May 1, 2002
BERNIE'S BIG BILL - HE'S BROKE, OWES MILLIONS, NOW HE'S OUT OF A JOB, TOO
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amMilkman-turned-billionaire Bernie Ebbers is buried in debt and out of his job at WorldCom - and his company is sliding into a black hole, too. Ebbers owes so much money...
CSFB LOSES 6 HIGH-RANKING WOMEN ANALYSTS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJohn Mack, chairman and chief exec of CSFB, is having troubling keeping some women. Meirav Chovav, managing director and top-ranked biotechnology analyst, is the latest of a handful of high-ranking...
FUCHS BACK ON MEDIA RADAR
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amFORMER HBO head honcho Michael Fuchs is about to resurface in the media world. Reliable industry sources say he has agreed to back a new magazine project called Radar, which...
PERELMAN UPS WIFE'S SALARY 50%
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amRon Perelman thinks his wife, actress Ellen Barkin, is doing such a good job working for him at Revlon, he gave her a 50 percent raise. Perelman also put one...
RABBIS CALL FOR TIMES BOYCOTT
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThree prominent Jewish leaders are calling for a boycott of the New York Times over what they feel is biased coverage against Israel in the current Middle East crisis. "I...
WARNER BROS., SAKS TEAM UP
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThat's not all, folks. Warner Bros. is getting back into the retail arena, this time through a partnership with the Cartoon Network and Saks, Inc. Saks, Inc. will create Cartoon...
J. CREW CUTS DEEP - RETAILER SNIPS 100 STAFFERS ON ORDERS FROM TPG
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJ. Crew is handing out the rose petal slips. The preppy retailer, known for its off-beat naming of common colors, has laid off about 25 percent of the staff at...
THE GREEN-ING OF NEW YORK
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amHOW green can we be? Greener than you think. Today, the Battery Park City Authority released guidelines for the environmentally friendly construction of all new offices, institutions and museum construction...
A SWITCH IN TIME MIGHT SAVE NY'S FASHION WEEK
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amNew York's fashion week will likely be fashionably late. Currently challenged with a schedule that straddles the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, organizers are negotiating to have New...
MARTS LIKE FED'S RESERVE ON RATE HIKES
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amStocks rallied yesterday on anticipation that the nice, slow pace of the economic recovery will keep the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates too soon. The Dow Jones industrial average...
STARR REPORT
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amNorville staying 'Inside' for three more yearsDeborah Norville has inked a new deal that will keep her hosting "Inside Edition" (1 p.m./Ch. 2) for the next three years. Norville, who...
EVEN REVIVALS CAN'T REVIVE B'WAY BOX OFFICE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amSPRING is usually a good time for the Great White Way. New shows are opening right and left, the industry is in the grip of Tony fever, audiences are shaking...
DESIGNER HIRED TO DO AOL'S 'LAUNDRY'
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amARCHITECT Adam Tihany has been hired to design the French Laundry restaurant at the AOL Time Warner Center. The celebrated architect, who also designed Jean Georges and Le Cirque 2000,...
IT'S BOWLING FOR LUNCH
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amYOSHINOYA [] 255 W. 42ND ST. (BETWEEN SEVENTH & EIGHTH AVENUES) (212) 703-9940 ------------ AFTER 102 years and 999 restaurants, the folks at Yoshinoya must know what they're doing. Times...
'OZ' GETS EARLY RELEASE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amEMERALD City is closing its gates for good. The upcoming sixth season of HBO's long-running prison drama "Oz," will be its last. Production is set to begin shortly on the...
'CAT' CRADLES OF REVOLUTION
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amA GRIN WITHOUT A CAT [] There's gonna be a revolution. Running time: 179 minutes. Not rated. At Film Forum, Houston Street between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street. ----------REVERED French...
DOWNWARD SPIRAL
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amUZUMAKI [ 1/2] Vacuous eye-candy. Running time: 90 minutes. Not rated (horror, gore). At Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Third Street and Avenue A. ---------- THE surrealist horror fantasy "Uzumaki" was...
'WOODS' HAS THE GOODS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amINTO THE WOODS []Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St.; (212) 239-6200. ------------ IT sure is revival time on Broadway, and last night at the Broadhurst Theatre we were once more...
IT'S GOOD, BY GEORGE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON PARK [] 24 FIFTH AVE. (NINTH ST.) (212) 529-1700 ------------ RUN - do not race-walk - to Washington Park. The best new restaurant since Town, it's a flag-waving, all-American...
WITH SHADS OF SPRING, SHOUT HOORAY FOR VOUVRAY
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amSPRING in many New York kitchens, including mine, means shad roe. The fish run up the East Coast rivers in April and May, and shad roe lovers run to the...
D'OH! THEY'RE MAKING FUNERAL PLANS FOR... THE SIMPSONS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amTHE end of "The Simpsons" may be on the horizon. The show's creator, Matt Groening, says he's close to saying goodbye to the world's favorite four-fingered family. "I think we...
IT'S TEA FOR YOU - NEW SCENE IS BREWING
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amTEA isn't just for blue-haired ladies anymore - blue-haired East Villagers and uptown bluebloods are equally keen on a cuppa. The latest teahouses are adding unique twists to the traditional...
CELEB BIO-HAZARD: JACKIE GLEASON PIC STARTS WITH A TALL TALE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amIF casting Brad Garrett in the role of Jackie Gleason isn't the height of hubris, then it's at least a pretty tall order. Garrett, the rumble-voiced actor who plays Raymond's...
BLINDMAN'S FLUFF: WOODY ALLEN SETS HIS SIGHTS ON 'HOLLYWOOD'
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amHOLLYWOOD ENDING A worthy alternative to "Spider-Man." Running time: 114 minutes. Rated PG-13 (profanity, sexual references). At the Lincoln Square, Broadway and 68th Street (opens at more theaters on Friday)....
TRAGIC TOT'S 'ROTTEN' DIET - VEGAN PARENTS FED HER SPOILED PRODUCE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe vegan parents who nearly starved their baby girl to death made rotting produce a regular part of their strict diet, The Post has learned. Joseph and Silva Swinton, both...
THE $59 MILLION LOSER
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amAngelito Marquez, the Newark nursing-home nurse mistakenly accused of cheating his co-workers out of a Big Game lottery fortune, was anxious about returning to work last night, not knowing what...
SAUDIS HIRE GOP SPIN DOCS - SPEND MILLIONS TO MAKE US THINK THEY'RE NICE GUYS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia has hired a slew of D.C.'s most powerful lobbying and p.r. firms - including turning to an ad-buying company that's helped top Republicans - to buff...
CARNEGIE 'KILLER' IN RIKERS POT PLOT
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amSean Salley, accused triggerman in the Carnegie Deli massacre, might be having a high time in high security today if some alert guards hadn't spotted a stash of pot secreted...
GRIEVING HUSBAND RIPS GRAY AS 'A LIAR & ANIMAL'
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amAnguished kin of the tragic victims of accused DWI cop Joseph Gray yesterday blasted the disgraced officer's testimony in court, calling him "a liar" and an "animal" for denying he...
TENANT ADMITS KILLING LANDLADY, 79
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amA Long Island man pleaded guilty yesterday to the stabbing death of the elderly landlady who wanted to evict him. Wilfredo Velasquez will serve 25 years to life for the...
RUDY, DONNA MEET IN COURT
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amRudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover met face to face yesterday for the first time since last summer, in a last-ditch effort to settle their down-and-dirty divorce case - but they...
THE PROBLEM-PLAGUED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe problem-plagued School Construction Authority is in a "holding pattern," Chancellor Harold Levy said yesterday after the agency's board rescheduled another monthly meeting. "I think it is in a bit...
TRAILBLAZING WOMAN FDNY CAPT.
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amBrenda Berkman, who broke the FDNY's sex barrier, is being promoted to captain, only the third female named to the post in the department's history. Berkman, now a lieutenant and...
BRAWLING BUILDERS ARE TESTING BLOOMY
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amBuilders fear the latest round of construction violence and intimidation may be the first salvo in a test of Mayor Bloomberg's resolve, sources said yesterday. Two rival minority construction-worker groups...
KID 'KILLER' SLAIN AS ISRAEL QUITS HEBRON
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM -Israel wound up its raid on Hebron yesterday by killing a terrorist suspected of fatally shooting a 5-year-old girl last weekend - at the same time 26 Palestinians emerged...
VELELLA ON PENDING ARREST: I TOOK NO BRIBES
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Sen. Guy Velella of The Bronx maintained his innocence yesterday - even as he waited to be formally charged with bribery by the Manhattan district attorney. "If any...
WTC PANEL PUTS FOCUS ON SECURITY
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A federal report on the collapse of the World Trade Center urges the focus be on preventing future hijackings - rather than efforts to improve building safety. The...
LEVY MULLS SUMMER 'BOOT CAMPS'
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amCall it the summer school "boot camp" with a 1960s twist. Schools Chancellor Harold Levy plans to send city high-school students to summer school at a bucolic Long Island college...
FRIENDS SUPPORT HOOPS GURU ACCUSED OF PLAYER SEX ABUSE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amCoaches and players rallied behind basketball benefactor Ernie Lorch yesterday, saying they can't believe charges the former director of the Riverside Church hoops program sexually abused a former player and...
THREE WORDS BATTER TRUTH: 'I WASN'T DRUNK'
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJOSEPH GRAY may have been a disgrace as a cop, a husband and human being. But quite unexpectedly yesterday, he joined a world-class list of men who've distinguished themselves in...
COURT SLIPS OFF 'GLOVER' CABBY RULE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe city's policy of immediately suspending a cabby's license for not picking up a minority fare - instituted after actor Danny Glover complained that several cabbies had ignored him -...
YASSER MAY BE FREE - BUT NOT TO GO HOME
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Ariel to Yasser: You can't go home again unless you behave. Once Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat leaves his besieged Ramallah compound, he may not be allowed back,...
CONDIT STILL ACTS 'FUNNY' A YEAR LATER
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A year to the day after government intern Chandra Levy vanished, Rep. Gary Condit laughed heartily with House colleagues as Levy's parents charged he hasn't come clean. Condit...
SURPRISE BUDGET DEAL LOOKS NEAR
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki and legislative leaders unexpectedly claimed they were close to a budget agreement last night - despite a massive, newly disclosed $1.3 billion revenue shortfall. "I think...
ABC PLANS TO THROW BLANKET COVERAGE ON 9/11
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amABC News will go wall-to-wall covering the first anniversary of Sept. 11. The network yesterday rolled out a comprehensive, daylong programming package that will begin with "Good Morning America" at...
THE $59M WINNERS - COUPLE WILL PAY OFF 600G IN DEBTS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amMystery Big Game lottery winner Jorge Lopes said yesterday that he plans to use the first chunk of his $59 million windfall "to pay my bills." And boy does the...
TRANSSEXUALS GET RIGHTS LAW
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday signed into law a bill that will add transgender people as a protected group under the city's human-rights law. Bloomberg insisted they're already protected under current law,...
SCOUT WILL MARCH FOR ISRAEL
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amA 16-year-old Westchester Girl Scout has won the right to march in uniform in a pro-Israel parade this weekend. The Girl Scouts backed down yesterday on its ban against Erica...
BEAMING ROSIE: 'MY GIRLFRIEND'S PREGNANT'
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amRosie O'Donnell's gal pal, Kelli Carpenter, is pregnant - and the expectant couple is overjoyed at the news, it was reported today. US magazine said O'Donnell, 40, and Carpenter, 34,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amA squad of partying frat boys was busted for animal cruelty after they allegedly fed a 200-pound hog huge amounts of booze until it passed out, police say. Authorities charged...
BRITS BLAST 'SICKENING' ASSAULT ON SYNAGOGUE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJewish leaders yesterday condemned an attack on a London synagogue in which vandals painted a swastika, defiled holy books and ransacked the building. The incident late Saturday in Finsbury Park,...
GEEZER RAISES CANE IN WILD ATTACK: COPS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amAn elderly Long Island man used his cane to viciously slam a neighbor in the head with such force that the walking stick broke, and then snatched the victim's cane...
A TRAP FOR ISRAEL
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amIF U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan follows through on yesterday's announcement and disbands the United Nations' investigative mission to Jenin because of Israeli non-cooperation, expect Ariel Sharon and his government...
U.S. TROOPS KILL 4 AL QAEDA
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Special Forces commandos yesterday killed four al Qaeda fighters in clashes along the Afghan-Pakistan border where the hunt for Osama bin Laden is intensifying. In the first battle,...
'PSYCHO' MEETS 'BABY JANE'
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amEDGAR KENNA gave me the best motive for the crazed, senseless murder of his sister Barbara Kenna in the case known as the "Landlord and the Librarian." "I understand that...
LETHAL HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amA $100 bill flashed in a Bedford-Stuyvesant liquor store may have triggered a shooting that left a bystander dead and an off-duty correction captain wounded, police sources said yesterday. Delvin...
JUDGE RIPS 'MATERIAL WITNESS' JAILINGS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amTwo stunning decisions by a Manhattan federal judge yesterday threw out charges against one terror-probe suspect and slammed the feds for wrongly jailing people as material witnesses. Judge Shira Scheindlin...
KILLER LANDLORD GETS 20 YEARS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amDisgusting. Evil. Calculating. Repugnant. Millionaire Upper East Side landlord Louis Hubrecht sat stone-faced in court yesterday when he was described that way by the brothers and sisters of the rent-controlled...
RUDY THREW $3M INTO BALLPARK FIXES
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe Giuliani administration quietly spent $2.7 million to renovate the fields at Yankee and Shea stadiums last year - without revealing the deal to the public, The Post has learned....
U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN MIGHT DITCH A MIDEAST FACT-FINDING MISSION
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan might ditch a Mideast fact-finding mission after Israeli's Cabinet yesterday insisted on several conditions. "The secretary-general is minded to disband the team," Kieran Prendergast,...
MIKE: I'D HIKE TEST SCORES IN 3 YEARS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg pledged yesterday that if he gets control of the school system this spring, parents will see improvements in test scores within three years. "Yes, I think in the...
LET KIDS START DRINKING AT 18: BROOKLYN POL
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - A Brooklyn assemblyman plans to introduce a controversial bill to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18, The Post has learned. Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, a Democrat, says...
5-YEAR-OLD JFK DRUG MULE'S MOM IS NABBED IN COLOMBIA
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe woman accused of using her 5-year-old daughter as a drug mule by having her fly alone to Kennedy Airport with a load of heroin has been arrested in Colombia....
WESTCHESTER BOOZE-BRAWL STUDENT DIES
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amA Westchester teen whose underage booze-party pals were too afraid to call an ambulance after he was knocked unconscious in a fight died last night after his family took him...
TOP B'KLYN DETECTIVE HANGS IT UP
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThere have been 1,174 murders in the city's gritty Brooklyn North command since Detective Lt. Joseph Heffernan took over its fabled homicide task force in 1995. And Heffernan recalls the...
FACT FINDING MISSION
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is considering ditching a Mideast fact-finding mission after Israeli's Cabinet yesterday insisted on several conditions. "The secretary-general is minded to disband the team," said...
26 MORE ARABS QUIT BETHLEHEM CHURCH
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Twenty-six Palestinians emerged from Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity yesterday - and Israel wound up its raid on Hebron by killing a gunmen suspected of fatally shooting a...
'LOAN SHARKS' ARE INDICTED
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe feds indicted a number of alleged loan sharks and bookies yesterday, charging they used strong-arm tactics to try to collect bad debts. Lawrence "Larry Glitz" Galizia was one of...
A FEEL-GOOD STUDY FOR SAD GRANNIES
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amFeeling bad is good for older women. That's the surprising revelation of a new study that found mildly depressed females over age 65 live longer lives than their happy-go-lucky peers....
WESTWARD HO! BUSH TRIP CORRALS $5M
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush raked in nearly $5 million in campaign cash for Republican candidates in a quickie political swing out West this week - bringing the fund-raiser-in-chief's tally to...
TEEN BOOZE BOOST: POL HAMMERED FOR BID TO LOWER DRINKING AGE TO 18
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - A Brooklyn assemblyman plans to introduce a controversial bill to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18, The Post has learned. Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, a Democrat, says...
RANGERS CAN TALK TO ROBBY
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amLarry Robinson is one of the few people in hockey who has an aura as bright as that of Mark Messier's. And now it appears that the Rangers will have...
THORN TO LOOK AT MING
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - They have no shot at all to land him, but the Nets will head to Chicago today to see Yao Ming, perhaps the center of the...
SEE YOU IN JUNE (MAYBE) : ANDY'S LIKELY TO MISS MAY, PERHAPS MORE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amThere's a good chance the month of May will come and go without Andy Pettitte pitching a single inning for the Yankees. That dreary news comes courtesy of Joe Torre,...
BAFFERT HAPPY TO BE PART OF 'WAR'
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - What a difference a year makes for trainer Bob Baffert. Last May, Baffert, who already won the Kentucky Derby twice, came to Churchill Downs convinced he was going...
CORSON: KICK? NOT ME!
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - The Islanders were hoping that there was some magic left in this season when they took the ice here for Game 7 of their first-to-four war with the...
CHECK OUT THIS 'HOLIDAY' PARTY
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Few favorites for the Kentucky Derby have ever gone to the gate with better credentials than this year's public choice, Harlan's Holiday. A big colt with an explosive...
OCEAN ANGLERS COULD DROWN IN PAPER SEA
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amANGLERS could soon be required to obtain permits before fishing the Atlantic for migratory species of swordfish, shark, billfish and tuna, the National Marine Fisheries Service has announced. The proposal...
CORSON: THE TAPE LIES, I DIDN'T KICK CAIRNS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amISLANDER NOTES TORONTO - Before last night's Eastern Conference quarterfinals finale, there was still some stink lingering from the six games of mayhem leading up to Game 7. Shayne Corson...
THE 'D'-FINITIVE HONOR: JASON'S NAMED TO ALL-DEFENSE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Jason Kidd has passed the Nets to success. He has shot them there. He has rebounded them there. He has scored to get them there. And there has...
KNICKS GET EARLY LOOK AT YAO
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The Knicks got a sneak Chinese preview yesterday, holding a secret private workout for 20 minutes with 7-6 center Yao Ming at Chicago's Moody Bible Institute, according to...
VAN GUNDY KOD FROM MING WORK
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amCHICAGO - In a bizarre move, an enraged Knick management had the NBA yank Jeff Van Gundy from directing today's 45-minute Yao Ming workout at Chicago's Loyola University, according to...
MCPEEK: 'HARLAN'S' LITTLE HARD TO HANDLE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Florida Derby and Blue Grass Stakes winner Harlan's Holiday topped the work tab yesterday morning at Churchill Downs, breezing four furlongs in :49.3 under jockey Edgar Prado. The...
ISLE BE SEEING YOU: DREAM SEASON ENDS IN TORONTO
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 7 Leafs 4 Isles 2 TORONTO - The Islanders' magical ride came to an unceremonious end last night at the hands of the Maple Leafs, this blood-and-guts series concluding...
PETTITTE COULD BE DIS-MAYED
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES There's a good chance the month of May will come and go without Andy Pettitte pitching a single inning for the Yankees. That dreary news comes courtesy of...
YASHIN'S BEST WASN'T ENOUGH TO RESCUE ISLES
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - A mean series ended last night with two beaten and exhausted teams too short of gas and players to do each other any more dirt. Or even to...
MAYAKOVSKY STILL IN BIANCONE'S BULLPEN
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amDERBY NOTES LOUISVILLE - All week owner Michael Tabor and trainer Patrick Biancone have said it's highly unlikely their speedy colt Mayakovsky, winner of the Gotham and fourth in the...
BOOMER AND COOMER: WELLS' ARM, RON'S HR LIFT YANKS PAST A'S
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 8 A's 2 They spend all the money, seemingly get any and every player they desire. It is difficult to purchase resilience, though, and the Yankees certainly have that...
COOMER FLEXES MUSCLES AGAIN FOR JOE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amIn the waning days of spring training, while pitchers are tinkering and hitters are sharpening, a battle is waged for the coveted final spots on big-league rosters. In the end...
CALL WELLS MR. BIG - AND NO, NOT BECAUSE OF HIS WAISTLINE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amDAVID Wells zipped his silver Jaguar into the Yankees' parking lot at 3:15 yesterday, wearing a devilish smile. "He's the happiest man in America," said broadcaster Suzyn Waldman, who was...
NETS CAN'T FINISH 'EM: PACERS FORCE GAME 5
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amPacers 97Nets 74 INDIANAPOLIS - There is no longer a cushion. But there is another chance. Outhustled, outworked, outplayed, out-you-name it, the Nets now find themselves even with the Pacers,...
ARTEST PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Ron Artest reached a simple explanation as to why the Nets had taken a 2-1 lead in this best-of-five series, forcing the Pacers into a must-win situation last...
MIKE MASHES D'BACKS
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amMets 10 D'backs 1 PHOENIX - Mike Piazza's feats shouldn't be amazin' anymore . . . but they still are. That must be the definition of a superstar. That must...
FRANCO MAY PITCH THROUGH PAIN
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - John Franco had a setback yesterday afternoon, admitting his only recourse might be to pitch through his elbow discomfort. Before last night's 10-1 victory over Arizona,...
JASON NAMED TO 'D' SQUAD
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Jason Kidd has passed the Nets to success. He has shot them there, rebounded them there, scored to get them there. And there has been one other area...
JEREMY NOW A'S BIG MAN BY THE BAY
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amJeremy Giambi misses his brother Jason. He'd always idolized his older brother, who developed into the AL's MVP and the Oakland A's resident superstar. So there is more than a...
FOR ISLES' YASHIN, ONE FINAL CHANCE TO ERASE FAILURES
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - "Again," prefaced Alexei Yashin wearily before giving another stock response. The Islanders' media-weary center starts every answer with "again." Again, he can't control the other team's lineup. Again,...
UPPER-ECHELON TESTS WILL TELL AMAZIN' STORY
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amPHOENIX - They may not like to hear this, but the Mets are about to discover whether they're ready for playoff-caliber baseball. After 25 games, they've done a pretty good...
ISLE BE SEEING YOU : DREAM SEASON ENDS IN TORONTO
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 7 Leafs 4 Isles 2 TORONTO - It's over. Game 7 didn't become the most exciting game of this best-of-seven series until five minutes were left in the third,...
KNICK PROTEST KOS JEFF
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The gloves are off between Jeff Van Gundy and the Knicks. In a move that could be viewed as spiteful and petty, Knick management lobbied the NBA yesterday...
OREGON'S CENTER TO TEST MING
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Yao Ming will attempt to feast on Duck today - not Peking Duck but Oregon Duck. Oregon's 7-foot-3, 300-pound senior center Chris Christoffersen has been chosen as the...
TORRE NESTS WOOZY ROBIN
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Robin Ventura felt "a little glassy," he said yesterday, from the brutal punishment he took trying to break up a double play on Sunday. That didn't stop Ventura...
WILSON: APRIL'S UNSUNG HERO
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - Do the Mets miss Mike Piazza? Of course. Has Vance Wilson done the job in Piazza's place? Absolutely. With Piazza's return expected in last night's opener...
AUCOIN STEADIES 'D' IN JONSSON'S ABSENCE
May 1, 2002 | 4:00amISLANDER NOTES TORONTO - Before last night, Adrian Aucoin's only Game 7 experience was with Vancouver - in his first-ever NHL game. "At the time I was so young, it...