June 16, 2001
PITCHMAN JORDAN HAS $3.5M IN HIS PALM
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amMichael Jordan may or may not reprise his role as an NBA star next season, but he's definitely re-entering his second most successful gig: corporate pitchman. Jordan and PTN Media,...
BUSH TURNS UP HEAT : LINKS MERGER WITH GOOD TRADE RELATIONS
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush is turning up the political pressure in hopes of convincing European regulators to accept General Electric's $41 billion bid for Honeywell. Bush said he was "concerned" that the...
NASDAQ ENDS YEAR'S LOSINGEST WEEK
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street took another beating yesterday, as a raft of bad earnings and economic news sank stocks, dealing techs their biggest weekly loss this year. Nortel Networks Corp.'s fifth negative...
DISNEY CUTS JOBS, PAY TO SAVE $$
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amWalt Disney is firing 25 percent of the staff at its famed animation studio, which created classic hits such as "The Lion King," "Cinderella" and "Snow White." Disney is slashing...
DESIGNER DALAL RETURNING TO N.Y.
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amYou can go home again. Sandy Dalal, one of the most promising men's wear designers working today, is returning to New York to show his spring 2002 collection. Because of...
ROLLIN' ON THE RIVER
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amSome of the best things in life are free - and this weekend's waterfront festival proves it. Tomorrow from 1 to 7 p.m., the Hudson River Park Trust kicks off...
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY: SOME OF NEW YORK'S PROMINENT POPS EXPLAIN WHY FATHERHOOD'S TOPS
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amNo matter what they do - teach, sell cars, write books or coach baseball - fathers define themselves as, well, male people with children. Certainly, the dads who spoke to...
DUBYA PLANS TO TAKE TAX CREDIT
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amThe tax-refund checks will go out soon based on a mailing schedule tied to the last two digits of your Social Security number - and President Bush will be making...
ISRAEL TRUCE HOLDS IN SPITE OF CLASHES
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A U.S.-brokered Mideast cease-fire survived its crucial first 48 hours yesterday but Israelis and Palestinians engaged in a war of words over who was trying to undermine the...
TOWER LEANS TOWARD REOPENING
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amThe Tower of Pisa - shut during leaner times - is being prepared to reopen. An international team of engineers will turn over the keys to the tower to the...
SIBERIA TO SURFACE AFTER ITS FINAL DIVE
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amIt's dosvedanya - goodbye - for Siberia, the little bar at the underground entrance to the southbound IRT 1/9 trains at 50th Street and Broadway with the black, red and...
WEDDED BLISS NO HOLIDAY FOR MR. MADONNA
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amHe may be crazy for her, but living with Madonna is not always a holiday, hubby Guy Ritchie says. Six months after she became his Material Missus at a fairytale...
BUSINESS BOOMING FOR 'USELESS' CITY LOBBYISTS
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amTHREE years after Mayor Giuliani declared City Hall lobbyists unnecessary and a waste of money, the industry is about to report record earnings in another banner year. Sources said the...
200 YEARS OF THE NEW YORK POST
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amFrom June 16, 1938:"Miracles do happen. Events beyond all credulity are yet to be seen. Johnny Vander Meer, 23-year-old Cincinnati southpaw, has pitched two successive no-hit, no-run ball games, an...
CAT SAVED BY WHISKER IN L.I. COURT
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amChamire the calico cat still has all her nine lives - thanks to a Long Island judge who's helping to keep her off death row. The winding tale involves a...
BAD-SHOT TOFU TERRORISTS EAT HUMBLE PIE
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amAward-winning designer Calvin Klein got a rude surprise at the American Fashion Awards Thursday night when he was splattered with a tofu-cream pie hurled by protesters. The zealots from PETA...
ISRAELI IN DRUG-IMPORT BUST
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amAn Israeli known as "Rasta" was brought to New York yesterday on charges his cronies brought 300,000 tabs of the drug Ecstasy into New York, authorities said. David Cohave allegedly...
INTERN'S KIN TAPS LAWYER TO AID SEARCH
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The family of missing D.C. intern Chandra Levy hired a high-powered Washington lawyer yesterday to help them in their crusade to find out what happened to their daughter....
ANOTHER BOGUS SONY FILM PROMO UNSPOOLS
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amA week after Sony Pictures copped to inventing a fake reviewer to praise its movies, a new scandal erupted yesterday as the red-faced studio admitted employees posed as gushing fans...
PREZ WILL PUSH PUTIN ON RUSSIA-IRAN TIES
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush says he plans to confront Russian leader Vladimir Putin today about Moscow's role in helping terror-havens such as Iran get nuclear arms. "I think it's important...
RUDY PANEL TO EYE CHARTER
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday formed his third commission in four years to revise the City Charter, sparking a scathing reaction from a watchdog. Named as chairman was former Deputy Mayor Randy...
PAUL'S A REAL NOWHERE MAN
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amHe's not even 64 yet - but Paul McCartney is already unknown to some young Americans, a new survey shows. When a group of 16-to-24-year-olds were asked about the former...
GUARDS SCOUR RIKERS FOR HUMAN TOOTHPICK
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amA skinny cat burglar has stymied searchers at Rikers Island, who are so worried he slithered under a prison building that they're pulling up floors to look for him. Carlos...
ED. BOARD PREZ LAUDS MIKE'S PLAN
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amRepublican mayoral hopeful Michael Bloomberg enjoyed an unusual, publicized sit-down yesterday with Board of Education president Ninfa Segarra, who then praised the billionaire media mogul's education plan. "I thought there...
'PROFANE' AD CRUCIFIED UNHOLY END FOR 'DIPPY' PITCH
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amCatholics are outraged at a newspaper ad showing a churchgoing Catholic man carrying a bowl of Lipton onion dip for his Communion wafer. The ad, which appears in the weekly...
THEM TOO! 'U2' FANS SCAMMED
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amA group of U2 fans claim a ticket broker ruined their "Beautiful Day" by doubling the price of their already-paid-for tickets for tomorrow night's Madison Square Garden concert. Debbie O'Keeffe,...
2 MEAT CHECKERS GET THE CHOP HERE
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Two Manhattan meat inspectors have been axed, three suspended and others disciplined in an ongoing probe into allegations they took bribes, were no-shows and got drunk, the feds...
CAMACHO BEATS COKE RAP BY A TKO
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amBad-boy boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho KO'd misdemeanor cocaine-possession charges yesterday. Manhattan prosecutors conceded there wasn't enough evidence against the jewelry-loving former champ, and the charges were dismissed, saving him from...
DEATH-ROW ADS KILLED BY LAWSUIT
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amBenetton, known for its provocative ad campaigns, will apologize and donate money to a victims' compensation fund to settle a lawsuit over its controversial "We on Death Row" ads. The...
MIRACLE MILLIONAIRE LOTTO WINNER TURNS UP AT LAST SECOND
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amMelvin Milligan is a doubly lucky man. Not only is he $46 million richer - but he's alive. "He'd have been dead" if he had waited two more days to...
HANSSEN SPY ACTIVITIES GO BACK TO '70S: REPORT
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amAccused FBI spy Robert Hanssen, charged with selling secrets to Moscow since 1985, reportedly began the spying at least six years earlier. CBS News, quoting a source close to the...
SINGER PLAYS CATCH A RISON STAR
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amThe fiery romance between hip-hop singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and football star Andre Rison is off the back burner with the announcement that they'll marry in July. Lopes, 30,...
MAULED NATHAN GIRL SEES DOC
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amJudith Nathan's daughter, her face scarred and bruised from a vicious dog mauling, went to see her plastic surgeon yesterday to assess the extent of the damage. The 16-year-old girl...
WHEELCHAIR-THEFT VICTIM A FRAUD: COPS
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amJames Daly's story was heartbreaking - a cruel thief pushed him to the ground and made off with his $6,000 wheelchair. But the cops' story yesterday was just as shocking...
KIN BEG POL: END VIEQUES HUNGER STRIKE
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amAssemblyman José Rivera's family begged him yesterday to end his 18-day-old Vieques hunger strike because of the physical strain it's placing on him. "His spirits are still extremely high, but...
SOX WANT A LOT FOR WELLS
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amUnless the White Sox reduce their asking price, David Wells won't be returning to The Bronx. And even if the White Sox set their sights lower, there are important Yankee...
METS SHARE BLAME ON PIAZZA GAFFE
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amIf John Stearns could do it over again, he would. The first time around, the Mets' third-base coach watched Mike Piazza get gunned down like Daffy Duck. "I didn't wave...
CLUTCH JETER STILL THE MAN
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amEIGHT months, one sore shoulder, an early season defensive/offensive slump, and a few critical words from The Boss later, World Series MVP Derek Jeter proved last night he still is...
OCTOBER ALL OVER
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amYankees5 Mets4 When the crowd of 54,110 fans entered Shea Stadium last night, none of them knew they were walking into a time machine. They didn't know June would turn...
ONE IS INJURED, OTHER'S HURTIN'
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amNOW, here's a baseball story with a twist. They held a ballgame at Shea Stadium last night, and when it was over, there were 54,110 winners. However, none of them...
SHANE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amShane Spencer must force his way into a Yankees lineup that won't have any apparent openings once David Justice's stay on the disabled list is over. Spencer made a big...
GROIN PUTS PETTITTE ON THE DL
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amNot wanting to risk a long-term problem with arguably their best pitcher, the Yankees didn't hesitate putting Andy Pettitte on the 15-day DL when he re-injured his left groin last...
BOBBY : ROGER MIGHT HAVE BEEN PLUNKED
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amBobby Valentine wasn't shy. If Roger Clemens were to pitch at Shea this weekend, he might've gotten hit. "He might've got hit by a pitch," Valentine said on a pregame...
ORSENO GETS BIG GUNS BACK
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amThe boys are back in town! Trainer Joe Orseno was in his stable office at Belmont Park on Thursday, talking about shipping injured champion filly Perfect Sting back to owner...
IT'S TOO EARLY TO COUNT TIGER OUT
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amTULSA - There is no way Tiger Woods should win the 101st U.S. Open. Not the way he has played the first 36 holes, spraying the ball all over Southern...
DUVAL HAS NO MAJOR PROBLEMS AT OPEN
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amTULSA - Playing more than 18 holes in the Oklahoma heat isn't what most golfers want to do in a major championship. But after a rainstorm suspended play on Thursday...
WHO ARE THESE THREE GUYS? : GOOSEN, BROOKS AND LEWIS TOP WILD OPEN
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amTULSA - Who are these guys? Where did they come from? Why are they here? And when are they leaving? These are all legitimate questions surrounding the oddball threesome that...
SORE BACK LANDS FONZIE ON THE DL
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amEdgardo Alfonzo's current back injury is similar to an old disc problem in one way: It'll put him on the disabled list. Alfonzo was placed on the 15-day DL yesterday,...
PORTLAND TO ASK KNICKS FOR OK TO TALK TO VAN GUNDY
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - It appears as if Bob Whitsitt will be blazing a trail toward Jeff Van Gundy. The Post has learned that within the next seven to 10 days, the...
MCGOVERN ENDURES LONG DAY
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amTULSA - The day began for Oradell, N.J.'s Jim McGovern at Southern Hills' fourth hole at 7 a.m. yesterday for the completion of his rain-suspended first round. It ended at...
PETKE SOLID CENTER OF M'STARS' D
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amWhen the MetroStars selected Mike Petke eighth overall in the 1998 college draft, they had no idea that he would become the most solid defenseman in franchise history. Sure, the...
LA BENCH HAS BEEN SOLID GOLD
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amFINALS NOTES PHILADELPHIA - In Game 3, Robert Horry hit the huge 3-pointer. All series, Tyronn Lue has hounded Allen Iverson in his time on the floor. Brian Shaw has...
BROWN SHAKES UP 76ER LINEUP
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - With extermination staring them in the face, the Sixers last night figured a little change couldn't hurt. Down 3-1 in the series, Sixer coach Larry Brown juggled his...
APPIER REMEMBERS LAST YEAR'S ALDS
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amKevin Appier, while a first-year Met, has a long history with the Yankees. One thing he won't forget is how the Bombers wiggled off the hook in Oakland last October....
MOOSE CALLS THIS JUST ANOTHER SERIES
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amHe has pitched in high-stakes playoff games as an Oriole. You look at him on the mound and nothing seems to bother him. Yet, Mike Mussina has never participated in...
N.Y. IS FINALLY LEARNING TO REED
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amALL THE magazine covers used to feature Mike Piazza and Derek Jeter, so as to generate sales. That was before Roger Clemens changed the face of the Subway Series, first...
BEST OF ENEMIES - 'SUBWAY' OPENER CRACKLES WITH ELECTRICITY
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amWith hundreds of police ringing Shea Stadium yesterday, it meant that either the John Rocker Circus was in town or that it was Subway Series time again. "I pulled up...
JOE GIVES SOJO A START AT FIRST
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre was aware of Luis Sojo getting last year's World Series winning hit off Mets lefty Al Leiter when Torre filled out his lineup card last night....
YANKS PUT JUSTICE ON 15-DAY DL
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amDavid Justice understood the Yankees' way of thinking. However, that didn't do anything to take the sting out of his first trip to the DL in Pinstripes. "You hate to...
MET INDIFFERENCE IS THE DIFFERENCE
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amBY the time you read this, we will have a pretty good idea of whether "2001: A Mets Odyssey" is the story of a team capable of mounting a memorable...
IVERSON CAN'T DO IT HIMSELF
June 16, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - There is no "I" in team. But in these NBA Finals for the Sixers, "Hill" and "McKie" and "Jones" haven't really been found there, either. Three-fifths of the...