May 27, 2001
REMEMBER THE ROLEX? TODAY, A FANCY WATCHCAN RUN UP TO $1M
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amNot long ago, many of the chic and wealthy were seen wearing Rolex watches. The heavy, self-winding timepieces with the "Oyster-perpetual" movement and bulbous magnifying lenses over the date were...
RACING'S FALLING BEHIND: MOTORSPORTS COS. NEED A SPARK
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amSOMETIME this afternoon, after Jim Nabors' syrupy rendition of "Back Home Again in Indiana," the call of "Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines" will be heard and they will race...
BAUMGARTNER'S BORING PORTFOLIO BRINGS IN THE LOOT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amLARRY Baumgartner runs one of the most boring investment portfolios you can find - and he's darn proud of it. And why shouldn't he be? After all, the One Group...
FUNDS: DEFINING 'DIVERSIFIED' - MANY SAY THEY'RE PERFECTLY BALANCED - BUT THEY'RE NOT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amPOLITICAL correctness aside, investors looking for diversity may have to look a little bit harder. Diversified mutual funds always seem to be an attractive option during times of market turbulence....
BULL'S EYE
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amCNBC TWISTS THE KNIFE HOW'S this for subliminal advertising? CNN and CNBC have both hit Madison Avenue with a vengeance ever since Lou Dobbs returned to his old desk at...
FOOD IS THEIR BUSINESS - OWNERS SAY THEY DON'T WANT MAN RAY TO BE THE NEXT CELEB HANGOUT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amBallyhooed hot spot man ray hasn't even opened, yet it's already having a public relations problem. The Parisian import, with chic lowercase letters and a phalanx of famous American investors...
BULLISH ON PITS: ANIMAL LOVERS STAND UP FOR A MISUNDERSTOOD BREED
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe Post reported last week that two pit bulls attacked a 6-year-old Staten Island girl, breaking her arm and biting her after she wandered into the hallway of her baby-sitter's...
4 QUESTIONS FOR ERIK PER SULLIVAN MALCOLM'S LITTLE BRO' HAS EXPENSIVE TASTES
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amWho are your heroes? My heroes are my mom and dad because they really support my career and I appreciate that.Is there a book or movie that has changed your...
ORLA BRADY GETS HER IRISH UP
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amIn "A Love Divided," Orla Brady portrays an outspoken Protestant woman in a 1950s Irish village who defies the Catholic Church's demand that she send her daughter to parochial school....
WHAT I WATCH
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDON KINGBOXING PROMOTERI LOVE THE COMEDIES OF YESTERYEAR, "THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW," THE OLD "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE." THEN YOU HAD GREAT COMEDIANS. THEIR HUMOR WAS ABOUT LIFE, ABOUT LIVING, AND...
THESE ZIPPY SIPPERS ADD A CAFFEINATED KICK TO THE COCKTAIL SCENE
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDon't look now, but there's a new drink trend in town. Lately, young barflies have been clamoring for cocktails that use high-caffeine energy drinks like Red Bull, 180 and Hype...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: ROB SCHNEIDER
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amRob Schneider is not so different from Marvin Mage, the character he invented for his new movie, "The Animal." Mage exhibits beastly traits after doctors replace some of his organs...
THE BEST VACATION: JUST DOING NOTHING
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amMost things about New York life I adore: that strangers talk to you in bars; that you can summon anything to your door day or night and that you can...
FAST FOOD &THE SWEET (POTATO) SMELL OF SUCCESS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amHero's Sweet Potatoes 30 E. 13th St. (between Fifth Avenue and University Place) (646) 336-1685 * With all the negative press fast food has been getting lately, Hero's Sweet Potatoes...
WHEELS AND DEALS FOR HIGH-END CAR LOVERS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amYoung executives striving for all the trappings of success don't have to pony up big bucks for a flashy car. There's a growing menu of entry-level luxury autos rolling across...
YOU CAN BRASS UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE WITH MUSICAL 'COMEDY'
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amShakespeare and music have always been intermingled, but the Acting Company recently presented a New York first - Trevor Nunn's 1976 musicalization of "The Comedy of Errors." It was first...
FERRETING OUT MAYORAL DIRT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amLET me see if I understand what exactly happened last week. The mayor declared it's dangerous and unhealthy to bring a ferret into your home, especially if you have kids,...
BISHOP SAYS 'I WILL' TO 'I DO'
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amControversial Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo plans to ignore Vatican outrage and wed a Korean doctor today in a Manhattan ceremony presided over by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Milingo, 70,...
NITWIT NETWORK EXECS FALL INTO THE SAME 'OLD' TRAP
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amJERRY Della Femina, who for decades has won every advertising award Madison Avenue has to offer, said it simply: "To be a network executive, you have to fail an intelligence...
'HARBOR' SINKS RIVALS GROSSES $17.5M DESPITE REVIEWS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00am"Pearl Harbor" grossed a whopping $17.5 million on its opening day - and stands a fighting chance of smashing Memorial Day records, experts said. The preliminary industry estimate for Friday...
FORD TIRES OF FOOTING FIRESTONE BILL
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe Ford-Firestone feud is skidding toward a $3 billion battle as the automaker hinted that the tire titan should help pay for another round of recalls. Newsweek is reporting that...
PROBE COULD RESTORE SENATE EDGE TO GOP
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Among those closely watching the investigation into New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli's campaign finances are Senate Republicans, who see it as a possible ticket back to power. The...
HE'S THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN FOR SWEARING
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amPrince, who once sparked outrage with his X-rated lyrics, has sworn off cursing. "When you use those curse words, you call up all the anger," the rocker told Gotham magazine....
INTERN HEARTBREAK PARENTS PRAY MISSING CHANDRA STILL ALIVE
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amSitting on his daughter's bed with its fancy heart-shaped scrollwork - surrounded by her lava lamp, boom box, TV set and college baseball cap - Robert Levy broke down and...
CONGRESS SAYS YES TO TAX CUTS FOR ALL
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush got his biggest win in office yet as Congress yesterday passed his $1.35 trillion tax cut, which will soon put refund checks in the hands...
SUSPECT BUSTED IN BRICK SLAY
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amA Coney Island youth has been arrested for the murder of a Korean immigrant and father of four who was the victim of a brick attack inside his Flushing apartment...
RENO DECISION IMMINENT ON FLA. GOV RUN
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amITHACA - Janet Reno said yesterday she will soon decide whether to run for governor of her home state of Florida. The former U.S. attorney general said she was considering...
LIVERY DRIVER SHOT IN ANKLE
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amA Yonkers livery driver was robbed and shot in the ankle yesterday by one of two passengers he picked up in The Bronx, police said. Alfonso Tapia, 39, a driver...
SUN MAY GIVE US A HOLIDAY BREAK
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amForecasters are offering New Yorkers a ray of hope for the waterlogged unofficial kickoff of summer. While Mother Nature will keep dumping rain today, the sun may come out tomorrow...
PLAYMATE STANDS BY SLAY SUSPECT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amHamptons hustler Christopher Rocancourt's former Playboy playmate wife remains totally devoted to him despite allegations he may be a killer. Softcore porn queen Pia Reyes is still smitten with the...
9 IN COURT OVER HALL COLLAPSE
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amNine people faced criminal-negligence charges in a Jerusalem court yesterday in connection with the wedding-hall collapse that killed 23 and injured hundreds more. The nine - including the building's owners,...
SHARPTON BOUND & 'DETERMINED'
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton's 90-day jail sentence for his Vieques bombing protest has firmed his resolve to run for president, his lawyer said yesterday as protesters demanded his release. At...
50 GREAT THINGS ABOUT NEW YORK
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amTO mark the unofficial start of summer, here are 50 great things about New York to enjoy and celebrate.1. The paddock area of Belmont Park.2. Joe Torre.3. The subway, which...
SLAIN WIFE'S KIN NIX NEW OFFER FROM BLAKE
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Robert Blake has offered to pay for an East Coast memorial service for his slain wife, but the woman's angry family still wants no help from the...
GOTTI-KIN SNITCH: DON'T CALL ME RAT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amA Gotti relative slated to take the stand as a government witness this week in Atlanta's sensational Gold Club racketeering trial says he's no rat. "Don't use the word rat,"...
DONNA DEPARTS AS HER SUB SHOWS UP
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe Gracie Mansion revolving door spun again yesterday as the Big Apple's first lady, Donna Hanover, ducked out and her replacement as city hostess set up shop. It was the...
LOW-ALTITUDE RATINGS SO FAR FOR 'SPACE' EVADER DOBBS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amLou Dobbs has landed back on earth after a short trip to Space.com, the Web site devoted to the final frontier - but his landing has proven to be anything...
NEW YORK POST FROM MAY 27, 1933:
May 27, 2001 | 4:00am"Rivera Photographs His Disputed Mural" was The Post's headline above a photo taken by Diego Rivera of a large section of his mural "at Rockefeller Center, upon which the Mexican...
A SUNDAY NOT LIKE ANY OTHER
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe following column is excerpted from the Monday, May 28, issue of Crain's New York Business.DECEMBER 7th was a Sunday, the football Dodgers and Giants were at the Polo Grounds,...
DELI DELIVERIES ONLINE SERVICE BRINGS GROCERIES TO YOUR DOOR
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amIt may seem like there's a deli on every corner in New York, but even that's not convenient enough for some people. Hence the Web site Mycornerdeli.com, which saves you...
CELEB STALKER WON'T LET UP SAYS HE JUST WANTED TO 'CHEER UP' NICOLE, CLAUDIA
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amStalkers of movie stars and noted celebs often curb their obsessions once they're exposed to the world - but Matthew Hooker is taking the twisted art of dogging the rich...
CELEBS TO JOIN REV. AL IN PRISON
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amActor Edward James Olmos and union leader Dennis Rivera remain defiant as they gird themselves for a stint behind bars for protesting the Navy's bombing practice on the Puerto Rican...
FEDS: WE CAN BURN 'TORCH' GRAFT NET TIGHTENS ON N.J.'S TORRICELLI
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Federal investigators believe they have enough evidence to indict Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) for allegedly taking illegal gifts and lying about it - and could charge him soon,...
PARTY-HEARTY BLOOMBERG WANNABE MAYOR A REAL LADIES' MAN
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amIf billionaire Michael Bloomberg becomes the Big Apple's next mayor, Gracie Mansion very likely could turn into an upscale New York City version of the Playboy Mansion. But instead of...
GOV'T MAY GIVE ARAFAT THE BOOT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. SHOULD Israel expel Yasser Arafat from the West Bank and Gaza Strip - this time for good? This is the issue of tough, behind-the-scenes debates in the Israeli defense...
WHY IS SILVER STALLING VITAL CHILD-SAFETY BILL?
May 27, 2001 | 4:00am'WE got lucky," Assemblyman John Ravitz told the tenants gathered in the lobby of a Turtle Bay building. The worried faces didn't look in need of convincing. Here, verbatim, is...
EPIC FILM BOMBS ON HISTORY TEST
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amHARDY souls who sit through all three hours of Disney's ponderous "Pearl Harbor" should leave with critical questions lingering. Such as: * Why did the Imperial Japanese Navy steam 3,950...
SPARKS BEST BET TO TAKE COMETS' CROWN
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amForget all that TV nonsense. You want survival? Listen to WNBA President Val Ackerman. "As recent history shows, it's extremely difficult to start a new sports league," Ackerman says. "We're...
LIBERTY AIMING HIGH BELIEVE TITLE'S WITHIN GRASP
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amForgive him, but when Cleveland coach Dan Hughes scans the Liberty roster, he can't resist gushing. "They have veteran depth, people who have been in this league who are ready...
MILBURY'S CHOICE RAISES QUESTIONS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - And so, long after declaring that NHL head-coaching experience would be a prerequisite for getting the Islander position, Mike Milbury changed his mind. As Roberto Luongo and Eric...
INWOOD GOLFERS CAN'T KEEP UP WITH JONES
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF They turned back the clock last week at Inwood Country Club, where a group of golfers tried, and failed, to replicate one of the greatest shots in golf...
ZEN MASTER'S OUT OF TOUCH PHIL NEEDS TO REST KOBE, SHAQ JACKSON MUST GIVE IT A REST
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - I have only one question respecting the luxurious Lakers? Why is Phil Jackson playing his starters this late in the blowout? Far be it from me to...
BOBBY: TOO MUCH CRYING IN BASEBALL
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amTom Hanks said in the movie, ALeague of Their Own, 'There's no crying in baseball'. Mets manager Bobby Valentine thinks there's too much of it these days. An emphatic Valentine...
GETTING WELLS WORTH THE WAIT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amIT HANGS, like a Glendon Rusch changeup, high as a Steve Phillips effigy-in waiting, almost as low over the Mets as David Wells' stomach over his belt. The conundrum, after...
TURK THINKS MARLINS' PENNY IS A REAL JERK
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amTurk Wendell didn't think much of Brad Penny's drilling of Tsuyoshi Shinjo on Friday night. And when asked his opinion of the 23-year old Marlins pitcher, Wendell was customarily blunt....
GLENDON CRUSCHED AGAIN BUT BOOMER'S NO CLOSER: PHILLIPS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amMarlins7Mets3 The Mets lacked a certain razor's edge yesterday, the type of edge that October baseball, unnecessary purpose pitches and frontline starters have been known to carry. It wasn't that...
WILSON GETS LAST LAUGH
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amAt this rate, the only thing Preston Wilson still needs to work on, according to teammates, is his laugh. "He's got one of those . . . laughs," said teammate...
'CUSE, TIGERS GAIN FINAL
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amNCAA LACROSSE The drive from Rutgers Stadium to Mike Springer's house in Ridgewood, N.J., takes about 50 minutes, which is a lot longer than Syracuse allowed Notre Dame to be...
POWER: FREEDOM MORE THAN MIA
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amTonight's matchup between the Power and the Washington Freedom is being dubbed "Mia vs. Milbrett." And although Mia Hamm is the most recognizable entity in women's soccer, her squad as...
ROCKET HURLS TRUE GRIT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - The word "battle" has become so widely used in sports, you can easily forget what it really symbolizes. Roger Clemens talked about how hard he had to "battle"...
BUCS NO. 1 ON YANKS' NO. 5 LIST
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - There are strong signs something is cooking between the Yankees and Pirates. After Yankee superscout Gene Michael watched Omar Olivares and Jason Schmidt pitch this week in Philadelphia,...
COURSE STANDING UP TO WEATHER
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amSENIOR NOTESAt 7 a.m. yesterday, Ridgewood Country Club's head pro, Billy Adams, was putting on the 14th green thinking, "I'm might be the only one to putt on this green...
WATCH THE BIRDIES: HERE COMES WATSON
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDespite being a golf legend, Tom Watson has been criticized by some of his colleagues for not doing all he can to promote the senior tour. When he played at...
BOMBERS' PEN BESET BY INJURIES
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - The Yankees could be looking to add a right-handed reliever shortly. Friday night Brian Boehringer suffered a right groin injury. Yesterday Todd Williams injured an oblique muscle in...
GILDER, THORPE NOT AWED
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amWhile Tom Watson and his eight major championships might earn the marquee in today's final group, neither Bob Gilder nor Jim Thorpe are intimidated. "I don't think anybody's afraid of...
YANKEE BATS JAKE UP KNOBBY, JETER TOP TRIBE FOR CLEMENS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amYankees12Indians5 CLEVELAND - Since their lineup doesn't have a Sammy Sosa to hit three-run home runs regularly, the Yankees must receive contributions from top to bottom. Even then, there are...
JUST ASTONISHING - DEFENDING CHAMPS EMBARRASSED BY AVS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - It was astonishing, really it was, how badly the Devils broke down all over the ice pretty well from beginning to end here in last night's opener of...
MCKAY VOWS BROKEN HAND WON'T BE END OF HIM
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - His left hand broken, Randy McKay said last night he intends to be back in these Stanley Cup Finals, perhaps by Game 4. "We tried to tape it...
BUMMER OF AN OPENER - DEVILS CAN'T HANDLE SAKIC OR SOLVE ROY
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - This epic thrashing echoed resoundingly in the silence of the answers the Devils didn't have - the answers that Joe Sakic and the Avalanche require if the champs...
WELCOME ABOARD, GOLIATH GROUPER
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amTHE committee responsible for naming fish in the Americas has changed the common name of Florida's largest grouper species from jewfish, which some found offensive, to goliath grouper. It is...
ESPN HIRES A BUNCH OF REAL HACKS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amFOR all of ESPN's low-brow promos and cross-promos, it has hit upon a cross-town winner. Starting this week, the roofs of 50 New York City taxis will carry electronic sandwich...
DO THE HUSTLE, PLEASE! FORGET TV EXCUSES, PIAZZA & MANNY BLEW IT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amBY NOW, no one needs to be reminded that the most fundamental of sports fundamentals - running reasonably hard to the base in front of you - has become optional...
YANKS' BATS SPRING TO LIFE - KNOBBY, HRS STOP TRIBE FOR CLEMENS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 12 - Indians 5 CLEVELAND - The Yankees had to overcome not only the sizzling Indians and a rain delay of almost an hour yesterday at Jacobs Field. They...
FINALLY, DEVILS LET PLAY SPEAK FOR ITSELF
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - They came in as a different team; different than the ones that went to the Finals and captured the Cup in both 1995 and 2000; different than the...
RUSSIAN FOR GLORY - NEMCHINOV, BRYLIN ATTEMPTING TO WIN THEIR THIRD CUPS
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - While the Devils chase a place alongside the post-expansion dynasties in this ultimate showdown of a Stanley Cup final, two Devils are pursuing an unmatched plateau of their...
WATSON MAKES HIS MOVE - FIRES 6-UNDER 66 TO GAIN TIE WITH THORPE, GILDER
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amTom Watson has been criticized for not doing all he can to help promote the Senior Tour. When he played at Hilton Head on the regular tour earlier this year...
DAYNE HAS NO TIME TO WEIGHT
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amIt is not a plea, because to plead means to exude passion, and Ron Dayne certainly doesn't exude much of anything. It is more of a suggestion to the swelling...
ROGER ROCKETS UP K LIST
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Roger Clemens is so far into his Cooperstown-bound career, every time he takes the mound these days he passes some big name or another in this statistical category...
EL DUQUE HAS TORRE CONCERNED
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CLEVELAND - As of noon yesterday Joe Torre hadn't gotten the chance to speak with Orlando Hernandez to find out what exactly was going on Friday night when...
SPENCER FOR HIRE? - SHANE'S WORKING WAY BACK, BUT COULD END UP ELSEWHERE
May 27, 2001 | 4:00amBUFFALO -- He had a September to remember, hit the ball like the second coming of Mickey Mantle, even bore a resemblance to him. Similar light-up-the-room smile, blond hair, powerful...