October 27, 2001
DOW RALLY CONTINUES WITH 82-PT. GAIN
The Dow continued its rally yesterday, ending a strong week for all the major exchanges. "Investor sentiment has turned bullish," said Elaine Garzarelli, president of Garzarelli Capital Inc. "I think...
NYC DRUG EPIDEMIC: ANTIDEPRESSANTS, CIPRO LIFT DUANE READE
Bad news for New York City has turned out to be good news for Duane Reade. While the drug store chain lost sales after the Sept. 11 attack, it has...
DOGGONE ANTHRAX OFFENDS PURINA
Ralston Purina faced what what has to be one of corporate America's worst nightmares yesterday: having one of its product compared with a deadly poison. Maj. Gen. Jon Parker, at...
PARSONS REGALES AND EAGER PUBLIC
PARSONS DANCE COMPANYThe Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street, (212) 242-0800. Season runs through Oct. 28. ONE of the few dance companies to fully establish itself in the...
SAME BUCKS, MORE BANG
YOU can see a lot of theater for the price of a VIP ticket to "The Producers." A whole week's worth, in fact - both on and off Broadway. Here's...
RUN FOR COVER! 'PRODUCERS' SKY-HIGH TAG: CUTTING OUT SCALPERS - OR JOINING THEM?
IN yet another sign that Broadway seems bent on pricing itself beyond the reach of all but the richest theatergoers, the producers of "The Producers" yesterday said they were jacking...
BANJO BONANZA
TEAM up a great banjo player with a first-class bassist and what do you get? Wednesday's concert by Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer. The program, starting at 8 at Lincoln...
BOO ON YOU! A DOZEN GREAT WAYS TO CATCH THE SPIRIT
Halloween's on the horizon, with spook-tacular events everywhere you turn. Imagine finding Miss Frizzle at the Museum of Natural History or American (horrors!) spotting Spongebob SquarePants at Central Park. From...
AFTER MIDNIGHT
Poor Tom. His younger brother Peter has the measles, so Tom's packed off to live with his aunt and uncle in their flat in the city. There's nothing to do...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
Dinner party guests have always prided themselves on their etiquette. But sometimes post-party rumblings get a little rambunctious. Just remember: Be polite and always share your wontons. KUNG-POW! A man...
SLIP INTO MICKEY'S
This weekend, the Bar Belles will put aside our respective Mets and Braves allegiances and, like most New Yorkers, become honorary Yankee fans. And we'll be doing our root-root-rootin' at...
TRIVIAL PURSUITS : OUR BELOVED YANKEES HAVE THEIR SHARE OF IDIOSYNCRACIES
The Yankees take on the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight in the Game 1 opener at The BOB in Phoenix, poised to seize their fourth straight World Series championship. They're honed, they're...
HOOKED ON STEREOPHONICS: BRIT POPSTERS PREPPED FOR U2 GARDEN GIG
Kelly Jones imagines himself a big-band leader these days. "I want to be Glenn Miller and entertain the troops," said Jones, the frontman of the Welsh group Stereophonics, which opens...
LANDSLIDE OF JOB OFFERS FOR MAYOR
MAYOR Giuliani has been deluged with job offers since his widely praised response to the World Trade Center attack - including at least one from a Fortune 500 company. Some...
YANKS BECOME AMERICA'S TEAM: EVEN NON-N.Y. FANS PULL FOR PINSTRIPERS TO SHOW SOLIDARITY
While the Bronx Bombers won't have the home-crowd advantage tonight for their matchup in Phoenix against the Arizona Diamondbacks, they'll have much of the rest of the country cheering them...
HERO DID IT FOR DAD: MEMORIES OF FALLEN FATHER SPURRED COP
James Leahy was only 12 when the dad he idolized, a night watchman at a golf course, was shot dead during a robbery. "That was one of the turning points...
TAINTED MAIL IS STILL OUT THERE: FEDS SEEK A SECOND D.C. ANTHRAX SOURCE
As the circle of anthrax infection continued to widen yesterday, a top federal official said it's very likely there's another potentially deadly, bacteria-laden letter waiting to be discovered in the...
CUT THE LIES, GUYS, AND GIVE US LEADERSHIP
THE latest in the annals of the Osama bin Laden Follies: For weeks we've been told by the Bush administration that we've nearly neutered the Afghan army. Now, bin Laden...
N.Y. CLEARS A HURDLE IN OLYMPIC BID
The Big Apple's dream of hosting the Summer Olympics in 2012 is still alive. New York City has become America's sentimental favorite to host the Games in 11 years after...
MOBSTER-IN-LAW AGNELLO GETS NINE YEARS IN STIR
The son-in-law of mob boss John Gotti, scrap-metal king Carmine Agnello, was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison for extortion, racketeering and arson. Federal Judge Nina Gershon had a...
BOUND BY BLOOD & DUTY
"Whenever disaster struck, the Langone family came to the rescue," Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik told mourners at the memorial service at St. Aidan's Church in Williston Park. The brothers' mother,...
AIR JORDAN AND MSG IN CHARITABLE TIPOFF
Washington Wizards legend Michael Jordan and the Knicks will tip off the new season at Madison Square Garden Tuesday with a red, white and blue basketball that will be signed...
RED CROSS PREZ QUITS : DISPUTE OVER $500M IN WTC DONATIONS
Red Cross president Bernadine Healy quit yesterday amid growing criticism that the charity was spending too much of the $500 million it had raised since Sept. 11 to build its...
RUDY: GOV'S MY MAN WON'T RUN UNLESS GEORGE BOWS OUT
Mayor Giuliani flatly ruled out running against Gov. Pataki in the Republican primary next year, but he left open the possibility he'll run for governor if Pataki does not. "I...
HAMPTONS WHODUNIT : SLAIN WALL STREET EXECUTIVE AND WIFE 'WERE AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS'
Murders rarely occur in the tony Hamptons - especially to dashing multimillionaire financiers asleep in ivy-covered, wood-shingled mansions. But when a concerned business associate of Theodore Ammon flew out to...
N.Y. POLS SAY PREZ SLAP AT OUR BOYS IS BUSH LEAGUE
WASHINGTON - Some New York lawmakers are giving a Bronx cheer - and a chuckle - to the news that baseball-loving President Bush is rooting for "anyone but the Yankees."...
RUDY: TOXIN WORRIES ARE JUST HOT AIR
A calm Mayor Giuliani assured New Yorkers yesterday that the air quality near ground zero is safe - taking the word of government health experts who claim workers at the...
MISS AMERICA SNUBS THEM BACK
Miss America has turned up her nose at a last-minute attempt by Macy's to include her in the annual Thanksgiving Parade. Red-faced Macy's brass yesterday tried to sweet-talk Miss America...
'MOB' CONTRACT WAR FILM-STAR COUPLE SUES 'SOPRANO' OVER HOUSE
Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke have incurred the wrath of the actor who plays TV mob don Tony Soprano by charging him in court with welshing on a deal to...
FANS BACK BOMBERS TO BEAN BIN LADEN
TERROR and cowardice rule the hearts of the enemy who damn the innocent. But tonight, through immeasurable loss, the hearts of the innocent are ruled by Damn Yankees. "This is...
GROUND ZERO SERVICE TOMORROW
Andrew Lloyd Weber headlines a memorial service tomorrow at ground zero for the families of victims in the World Trade Center attack. "The purpose of it is to allow many...
PARENTS RIP PLAN FOR 'NON-ELITE' HS
Upper East Side parents are fuming that a new public high school opening in their neighborhood plans to admit students from other parts of Manhattan. "We were sabotaged. They destroyed...
BLOOMY'S BIG BUCKS BREAK ALL RECORDS
Mayoral candidate Michael Bloomberg spent a whopping $12 million over the last three weeks - boosting his total personal spending on his campaign to a state record of $41 million,...
CITY'S GIFT TO GRIEVING RELATIVES
The family of each victim in the World Trade Center attack will be given a wooden urn tomorrow containing ashes from the hallowed site. Fulfilling a promise made by Mayor...
ISRAELI PULLOUT HINGES ON CEASE-FIRE
JERUSALEM- Israeli tanks and troops will be pulled out of Bethlehem and a neighboring West Bank town tonight if a U.S.-arranged cease-fire takes effect, officials said yesterday. An Israeli withdrawal...
POSTAL UNION DELIVERS LEGAL THREAT
The local postal union yesterday threatened court action to force the shutdown and cleanup of the Morgan Station, Manhattan's main mail-processing center. Officials of the New York Metro Area Postal...
BUSH PREACHES PATIENCE IN AMERICA'S 'TWO-FRONT' WAR
WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday asked jittery Americans to "be patient" as they fight a new two-front war - one overseas, one frighteningly close to home. "We have no choice...
GREEN'S BRO GETS CITED IN SCAFFOLD FALL
The real-estate company owned by Mark Green's brother was slapped with three building violations yesterday following the deadly scaffold collapse at a Gramercy Park building. The city Buildings Department charged...
'BOGGED DOWN'? MAYBE WE SHOULD BE
ANALYSIS WASHINGTON - The United States has dropped more food packets on Afghanistan than it has bombs in the three weeks since Operation Enduring Freedom began. And suddenly Pentagon brass...
BIG SETBACK FOR U.S. AS TALIBAN KILLS REBEL LEADER
WASHINGTON - A major Afghan opposition leader, who was working with the CIA to build a second rebel front in southern Afghanistan, was hanged by the Taliban yesterday in a...
DURST'S PLOY FOR 'WEDDING' STIRS OUTRAGE
Friends of Robert Durst's wife, who vanished mysteriously almost 20 years ago, are outraged that the millionaire real-estate scion obtained a license to wed another woman while still legally married....
COOK SLAYS CO-WORKER WITH CLEAVER: COPS
One cook in a Chinese restaurant on Long Island pestered and made an obscene gesture to another cook - who then killed his co-worker by attempting to chop off his...
ARMS-DEAL $$ MAN IN GUILTY PLEA
A Connecticut man pleaded guilty yesterday in a scheme to launder $2.2 million in proceeds from illegal arms sales, federal prosecutors in Florida said. Walter Kapij, 44, who was given...
SIX PACKIN' YANKS MAINSTAYS MAY PASS PINSTRIPES TO NEW CORE
PHOENIX - Often during batting practice this season, Luis Sojo could be found beside Alfonso Soriano at second base, demonstrating nuances of the position to speed the rookie's learning curve....
NO SURPRISE: BOMBERS JUST WIN, BABY
Something happens to the Yankees in October. The pitching gets a little sharper. The defense gets a little tighter. Something happens to the Yankees in October, so that's why when...
LARRY'S DISCIPLINE PAYING OFF
SABRESatDEVILSTonight7:30 - FSN WQEW (1560 AM) By any standard, Larry Robinson's simple rule - sit in the box, sit on the bench - has been a rousing success. Since the...
CAN'T GO AGAINST BOMBERS
PHOENIX - You can do it with stats, or you can do it with logic. Whatever method you prefer, the conclusion is the same. The Yankees can't lose this World...
THE RACING WORLD COMES TO BELMONT PUT YOUR MONEY ON POWERHOUSE STABLES, JOCKS
LAST-minute shoppers looking for bargains in today's Breeders' Cup at Belmont Park could do worse than follow the unyielding principle established in 17 previous runnings of the event: Bet with...
JINTS NEED MORALE VICTORY BAFFLED BIG BLUE SEARCHING FOR WINS
The Giants need a win, badly, and not merely to help themselves in the standings. There's a whole lot of hurting going on with this team, and the only way...
KIM NEEDS WORK ON HIS CELEBRATING . . . BUT HE'S GOT CLOSING GAMES DOWN PAT
PHOENIX - As he recorded the final out of Arizona's pennant-icing victory at Atlanta this week, Byung-Hyun Kim triumphantly pumped his right fist in the air. It was a rare...
RANGERS MAY REALLY BE THIS BAD
RANGERSatBRUINSTonight7:00 - MSG WBBR (1130) Mike Richter reaches out in attempt to snag a loose puck in first period of the Rangers' dismal 5-1 loss to the Blues in St....
JAX: TIME FOR KNICKS TO WAKE UP
It's one thing for Jeff Van Gundy to question the Knicks' effort. He did that ad nauseum last season. It's another one for starting point guard Mark Jackson to do...
BERNIE IN A WORLD OF HIS OWN
Bernie Williams has long been a fixture in the center of the Yankees' outfield and the corner of their clubhouse. One of just six players left who played in all...
SCHILLING FOR CURT PITCHING GURU DUNCAN: D'BACKS' ACE THE BEST
The first thing you probably notice is that out on the mound, Curt Schilling stands at an imposing 6-4, 231 pounds. But when Dave Duncan, the Cardinals' pitching coach, watches...
JETER: PRETTY TOUGH
TOUGH? Sure. Times are so tough in the publishing business that Derek Jeter should be on every glossy cover on the newsstand, selling his pretty face, fetching RBI bat and...
SILENT COUNSELL FINDS CALLING
PHOENIX - Maybe only the donkeys who cart tourists up and down the Grand Canyon can truly appreciate the baseball peaks and valleys that Craig Counsell has experienced in four...
YANKS' GREATEST DEBATE THIS DYNASTY MAY BE BEST EVER
THE Joe Torre Yankees have never been confused with Murderers Row, or the Bronx Bombers. But if they beat the Diamondbacks in the World Series, they will have every right...
ARIZONA WINNING WITH PINE POWER
PHOENIX - As is the custom with any sports group that excels these days, the Diamondbacks' bench has a nickname. "We call ourselves the Phoenix Traveling All-Stars, kind of like...
$14M CUP DRAWS 95 OF SPORT'S BEST
The Breeders' Cup busts out at Belmont Park today for the first time since 1995 with eight World Thoroughbred Championship bouts boasting 95 top-class horses running for $14 million in...
HERM'S TACKLING DEFENSIVE WOES
Herman Edwards says he wasn't using the media Wednesday to send John Abraham and Shaun Ellis a message. Concerned about their poor play against the run, Edwards says he told...
MORTON NO-GO FOR CAROLINA
JET NOTES Punt-returner Chad Morton, who had returned to practice on Wednesday and was hoping to play for the first time in a month, will miss Sunday's game at Carolina....
SUMITAS HOLDS ON IN 'KNICK'
Trainer Bobby Frankel, looking to snap his 0-for-36 schneid today in the Breeders' Cup, continues to hold a hot hand and got his weekend off to a flying start by...
BRENLY: BOOTH MADE ME BETTER
PHOENIX - From TV analyst to real life skipper, Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly said his days as a talking head prepped him well for the task of leading a big...
FLEET FILLY 'RENEE' PULLS OUT OF DISTAFF
Three horses were scratched yesterday from today's Breeders' Cup at Belmont Park: Fleet Renee in the Distaff and Slew Valley in the Turf, both trained by Michael Dickinson, and Canadian...
BRENLY'S 'DOGS ARE PREPARED TO HOWL
PHOENIX - Don't mistake the Arizona Diamondbacks for the Washington Generals. After all, the Generals - hapless losers to the lovable Harlem Globetrotters - didn't have a basketball equivalent of...
D'BACKS UP AGAINST HISTORY
PHOENIX - Thirty eight autumns ago, the Yankees were playing in their fourth consecutive World Series and were heavily favored to win their third World Championship in a row. The...
NOW BATTING FOR YANKS - AN EASY OUT
PHOENIX - Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte shared a batting helmet. Ramiro Mendoza swung through a Mel Stottlemyre fastball while Joe Torre let out a chuckle. The Yankee pitchers took...
SOONERS' PLAN: GET CROUCH OKLAHOMA & CORNHUSKERS DUEL FOR RULE OF THE NATION
LINCOLN, Neb. - It's not often a college football coach says something that shocks me anymore. After covering about 14 games a season for 15 years, you figure you've heard...
FOR TINO AND LUIS, IT'S A CLASS STRUGGLE HIGH-SCHOOL PAL
PHOENIX - As if Tino Martinez needed any additional memories of this World Series, his high-school buddy is going toe-to-toe with him for a championship. Luis Gonzalez, the sweet-swinging outfielder...
D'BACKS HUNGER FOR VICTORY - AGING LINEUP WON'T SETTLE FOR SECOND
PHOENIX - With the beer flowing like champagne last Sunday, the Diamondbacks celebrated their National League Championship in the road clubhouse at Turner Field. As the team enjoyed its accomplishment,...
CHILI WANTS IN FROM COLD
Two years away from baseball has Chili Davis looking to get back into the game as a hitting instructor. The 41-year-old Davis, a very popular Yankee during 1998 and '99,...
CURT'S NOT AFRAID OF YANK PATIENCE
PHOENIX - Curt Schilling isn't scared of the Yankees' patience at the plate. The Yanks treat the batter's box like a line at the DMV, waiting, waiting and waiting some...
APPLE'S IN THEIR HEARTS YANKS OUT TO EASE THE CITY'S SUFFERING
PHOENIX - You don't get a share. Nor a ring. New Yorkers and the rest of the tri-state area will have to settle for an emotional sliver of the Yankees'...
NETS' SCALABRINE CATCHES BUM BREAK
PRESEASONPistons102Nets91 Byron Scott sat in his office, carefully talking about the lack of serious injuries to the Nets in pre-season. "Let me knock on wood," he said, mentioning the lack...
MOOSE IS READY TO ANSWER CALL
PHOENIX - He is first among equals. Mike Mussina is the hottest hurler on the pitching-rich Yankees, and along with Curt Schilling is the best pitcher in the game right...
JUSTICE FILES ARE REVEALING SUCCESS VS. SCHILLING EARNS SPOT IN LINEUP
PHOENIX - Joe Torre relied on it. Paul O'Neill jokingly said he's no longer a fan of it. David Justice said it doesn't matter when he steps to the plate...
JOE PUTS PAUL ON BENCH
WORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK PHOENIX - Joe Torre's head beat his heart in an emotional tug of war that in the end put Paul O'Neill on the bench for tonight's Game...
METS' MCEWING TELLS YANKS... HOW TO BEAT THE BIG UNIT
The second Randy Johnson messes with your head, it's over. With his 6-foot-10 body flying in all different directions before the ball explodes out of his left hand at near...
BACK WHERE HE BELONGS VELARDE FINALLY GETS HIS SHOT IN SERIES
He is sitting in the Yankee dugout at the end of a workout on the day before the Yankees leave for Arizona and the Fall Classic. A Fall Classic that...
TEACHER'S PETTITTE
He was the Chairman of the Board, the wily left-handed ace who could have been called Mr. October long before Reggie Jackson, an unflappable, impish-looking kid from Astoria who grew...
YANKEE OLD-TIMERS MARVELING ABOUT JETER AND THE . . . MIRACLE PLAY THAT SAVED THE SEASON
He appeared out of nowhere. Derek Jeter was almost like a ghost, an apparition. Truth is, maybe that's as suitable an explanation as anything. How else do you explain Jeter's...
D'BACKS DO IT WITH FEELING (& PITCHING)
Great pitching can carry you far. But maybe it takes great role players to carry you to the World Series. Out in the desert, Arizona formulated a post-season plan for...
YANKEE WARRIOR'S CLASSIC MEMORIES
PHOENIX - Charles O'Neill died in the first hours of Oct. 27, 1999. The Yankees won their 25th World Championship in the final hour of Oct. 27, 1999. In between,...
STANTON IS MR. PLAYOFFS
It's said the true character of a man comes through at times of adversity. It's also said that when times get tough, the tough get going. Both sayings were evident...
OUTOF THIS WORLD GONZO'S UNBELIEVABLE TURNAROUND
Three years ago, you wouldn't have believed it. If you were told the most fearsome hitter on the 2001 National League Champions would be Luis Gonzalez, you'd say, "The same...
TORRE'S COMEBACK KIDS
A detailed look at the 15 times the Yankees have rallied to win a post-season game under Joe Torre in which they trailed sometime after the sixth inning: 1. ALDS...
MAGNIFICENT YANKEES: FIVE DIFFERENT ERAS OF GOOD FEELING
THIS is the Yankees 38th World Series. That's almost half of the 81 championships played since they made their first one, a number that should boggle the mind, but only...
NO FLASH IN JAPAN: IMPORT SORIANO A YANK ROOKIE PHENOM
The story began in the Japanese minor leagues four years ago, when international scouting guru Gordon Blakeley was looking for a pitcher and wound up with a Dominican-born shortstop. It...
JOE: WHAT ABOUT BOB?
World Series Notebook PHOENIX - Even though Yankee Stadium has never been more alive than it was for Game 5 of the ALCS against the Mariners, and provides a huge...
SCOUTING THE SERIES
Scouts are the lifeblood of the game. Think of them as baseball consultants. They let you know what you're doing wrong and then tell you how to correct the problem....
MATCHUPS: 4 TRAIN WON'T BE D-RAILED
Following 162 games, a remarkable division series and another triumphant ALCS, it's time, finally, for Four-play. After winning three straight world championships, Yankees now have to find a way to...