November 24, 2001
IONA GETS STAR PAIR
In the next few months, Marvin McCullough and Kiril Wachsmann plan to lead the Gaels of All Hallows to a CHSAA title. Over the next few years, they'll be shooting...
WORLD RETAIL BET - BUYERS PLAN GLOBAL PUSH FOR BROOKS BROTHERS
America's oldest retailer Brooks Brothers is going on a world tour to get some respect. Shunned here lately in the rising trend of casual dressing, the 183-year-old icon of menswear...
MUSIC FOR YOUNG EARS - TUNING INTO THE LATEST HITS (AND MISSES) FOR KIDS
It isn't easy being a kid not when everybody, including your big brother tells you what to do and when to do it. And it's even harder when the answer...
'NUTCRACKER,' IN A NUTSHELL
Call it a "Nutcracker" primer - the perfect start for kids who might not be ready for the real thing (not to mention adults with limited attention spans). It's the...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
My pal Curley asked me this week to explain the difference between a holiday dinner gathering and a traditional dinner party. At a dinner party - I explained for the...
PETER PRINCIPLE
Chelsea's Peter McManus Cafe is the epitome of the ordinary bar - and that makes it extraordinary. Flash and glitter are so five minutes ago, and there's a pronounced absence...
CIDER RULES HOUSE
Filling a home with wonderful food smells makes it more comfy. One realtor's trick is using the aroma of hot apple pie to win over prospective buyers, which works equally...
GUN-TOTING MADONNA HAS TASTE FOR HUNTING
Madonna isn't crying fowl when it comes to shooting wildlife for sport and food. The superstar songbird revealed yesterday she has developed a hearty appetite for traditional English blood sports,...
B'DAY BASH TOM'W FOR FIRST TWINS
President Bush marks a family tradition at Camp David tomorrow by toasting the birthday of twin daughters Barbara and Jenna, who turn 20. "One of our best traditions for Thanksgiving...
BLOOMY BUDGET BOSS A BIG PICK
MAYOR-elect Mike Bloomberg won't be rushed into picking his budget director - a pivotal position that will help shape the new administration. "This is not like a race," said one...
FIREFIGHTER TOY IS $MOKIN'
Billy Blazes is a burly, mustache-wearing member of the FDNY - and he's quickly becoming the most popular hero in toy stores everywhere. Thousands of this special edition Fisher-Price "Rescue...
NYPD TO HONOR SEPT. 11 HEROES
Twenty-three of New York's Finest who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Center will be awarded the Police Department's highest honor during next month's Medal Day...
MIKE SETS DOMINICAN CONDOLENCE TRIP
Mayor-elect Mike Bloomberg is setting out on his first official trip since winning City Hall - flying to the Dominican Republican on Monday to meet with grieving relatives of those...
HAMAS BOSS SLAIN: ISRAELI COPTERS HIT SUICIDE-TERROR BOSS
A day of gore and bloodshed in the West Bank yesterday climaxed with a bloody riot and the assassination of a top Hamas terrorist - darkening the eve of a...
BOO FOR HOFSTRA OVER GRID CLASSIC
THERE are 18 guys who will never see third-and-long on that glorious moment when the firefighters and the cops play their spirited football game. They are the guys who died...
'HARRY' CATCHES HELL FROM CHRISTIANS
Is Harry Potter the spawn of Satan? That's the opinion at one Christian school in southern Australia, where parents voted yesterday to forbid students from reading about the bespectacled wizard...
3 CHARGED IN THANKSGIVING MURDER OF BROOKLYN TEEN
Three Brooklyn men accused of gunning down a teen out on a Thanksgiving-eve shopping trip for his mother are behind bars after a judge ordered them held without bail at...
RUDY PLAYS MISTY: ADMITS GETTING TEARY AT PARADE
Feeling emotional in his final days at City Hall, Mayor Giuliani yesterday revealed he got misty-eyed during the final Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade of his term. "There are times at...
RED, WHITE & BLUE FOR BLACK FRIDAY: PATRIOTIC PURCHASERS POUR INTO CITY STORES
Frenzied shoppers bombarded New York stores yesterday to snap up a bonanza of bargains - and show red, white and blue patriotism with their green. Posters reading "Fight Back New...
HIZZONER HITS HARDHAT HOLIDAY GRIPE
A testy Mayor Giuliani yesterday said ground zero workers need to remember they're on "hallowed" ground - and suggested "they should go work somewhere else" if they object to working...
KILLER OF RAMPAGING HUBBY A HERO: COPS
The Queens man who stabbed an abusive husband to death on Thanksgiving Day was hailed as a "protector" yesterday who came to the aid of a battered woman, cops said....
TRAGEDY COMES IN TWOS FOR TEACHER
Veteran Brooklyn teacher Rosa Perez-Leonetti's school year has become a horrifying lesson in tragedy and sorrow. Perez-Leonetti, a kindergarten teacher at the Park Slope Elementary School/PS 282, lost her firefighter-brother-in-law,...
DAWN & YAWN PATROL FOR 5 A.M. BARGAIN HUNTERS
"Early bird" sales had shoppers leaping out of bed coast-to-coast yesterday to snap up special bargains. "The crowds are out and spending," said Michele Rothstein, spokeswoman for Woodbury Common Outlet...
NO DISCOUNT ON SECURITY
Big discounts weren't the only thing that shoppers got yesterday when they flocked to malls and other stores citywide - there was also a massive display of security. In a...
HUNDREDS REMEMBER SLAIN BRONX YOUNGSTER
Hundreds yesterday mourned a sweet-natured kindergarten boy gunned down in a Bronx street gun battle - stunned and inconsolable at the violence of his death. Romel Jenkins, 5, who attended...
FEDS PROBE SOURCE OF ANTHRAX IN CONN. DEATH
The search for clues to the inhalation-anthrax death of an elderly Connecticut widow widened yesterday after initial testing at her rural home and two postal facilities failed to turn up...
MAN STABBED DEAD IN BX. APT.
An elderly man was found stabbed to death yesterday in his Bronx apartment, police said. The body of Julio Valdez, 81, was discovered in a pool of blood by police...
MAN STRUCK BY POLICE CRUISER DIES
A Brooklyn man who was walking to his car was struck and killed yesterday by a police car that was on its way to a bank robbery, police said. Steven...
NO TOMORROW FOR TALIBAN: ALLIANCE ; KUNDUZ CHAOS MAY HAND REBELS OSAMA'S TOP GUNS
U.S.-backed troops are demanding the surrender of Kunduz, the Taliban's last holdout in north Afghanistan, by today or else - and officials say they hope to nab key Taliban and...
SYRACUSE CAPTURES NIT CROWN
Syracuse has long been known for its zone defense and for 37 minutes last night, that's what the Orangemen played. But it was a press in the second half that...
HE'LL PLAY IT SAFE: MARCUS TESTS FOOT, BUT IS UNLIKELY TO FACE BULLS
Marcus Camby rolled up in a black SUV yesterday morning on the most important day of the Knicks' season. As Camby killed the ignition and unfolded his 6-foot-11 frame at...
HARRIS QUITE A RELIEF FOR NETS
SACRAMENTO - You must first remember that these are the Nets being discussed. You know, the Nets, where a sneeze usually means the onset of pneumonia, a twinge is evidence...
JOHNNIES REGROUP AND STORM BACK
St. John's 66 Oregon St. 63 ANCHORAGE - The team that was on the court and prevented St. John's from losing its first two games in the Great Alaska Shootout...
MOVING BACK INTO THE PENTHOUSE
Islanders 3 Maple Leafs 1 The chants of "First place! First place!" rained down from the 15,541 at the Coliseum last night just after Michael Peca's breakaway goal put the...
COMPLETE AND UTTER FAILURES: BLUESHIRTS BLOW COOL AND LEAD
Capitals 6 Rangers 2 WASHINGTON - It was a complete breakdown, physical and otherwise, and it even reached behind the Ranger bench. Bad enough that the Blueshirts lost their composure...
DEVILS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE
Lightning 2 Devils 0 TAMPA - When the Devils can't win here when they must, when their winless streak isn't history by the time they leave, they're in such major...
DEACONS KEEP LOOKIN' BACK
Wake Forest has been here before. Just a year ago, it raced to a 12-0 start, with dreams of an ACC title and a run deep into the NCAA Tournament....
ISLES' KOLNIK THANKFUL HE'S IN THE NHL
They don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Slovakia, but that doesn't mean Juraj Kolnik isn't thankful for where he is this week. The native of Nitra, Slovakia, was recalled from the Islanders'...
GAELS GET RECRUITING WINDFALL
In the next few months, Marvin McCullough and Kiril Wachsmann plan to lead the Gaels of All Hallows to a CHSAA title. Over the next few years, they'll be shooting...
ZYUZIN GLAD HE GOT OUT OF LIGHTNING
TAMPA - If the Devils' GM can't come up with the goal-scorer he needs, the trade for Andrei Zyuzin will have to suffice as this year's Coup du Lou. Six...
FRIARS ARE HOPING THIRD TIME'S A CHARM
IF you told most teams that they would be playing in the CHSFL AAA title game, they would be pretty happy. Not St. Anthony's. "We need to win," said senior...