April 6, 2001
CARTIER TARGETS YOUNGER CUSTOMER WITH NEW SOHO STORE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amCartier, which has been seeking a SoHo shop for several years, finally settled on the former CK Shoe store at 131-3 Prince St., The Post has learned. The 2,000-square-foot space...
NEIMAN MARCUS EARNINGS TO FALL SHORT IN 3RD QTR.
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amApparently, luxury companies are affected by the downturn in the market. Neiman Marcus Group, parent to tony retailers Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, said its third-quarter earnings will miss analysts'...
WE WANNA BE NEXT NAPSTER: SONY, UNIVERSAL THE LATEST TO JOIN THE CRAZE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amUniversal and Sony Music jumped on the "let's sell songs online" bandwagon yesterday, proving none of the Big 5 labels want to get caught with their pants down. Since the...
YAHOO!'S BIG BOUNCE ; LEHMAN ANALYST SENDS SHARES UP 23%
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amIt was a great day for Yahoo! - sort of. In one of the best sessions all year for Yahoo!, its shares shot up 23 percent when Lehman Brothers tech...
AILING WINSTAR TO AX 2,000, STOP EXPANSION
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe news keeps getting worse for one-time Wall Street darling Winstar Communications Inc. The New York telephone company, which has seen its stock go into free-fall, announced yesterday that it...
DATEK'S LESS LUCKY, ADMITS CLIENTS LOST BIG
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAs if you didn't know, online brokerage Datek said client assets withered by 63 percent in the stock crash. Assets at the company led by Chairman and CEO Ed Nicoll...
FRANK WANTS $19M MORE ; EX-BT CHIEF PUTS HIS FIFTH AVENUE CO-OP ON MARKET
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amIF anyone still has an extra $19 million to blow on an apartment, ousted Bankers Trust chief Frank Newman has put his deluxe pad at 927 Fifth Ave. on the...
HUNK AHOY! HOORAY FOR HORATIO. THE SAILOR BOY IS BACK ON DECK FOR AN A&E TWO-PARTER (AYE, AYE, SIR)
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amahoy!"Horatio Hornblower" Sunday at 8 p.m. on A&E Part One: "The Mutiny," April 15, Part Two: "Retribution" 1/2 "HORATIO Hornblower" is back with more of the high seas adventures of...
IT WILL 'BLOW' YOU AWAY ; FUNNY, MOVING EPIC OF A LIFE IN DRUGS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amBLOW 1/2 A cocaine dealer's rise and fall; superbly acted.Running time: 124 minutes. Rated R (drugs, sex, violence, profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Cinema 1, others. 'BLOW,"...
'VISITING'? DON'T EVEN STOP THERE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amJUST VISITINGHalf a star Don't even think of visiting this French fiasco.Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, crude humor). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the Sutton, others. 'JUST...
JUST ANOTHER CROSS TO BEAR
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amALONG CAMEA SPIDER Alternately predictable and implausible detective thriller.Running time: 104 minutes. Rated R (shootings, strangulation). At the 42nd Street E Walk, the Ziegfeld, the Lincoln Square, others. A "prequel"...
ROXY CALLED RACIST FOR AXING RUN-DMC
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Roxy, one of the city's established concert venues, has been accused of racism after canceling Run-DMC's record-release show this week. Darryl McDaniels, professionally known as DMC, and Steve Weitzman,...
POKEMON MARCHES ON
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amPOKEMON 3 Another TV cartoon writ large; positively Freudian.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated G (cartoon violence). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Union Square, others.ANY adult who thinks the...
THE STARR REPORT
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAct II: Cunningham back on the air at NY1 Ex-Ch. 2 drama critic Dennis Cunningham has joined New York 1 News, where he will contribute theater reviews for the cable...
CHARMING BUT DARK 'MAGIC'
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amSHADOW MAGIC 1/2 A Chinese "Cinema Paradiso."In Mandarin and English, with English subtitles. Running time: 115 minutes. Rated PG (nothing offensive). At the Eastside Playhouse and the Quad. ANN Hu's...
REVIVAL'S A BIT OF A FOLLY
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amFOLLIES 1/2At the Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St. (between Broadway and Sixth Avenue). (212) 239-6200. THE dear old Belasco Theatre is adrift in a heady, heavy mist of good...
'PASSION PLAY' TELLS BLEAK TALE, BUT WITH PASSION
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amPASSION PLAYAt the Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane. Call Ticket Master at (212) 307-4100. IT'S a funny, mad, sad tale, very London in flavor - the trial and possible...
GROUP SUES 'SOPRANOS' AS DEFAMATORY
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amA group of lawyers in Chicago wants a jury to decide if "The Sopranos" is offensive to Italian-Americans. The lawyers, Italian-Americans themselves, have filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court...
WHO LET THE 'HOGS OUT?
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amJUST like Mir, Spacehog is crashing back to earth. The glam rockers touch down Tuesday with "Spacehog: The Hogyssey," their first album since "The Chinese Album" shook up the world....
JUST GIVE THE REINS TO REBA ; A TOP 'GUN' SHOULD HOST TONYS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amREBA for Tony host! Reba for Tony host!I have to give the people planning the Tony Awards a friendly nudge today about lining up Reba McEntire - the magnificent star...
'LIVE' BRUCE & E STREETERS CAN'T TOP DEAD TUPAC
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amBRUCE Springsteen's "Live in New York City," his first live CD since "MTV Plugged" in 1995, won't hit the top of the charts next week - but it will probably...
BROWN OUT: 'SURVIVORS' BOOT NICK
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amHARVARD law student Nick Brown was tossed out of the Barramundi tribe last night on the 10th episode of "Survivor 2: Australian Outback" - whittling the number of players down...
JERRI TELLS GUMBEL: I WASN'T THAT BAD
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amJERRI Manthey, the best known, but least liked "Survivor 2" castaway, finally faced-off against Bryant Gumbel on yesterday's edition of "The Early Show." Gumbel hasn't exactly taken a shine for...
BX. STUDENT IN FIREBOMB SCARE: COPS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amA 13-year-old eight-grader brought four containers full of gasoline to his Bronx intermediate school yesterday - but a metal detector and a vigilant security guard kept him from roaming the...
BUSH STILL WINS : THE SUPREME COURT WAS RIGHT
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amTHIS week, almost four months since the Supreme Court stopped the post-election madness in Florida, the wisdom of that court's much-reviled decision in Bush vs. Gore was confirmed - though...
BALLY TRAINER ACCUSED OF RAPE AT B'KLYN GYM
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amA membership salesman at a Brooklyn Bally Total Fitness gym raped an 18-year-old woman while she was working out, police said yesterday. Craig Brown, 27, was arrested Friday night and...
GOV VS. ANDY SUDDENLY GETS 'TOO CLOSE TO CALL' ; EARLY PATAKI LEAD SHRINKS TO 3 POINTS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Former federal Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo has moved within striking distance of Gov. Pataki, a stunning new poll showed yesterday. The Marist College survey found Pataki barely ahead...
BIN LADEN TERROR CELL BUSTED IN ITALY
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amItalian police have broken up a "very dangerous" terrorist cell - linked to Saudi terror master Osama bin Laden - whose members formed a "nerve center" for the plotting of...
BAEZ MOM'S CCRB BID GAINING STEAM ; HISPANIC CLERGYMEN BACK HER FOR PANEL
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amReligious leaders vowed yesterday to go full force in backing Iris Baez's appointment to the Civilian Complaint Review Board, calling the anti-police brutality crusader "a believer in justice." More than...
TRANSVESTITE BAIL-JUMPER JAILED IN PLOT TO SLAY COP
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAn allegedly violent cross-dressing fugitive known as "Joker," who cops say plotted to kill an NYPD detective, was arraigned yesterday in Brooklyn federal court on robbery and weapons charges. The...
STUN-GUN BOY: PLEASE LET ME GO BACK TO SCHOOL
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe eighth-grader who was arrested and suspended for zapping pals with an outlawed stun gun apologized yesterday for his "stupid" prank and begged to return to school. The 13-year-old, whose...
SUIT PUTS CHUCK IN DOGHOUSE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAn elderly woman is suing Channel 4 anchor Chuck Scarborough for $6 million, claiming she was hurt when she tripped over his dog. Rose Kaplan, 82, "is still in pain"...
EX-BONANNO BOSS SPERO CONVICTED ON 3 SLAY COUNTS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amOne-time acting Bonanno crime family boss Anthony Spero is facing life in prison after being convicted yesterday in Brooklyn federal court of conspiracy in three murders and gambling and loan-sharking...
DARRYL JUDGE KNOWN TO PLAY HARDBALL
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe judge who holds Darryl Strawberry's future in her hands says she's willing to give drug addicts a chance, but after three or four violations, they're "history." At the same...
A WONDERFUL WOMAN, BUT ILL-SUITED TO SERVE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amI REMEMBER seeing the pain on her face in room 415 at the Supreme Court . . . Iris Baez was still mourning her son in what would become a...
POLS RATTLE $ABERS OVER GRAND ST. STOP
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe MTA's plan to cut subway service to a crucial station in Chinatown until 2004 could cost the agency some of its state subsidies, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver warned yesterday....
TEACHERS' TEST SCORES FAIL TO IMPRESS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amStudents aren't the only ones who need help. A fast-growing number of teachers and would-be instructors flunked state certification tests in all major subject areas, state records released yesterday showed....
N.J. JUDGE TAKES HEAT OVER RACIAL PROFILING
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amActing New Jersey Gov. Donald DiFrancesco demanded yesterday that state Supreme Court Justice Peter Verniero resign, charging that he misled state senators about racial profiling at his confirmation hearing in...
CUOMO 'SOPRANOS' SURVEY OFF KEY: GOP
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - New state GOP Chairman Alexander "Sandy" Treadwell last night attacked Andrew Cuomo for commissioning a campaign poll that asked voters about the "The Sopranos." Treadwell, in a "Dear...
SURPRISE RALLY A BLIND ALLEY INTO RECESSION
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amNOW for the bad news. The U.S. economy is headed for an inevitable recession and might bring the rest of the world down with it. That, anyway, was the assessment...
A TALK RUSSERT WOULD 'RATHER' NOT MENTION
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - NBC newsman Tim Russert yesterday said he'd never repeat Dan Rather's Democratic fund-raising goof - but Russert didn't mention his own recent speech to Democrats. Speaking with MSNBC...
HILL RULES OUT A PREZ RUN - EVER
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday ruled out ever running for president - a startling declaration that seemed to leave even her own aides stunned. The surprise vow to...
BEIJING TRIP STILL ON FOR CONGRESSMEN
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Several Congress members, including New York Reps. Nita Lowey (D-Westchester) and Maurice Hinchey (D-Binghamton), plan to leave tomorrow for a 10-day junket to China despite 24 Americans being...
STUNNING GAINS EASE INVESTORS' PAINS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amInvestors flocked to stocks in a big way yesterday, sending the blue-chip Dow skyrocketing 400 points - and sending the battered Nasdaq to its third-best one-day percentage gain ever. Good...
DON'T QUIT ON TAX-CUT PLAN, BUSH URGES GOP
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday urged Republican senators to stand firm on his $1.6 trillion tax-cut plan, even as top lawmakers admitted they'll probably have to scale it back. Bush,...
PUFF'S EX IN EVICT FIGHT ; WITHHOLDS RENT ON W. SIDE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe mother of Sean "Puffy" Combs' toddler son is getting booted from her $6,800-a-month Puff Daddy-subsidized apartment for non-payment of rent, The Post has learned. The owners of Kim Porter's...
DEM UNDERDOG SEEMS TO SAVOR SCRAP WITH MAYOR
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amANALYSIS It took a while, but Comptroller Alan Hevesi has finally figured out that he can't win the Democratic primary for mayor by running as "Giuliani Lite." Dubbed the front-runner...
RUDY CROWS OVER ED BD. PREZ VICTORY
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani celebrated his victory in getting pal Ninfa Segarra elected Board of Education president - while black and parent leaders yesterday slammed her election as a betrayal. "I'm good...
ISRAEL STRIKES BACK WITH ROCKET ATTACKS ON ARABS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli helicopter gunships pounded four Palestinian security posts with rockets last night in retaliation for mortar attacks on Jewish settlements earlier in the evening. The raid left five...
'AD' VERSARIAL RUDY BIDS TO SHUN HEVESI
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani is so furious at Alan Hevesi for suggesting the Police Department engages in racial profiling that he's ordered his supporters to steer clear of the comptroller's mayoral campaign....
ARE YOU OD'ING ON VITAMINS? SOME SUPPLEMENTS HAVE DANGEROUS DOSAGE LEVELS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMEGA-DOSING on vitamins can be dangerous, but that hasn't stopped some manufacturers from putting potentially harmful levels in their multivitamin products. A random Post survey of 20 of the most...
REV. AL GIVES US SUITE NOTHINGS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAL SHARPTON snapped his fingers. And the city jumped. The worlds of civil rights, politics, media and cheap celebrity were summoned last night to the lush Pierre hotel. There, the...
CHINA OKS 2ND VISIT WITH SPY-PLANE CREW
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - China agreed today to let U.S. officials hold a second meeting with the crew of a disabled American spy plane - following a flurry of stepped-up diplomatic efforts...
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 6, 1909
April 6, 2001 | 4:00am"Police Must Use Fists - Recruits to Learn Wrestling, Boxing and Jiu-Jitsu," was The Post's headline on this story: "Anyone who wants to be a policeman hereafter will have to...
FLA. BIKINI CORPSE ID'D AS B'KLYN HOMICIDE VICTIM
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe young Brooklyn woman whose bikini-clad body was found in a Florida field last month was killed by a massive blow to the back of the head, an autopsy has...
DOCS TESTING ANTI-CANCER PILL IN CHINA
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amScientists are working on a once-a-week pill that could prevent half of all cancers. The drug, called oltipraz, activates the body's natural defense mechanisms to block tumors before they have...
BOOBY-TRAPPED PHONE KILLS JIHAD TERRORIST
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel is suspected of blowing up a major Palestinian militant at a booby-trapped public telephone yesterday, the latest in a series of assassinations of terrorists. Iyad Hardan, 30,...
ZOO WARNING HAS TOURISTS PET-PEEVED
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amLooks like city zoos have put their foot in their mouths. That's what tourists said yesterday about the Wildlife Conservation Society's decision to post signs today asking people who've been...
CUSTODIAN MIGHT BE $WEPT OUT
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Investigator Ed Stancik yesterday called for the ouster of a school custodian who Stancik said used public funds for personal use. Manhattan School of the Future custodian Steven McGuire...
CITY CELEBS TAKE JOB ON 'PRINCIPAL'
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amBronx teacher Bill Higgins was especially delighted to see his principal-for-a-day - his bride. Realtor Barbara Corcoran of the Corcoran Group took charge of PS 63 in The Bronx, where...
BACKWATER ISLE SUDDENLY BACK ON THE MAP
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe Chinese island that has been home since Sunday to 24 American crew members of the downed spy plane is a backwater province once known for its political exiles, smugglers...
DUBYA TAKES DIPLOMATIC TACK WITH CHINA
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday he's working "all diplomatic channels" to win release of the downed U.S. spy plane's 24 crew members from China, and aides said the talks...
MOUNDS OF MONEY FORYANKS AND METS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMaybe it should have been called the Stretch Limousine Series.In a year when the average player's salary has passed the $2 million plateau for the first time, the Yankees -...
REED ALL ABOUT IT, MET FANS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMets 7 Braves 1 ATLANTA - Rick Reed's accuracy extended past his nine innings last night. After Reed dominated the Braves in the Mets' 7-1 victory, he explained what winning...
PAYTON FINDING HIS PLACE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - A ballplayer's batting average in the first week of April has about as much relevance to the rest of the season as his team's place in the standings....
SHINJO'S ALL RIGHT IN FIRST START
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - After last night's 7-1 win over the Braves, Tsuyoshi Shinjo was asked if he knew that the Mets had had so much trouble against the Braves...
ALL EYES ON POINT GIVEN
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amIn 1973, when Secretariat streaked to victory in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes to become the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years, followed close behind by Seattle...
THE FALL GUYS OF SPRING ; SIX SKIPPERS TOE THE FIRING LINE ; SIX JOBS ALREADY ON THE LINE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amTHE season is not yet a week old and Boston manager Jimy Williams is perceived to be in big trouble. A mayday signal is out simply to get him through...
ROCKET DELAY: A DAY ; CLEMENS TO START SUNDAY VS. JAYS; JETER ON TARGET
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES They are 3-0 for the first time in six years and getting stronger. While Mike Mussina and Mariano Rivera were beating the Royals, 1-0, in two hours and...
THIS QUOTA BATTLE'S NO FLUKE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amTHE National Marine Fisheries Service has again told recreational anglers that despite the billions they spend on the sport and the millions of people whose jobs depend on that money,...
DEVS HAVE MESSAGE FOR BRUINS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amIt meant more than just clinching the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs last year. No, the Devils' 2-1 overtime season-finale win against Florida proved much more significant. What...
ISLES CAN GIVE DEVILS A HAND
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amIn their home finale tonight, the Islanders could help the Devils by defeating the Senators at the Coliseum. The Senators come in two points behind the Devils in the race...
SEHORN: TIME TO MAKE GIANT STRIDES
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAfter shocking the NFL last season, what will it take for the Giants to earn a return ticket to the Super Bowl? "What we used last year was a great...
STRAW'S NOT ADDICTED TO CANCER ; STRAW'S ADDICTION IS NOT A CANCER
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amWE all seem to hold a soft spot in our hearts, not to mention our heads, for Darryl Strawberry. Perhaps that's why there are two things about him that we...
MICKELSON'S SUPE BET WAS FIRST MAJOR SCORE
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Phil Mickelson's sole concentration right now at the Masters is on winning his first major. A short time from this week, though, he'll be honing his mind on...
PARKER FEELS NO STAGE FRIGHT
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThere is something incongruous about Christian Parker. The Yankees' babyfaced rookie has the mug of a choirboy, but the confidence of a burglar; the honesty to admit that today's start...
RU PICK: FISH OUT OF WATERS?
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amIn the end, Bob Mulcahy panicked. The Rutgers AD let it be known that he wanted to have a coach in place by this weekend and he stuck hard and...
DRISCOLL PLAYS LIKE REAL PRO
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Confidently donning a pair of seersucker slacks and sauntering around the grounds at Augusta National as if he were a veteran of Masters past, 23-year-old Massachusetts amateur James...
RICHLY BLENDED READY FOR WOOD
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amRichly Blended, winner of Aqueduct's Grade 3 Gotham Stakes on March 18, took to the Big A's main track yesterday morning for a six-furlong workout. According to NYRA clockers, Richly...
NO FUSS FOR MUSS IN BOMBERS' BOW: KNOBBY EXPERIMENT IS PURE BRONX THEATER
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amOK, so let's assume everything goes as planned in Yankeeland this season. They win all 162 regular season games. Roger Clemens wins 20 games, Mike Mussina and El Duque win...
NO FUSS FOR MUSS IN BOMBERS' BOW ; MUSSINA MAKES O'NEILL'S SOLO HR STAND UP VS. KC
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 1 Royals 0 An inter-locking "NY" has replaced a silly-looking bird on Mike Mussina's hat. He used to work in a two-car garage called Camden Yards, now he has...
DIMARCO TOPS DI LEADERBOARD; L.I. NATIVE SIZZLES WITH 7-UNDER 65
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - By unwritten rule around these parts, first-time participants at the Masters are usually swallowed up and unceremoniously spit out by the subtle treachery that Augusta National presents. However,...
JACK, ARNIE, GARY TURN BACK THE CLOCK
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTES AUGUSTA - One of the most followed groups of the day was the legendary grouping of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player. They own 33 major championships...
BOMBERS, BRAVES ARE KINGS OF APRIL
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amQUIZ: Name the five pitchers who havestarted at least 25 games in each of thepast seven seasons (answer below). * It's early. You will hear that often over the next...
TIGER MISSING HIS OLD MAGIC
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - When Tiger Woods stepped to the first tee in the midst of thunderous applause, Chris DiMarco had just put the finishing touches on a 7-under par 65 to...
STORM HOPE TO GET SMITH
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amAmityville High School's Tristan Smith will hold a news conference this morning to announce which college he'll attend, and sources told The Post that the star point guard is leaning...
NO FUSS FOR MUSS IN BOMBERS' BOW: MUSSINA GETS RIGHT INTO FLOW
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amONE RUN was all the Yankees gave Mike Mussina in his Yankee debut. That's one lousy, stinkin' run for a guy pitching with $88 million fresh in his pocket and...
JEFF AT ODDS WITH GOD SQUAD: TAKES SHOTS AT PASTOR'S PRESENCE IN LOCKER ROOM
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy tried to defuse a potential explosive situation with Allan Houston and Charlie Ward when he brought them into his office yesterday to warn them about remarks he...
JEFF AT ODDS WITH GOD SQUAD: HEAVEN HELP VAN GUNDY IF HE CREATED RELIGIOUS RIFT
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThere are two integral issues Jeff Van Gundy needs to rectify in order to stabilize the Knicks heading into the playoffs: Allan Houston's now-you-see-him, now-you-don't performance fluctuations and how to...
KNICKS GO FOURTH TO WHACK WIZARDS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe Knicks again tried to give the game away in the third quarter last night, which has become their modus operandi. And though another inspired fourth quarter led by backup...
LACK OF FAITH IN LJ SHOWING
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTESKnicks 93 Wizards 80 Jeff Van Gundy may say that he still "believes" in struggling Larry Johnson, but his actions say different. For the second straight game, LJ sat...
DING, DONG, CURSE IS DEAD
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - They have 16 left to play against each other. Greg Maddux didn't make a start in the series. The Braves had the disadvantage of having gone to Cincinnati...
ROCKER ZIPS HIS LIPS
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - A pair of New York sports columnists approached John Rocker for an interview a few hours before last night's game. "I was just about to go outside," Rocker...
REED ALL ABOUT IT, MET FANS: AMAZIN'S WIN SERIES AT TURNER
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMets 7 Braves 1 ATLANTA - Calling Rick Reed the poor man's Greg Maddux is inaccurate. At the least, he is a middle class Maddux. At Turner Field, Reed is...
SHINJO'S NAME 'RIGHT' THERE ON LINEUP CARD
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - When Tsuyoshi Shinjo walked into the road clubhouse yesterday, he looked at the lineup card and saw his name. The immediate reaction was neither excitement nor...
ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM RIVALRY : METS, BRAVES FIGHTIN' IT OUT TOOTH & NAIL
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Mets entered last night trying to win their first series at Turner Field since July 10-13, 1997. They had lost 20 of the last 23 games here...
VG TELLS LJ TO BLOCK OUT TALK
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Jeff Van Gundy said he still "believes" in struggling Larry Johnson and wants him to block out the recent fan and media sentiment calling for his benching. Johnson...
OAK'S GOT A BEEF WITH HILL... AND THE NBA HAD BETTER STEP IN QUICKLY
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amWHILE rifling John Croce's pockets looking for Darryl Strawberry's next hideout, it occurred to me, April 3 wasn't exactly a banner day for Senor Stern and his PR posse. May...
OH, WHAT A RELIEF! O'NEILL BREAKS ICE WITH FIRST-INNING ROCKET
April 6, 2001 | 4:00amYankee right fielder Paul O'Neill hadn't felt comfortable at the plate yet this young season, hadn't been as confident with the bat as he usually is. And when he launched...