August 26, 2001
A BETTER MOUSETRAP - NEW WAY TO RATE MID-CAPS: RELATIVE PRICE-TO-FREE CASH FLOW
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amCALL off the psychics. Analysts, always looking for ways to predict a winning company, often depend on timing, messy calculations and assumed psychic powers. But two researchers at Prudential Securities...
BEING CHOOSY PAYS FOR THIS FUND
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE was a time when investors would pay any price for growth. But with the dot-com implosion, that era has ended. Smart portfolio managers are getting choosier about the stocks...
PROTECT YOUR PORTFOLIO FROM LOSSES
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSO your investment portfolio is still shrinking, and you're wondering if there's anything you can do to save the money you have left. The answer is yes: You can put...
OY VEY, MARIA!
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amCALL her the Funny Honey. CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo had a slip of the tongue on-air recently when she was interviewing Gregg Watkins, portfolio manager of the Ave Maria Catholic...
MADDEN LIVES IT UP 'TIL THE OTHER SHOE DROPS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amBAD boy shoe designer Steve Madden is making the most of his freedom before he heads to prison in November. On Wednesday, Madden joined the pop band 98 Degrees at...
PLAZA BUSBOY ENJOYS WORKING FOR TIPS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amKENNEDY clan patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. famously sold all his stocks before the 1929 Crash after getting a stock tip from a shoeshine boy. But if you get a...
BEWARE BIG BROTHER - HE'S NOW YOUR BOSS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amIN this economy, many people are losing their jobs because they're in the wrong place at the wrong time. However, some are losing their jobs because they are saying the...
PORN SITE TAKES ON EBAY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSOME people lose their jobs looking at porn on the Internet. Others have jobs looking at porn on the Internet. Take Eric Langan, president and CEO of Rick's Cabaret International...
TAXING TIMES MEAN PROFITS AT H&R BLOCK
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHAT $300 tax rebate you got? Consider it spent. It's true the government may have just dropped money in your mailbox but it's also made the tax code even more...
RACHEL HUNTER
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSLIM, sleek and strikingly beautiful, supermodel Rachel Hunter is making a comeback after disappearing from the spotlight for a few years, following her divorce from shaggy-haired rocker Rod Stewart.While attending...
SAVVY SHOPPER
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amHAIRGrace Heaven Salon 226 E. Third St., bet. avenues B &C (212) 253-5490Sale: Through SeptemberOpen: Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. The best way to say goodbye to summer is by getting...
CALL IT THE SPIRIT OF $17.76
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThanks to a spate of new books that offer thrilling accounts of how our nation grew from the laughingstock of 18th century England into the laughingstock it is today, Americans...
OUR MAN IN LONDON SETS THE STAGE FOR DRAMATIC SCENES
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amLONDON - August in London is for tourists. They throng the sidewalks, cram into the restaurants, mob the museums and fill the theaters. Just as many visitors to New York...
WHAT I WATCH
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amLISA BLOOM Court TV anchor My two favorites are "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos." The writing is very sharp and the performers are scary real. * MICHAEL MUSTO...
A TAIL OF LOST AND FOUND - RESCUE EFFORT GIVES THIS NEW YORKER A NEW LEASH ON LIFE
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amDon't believe in destiny? Then don't read this - it might change your mind. What would you do if you spotted a big dog wandering alone in a busy traffic...
OUR PAL, JOELY - SCION OF A BRITISH ACTING DYNASTY, THE TALENTED MS. RICHARDSON TELLS US WHY SHE LOVES MOVIES - AND AMERICA
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amJoely Richardson, the willowy 35-year-old star of "Maybe Baby," which opened Friday, is best known to U.S. audiences for her lead roles in "101 Dalmatians," the sci-fi/horror flick "Event Horizon"...
SOME NOT-SO-CONVENTIONAL ADVICE FOR GUYS ON HOW TO SCORE
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThere are many advice books for women on how to manipulate the male psyche. They suggest how to get him to propose, to be more faithful or simply to be...
BATTLE OF THE BAR BELLES - OUR TIPPLING COLUMNISTS DUKE IT OUT OVER WHOSE 'HOOD IS THE BEST FOR DRINKING
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe Bar Belles agree on most things: Margaritas should be frozen, martinis should be shaken and a cream-liqueur nightcap after a day of downing Bloody Marys is a bad idea....
INVITING GRAMERCY PARK JAVA JOINT IS TOP DOG
August 26, 2001 | 4:00am71 Irving Place 71 Irving Place (between 18th and 19th streets) (212) 995-5252 ------ With a name like 71 Irving Place, don't expect bargain-basement prices from this subterranean coffee and...
NET A VIEW OF THE NEW RACKET PACK
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amGet to the tourney early if you want a peek at tennis' new hotties and hunks: Some won't survive past the early rounds. Plus, during the opening week of play,...
COURTING ATTENTION - SOME SEXY NEWCOMERS WILL SHOW OFF THEIR MOVES AT THE U.S. OPEN
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSure, you've gawked at Anna Kournikova: the blond hair so long, the skirts so short. But, come on, aren't you ready for some new sex symbols in tennis especially now...
GRUNT WORK FOR CROWE - WHY THIS HOLLYWOOD HUNK INSISTS ON MOONLIGHTING AS A MUSICIAN
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amRoll your eyes, if you must, at a guy who earns $15 million per picture and yet insists on playing rock star. But Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe says putting his...
BLOOMY 'BARS' ALAN FROM BALLROOM
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amMICHAEL Bloomberg, Alan Hevesi, and city comptroller candidate Bill Thompson got into a secret squabble over a highly touted prize - who gets to hold their party in the Grand...
RAPPER 'SWEARS' SHOW WILL SHOCK
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amRap bad-boy Eminem warned fans yesterday to prepare for the unexpected today at the Reading and Leeds Music festivals. The controversial rap star - who was threatened with arrest the...
VICTORIA GOTTI
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSO, whom do I read when I'm not writing? Nelson DeMille, for sure. This master storyteller proudly sits behind titles like "The Charm School," "Word of Honor," "The Lion's Game,"...
KERIK OFF TO ISRAEL FOR CRIME CONFABS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amNew York's top cop is heading for Israel to trade advice about NYPD anti-terrorism tactics in exchange for help in cutting off the Big Apple's supply of the club drug...
OUT OF JAIL, OUT OF WORK - WRONGLY IMPRISONED DUO CAN'T FIND JOBS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThree months after being released from prison, where they spent 14 years for a murder they did not commit, two Brooklyn men are still battling to get their lives back...
WOULD-BE MAYOR BERNIE'S POLITICAL AIM IS STILL TRUE
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amIN a mayoral election that's as interesting as pouring molasses, Bernie Goetz is brimming with enthusiasm. He is on the ballot as an independent, but right now his enthusiasm is...
FLU-HOO! VACCINE SHORTAGE LIKELY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amWith fall just around the corner and the flu season soon upon us, health officials are warning New Yorkers to expect delays in the delivery of vaccine. But the good...
TEAM CONDIT'S INFIGHTING - LAWYER'S PUSH LED TO TV CREEPSHOW
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amRep. Gary Condit's advisers were so deeply divided on how he should handle his interview with Connie Chung that they had major meltdowns, The Post has learned. Ultimately, Condit's lawyer,...
RED HOOK SOURS ON NEW DAIRY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThere's trouble on the Brooklyn waterfront. Red Hook residents say a dairy that was awarded a $6 million city tax-relief package last year is subjecting them to round-the-clock noise, forcing...
YOUTH IS SERVED AT TOURNEY KIDS' DAY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amTennis great Andre Agassi and heartthrob boy-banders O-Town served up sighs and teen-girl screeches at the sixth annual Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the U.S. Open in Queens yesterday. Agassi...
L.I. DAD'S PLEA TO BURY 3 SLAIN SONS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe father of three Albanian-American brothers who were found slain in Serbia last month jump-started a fund-raising campaign yesterday to give them a proper burial. Ahmet Bytyqi, whose sons Agron,...
QNS. COP CHARGED WITH DWI AFTER HITTING CAR
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amAn off-duty Queens cop was arrested and charged with drunken driving last night after he struck a parked car on a Brooklyn street and refused to take a breathalyzer test,...
HEVESI HAMMERING BACK AT RUDY OVER ED. BUDGET
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amAfter three days of being pushed against the ropes by Mayor Giuliani, Comptroller Alan Hevesi came out swinging yesterday - accusing the mayor of using a "giant bait and switch"...
RODHAM BROTHERS GETTING KID-GLOVE TREATMENT: LOCALS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amFolks in the small Pennsylvania lakefront community where Hillary Clinton's brothers Tony and Hugh beat up a jealous rival say the Rodhams are getting special treatment - and no one's...
SON NABS DAD'S KILLER 20 YEARS AFTER SLAYING
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amTwenty Father's Days have come and gone since a trio of thugs sent Queens bar owner Richard Godkin to an early grave. Twenty birthdays, scores of missed ball games, graduations,...
LIGHT'S OUT FOR CIG-ROB SUSPECT
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amA gun-toting thug believed to be the "Newport Cigarette Bandit" was stamped out by an off-duty cop after a failed Brooklyn bodega robbery yesterday, sources said. Mohamed Mohamed, 31, was...
7 GOOD REASONS TO RE-ELECT GARY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSO what if Gary Condit won't say why he entertained a young lady he "was not in love with" in his apartment? A girl he had "no reason to think"...
ISRAEL UNLEASHES REVENGE ATTACKS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amIsraeli tanks opened fire on Palestinian security outposts in the Gaza Strip last night, retaliating for two Palestinian attacks yesterday that left six Israelis dead. The day of bloodshed began...
COPS BUST EX-CONVICT IN '97 SLAY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amA man released from prison this month after serving two years for attempted robbery now has been charged with the brutal stabbing murder of a 64-year-old Co-Op City woman after...
IT WAS THE BRONX AGAINST THE WORLD
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amIT seemed like everyone in the Little League stadium was against us. It looked like enough Bronx fans showed up to fill about a quarter of the seats. That was...
CLINTON BRO ADMITTED GAMBINO PAROLE BID
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amFormer First Brother Roger Clinton admitted to the FBI that he tried to win parole for a distant relative of the late crime boss Carlo Gambino, investigators told The Post...
N.Y. KIDS ARE ALL CLASS IN DEFEAT
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The Bronx is brokenhearted. So is the rest of New York. The magical run of the Bronx Baby Bombers came to a thunderous close last night when...
THESE KIDS' GOAL IN LIFE IS DEATH
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe 4-year-old Palestinian boy stared into the TV camera and described his goal in life - to become a shahid, or "holy martyr," just like his uncle. "When I grow...
NEW TRACKING DEVICE ON ITS WAY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amA wristwatch-like device that can be used to monitor children, the sick and the elderly will be introduced this fall using the same technology that provides driving directions in automobiles....
NON-PROFITS? NOT FOR THEIR TOP BOSSES
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Nonprofit organizations in the city are extraordinarily profitable for those who run them, with many of their top executives pulling in high six-figure salaries, a Post probe has...
A WISHFUL NIGHTMARE - FREDDY'S IRRATIONAL REJECTION OF RUDY'S ENTIRE LEGACY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHIS may be the deadliest dull mayoral campaign in memory, but one candidate's recent statement should make all voters sit up and take notice. A week ago yesterday, while addressing...
PERVERT'S BIZARRE LIFE ON RUN
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe cumbersome and sometimes lenient Thai legal system could hinder FBI attempts to close long-standing indictments against a New York-born child molester arrested in Bangkok last week. Admitted pedophile Eric...
ACTRESS NOT WITH GRUBMAN ALL NIGHT
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amActress Tara Reid this week will tell the Long Island grand jury investigating the Lizzie Grubman SUV assault case that she didn't see the p.r. princess doing drugs or drinking...
CONCORDE SHOCKER FOR QUEENS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe boom will soon be back in neighborhoods near Kennedy Airport. A little more than a year after a Concorde crashed on take-off in France, clearances are expected to be...
NEW YORK POST: FROM AUG. 26, 1920
August 26, 2001 | 4:00am"Ratification of Suffrage is Completed by Proclamation - Last Step Is Taken to Give All Women Vote," read The Post's headline when the State Department signed a proclamation implementing the...
PORN CLASSES FOR THE HARD-CORE COLLEGIAN
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amDickens could collide with "Deep Throat" on some college campuses this fall as more and more classes on pornography begin to appear alongside mainstream courses. NYU, MIT, Northwestern and Berkeley...
CAPRIATI MARKED FOR U.S. OPEN GREATNESS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amJennifer Capriati has transformed herself into the Tennis Terminator. The comeback queen now sports killer biceps, a take-no-prisoners attitude and a fading henna tattoo she had drawn on her arm...
SECURITY PRO TO LEAD 'ASIAN-BASH' HS IN B'KLYN
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe Board of Education has hired a principal with expertise in security to tackle complaints of Asian-bashing at Brooklyn's scandal-scarred Lafayette HS. Alan J. Siegel, former assistant principal of security...
OH, BROTHER, WHAT HICKS!
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amWHAT'S with the men in Hillary Clinton's life? Talk about bad taste and bad luck! First, it was her wayward husband Bill going astray. Then it was her wayward husband...
'HOME ROOM' CRISIS - RECRUITED FOREIGN TEACHERS CAN'T FIND HOUSING HERE
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe Board of Education's new international teaching recruits fear they may soon join the city's legions of homeless people. Many of the 700 foreign teachers who arrived here earlier this...
LOOKALIKE PASTOR'S PRAYERS ANSWERED
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amAmong those relieved that fugitive pedophile Eric Rosser is back in custody is a New Jersey pastor who was arrested by FBI agents in a case of mistaken identity last...
ANIMAL-RIGHTS GROUP TAKES A BITE OUT OF MR. MADONNA
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amMadonna's movie-making hubby Guy Ritchie has enraged an animal-rights group after he reportedly shot down a wild boar on a recent Florida hunting trip. People for the Ethical Treatment of...
EX-CON BUSTED IN '97 SLAYING - DNA LINKS HIM TO CO-OP CITY CRIME
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amA man released from prison this month after serving two years for attempted robbery now has been charged with the brutal stabbing murder of a 64-year-old Co-Op City woman after...
TOP SECURITY PRO TO HELM SCANDAL HS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe Board of Education has hired a principal with expertise in security to tackle complaints of Asian-bashing at Brooklyn's scandal-scarred Lafayette HS. Alan J. Siegel, former assistant principal of security...
NON-PROFITS? NOT FOR THEIR SIX-FIGURE BOSSES
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Nonprofit organizations in the city are extraordinarily profitable for those who run them, with many of their top executives pulling in high six-figure salaries, a Post probe has...
SPY GOT TRAPPED IN HIS OWN 'NET
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amA retired Air Force sergeant accused of spying for Libya made a crucial mistake while working at the National Reconnaissance Office, a Pentagon agency that designs and builds spy satellites....
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush gave his best lumberjack impression yesterday after taking a chain saw to some dead trees clustered in a creek bed on his ranch. The president also did some...
GOOD CRY FOR KIDMAN
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSaucy Aussie Nicole Kidman said she wept uncontrollably the first time she heard Robbie Williams sing live. Kidman, who has recently recorded a version of Frank Sinatra's "Something Stupid" for...
DUNCAN KNOWS MAJOR SECRET
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHE best advice Shelley Duncan ever received came from Tony La Russa. "In order to make it, you have to remember one thing," La Russa began. "How hard would you...
TECHNICALLY, AT TOP OF HIS GAME - O'LEARY HAS JACKETS PRIMED FOR BIG YEAR
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amNone of George O'Leary's seven brothers and sisters, nor his feisty mother, Peggy, knows exactly when football became the driving force in the Georgia Tech coach's life. But Terry O'Leary,...
BOSS'S 'DREAM' EYES BALLERINA
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The New York Yankees can be maddeningly inconsistent, but at least there's one constant in George Steinbrenner's life. She's a 4-year-old filly named Dream Supreme, who will...
AMAZIN'S LAME BATS REALLY MISS ROBSON
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amEVERY time I hear the name Tom Robson, an old Joni Mitchell tune plays in my head. She is belting: "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." None...
SLUMPING ZEILE'S FINALLY GONE BATTY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Something had to give. Todd Zeile hadn't used somebody else's bat since 1995, but he says he's never hit fewer flyballs in his career. So the Met first...
PAYTON'S NOT GOING QUIETLY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amJay Payton might not have much major-league service time, but he's wise beyond his 28 years. The Mets' outfielder knows that even in a lost season such as this one,...
DUNWOODIE: YOUR BEST BET AT YONKERS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF Nobody asked, but here are 10 reasons why Dunwoodie is the most underrated public golf course in the metropolitan area:1. EGO - If your game needs an boost,...
A LESSON LEARNED? - LIBERTY SEEK CLINCHER
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amIt's deja vu all over again. One week ago, the Liberty were euphoric over a Game 1 win in Miami, ready to close out the series in a Sunday afternoon...
SEPTEMBER GOOD FOR GOOSE HUNTERS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amNEW York's resident goose population has been growing steadily for many years, and conflicts between these geese and people are increasing. Recent surveys indicate that the population now exceeds 160,000...
'SQUIRTLE' SIZZLES IN 'BISHOP'
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Bobby Frankel continued to have an outstanding Saratoga meet as Squirtle Squirt led every step of the way to win the Grade 1, $200,000 King's Bishop Stakes...
CORRUPTION IS KING - WIN-AT-ALL-COSTS IS ROTTEN SIDE OF SPORTS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amBEYOND the self-serving commercial exploitation now annually heaped upon it by Disney brothers ESPN and ABC, the Little League World Series now annually gives too many people the creeps. Like...
'POINT' WINS THE TRAVERS LIKE CHAMP
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - They cheered Point Given in the paddock, and again in the post parade, but the record Travers crowd of 60,486 that packed the Old Spa yesterday really...
BERNIE'S 200TH HELPS ROGER NOTCH HIS 17TH - WILLIAMS ENDS 98-AT-BAT DROUGHT
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The pictures in the fraternity picture give you goosebumps. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra. All members of Phi Pinstripe 200 Dinga....
OLD STORY: PAUL HITS 20/20 MARK
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amANAHEIM - When Paul O'Neill shuffles into baseball's sunset, he won't be heading to Cooperstown. Instead, O'Neill will go home to Cincinnati and reflect on a solid career in which...
JOE: NICK COULD BE FALL GUY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amANAHEIM - He is still naive enough to be amazed that his mother's seats are two rows behind first base at Edison Field, even though they came off a big-league...
EVEN IN DEFEAT, THIS JOURNEY WAS STILL A GREAT BRONX TALE
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - A U.S. championship was lost last night by the Bronx Baby Bombers. In defeat and tears, though, came victory. Families, a borough and a city came together...
JUSTICE LEAVES CHUCK LEFT OUT
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - In his never-ending search for a lineup that will provide consistency, Yankee manager Joe Torre yesterday started David Justice in left field, used Tino Martinez as...
BENITEZ NOT CLOSE TO HIS BEST YET
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES If Mets closer Armando Benitez has a ceiling to his abilities, he hasn't shown it to Bobby Valentine. "He's progressively gotten better, week by week, since he's gotten...
MORTON SOLVES PROBLEM
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES Santana who? The early returns on Jets' newcomer punt- and kick-returner Chad Morton were outstanding. The Jets' return problems are over. Morton, acquired in a trade from the...
METS, PHILLIPS ARE PURE LITTLE LEAGUE COMPARED TO SAN FRAN
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Mets have not only fallen completely out of any post-season consideration. They had fallen to the third most interesting team in town behind the Yankees and the Rolando Paulino...
THE MEAN MACHINE - RIGGAN'S MADNESS PAYS OFF FOR METS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amJerrod Riggan said he was different on the mound last night than he has been most of the time this season. "I was mad," Riggan said. "I was mad at...
ROUGH NIGHT FOR LUKE
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES By now, Giants' right tackle Luke Petitgout knows he will be abused for the job he did last night against John Abraham, the Jets' rising star at defensive...
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME - FASSEL SEETHES AS GIANTS LOOK LISTLESS IN LOSS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amMount Fassel nearly erupted last night in the wake of the Giants' sloppy and often uninspired 17-14 preseason loss to the Jets. Setbacks this time of year mean little, but...
REY TURNS GIANT SLAYER - ORDONEZ'S CLUTCH HIT SPARKS METS IN 11TH
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amBefore last night's marathon, Bobby Valentine said Rey Ordonez was "getting close to figuring it out." In the 11th inning of a 2-2 game, Ordonez solved one of the best...
FINALLY, WEST COAST LOOKS DANGEROUS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amSo this is what the Jets' version of the West Coast offense looks like. It looked pretty diverse, efficient and potentially explosive in last night's 17-14 preseason win over the...
NICK MAY HAVE SPOT IN OCTOBER
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Four games is all it took for Joe Torre to believe Nick Johnson was more than a fill-in at first base for Tino Martinez. Now, it appears the...
ORDONEZ SAVES THE DAY - CLUTCH RBI SINGLE SLAYS GIANTS IN 11TH
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amBefore last night's marathon, Bobby Valentine said Rey Ordonez was "getting close to figuring it out." In the 11th inning of a 2-2 game, Ordonez figured out one of the...
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME - GIANTS LISTLESS IN LOSS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amJets 17 - Giants 14 By this time, the Giants were hoping to slip into a comfort zone, but there was little evidence last night that their readiness on offense...
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? - SIZING UP GIANTS AFTER ALBANY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amWith training camp over and done with, the Giants last night faced the Jets in the third preseason game of the summer for both teams. The month-long stay at the...
CURTIS: NAME STADIUM FOR WINNER
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amBefore the 33rd version of the annual Jets-Giants preseason encounter kicked off last night at Giants Stadium, Curtis Martin had the best idea of all to spice up the local...
A TEST OF WILL & WILLIAM
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES When it was learned that Jason Sehorn would not be available for last night's preseason game against the Jets, two Giants rookies found out they would be the...
FONZIE'S LOST SEASON - METS STAR REALIZES NEXT YEAR'S THE KEY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amFor the rest of the year, it doesn't really matter what Edgardo Alfonzo does. Just like for his team, the 2001 season has been such a disaster for the Mets...
AMERICAN TENNIS' GREAT HOPE - RODDICK IS FACE OF NEXT GENERATION
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amAndy Roddick walked up to Patrick McEnroe in the locker room after losing in the third round at Wimbledon to eventual champion Goran Ivanesivic in June. The 18-year-old Roddick was...
END OF THE DREAM - EVEN IN DEFEAT, IT'S NO BRONX FAIL FOR PAULINO STARS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - A championship was lost last night by the Bronx Baby Bombers. In defeat, however, comes victory. Families, a borough, a city and two teams of 12-year-olds from...
JACKETS REQUIRED - THESE BEES WILL BUZZ ROSE BUDS IN JANUARY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - Georgia Tech coach George O'Leary was walking through Hartsfield International Airport recently when he noticed two men waving. This has become commonplace for O'Leary, whose popularity in Atlanta...
HERM CUTS WITH KINDNESS
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES As a former player who worked his way into the NFL as a rookie free agent, the task of cutting players has always been one that eats away...