February 8, 2002
INCUBATOR HELPS PAVE THE WAY TO SEVENTH AVENUE
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amFashion Week officially kicks off today - with the help of a new program designed to help young, new designers. The Lower East Side Business Improvement District has taken the...
INDECENT PROPOSAL : MERRILL SWAPPED INVESTMENTS FOR FEES: POL
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA member of Congress accused Merrill Lynch and First Union yesterday of investing in some of Enron's risky partnerships in exchange for getting more high-fee investment banking business from the...
GAP'S AT NO RETURN
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThings are so bad at The Gap now that you can't return the merchandise so easily anymore. The company is changing return policies at its Old Navy and Banana Republic...
TRUMP VS. WENDT; SUES FOR $1B AS GM BLDG. DEAL GOES SOUR
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe simmering feud between Donald J. Trump and Gary Wendt over the GM Building boiled over yesterday into a messy lawsuit. Trump is demanding $1 billion from Wendt's Conseco, accusing...
REGULATORS TARGET ANALYSTS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amWall Street regulators yesterday unveiled sweeping new rules aimed at putting a tighter leash on research analysts, in a move to dampen mounting controversy over conflicts of interest within securities...
TOY INDUSTRY LOOKS READY TO HAVE SOME FUN IN 2002
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe Christmas selling season is here, at least for the toy industry. Toy manufacturers are gearing up to sell their wares at New York's Toy Fair, the largest toy trade...
JANN'S LIST FOR 'US' TO READ
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amJANN Wenner was back in town yesterday from his Caribbean yachting vacation, with a major headache - finding a replacement to head Us Weekly. Insiders say that Wenner has a...
PUTNAM LOVELL TALKS TO BIDDERS ABOUT SALE
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amPutnam Lovell Group Inc., a financial services investment-banking boutique, is shopping for a buyer. Putnam Lovell has entertained talks with three possible partners, including National Bank of Canada and Australian...
EX-CON COMES TO DEFENSE OF SUSPECT TRADER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amBaltimore trader John Rusnak, accused of soaking a major European bank for $750 million, is getting words of support from a fellow rogue - Barings Bank bad boy Nick Leeson....
CONAN AGREES TO STAY UP LATE FOR $8M
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amNBC is close to paying roughly $8 million a year to keep "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien at the network for another four years. O'Brien has agreed to the broad...
RUFFANDREADY: WESTMINSTER'S BACK - AND I SAY HOT DIGGITY!
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amWHAT'S more important, I ask you? The "Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show" on USA Network, or the fact that Sonya, "The Pet Psychic" from Animal Planet did a reading on...
STARR REPORT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amVisnjic gorin' his European neighbors "ER" star Goran Visnjic, who's Croatian, doesn't hide his feeling for neighboring Serbia in the March issue of Esquire. "The Serbs: just boom boom boom...
KOREAN ACTIONER BEATS H'WOOD FOR BLOOD
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amSHIRI 1/2 Makes the killer from "La Femme Nikita" look like a wuss.In Korean, with English subtitles. Running time: 126 minutes. Not rated (violence, exploding skyscrapers and falling, flaming bodies)....
MINDING YOUR PEES AND QS WITH MOVIE STARS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amJUST in time to coincide with Universal's "Big Fat Liar" - which shamelessly plugs the Universal Studios Tour - the studio's tour guides have come out with "A Visitor's Guide...
ONE 'BIG FAT' DUD
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amBIG FAT LIAR A big fat waste of time.Running time: 87 minutes. Rated PG (mild vulgarity). At the E Walk, the Lincoln Square, others. A Hollywood satire that's notably lame...
JACKSON PUTS COUNTRY BACK INTO CBGB
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amALAN JACKSON IF it seems bizarre for country music superstar Alan Jackson to play CBGB, remember that the club's moniker stands for country, bluegrass and blues. At Wednesday's surprise show,...
A TALE TOLD BY AN IDIOT, ALL FOR LAUGHS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amSCOTLAND, PA By and large, a hoot.Running time: 102 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity, drugs, nudity). At the Empire, the Union Square, the First and 62nd Street. ARGUABLY the most...
ROLLING DOWNHILL
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amROLLERBALL 1/2 Painful, mostly lame update of the violent 1975 sci-fi classic.Running time: 99 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, language). At the Empire 25, Loews 84th St., Village VII, others. THE...
STORYBOOK STYLE ; NANCY WILSON SINGS 'EM ALL WITH HEART
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amCLEAN living, integrity and style have always been the hallmarks of Nancy Wilson.Over the past 50 years, she has quietly become a modern music legend.She has outsold all her Capitol...
STAY FAR AWAY FROM 'FURTHEST THING'
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amFURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THINGAt City Center, 131 W. 55th St.; CityTix, (212) 581-1212. REMOTE islands can be scenes of dramatic inspiration. Take Shakespeare's "The Tempest," set on an enchanted...
SOME WRITERS HAVE WRONG STUFF
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amTHE Writers Guild of America announced nominees for its annual screenwriting awards yesterday - but three Oscar contenders were left off the list because of a technicality. Orginal screenplay nominees...
BACON KEEPS THE FAITH IN 'ALMOST HOLY'
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amAN ALMOST HOLY PICTURE 1/2Roundabout Theater Company at the American Airlines Theater, 227 W. 42nd St., (212) 719-1300. FAITH in God is not an easy thing to find, keep or...
HEY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE DEE...
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amHOW weird is this: former Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider is now the official voice of MSNBC. That's right, the same guy with the wild blond hair who sang the...
KEN-YA BELIEVE IT: ENRON THE MOVIE; ...AND WE'VE ALREADY FOUND THE IDEAL LEADING MAN: TIM CONWAY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amIT was only a matter of time - the Enron scandal will become a TV movie. Cable's FX channel is developing a movie about the financial fiasco and former "60...
FROM ORK TO NEW YORK
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amFIFTEEN years after his last stand-up appearance on a New York stage, Robin Williams is returning next month. In keeping with his frenetic comic style, Williams is playing four nights...
SPRING FEVER ; 'SUCCESS' WOES OPEN MANY DOORS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amTHE spring theater season is about to start, so let's examine the terrain, handicap the contenders, fan some rumors and raise expectations so we can dash them later. On the...
IT'S A BLAST! MOVIEGOERS WILL CHEER BIG-SCREEN REVENGE AGAINST THE BAD GUYS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amCOLLATERAL DAMAGE ½ Hasta la vista, terrorists Running time: 102 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity). At the Astor Plaza, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. 'COLLATERAL Damage," a terrorist revenge...
BUSH KEEPS LINE OPEN TO ARAFAT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration yesterday rejected Israel's call for Washington to sever ties with Yasser Arafat - but the PLO leader spoke for the first time of being replaced....
'DWI' COP CLAIMS HE WAS GOING THE LIMIT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn DA's office yesterday turned over photos of DWI cop Joseph Gray's damaged van, which his defense claims will show he was doing the speed limit when he mowed...
A GRIDLOCK OF VISIONS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amTHERE is every reason to believe that things are going to get pretty ugly pretty soon at Ground Zero, as the various players involved in the restoration of lower Manhattan...
WEF 'OLYMPIC TERRORIST' JAILED
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amAn 18-year-old "terrorist" who allegedly vowed to "burn" the Olympics - before he was busted in last week's World Economic Forum protests - must stay behind bars until he is...
KUDOS FOR MARINE
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA decorated African-American Marine was honored as an "everyday hero" yesterday as part of Black History Month. Feted at the African Art Museum in SoHo was Brigadier Gen. Walter Gaskin,...
GENEROSA'S NEW GUY IS NUTS: COURT PAPERS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amMillionaire widow Generosa Ammon's new husband, Danny Pelosi, is an admitted heavy drug abuser, sadist, womanizer and alcoholic who suffers from a severe personality disorder marked by violent, antisocial and...
CITY TO GET 4 MORE ASSEMBLY SEATS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - New York City will pick up four new seats in the state Assembly as part of a legislative redistricting plan, The Post has learned. The plan - details...
'SMACK'DOWN ON 'BIN LADEN' HEROIN
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amHeroin with the brand name "bin Laden" and a picture of a jet crashing into the Twin Towers has hit the streets. Cops said they busted Simone Duzant, 24, in...
REPORT-CARD RACE STATS DUE
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - The annual school report cards this year will for the first time reveal how students are doing by race and family income. State education officials say the change...
NEW PLATFORM TO OPEN FOR WTC KIN
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA special Ground Zero viewing platform for relatives of World Trade Center victims will open Sunday, The Post has learned. Family members had appealed to Mayor Bloomberg for a private...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG TO ATTEND FUNERAL
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg plans to attend his first funeral tomorrow for a firefighter killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - after skipping five since he took office. Bloomberg will join...
COPS: TEEN ROBS JANET JACKSON
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA Manhattan teen was arrested for sneaking into singer Janet Jackson's dressing room at a Long Island concert and stealing her stuffed animals, an FDNY baseball cap and some fan...
WACKO CAPO UNFIT FOR TRIAL: 'CHIN' LAWYER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe shuffling, scruffy Vincent "Chin" Gigante is still crazy after all these years, says his lawyer, who claims the convicted Genovese boss is too demented to enter a plea on...
COMMANDOS HUNT AL QAEDA CORPSES
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A highly sensitive U.S. commando operation was under way last night to determine whether a missile strike earlier in the week killed top al Qaeda leaders. Pentagon officials...
ENRON WORKERS SAVINGS WIPED OUT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amEnron workers whose retirement savings were wiped out got another slap in the face yesterday as it was revealed that senior execs used a private partnership to protect their own...
CANCER HERO NEEDS MIRACLE OF HIS OWN
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amTo look at Mike Tenaglia, you wouldn't think he's sick. His skin has a healthy hue and his hair is full. But doctors have given the 48-year-old father of four...
GOP MAGIC MAN RUDY OFF TO GEORGIA
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amEx-Mayor Giuliani - now one of the Republican party's biggest stars - hits the campaign trail in Georgia today to back the U.S. Senate bid of a Republican who sparked...
'TICK'ED-OFF JACKO FAN SUES FOR $20M
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA Manhattan woman is mad, she's mad, really, really mad about her lousy seats at Michael Jackson's tribute-to-himself concert - so mad, she's filed a $20 million suit against Ticketmaster...
LIZZIE'S LAWYERS PITCH PLEA DEAL TO VICTIMS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amLizzie Grubman's lawyers have asked some of the people she mowed down with her SUV last summer to go along with a deal in which the publicity princess would plead...
STATE JURIST MODEL $UIT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA Manhattan judge has thrown out a conspiracy charge in a lawsuit against supermodel Linda Evangelista. Wilhelmina Models had filed suit last year against Evangelista and Didier Fernandez, a Wilhelmina...
BIAS EYED IN BEATING OF MUSLIM HS KIDS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA mob of punks beat up two Muslim students outside Brooklyn's Lafayette HS in what a parent leader is calling a hate crime. However, cops and school officials said yesterday...
FEDS SLAP UNION WITH RACKET RAP
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe feds yesterday rounded up powerful city union officials charged with raking in millions from phantom jobs and mob-related extortion schemes. In a new indictment unsealed yesterday, six union bigs...
DOWNTOWN STALL ; 'REBUILD' CORP.'S GLACIAL PACE IS AN INSULT TO THE CITY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amIT'S time for John Whitehead's Lower Manhattan Development Corp. to get off its blue-ribboned butt and act like it means business. This is the body that's meant to come up...
OLD PRO HIRED TO CLEAN UP MLK
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe Board of Education has installed a retired principal to help clean up scandal-scarred Martin Luther King HS, The Post has learned. Manhattan high-schools superintendent Tony Sawyer hired former principal...
DUMB & DUMBER : ENRON CHIEFS CLAM UP ON CAPITOL HILL
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThey showed up and they clammed up. Four current and former top executives of Enron appeared before a congressional committee yesterday and refused to talk about the self-serving secret deals...
GANGSTER GETS LIFE ; BLOODS MEMBER SENTENCED IN CENTRAL PK. SLAY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA Bloods gang member was sentenced to nine years to life yesterday for a heinous and senseless murder committed when he was only 15 - in which he fired a...
BUSH: CAPTURED TERROR FIGHTERS ARE NOT POWS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amPresident Bush yesterday refused to grant POW status to terror fighters in U.S. custody, but said the Geneva Convention covers captured Taliban troops, as opposed to al Qaeda terrorists. But...
THUG IS FINALLY NAILED FOR MURDER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA Queens con who had dodged the bullet on two murder raps - including a cop-killing - was convicted yesterday of slaying in Kissena Park. A jury took an hour...
INSIDE THE BOOT BOMBS ; NEW CLUES ALONG THE TRAIL OF TERROR
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThese harmless-looking boots were packed so thick with high-tech explosives that accused shoe bomber Richard Reid would have been able to bring down a jetliner with 197 people aboard if...
MIKE SAYS HE'LL RESIST THE SIRENS' SONG, TOO
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amAfter banning city employees from using lights and sirens on their cars, Mayor Bloomberg vowed yesterday not to flip his on unless he's rushing to an "enormous emergency." "I have...
BRIBE-JUDGE BOSS GETS A 'PROMOTION'
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA state court administrator yesterday appointed a new judge to oversee Brooklyn Supreme Court, replacing a justice whose subordinate is caught up in a bribery scandal. Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan...
BUDGET BLUES FOR BLOOMY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday revealed for the first time that the city is facing a $4.5 billion budget gap as he warned of "painful" cuts ahead. Since he took office, Bloomberg...
THE BIG SHOT WHO KNEW NOTHING ; ENRON EXEC CAN'T RECALL KEY MEETING
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amJeffrey Skilling, the former chief executive officer of Enron, suffered an apparent lapse of memory before congressional investigators yesterday. Members of the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations grilled...
COPS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amCops get a 76 percent approval rating from city residents - including 56 percent from blacks, according to a poll released yesterday. It's the cops' best poll numbers since Quinnipiac...
BOMB SCARE CAN'T DEFUSE OLYMPIC SPIRIT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA patriotic display of American pride fueled by Sept. 11 will ignite the Olympic opening ceremony tonight, despite growing security tensions after a bomb scare yesterday. The tightest security ever...
SUICIDE EXEC FRETTED OVER SCANDAL
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amJust a week before he shot himself to death, a former Enron exec complained angrily to his boss that the accounting scandal had forever ruined them all. "They are calling...
MUSEUM PIECES OF 9/11 ; TRAGIC RELICS OF WTC MIGHT GO ON DISPLAY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amMangled steel beams and other pieces of the destroyed Twin Towers would go on display this spring just blocks from the World Trade Center in the first proposed museum exhibit...
STARS SALUTE STYLISH POST: OUR SPECIAL SECTION'S A CATWALK HIT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amNew York Post Fashion was toasted as the new queen of the catwalk by the glitterati last night. NYPF - a 20-page kaleidoscope of color, style and runway gossip -...
FRENCH HONOR TRIO OF BRAVEST
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amFrance yesterday awarded the Legion of Honor to three top FDNY officials killed at the World Trade Center. The families of First Deputy Commissioner William Feehan, Chief of Department Peter...
OLYMPIC PRIDE IS ON PARADE : SEPT. 11 TRAGEDY SPURRING U.S. AT OPENING CEREMONY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - A patriotic display of American pride fueled by Sept. 11 will ignite the Olympic opening ceremony tonight, despite growing security tensions after a bomb scare yesterday....
MACAULAY MOM CAN'T DUCK SUITS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA jury will have to decide if it was the carelessness of actor Macaulay Culkin's mom or the negligence of her apartment building's management that cost four lives in a...
HERO COP NYPD'S MAN IN UTAH
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amA hero cop who was buried under four feet of rubble on Sept. 11 will represent the NYPD in the opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....
'SNEAK' PEEK AT TERROR: SHOE BOMBER'S GEAR IS REVEALED
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThese filthy sneakers appear to be the innocent footwear of a dedicated jogger - but, in reality, they are deadly instruments of mass destruction. Authorities say the shoes belong to...
SARAH IS 'PUDDING' ON THE RITZ
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amHow cheeky can you get? Actress Sarah Jessica Parker was treated to twin busses from the president and veep of Harvard's wacky Hasty Pudding Theatricals troupe during a parade in...
FIRM'S NEW PREZ TELLS OF HIS ODD TRANSFER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amJeffrey McMahon, Enron's new chief operating officer and president, testified yesterday that his complaints to former CEO Jeff Skilling about shady bookkeeping ended with his being transferred to another job....
AWAKE AT THE BREAK ; HOUSTON DANCES WITH JOY AFTER GAME-WINNING TREY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amKnicks 92 Hawks 89 The usually unemotional Allan Houston skipped and jumped for joy after hitting the game-winning 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left last night at the Garden. Nine games...
JETS CAN'T FIT DREW ON ROSTER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amTalk of the Jets making a run at Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe is a pipe dream, according to several NFL sources familiar with the salary cap complications. "The Jets could...
LYNN TAKES OVER FOR CRAFTY FOX
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amJohnnie Lynn has been waiting for five years for this opportunity and soon he'll feel the pressure to deliver. Lynn, the former Jets' defensive back, yesterday was promoted by Jim...
COLOR THESE MEDALS RED, WHITE & BLUE ; USOC PREDICTING A RECORD HAUL IN SALT LAKE GAMES
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - Theoretically, Sept. 11 taught us who the real heroes are. If they no longer can be professional baseball and football players representing a particular city, then...
SMASH OR CRASH FOR SPEED RACER APOLO
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - He's got everything a U.S. Olympian needs to become this country's next Golden Boy. He's got the funky name, Apolo Anton Ohno, which means "to lead...
SCOTT ALWAYS HAD RING OF CHAMPION
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe 1993-94 season was unfolding in typical fashion for Indiana. In the four previous seasons, the Pacers were a tribute to mediocrity - never more than two games above or...
PETERSON PROUDLY WAVES THE FLAG
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe chronic fatigue syndrome that so often has made her training and speedskating agonizing will be the farthest thing from Amy Peterson's mind tonight. Peterson was selected by her U.S....
RATINGS RULE DICK'S DESIGN
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amTHE Salt Lake Games begin tonight on NBC and there's really only one thing that TV viewers should know: The telecasts are in the hands of Dick Ebersol, the man...
FLEURY MUM ON CHELIOS 'ATTACK'
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - Nobody but Theo Fleury and Chris Chelios know what was said Wednesday night, but there's no doubt that whatever Chelios said to Fleury hit a nerve. "It was...
GREAT EXPECTATIONS ; CANADA'S GRETZKY: U.S. CAN BE GOLDEN
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amRUSSIA has the world's best goaltender, the Czech Republic comes in as defending champion, Sweden has talent all over the depth chart, and Canada . . . well, Canada is...
SHAQ-LESS LAKERS JUST SAY 'TOE' IN LOSS TO CHI ; JACKSON'S NO-SHOWS TAKE CUE FROM O'NEAL
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amAH, THE best laid plans of mice and masterminds. Thinking he could pull a slick one, Phil Jackson - armed with the justification he needed to set up an All-Star...
RING, NOT MONEY, MOTIVATES LEITER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amAl Leiter isn't in it for the money. With three World Series titles and another Fall Classic appearance with the Mets, Leiter knows the ring's the thing. The money is...
OPENING CEREMONY SHOULD HONOR ALL VICTIMS OF 9-11
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - The World Trade Center flag was on my flight, Delta No. 1905, Wednesday night. Of course, for security reasons, they didn't tell us that until we...
MORE TAUTOG CURBS ON MENU
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amDESPITE the growth in the tautog fishery over the past few years, recreational anglers are facing such severe cuts for the coming season that the fishery may be closed entirely....
KNICKS GET BIG LIFT FROM CAMBY VISIT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Knicks got a surprise visitor to their morning shootaround yesterday that lifted their spirits. The Knicks' fallen center Marcus Camby bounded into Purchase College on his crutches...
MILBURY NEGOTIATING DIPIETRO-ATLANTA DEAL
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe Islanders and Thrashers are in serious negotiations over a deal that would send Bridgeport goaltender Rick DiPietro, the first overall selection in the 2000 Entry Draft, to Atlanta, The...
OAK COULD BE KNICK AGAIN
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amWith the Bulls considering waiving Charles Oakley in two weeks after the trading deadline if they can't deal him, the Knicks could be in position to snatch him. The Knicks...
BOOMER BIG-TIME ROCKET BOOSTER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amAll of those anticipating a delicious Roger Clemens-David Wells feud inside the Yankees' clubhouse will be disappointed. When Wells re-joined the Yankees last month eyebrows were arched over the comments...
DEVS CRASH VS. THRASHERS: THIRD PERIOD FLAMEOUT LETS ATLANTA KNOW IT UP
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amDevils 3 Thrashers 3 Another coach, another Devil collapse against the worst team in the East. Maybe this goes deeper than being all Larry Robinson's fault. Maybe it is the...
HAMRLIK INJURED IN ISLES' VICTORY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amIslanders 4 Leafs 1 Roman Hamrlik went down with a bruised knee after being hit with a shot in the second period last night, but that's about all that has...
ALLAN TO THE RESCUE
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amALLAN Houston is alone on the wing. He doesn't get the ball. The Knicks don't score. He runs back down court with the same expression and at the same pace...
A DEAD END JOB
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amYOU are a hotshot NBA coach with an eye for more money, more glamour, more attention. The biggest market in the league comes calling. You're excited. For about five seconds....
ALLAN TO RESCUE
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amWITH the game hanging in the balance, Charlie Ward attempted not one, but two three-point shots, both of which clanked off the rim. And here I am sitting courtside thinking...
HOU'S BREAK DANCE : ALLAN CELEBRATES AFTER TREY TOPS HAWKS IN FINAL SECONDS
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amKnicks 92 Hawks 89 What did you expect when the Knicks got up by 16 points in the second quarter? A comfortable victory heading into the All-Star break. Nonsense. Instead,...
CAMBY VISIT GIVES KNICKS NEEDED LIFT
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amThe Knicks got a surprise visitor to their morning shootaround that lifted the spirits of an emotionally dead club. Knicks fallen center Marcus Camby bounded into Purchase College on his...
CHANEY'S GANG HAS EYES ON OAKLEY
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Reports out of Chicago say the Bulls may waive Charles Oakley in two weeks after the trading deadline if they can't deal him and his $7.2 million contract....
DEVS CRASH VS. THRASHERS : THIRD-PERIOD FLAMEOUT LETS ATLANTA KNOT IT UP
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amDevils 3 Thrashers 3 Two weeks ago, the Devils effectively killed their coach with a meltdown against these Thrashers. Another coach, another collapse. This time, it wasn't quite so fatal,...
OSGOOD GETTING BETTER BETWEEN PIPES FOR ISLES
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amIt's not that Chris Osgood isn't pleased Garth Snow filled in ably for him the past couple of games, he just wishes it wasn't necessary. "Having Garth come in isn't...
DANEYKO STILL 'KEN' DO : CONSTANTINE GETS DEV VET BACK IN MIX
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amOne of the first things done under Kevin Constantine, more specifically by assistant coach John Cunniff, was to reunite two 37-year-olds as a prime defensive pair for the Devils. Scott...