC'S WIDOW: LET ASSASSIN DIE PAINFULLY
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe widow of an abortion doctor slain by a sniper's bullet says she wants his accused killer, James Kopp, to suffer a "slow, painful death." "I'd like to see him...
NYERS REACH OUT TO SLAIN PIZZA MAN'S KIN
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amSlain pizza-delivery man Ivan Martinez was fondly remembered yesterday as hundreds donated money to his grieving immigrant relatives, who are devastated but still believe in the American dream. Martinez, 18,...
HILL & CHUCK BLAST ARAFAT FOR VIOLENCE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amSens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer slammed Yasser Arafat for inciting Mideast violence, and supported President Bush's hard line with the Palestinian leader yesterday. "Enough is enough, already!" Schumer...
MAN ARRESTED IN BOMB SCARE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amA 36-year-old man has been arrested for threatening to blow up a Greenwich Village elementary school after officials there told him they planned to hold back his failing 6-year-old son,...
TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON THREATS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amPost readers have mixed feelings about whether Westchester County officials overreacted by shutting two school systems over threats of violence, a flash fax poll shows. Most people who have responded...
WALL ST. BOOSTERS HIGH ON 'PRIVATIZER'
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amAlthough it apparently has lost its bid to run Big Apple public schools and its stock tanked 13 percent on Friday, Edison Schools still has staunch defenders on Wall Street....
CAPITOL PAIN: TECH SENATOR DOWN $35 MIL
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe bear market has been so rough on Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), a high-tech millionaire who financed her own campaign, that she now needs help from other senators to pay...
KEEP YOUR PANTS LONG AND THE GRASS SHORT
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWith summer and mosquitoes just around the corner, here are some easy ways to minimize your exposure to West Nile virus: * Use plenty of insect repellent and wear long...
FAMILY WON'T BE AT MCVEIGH EXECUTION
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTimothy McVeigh's shattered family will skip his execution after the notorious Oklahoma City bomber begged them not show up to witness his death. McVeigh is set to be put to...
PROFIT NIGHTMARE WON'T SPOIL MOGULS' DREAM DIGS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTheir profits may be plummeting, but their houses keep rising. Software moguls Bill Gates and Larry Ellison have been shelling out big bucks to top each other in an undeclared...
GOODEN LOOKING FOR STRAW - DESPERATE SEARCH ON TAMPA'S MEAN STREETS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amA desperate Dwight Gooden and two other pals of troubled Darryl Strawberry have been searching the drug-infested areas of Tampa for the missing slugger, who's wanted after bolting from drug...
CARJACK TERROR FOR 2 IN QUEENS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amA gunman forced his way into a car early yesterday, robbed two Queens women of cash and jewelry, ordered them to strip and then stole the vehicle, leaving the victims...
DEMS LINE UP HOPING TO DRUB DUBYA IN '04
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush hasn't even been president for 100 days, but there are at least 13 Democrats rarin' to run against him in 2004. "There's a lot of...
RUDY DEMANDS 20-SCHOOL EDISON DEAL DESPITE VOTE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday stepped up his campaign to pressure Schools Chancellor Harold Levy to hire Edison Schools Inc. to manage the city's worst schools - despite Edison's apparent rejection by...
CRASH PILOT HAD RUNWAY IN VIEW
April 1, 2001 | 5:00am"Yes, I have the runway in sight," were the last words of pilot Bob Frisbie, captain of the private jet that plowed into an Aspen, Colo., hillside Thursday, killing all...
COPS SHOOT DOG THAT ATTACKED 2
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amCops last night shot and killed a stray pit bull after he attacked and bit a 10-year-old boy and a man - and was snarling and ready to attack the...
SKEETER METER HAS CITY ON ALERT
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amCity and state officials are bracing themselves for a new West Nile invasion. "We are preparing for any possibility," said Sandra Mullin, spokeswoman for the city Health Department. "We have...
SLOBBO GIVES UP TO YUGO COPS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amAfter declaring he'd rather die than go to prison, former Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic voluntarily surrendered to police last night in order, according to an aide, "to include himself in...
PARK AVE. PUREBREDS GOING NUTS FOR MUTTS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amPARK AVENUE'S latest crusade is saving doomed mutts - so owning a muddled-blood dog has become, well, hip. Actress Candice Bergen, designer Oscar de la Renta and his socialite wife...
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 1, 1889:
April 1, 2001 | 5:00am"The Eiffel Tower in Paris, 1,178 feet high, was completed yesterday," read The Post's account. "The ascent by elevators will be accomplished in five minutes; to walk up the spiral...
FRINGE EXTREMISTS RUN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amA shadowy confederacy of anti-abortion activists is maintaining an underground railroad for the bombers and triggermen of the movement's violent fringe. The arrest of accused killer James Kopp, 47, in...
APPLE DOT-COM HONCHOS FAIL TO BAIL
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amNew York's digital dudes have ridden the dot-com bubble just like their Californian brethren - but few took the money and ran. Figures compiled by Thompson/First Call researcher Paul Elliott...
DOCS TESTING VIRUS DRUG
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amThere may soon be a new weapon to battle the dreaded West Nile virus. Doctors at New York Hospital Queens will be testing the drug Intron-A this summer on patients...
MARKET INVESTORS DOWN, BUT NOT OUT - CITY TRADERS STICK IT OUT, DESPITE SAGGING STOCKS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amBig Apple investors are hanging on tight and waiting for the unbearable downhill slide to end. The Post spoke to a cross section New Yorkers with investments big and small....
TIME TO AUDIT JACKSON INC.
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amNOW is the time for IRS agents to seize the records of Jesse Jackson's non-profit Citizenship Education Fund. There is credible reason to believe - though as yet no proof...
MAG MOGUL ROSIE TIPS HER CAP TO RIVALS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTalk-show host Rosie O'Donnell may be one of the most unlikely publishing moguls ever. But if her new magazine, Rosie, succeeds, she says her success will be in no small...
BROOKLYN MARATHON TEEN'S TRAIL TO RECOVERY
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWhile Daniel Trush played basketball one day in 1997, a brain aneurysm floored the 12-year-old boy as his parents watched from the stands. "He was just about dead," said Dr....
YANKEES PRAYING FOR DARRYL
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amDarryl Strawberry's former Yankee teammates and coaches were praying yesterday for the troubled slugger, who remained missing and wanted after bolting from his court-ordered drug rehabilitation center. Strawberry, 39, who...
YUGO PREZ: I'LL GET SLOBBO
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amYugoslavia's president yesterday vowed to arrest ex-strongman Slobodan Milosevic, who remained holed up in his Belgrade villa declaring he'd rather die there than surrender to authorities. "No one can remain...
CUOMO SURE DID LOVE NEW YORK IN 2000
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Andrew Cuomo visited New York 25 times on the taxpayers' dime in his final year as Bill Clinton's housing secretary - 21 visits more than he made to...
COULD A DEM DRUB DUBYA? 13 ITCHIN' TO CHALLENGE 'VULNERABLE' BUSH IN '04
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush hasn't even been president for 100 days, but there are at least 13 Democrats raring to run against him in 2004. "There's a lot of...
PREZ OFFERS KIDS A HEALTHY DOSE OF BUDGET $$
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday trumpeted his national budget as good for kids' health and asked Congress to pass it. "Our children must be a priority of our nation," Bush...
TAX $$ FUNDED AIR CUOMO MADE 25 VISITS TO N.Y. AS HUD CHIEF
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Andrew Cuomo visited New York 25 times on the taxpayers' dime in his final year as Bill Clinton's housing secretary - 21 visits more than he made to...
GOODEN LOOKING FOR STRAW DESPERATE SEARCH ON TAMPA'S MEAN STREETS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amA desperate Dwight Gooden and two other pals of troubled Darryl Strawberry have been searching the drug-infested areas of Tampa for the missing slugger, who's wanted after bolting from drug...
THE GRUDGE AT AUGUSTA : SINGH TRYING TO KEEP GREEN JACKET FROM 'TIGER WHO?'
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S still unclear exactly to whom the instruction was intended. All we know for sure is that he did say it. As Masters Sunday came to a close last year,...
FEAR NOT, THERE'LL BE PLENTY TO TROUT ABOUT
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amAFTER three days of downpours and a winter filled with snowstorms, there may not be many opportunities to catch a trout for today's opener, but New York's waters will be...
A FEARLESS FORECAST FOR THE SEASON AHEAD
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHIS has been a terrible spring for the national pastime. Gary Sheffield and Frank Thomas soiled all players with their selfish attempts to blackmail more money from their teams. The...
OSCAR'S 'JEW' JIBE CAN'T BE EXCUSED
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTO THE seemingly endless list of professional athletes who seem to find comfort in singling out persons of other races, religions and beliefs for ridicule, add one more name. Oscar...
'PISTOL PETE' ON TARGET - CBS SCORES WITH COMPELLING DOCUMENTARY ON MARAVICH
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHE litmus test for compelling, do-not-disturb radio and TV broadcasting is found in a single, but different response to both mediums. If one reaches one's destination yet remains in one's...
WONDER WHY THEY STINK? : ISLES GOING NOWHERE UNDER WANG'S GUIDANCE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHEY have been in the league, what, for 15 minutes, but Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar know so much about the NHL that they have re-written the game's Collective Bargaining...
BEST-BARGAIN J-NEW LOOKS FOR A PAYDAY
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amIt is the ultimate compliment, a term that applies in a very real sense to every NBA player but in its true meaning, adheres to a select few: professional. On...
METS CAN'T WAIT FOR BRAVES - OPEN WITH SIX GAMES IN NINE DAYS VS. ATLANTA
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMets 4 - Pirates 3 PITTSBURGH - The Mets were playing in beautiful new PNC Park yesterday - beating the Pirates 4-3 in the first exhibition game in the replacement...
SHEA IT . . . PNC PARK'S A REAL JEWEL
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - The $3 parking lot is on the other side of the Roberto Clemente Bridge from PNC Park. It's that way by design, so as to encourage fans to...
TODDLER TAKING A BIG STEP
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amToddler, a New York-bred who's come on strong with three straight victories against open-company allowance horses, makes his stakes debut today against fellow state-breds going a mile and an eighth...
YANKS DISPATCH DEREK TO DL - TORRE'S DECISION IS FINAL WORD
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - In some organizations the star player makes the call. However, when it comes to the Yankees, Joe Torre's rap carries all the weight. Derek Jeter met with Torre...
ATELIER CAPTURES NEXT MOVE 'CAP
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amNot since the 1947 Carter Handicap, when Brownie, Bossuet and Wait a Bit hit the wire together, has there been a triple dead-heat in a stakes race at Aqueduct. But...
BOSS KEEPS COOL THROUGH SORRY SPRING
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Not counting yesterday's inter-family activity at Legends Field where the Yankees beat their minor league All Stars, 1-0, in a rain-shortened matinee, the three-time defending World...
UNKNOWN SEABOL ADDED TO THE ROSTER
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - On the heels of Christian Parker's feel-good story comes the feel-better tale of Scott Seabol, an 88th-round pick in the 1996 draft who made the Yankees' 25-man roster...
RICE READY FOR RAZZING FROM LAKERS' FANS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES LOS ANGELES - In November, a Lakers executive asked Glen Rice if he'd be interested in participating in a championship ring ceremony when the Knicks visited the Staples...
PHILLY WEIGHS IN BIG ON THE ROUND MOUND
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - It greatly pained me not to be here Friday night when the 76ers retired Charlatan Barkley's cholesterol number. However, the urge to attend the most meaningful Celtics game...
TEAM TURMOIL IN TINSELTOWN - KNICKS HOPE ROAD TRIP HAS HOLLYWOOD ENDING
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - The fractured Knicks have one last chance to pull together today and salvage a West Coast trip that has turned into a Death March. Co-Captain Allan Houston,...
WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE? - RANGERS FINALLY END DEVILS' 23-GAME HEX
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amThis major highlight of the Ranger season could be more than mere annoyance to the Devils. It could cost them the Eastern Conference title. "Now we've lost ground for first...
FROSH CLASS READY TO ROCK
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHE unveiling of rookies with high ceilings is one of the beauties of a new baseball season. A look at 10 of the most interesting rookies to watch, listed in...
BELL'S NOT SO SURE DOC'S REALLY THROUGH
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMets 4 - Pirates 3MET NOTES PITTSBURGH - When ex-Met Derek Bell was eight, he and Gary Sheffield would go over to Dwight Gooden's Tampa house and play ball. They...
BLUESHIRTS REGRESSING WITH EACH WIN
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amRONNIE Low emerged from the victorious locker room at the Meadowlands late yesterday afternoon - the visiting room, don't you know? - with a wide grin creasing his face and...
HOOSIERS, THE SEQUEL
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - Purdue plays Notre Dame for the NCAA women's basketball championship tonight, and the largest person on the court can't think of anything bigger. "It's exciting," says Ruth...
PURDUE STAR'S BEEN TOUGHENED BY TRAGEDY
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - Katie Douglas lost her father and mother to cancer in the last four years and saw a teammate killed by a drunk driver besides. Nobody should have...
DUKE & 'ZONA HAVE DATE WITH DESTINY ; CATS' 2ND-HALF BLITZ DENIES MICH. STATE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amSEMIFINAL Arizona 80 Michigan St. 61 MINNEAPOLIS - There's only one way to beat a champion. Knock him out. Don't leave it up to the officials, or free throws or...
MICHIGAN ST. DIDN'T HAVE THE MUSCLE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS - If there are any non-believers remaining, surely they don't go to a Big Ten school. These Arizona Wildcats are no pussycats. The 'Cats advanced to tomorrow night's national-championship...
BOOZER'S BACK IN TOP FORM
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski told us on Friday that the Blue Devils would pull no tricks in their national semifinal game last night against Maryland. No triangle and...
KEY DUEL GOES TO JEFFERSON
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amFINAL FOUR NOTEBOOK MINNEAPOLIS - The key matchup in yesterday's national semifinal game was a showdown between Arizona's Richard Jefferson and Michigan State's Jason Richardson. R.J. played the living daylights...
DARE DEVILS BUMP OFF MARYLAND
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amSemifinals Duke 95 Maryland 84 MINNEAPOLIS - Twenty minutes. Twenty minutes and Shane Battier was done. Twenty minutes and Shane Battier wouldn't get to play Arizona in tomorrow night's NCAA...
MARYLAND'S FINAL WISH GOES AMISS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS - From the school of, "Be careful what you wish for ..."the Maryland Terrapins got the team they wanted in the national semifinals last night - Duke. And for...
TOP MET FARMHAND KILLED IN CAR CRASH
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Tragedy struck the Mets last night when word reached here from Florida that Brian Cole, the organization's minor-league player of the year last season, was killed in a...
HITMEN ARE HURTMAN AFER PAINFUL DEFEAT
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amAll losses are not created equal - just ask the Hitmen, whose 23-18 defeat to the Chicago Enforcers at the Meadowlands last night hurt more than any this season. A...
FOUR-EVER YOUNG: SPARTANS, 'ZONA BASK IN NCAA SPOTLIGHT
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS - There was no reason for Michigan State and Arizona to walk into the Metrodome last night and suddenly become the proverbial deer in the headlights. Both teams know...
LAFONTAINE TROPHY CARRIED HUGE COST; LATE WINS WILL COST RANGERS
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHEY received the Pat LaFontaine Trophy following the completion of the home-and-home sweep of the Islanders on Thursday, the Rangers did, and then after a mock ceremony tossed the bauble...
MORE IN STORE IN ROUND FOUR
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Going into last night's national semifinal game at the Metrodome, Maryland had won 10 of its last 11 games. Duke had won 11 of its last 12. The...
'PISTOL PETE' ON TARGET CBS SCORES WITH COMPELLING DOCUMENTARY ON MARAVICH
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHE litmus test for compelling, do-not-disturb radio and TV broadcasting is found in a single, but different response to both mediums. If one reaches one's destination yet remains in one's...
WONDER WHY THEY STINK? ISLES GOING NOWHERE UNDER WANG'S GUIDANCE
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHEY have been in the league, what, for 15 minutes, but Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar know so much about the NHL that they have re-written the game's Collective Bargaining...
METS CAN'T WAIT FOR BRAVES OPEN WITH SIX GAMES IN NINE DAYS VS. ATLANTA
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amMets4Pirates3 PITTSBURGH - The Mets were playing in beautiful new PNC Park yesterday - beating the Pirates 4-3 in the first exhibition game in the replacement for Three Rivers Stadium...
YANKS DISPATCH DEREK TO DL TORRE'S DECISION IS FINAL WORD
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - In some organizations the star player makes the call. However, when it comes to the Yankees, Joe Torre's rap carries all the weight. Derek Jeter met with Torre...
WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE? RANGERS FINALLY END DEVILS' 23-GAME HEX
April 1, 2001 | 5:00amThis major highlight of the Ranger season could be more than mere annoyance to the Devils. It could cost them the Eastern Conference title. "Now we've lost ground for first...