June 19, 2001
THE PRESS HELPED PUMP THE BUBBLE, TOO
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIF Wall Street gets blamed for duping the public during the stock market bubble, then the media should also be charged. I know this column is going to cost me...
MARRIOTT'S TAKING NUDIE B'WAY SITE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe strippers at Legz Diamond are making way for a Marriott Hotel. A hotel investor has bought the prime Times Square parcel along with several others that make up the...
DEUTSCHE'S TAKING 60 WALL FOR $600M
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHE big deal Downtown was praying for just got done - Morgan Chase's $600 million-plus sale of the majestic skyscraper at 60 Wall St. to Deutsche Bank. A spokesperson for...
TIGER'S HOLE IN 21 - DOW SCORES ON 'WOODS EFFECT;' NASDAQ OFF PAR
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTiger Woods didn't win the U.S. Open - but the "Woods effect" is still going strong for blue chips. Yesterday marked the 21st time in a row that the links...
QUEEN MAKES IT OFFICIAL: IBM'S LOU IS 'SIR'
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amCall him Sir Lou. IBM Corp. Chairman Louis Gerstner has been named an honorary knight by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. As part of her birthday honors program, Queen Elizabeth named...
IT'S GETTING UGLY - MONTI BLASTS GE; U.S. SENATORS FUME
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe battle between European competition watchdog Mario Monti and U.S. corporate giant Jack Welch escalated into an international war of words yesterday - with high-ranking officials on both sides of...
CUE CAT SCANNER CO. CLAWS ITS STAFF
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amLet's hear it for the dead cat bounce. Digital Convergence, the Dallas company that makes the Cue Cat bar code scanner, laid off a substantial proportion of its staff on...
CURTIS BUYS LUXE APPEAL ROBB REPORT FOR $25M
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amLast night, magazine entrepreneur Bill Curtis was putting the finishing touches on an estimated $25 million deal to take over The Robb Report from Dan Phillips. "I'm surrounded by attorneys...
MIDDELHOFF: 'BERTELSMANN HAS JUST ONE VOICE: MINE'
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe media company chief who dressed up in a Star Trek uniform in an ad to lure visionary thinkers to his company wants his executives to be more shy in...
CIBC SHUFFLES ITS HIGH-YIELD - ARGOSY LEADERS OUT AFTER STRATEGY FAILS
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amCIBC World Markets, the big Canadian bank fighting for a securities presence in the U.S., has dismantled the leadership in its high-yield business and is putting former high-flyer Mario Monello...
NEW PAPER CUTS SET FOR KNIGHT RIDDER, NYT
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe economic slump continued to spread in the media, causing No. 2 newspaper chain Knight Ridder to cut 1,700 employees at papers including the Miami Herald and Philadelphia Inquirer. The...
WHAT'S SHAKIN? HOW ABOUT SUING NIKE OVER A DANCE?
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amNike was slapped with a multimilion-dollar lawsuit yesterday for allegedly stealing a basketball street-dance routine for its new commercials. A small sportswear company in Queens, Game Over, claimed that Nike...
KNIGHT RIDDER, NYT PAPER CUTS
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe economic slump continued to spread in the media, causing No. 2 newspaper chain Knight Ridder to cut 1,700 employees at papers including the Miami Herald and Philadelphia Inquirer. The...
STARR REPORT
June 19, 2001 | 4:00am'Saur points for Discovery Channel Discovery Channel yesterday announced the discovery of two new species of North American dinosaurs, which will be featured on "When Dinosaurs Roamed America," airing July...
TRICKY'S A TREAT
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTRICKY "Blowback" [] Hollywood Records Tricky's past ventures into trip-hop are notable for his narcotic drawl. And then there are the crashing, scraping, murky drum 'n' bass distortions that -...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amPhone phobic Forced to listen to a seatmate on her cell phone lamenting about a lackluster lovelife once too often? When you board the weekday Acela Express, head to the...
IT'S A SHAW THING
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amMISALLIANCEMint, 311 W. 43rd St. Call Smarties, (212) 206-1515. -------- THE ties that bind are the object of comic twisting in George Bernard Shaw's brilliant comedy "Misalliance" (1909-1910), which is...
BUZZ
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amVariety's a vice Variety may be the spice of life - but it could be the enemy of someone who's trying to diet. So say scientists at the University of...
THE KISS OF DEATH FOR $3,900
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIT gives new meaning to the term kiss off.KISS frontman Gene Simmons is making waves with his new KISS Kasket, but he shouldn't count on selling too many in New...
BABY GIRL FOR KELLY ; REGIS' SIDEKICK NOW WANTS MORE TIME BEFORE RETURNING
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amWHAT a difference a baby makes. "Live with Regis & Kelly" co-host Kelly Ripa delivered a bouncing baby daughter Lola Grace Consuelos last Saturday - and now says she might...
CHRISTY'S NOT READY TO REST ON HER REP
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amANYONE who thinks the life of a retired supermodel is all about R&R has obviously not been watching the post-runway career of Christy Turlington. This week alone, the catwalker-turned-NYU student-turned-fashion...
ACTION JACKSON - WILL THE KING OF POP REIGN AGAIN?
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amCAN Wacko Jacko make a comeback-o? Sony Music executives who got a sneak preview last week of 15 new songs from Michael Jackson's upcoming album, "Invincible," are saying the Gloved...
LIKE SCHOOL FOR COOL, KIDS? 'GO FISH' MIGHT HOOK YOU
June 19, 2001 | 4:00am"Go Fish" Tonight at 8 and 8:30 on NBC/Ch. 4 CALL me a freak, but I got through high school without a scratch. Apparently, that makes me very unusual. I...
LAST WORDS OF TV'S MOST FAMOUS SOAP LOVERS
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amLUKE and Laura Spencer closed the book on their fairytale romance yesterday - ending TV's most famous marriage in a rush of tears, memories and melancholy. The "General Hospital" sweethearts...
HOW LOW CAN HE GO? SHARPTON'S FAST: 21 DAYS AND COUNTING
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amHOW long can the Rev. Al Sharpton fast? Sharpton has lost 21 pounds - one for each day of self-starvation - and still has 59 days to go of his...
COLE PROBERS PULLED FROM YEMEN AFTER TERROR THREAT
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe U.S. team investigating the bombing of the USS Cole have been pulled out of Yemen because of a terrorist threat - after a planned grenade attack on the U.S....
STUDENT APPEALS RUSSIA CONVICTION
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA U.S. Fulbright scholar, convicted in Russia on drug charges, filed a second appeal yesterday. John Tobin had part of his conviction overturned earlier this month, and his sentence was...
WHY DNA WILL SAVE THE DEATH PENALTY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTODAY, the U.S. government will enact the ultimate criminal punishment for the second time in as many weeks, following an unprecedented 38-year pause in executions at the federal level. At...
EX-CON ARRESTED IN SEX SLAY OF L.I. EXEC
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amAn ex-con laborer has been busted for allegedly robbing and sexually molesting Long Island executive Deborah Banoff - then bludgeoning her to death to silence her, authorities said. The 29-year-old...
'CAT-NAP' KITTY OUT OF THE BRIG
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amChamire - the elderly Long Island pussycat at the center of a "death penalty" court case - is out from behind bars and back home with her owner. Kevin Caputo...
NEW SEX FUROR IN SCHOOL: QNS. STAFF FAILED TO REPORT ATTACK ON GIRL: DAD
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amAn angry dad pulled his two daughters out of a Queens elementary school after charging that officials there failed to report that his 10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by two...
MIKE EXPECTS A 9-TO-5 JOB?
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amMIKE BLOOMBERG may want to start rethinking how much time the mayor has to spend on call. Two days before a Queens explosion claimed three firefighters' lives and injured more...
BILL WOULD BOOST CITY SCHOOL SPENDING
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Upset that Mayor Giuliani's education budget doesn't provide enough funding, state lawmakers are close to a deal that could require the city to boost its bucks for schools...
THAT'S YOUR OPINION (DNA SAYS SO)
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIf your stand on the death penalty makes you unpopular, just blame your genes. A new Canadian study that surveyed sets of identical and fraternal twins found that genetic factors...
PREZ BACKS TOP AIDE IN ETHICS FLAP
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said his confidence "has never been higher" in chief political strategist Karl Rove, despite ethics questions sparked by Rove's stock holdings. Some Democrats and ethics...
2ND AMY-SLAY TRIAL
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe murder trial of a second man accused in the 1999 stabbing death of social worker Amy Watkins in Brooklyn begins today, just weeks after killer David Jamison was convicted...
EATING NAILS SCREWS UP HIS BELLY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amAstonished doctors say a man who complained of severe stomach pains was a walking hardware store - with an astounding 222 nails in his belly. They also found dozens of...
PASTOR: I REELED IN MURDERER
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA remorseful suspect in a home-invasion murder surrendered to cops after a Queens clergyman convinced him God wanted him to turn his life around, The Post learned yesterday. Pastor Juan...
JUSTICE? THIS IS BLOODY INSANITY!
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHESE killers never had it so good, and their fortunes seem poised to take a turn for the better. They talk on cellular phones and have Internet access. They enjoy...
LEVY PROBES BAN OF PESKY PAPA
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy's office has launched a probe into why a persistent parent has been booted from his kid's Upper West Side school. "We're trying to mediate this. We're...
VIRGINIA POLS IN 'RACE' FOR HOUSE SEAT
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a closely watched special election ballyhooed as a national trendsetter, racial division among voters looks to be key today as rural Virginia residents pick a new Congress...
INTERN'S KIN WON'T TAKE POL'S CALL
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe anguished parents of missing intern Chandra Levy refused to take a phone call from Rep. Gary Condit last weekend, directing the California Democrat to contact their new lawyer instead,...
RUDY, VALLONE SLASH $400M IN TAXES ON THEIR WAY OUT
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani and City Council Speaker Peter Vallone delivered a parting gift to New Yorkers yesterday by cutting the income-tax surcharge and the commercial rent tax. The tax cuts, which...
BOARD OF ED BIDS TO GET LEAN AND MEAN WITH HIRING FREEZE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday imposed a hiring freeze in the Board of Education's bureaucracy to try to cut fat - and make good on a pact he has with...
MORGY'S HS PROBE RILES QUEENS GOP BIG
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe Manhattan district attorney's office has seized records at a Queens Catholic school where two prominent Republican officials oversee the board of trustees, The Post has learned. Sources said DA...
RENT HIKE FEARED AT MIDDLE-INCOME E. SIDE COMPLEX
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - City and state officials are working furiously to avoid enormous rent hikes for thousands of tenants at a middle-class Manhattan housing complex, The Post has learned. Located on...
'SPIDER-MAN' GOING BATTY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00am"Spider-Man" has gone buggy, a lawyer for the acrobatic mugger complained yesterday in a Manhattan court. Omar Waftalim Triplett, 23 - infamous for fleeing cops by leaping out a 19th-floor...
CABLE REFUND OFFERED: TIME WARNER TO GIVE 1 DAY'S CREDIT
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amUnsure of outage penalty. Time Warner Cable said yesterday it will refund its customers for a full day of service after hundreds of thousands of TVs went black Sunday night....
FIEND KIDS WHO KILLED TOT POISED TO GO FREE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIt's a crime no one believed kids could commit: a toddler, lured from a busy mall by two 10-year-olds, is savagely beaten to death and left on a railroad track...
JOHN JAY HS FLUNKING OUT -FOR GOOD
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe failing John Jay HS in Brooklyn is expected to be put out of its misery, with the building converted into a more exclusive grade 6-to-12 college-prep program. The Board...
DEADLOCK OVER RUDY KIDS
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge is expected to appoint a law guardian today for Mayor Giuliani and Donna Hanover's two children and a mental-health expert to examine the family. The expected court...
ROGER RAP WON'T STICK UNLESS BILL RATS: LAWYER
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Will Bill roll over on Roger? The only way to make a Pardongate charge against Roger Clinton stick is to make big brother Bill testify about what really...
2 COPS DIE IN MURDER-SUICIDE - DETECTIVE SHOOTS GIRLFRIEND AND HIMSELF IN BX.
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA Bronx detective consumed by jealousy pumped bullets into his cop girlfriend's chest while she pleaded for mercy - then turned the gun on himself in a horrific murder-suicide, authorities...
POST REPORT SENDS RENTAL FIRM PACKING
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA rent-referral company abruptly shut its doors yesterday after The Post reported it had apparently run fake ads for fabulous, cheap apartments to lure customers into forking over a fat...
'JUDGE HIT' EXEC GETS 3 YRS. FOR SCAM
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amDisgraced Wall Street mogul Stuart Winkler was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $3 million restitution yesterday for stock swindling - on top of the time...
MODEL IN DOG DAZE OVER BUST
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA model claims cops pushed into the Brooklyn brownstone he shares with his cover-girl wife, pepper-sprayed him and dragged him off to jail because of a mistaken report about his...
LEE'S 911: NO ONE SAW KID DROWN
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amMALIBU, Calif. - Bad-boy rocker Tommy Lee told authorities a 4-year-old boy who drowned in his pool during a party had been left alone "for a minute," a tape of...
PULITZER PROF ADMITS HE LIED ABOUT BEING A VIETNAM VET
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA Pulitzer Prize-winning historian at prestigious Mount Holyoke College admitted yesterday he's been living a lie about his Army service in Vietnam. Red-faced Professor Joseph Ellis apologized for the "distortions"...
NOW SIX ARE GONE FROM DREAM TEAM OF FDNY GRID CHAMPIONS
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHEY were the Fighting Bravest, a football team for the city's firefighters who had as much guts on the grid as they did charging into blazing buildings. Robert Walsh, 67,...
THEY GET IT RIGHT - BUT ONLY SOMETIMES
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThree sex attacks at elementary and junior high schools were reported yesterday. Here's how they and other recent incidents were handled by authorities: * An 11-year-old boy allegedly groped five...
BOY FOUND DEAD ON EVE OF 'TESTIMONY' VS. SCHOOL AIDE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe crumpled body of a young Brooklyn teen was found yesterday in a vacant lot - a day before he was to speak to prosecutors about an alleged beating by...
WELL-'RED' ROBBER SNARLS SUBWAY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA brazen bank robber got away red-handed yesterday - the dye pack in a moneybag exploded after he fled into a Manhattan subway station, injuring six people and snarling train...
JESSE WIFE IN VIEQUES BUST
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe Navy yesterday resumed bombing practice on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques - over the continued heated protests of demonstrators, including Jesse Jackson's wife. "For the people of Vieques!"...
PIG CELLS MAY BE DIABETES RX
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amDaily insulin injections for diabetics could soon be history, thanks to the successful transplant of pig cells into a baboon. Researchers took specially coated, insulin-producing pancreas cells and injected them...
STUDY ON KIDS OF GAY PARENTS STIRS A FLAP
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amKids of gay parents are more likely to explore homosexual activity than children from straight households, new research claims. The University of Southern California study says the gay-household children are...
DID PULITZER PROF LIE ABOUT DUTY IN 'NAM?
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA Pulitzer Prize-winning historian from the prestigious Mount Holyoke College was under fire last night for allegedly lying about serving in the Vietnam War. The Boston Globe charged that Joseph...
UNIDENTIFIED TEEN'S BODY DISCOVERED IN BROOKLYN
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amKids playing on a Brooklyn street yesterday made a horrific discovery - the crumpled body of a teenage boy with blood pouring out of his nose. Cops said the unidentified...
MODEL IN DOG DAZE OVER MISTAKEN BUST
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA model claims cops pushed into the Brooklyn brownstone he shares with his cover-girl wife, pepper-sprayed him and dragged him off to jail because of a mistaken report about his...
POOL GUEST: DON'T BLAME TOMMY LEE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amMALIBU, Calif. - The director of a preschool defended bad-boy rocker Tommy Lee yesterday, saying the 4-year-old who drowned at his pool party was under the care of an au...
THE CAT'S OUT OF THE BRIG
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amChamire - the elderly Long Island pussycat at the center of a "death penalty" court case -is out from behind bars and back home with her owner. Kevin Caputo of...
BILL WOULD HAVE TO RAT OUT BRO FOR PARDON RAP TO STICK: LAWYER
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Will Bill roll over on Roger? The only way to make a Pardongate charge against Roger Clinton stick is to make his big brother Bill testify about what...
JESSE'S WIFE ARRESTED AT VIEQUES BOMBING
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe Navy yesterday resumed bombing practice on the tiny Puerto Rican island of Vieques over the continued heated protests of demonstrators including Jesse Jackson's wife. "For the people of Vieques!"...
KIDS FIND B'KLYN TEEN'S CORPSE IN VACANT LOT
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amKids playing on a Brooklyn street yesterday made a horrific discovery - the crumpled body of a 13-year-old boy who may have been strangled, police said. Lamar Sinclair, who filed...
FIRE WIDOW TELLS OF LAST HEARTACHE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe families of the three hero firefighters who lost their lives on Father's Day struggled to piece together their broken hearts yesterday as the city came to grips with the...
PROBE'S JUST BEGUN THERE'S A STINK
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amFire marshals will begin sifting through the rubble of a destroyed Queens hardware store today - searching for the cause of a horrific fire and explosion that killed three firemen....
BANK HEIST DERAILS SUBWAY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amA brazen bank robber got away red-handed yesterday - the dye pack in the moneybag exploded after he fled into a Manhattan subway station, injuring six people and snarling train...
COPS: KIDS' ACCIDENT STARTED INFERNO THAT KILLED 3 BRAVEST
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe horrific Father's Day blaze that took the lives of three firefighters may have been set by two young teens who accidentally tipped over a gasoline can, The Post has...
WINNING'S OF MINOR CONSEQUENCE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIn his first few starts with the Mets, Steve Trachsel served up homers like they were plates of fries. So his employers, having few options for him in Queens, did...
SIFFORD CHANGING THE COLOR OF GOLF
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTiger Woods has revolutionized golf with his championships and consistency. Entire courses are reconfigured to try to offset his dominance. But there's still one aspect of golf that Woods hasn't...
NETS WOULD LOVE TO GRAB BATTIER
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIf Duke's College Player of the Year Shane Battier is available at No. 7, the Nets likely would take him, pretty much workout-sight-unseen. Battier's agent, Lon Babby, acknowledged yesterday that...
THANKS FOR NOTHING, J.R.!
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amWITH basketball's newest dynasty residing in Los Angeles (betcha didn't think I knew the Sparks are 8-0), it's high time (apt choice of words) to pay homage to the unsung...
MILBURY WILL DEAL NO. 2 FOR SOME VETERAN HELP
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIslanders GM Mike Milbury could be on the verge of an explosive encore at Saturday's NHL draft in Florida. Milbury was the wild gunslinger at last year's draft, stealing the...
SJU: WE'LL STILL COOK SANS OMAR
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amNow that Omar Cook is all but certainly headed to the NBA, several of his St. John's teammates told The Post they believe the Red Storm can be more of...
SWEET HEADIN' TO THE HALL
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amFormer Rice High School star Andre Sweet has decided to transfer from Duke to Seton Hall, a source close to the situation told The Post. Sweet played last season at...
REDEMPTION FOR RETIEF - GOOSEN BURIES BROOKS IN PLAYOFF, GRABS TITLE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTULSA - Retief Goosen had already been struck by lightning on the golf course as a teenager and lived to roll another putt. So it made perfect sense that he'd...
THE RIGHT MAN WON
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTULSA - Earlier in the week, Retief Goosen was in the media center for a post-round press conference when someone raised their hand to offer the first question: "How do...
EXPOS' URBINA ALL SET TO BE BOMBER:BUYER BEWARE: UGIE COULD BE BUST IN BRONX
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Yankees made a good trade that could turn great. But anyone who thinks the acquisition of Ugueth Urbina - if indeed all physicals are passed and this deal is...
EXPOS' URBINA ALL SET TO BE BOMBER ; DEAL FOR RELIEVER HINGES ON JIMENEZ PHYSICAL
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amUgueth Urbina has a plane ticket from New York to Wayne County Airport for today, and the Yankees have a pinstriped jersey with No. 45 on the back hanging in...
REY'S BAT A LIABILITY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHE truest baseball axiom is that a team must be strong up the middle - with the bat as well as the glove. Rey Ordonez' glove is golden, but the...
BLUESHIRTS INK EX-ISLE JOHANSSON
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amNot Jaromir Jagr, not quite and at least not yet, but the Rangers did add a winger to the mix yesterday with the signing of former Islander Andreas Johansson. Sources...
CLEMENS TAMES TERRIBLE TIGERS
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amDETROIT - Emotionally, the Yankees were still drained by Mike Piazza's heart-breaking blast and three weekend white-knuckle Subway Series games against the Mets. Physically, their haggard eyes proved they arrived...
BROOKS ROUGHS IT UP
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTULSA--There was talk earlier in the week about how the USGA was giving the competitors a break in the 101st U.S. Open by keeping the rough to 3 ½ inches...
HAPPY? SAD? URBINA WON'T SAY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIf Montreal closer Ugueth Urbina, reported to be coming to the Yankees, is crushed at leaving the only organization he's ever known, he isn't saying. If he's happy to escape...
TINO'S HACKING STILL LACKING
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - Tino Martinez will be among a large group of Yankees taking early BP today at Comerica Park. Give Martinez a chance to tinker with his hack...
STILL ON WINNING TRACK - AMAZIN'S FOLLOW SUBWAY FIREWORKS WITH GRITTY VICTORY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amMets 2 - Expos 1 You can relish the thrilling, come-from-behind victories like the one the Mets produced against the Yankees on Sunday night. But a game like last night's...
SHINJO PAYS PRICE WITH INJURED QUAD
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES If Tsuyoshi Shinjo ever needs a hotel alias on the road, he should try Ralph Macchio. His "Karate Kid" impersonation on Sunday night was the most amazing one-legged...
ALL RUSCH NEEDED WAS EXPOS
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIt's hard to say whether Glendon Rusch's solid start last night was because he'd tinkered with his delivery, or because he was facing Montreal, a team he's throttled throughout his...
BERNIE BACK IN THREE HOLE
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - Joe Torre liked watching Bernie Williams bat third so much Sunday night against the Mets that he used the sizzling switch-hitter in the No. 3 hole...
YANKS HAVE ALL MOVES : URBINA CHASE IS OLD HAT TO CHAMPS
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Yankees have left Shea, but their mighty shadow looms. On the day the Mets tried to get on with the rest of their baseball lives with the inept Expos...
SOON-TO-BE-DEPARTED UGIE STILL TIGHT- LIPPED ABOUT DEAL
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amIf Montreal closer Ugueth Urbina, reported to be coming to the Yankees, is crushed at leaving the only organization he's ever known, he isn't saying. If he's happy to escape...
STILL ON WINNING TRACK: AMAZIN'S FOLLOW SUBWAY FIREWORKS WITH GRITTY VICTORY
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amMets 2 Expos 1 Last night wasn't a turning point as much as a continuation of the high drama surrounding the Mets. A night after Mike Piazza homered to beat...
EMOTIONAL RESCUE? METS: BIG WIN MIGHT BE LAUNCH PAD
June 19, 2001 | 4:00amSunday night's awe-inspiring 8-7 comeback victory by the Mets may just be the turning point the club is looking for. Any devoted fan of the comic strip "Peanuts" knows what's...