June 7, 2002

COURT REVERSES MONTI MERGER VETO

Mario Monti, the bad boy antitrust czar from Europe who famously fought with Jack Welch, just got his wings clipped by none other than the European Union. The EU's supreme...

KIPP/STAWSKI SHELLS OUT $45M FOR 42ND ST. SITE

The jinxed Northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, an eyesore awaiting a glamorous rebirth, is changing hands for the third time in five years. Jinxed or not, the...

STUDLEY BROKER BUYOUT - FOUNDER APPROACHED WITH MULTI-MILLION $ OFFER

A group of high-ranking Julien J. Studley brokers are in talks to buy out the company founder and current chairman, Julien J. Studley. Company president, Mitchell E. Steir, along with...

MARTS' SUMMER BUMMER - GLOOMY INVESTORS SEND DOW ON 172-PT. SLIDE

The news is good, but not good enough. Even after several reports confirmed the U.S. economy is well into its recovery phase, stocks posted huge losses. The Dow Jones industrial...

AUDEMARS PIGUET IN E. 57TH ST. DEAL

You'll never run out of time on 57th Street. Luxury Swiss watch company Audemars Piguet has leased the entire, approximately 8,450-square-foot, five-story 40 E. 57th St. - opposite the Four...

PEROT ADMITS WORKING FOR ENRON, RELIANT

H. Ross Perot, in a reversal, admitted his Perot Systems Corp. did work for energy giants Reliant Energy and Enron Corp. and confirmed the company has been subpoenaed by federal...

24-HOUR COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK OFF AND RUNNING

The nation's first 24-hour college sports network is getting off the ground with $100 million backing from several prominent Wall Streeters. The co-founders of Classic Sports Network, now ESPN Classic,...

TEEN VOGUE CUTS PRICE, UPS ISSUES

Conde Nast said it was going to get aggressive in the teen market by rolling out Teen Vogue six times next year but at the same time said it was...

OPRAH MAG SLIDING - EARLY DATA SHOW 'O' IN DOUBLE-DIGIT NEWSSTAND SLUMP

OPRAH Winfrey is no longer the queen of checkout counters. Oprah was once one of the most powerful lures on the cover of any magazine but she now is apparently...

THEY WENT THATAWAY - INSIDE HOLLYWOOD'S DEAD ZONE

"Naked Hollywood" [ ] Tomorrow at 10 p.m. on AMC ----------- IF you love juicy gossip and hope that the most exercise you get this weekend is pushing the buttons...

THANKS FOR THE SNACK

GOLDFINGER ------ GOLDFINGER is one of the great SoCal punk bands who've mastered the mix of musical velocity, snappy melodies and witty lyrics within the tight confines of three minutes...

STARR REPORT

All in a day's work: Jackie, George filling in Jim Ryan's return to "Good Day New York" still hasn't been determined, but there is some info available on who will...

'SECRET' LIFE OF A SUMO WIFE

SECRET SOCIETY [ 1/2] Hefty charmer. Running time: 89 minutes. Not rated (profanity, violence, sexuality). At the Quad, 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth and avenues. --------- 'SECRET Society," a...

THE TIES THAT BIND

CHERISH [] Robin Tunney is worth cherishing. Running time: 102 minutes. Rated R (profanity, violence, sexuality). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika. --------------- 'CHERISH" is an endearingly offbeat romantic...

HAVE A BLAST - OR HOW WE LEARNED TO LAUGH AT THE BOMB

BAD COMPANY [ 1/2] Formulaic but funny. Running time: 117 minutes. Rated R (profanity, violence, sexuality). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Cinema 1, others. ----------- ANOTHER week, another...

BEDTIME FOR OZZY (AND THE CAMERAS)

WHEN MTV's runaway reality hit "The Osbournes" returns for a second season this fall, TV cameras might venture into the very lair of the self-proclaimed prince of darkness - Ozzy...

SAY NO TO 'YA-YA'

DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD [] More yada yada than Ya-Ya. Running time: 116 minutes. Rated PG-13 (mature thematic elements, language, and brief sensuality). At the E-Walk, the Lincoln...

'IVANSXTC' THE TERRIBLE

IVANSXTC [ 1/2] Patchy tale of Hollywood excess. Running time: 94 minutes. Not rated (drug use, nudity, language). At the Village East, Second Avenue at 12th Street. ---------- BEHIND the...

ALL THE SNAFUS THAT FIT

EVERYBODY in the theater business knows The New York Times is a big champion of "Metamorphoses" - but this is ridiculous. This Sunday's Arts and Leisure section carries a big...

GOOD IDEA TRAPPED INSIDE THE BOX

MAMA AFRICA [ 1/2]Running time: 89 minutes.Not rated. At the Quad andthe BAM Rose Cinemas. ---------- 'MAMA Africa" is so well-meaning and sincere that it pains me to pan it....

ROCK OF RAGES - MORISSETTE LEAVES THE ANGER AT HER OWN FRONT DOOR

SHE might be known as the angriest woman in rock, but Alanis Morissette's mad-dog reputation is all bark. The rage - whether against old boyfriends, pushy parents or the Catholic...

DOBBS GIVES TERROR A NEW NAME

THE war on terror is ending - at least for the nightly CNN business show. Lou Dobbs, host of "Moneyline," says he is abandoning the phrase "war on terror" in...

THE ICEMAN RUNNETH

THE FAST RUNNER (ATANARJUAT) [ 1/2] Run to see this. Running time: 172 minutes. Not rated (language, sex, violence). In Inuktitut with English subtitles. At the Lincoln Plaza and the...

G-O-O-AL! AT 5 A.M. FOR ESPN

AMERICA'S stunning World Cup upset victory over Portugal snagged decent numbers for ESPN2. The match, which aired from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. Wednesday, averaged a 1.19 rating, or 998,000...

NETS LOSE BUT WHO NOTICED?

NEW York adores the Yankees and the Mets, but viewers have yet to show their love for the Nets. Just over 1 million homes in the New York market -...

CONCERTS OF NOTE

WHEN most of the country is trying to beat the heat, we in New York City - the concert capital of the world - cool off by waiting for the...

ROLL OVER VAN BEETHOVEN, TELL LUCINDA THE NEWS

What? A Camper van Beethoven reunion? Richard Thompson for five nights playing Britney Spears songs? And the Swedish rockers the Hives? That's not all there is, but to help you...

AIRS ON A SUMMER BREEZE - SWEET, SWEET MUSIC; OFTEN AL FRESCO, AND MOSTLY FREE

WHEN the temperature goes up, music moves out - into the parks, where the mosquitoes may be biting, but the tickets are cheap. Very cheap. Free. But that's not the...

WHEN EVERYONE IS A KID - FROM SPIDERS TO BISONS, THERE'S SOMETHING WILD FOR EVERY FAMILY THIS SUMMER

Come summer, many families hit the beach. But even the sand and surf can get old - which is why it's great to live in the city, where parks, museums,...

AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES FOR 2002 FESTIVALS

YOU like doing stuff. You like that there's so much stuff to do in New York. Still, you go mad trying to decipher the SummerStage schedule. You kind of tune...

SOME THINGS OLD, SOME THINGS NEW - NOW THAT THE TONYS ARE FINALLY BEHIND US, HERE'S A LOOK AT THE SUMMER'S THEATER OFFERINGS

"I'm Not Rappaport" Judd Hirsch reprises his role of a grumpy old man on a bench in Central Park in this revival of Herb Gardner's hit Broadway comedy from 1985....

GOTTA DANCE - GRACE AND HARMONY ONSTAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY

NEW York is a sizzling dance fiesta. For part of the summer, you can even take your sweetie dancing alfresco to big bands under the starlight, around the drought-dried fountain...

GUN-TOTING S.I. TEENS ARRESTED

Two teens who allegedly possessed two loaded handguns brought into a Staten Island high school were arrested yesterday, police said. Maurice Bogle and Coty Harley, both 16 and both residents...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

Two student computer whizzes in Florida charged classmates $5 each to hack into their school's files and change grades and attendance records, officials said. All files at Western HS in...

SALES-TAX HOLIDAY IN STORE DOWNTOWN

Shoppers in lower Manhattan will be getting an $18 million gift from the city and state in the form of nine sales-tax-free days, officials announced yesterday. The 8.25 percent sales...

WHO'S BEEN BOMBING MY BED? - YASSER GOES BALLISTIC OVER ISRAEL'S BOUDOIR BLAST

JERUSALEM - A stunned Yasser Arafat yesterday said Israelis were gunning for him in their nighttime raid of his compound, and showed reporters the damage tanks and bulldozers did to...

FIGHT'S TV FANS WILL BE PAY-PER-FEW

The pay-per-view sales for tomorrow's Mike Tyson-Lennox Lewis heavyweight title bout are not shaping up to be a knockout. With less than two days to go, the record-shattering $150 million...

DEEP RIFT DIVIDES THIS DILLYDALLYING DOZEN

NORWALK, Conn. JURIES, like brief and bitter marriages, can be hazardous to friendship and tolerance. Clearly, this jury is taking this rather personally, split in an unknown percentage between guilt...

ANDREW CUOMO YESTERDAY UNVEILED A PLAN TO TOUGHEN THE STATE'S LOBBYING LAWS

Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo yesterday unveiled a plan to toughen the state's lobbying laws, while Gov. Pataki picked up the endorsement of a leading environmental group. In a speech at...

CONDOM JUDGE SHOT BLANKS IN THIS CASE

FINALLY, the people of this city are getting sorely needed protection. This is because an appeals court has interrupted the work of the famed Condom Judge of Brooklyn. Supreme Court...

CARL'S AUDIT TEES OFF ON U.S. OPEN GOLF VENDOR

ALBANY - With the U.S. Open golf tourney set to kick off next week at Bethpage State Park on Long Island, state Comptroller Carl McCall charged yesterday a major park...

JITTERY SKAKEL SWEATING IT OUT

Jurors at the Martha Moxley murder trial begin their fourth day of deliberations today, with defendant Michael Skakel growing increasingly nervous after two days of read-backs of prosecution testimony. The...

BRIT 'PSYCHO' BIDS TO CUT VISIT SHORT

After a night inside a New York jail cell, accused British dismemberment slayer Richard Markham's love affair with the Big Apple has gone cold. A lawyer for the "butcher" charged...

WOODY 'PAL' ISN'T A FAN

No wonder Woody Allen's recent films haven't done well at the box office - his own producer doesn't bother going to see them. Testifying for a second day for Allen's...

'NET KILLER KNEW GIRL WAS UNDERAGE: PROSECUTORS

The accused killer of a 13-year-old Connecticut girl he met over the Internet knew she was underage when he strangled her during sex, court documents released yesterday say. Saul Dos...

3 SLAIN IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS

One man was stabbed to death and two were gunned down in a bloody, eight-hour stretch of mayhem that ended early yesterday. The carnage began just after 4 p.m. Wednesday...

PRINTS FINGER '84 SLAY SUSPECT

A man who killed a Long Island mother and son 18 years ago has finally been nabbed, cops say - because he applied for a New York City bus-driver job...

R.-RATED WARNING - JUDGE TO BAILED KELLY: STAY AWAY FROM GIRLS!

Embattled hitmaker R. Kelly was free on $750,000 bail last night on kiddie porn charges - but was warned to stay away from young girls. A Florida judge told the...

ANATOMY OF PACT THAT ALMOST WASN'T

ALBANY - Behind the scenes, it was a small group of aides to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Mayor Bloomberg who kept the school-reform talks afloat when ego bruises, policy...

FBI WHISTLEBLOWER BLASTS BUNGLING DESK JOCKEYS

WASHINGTON - FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley spoke out for the first time yesterday, slamming top-level bureaucrats at the agency as an obstacle in the terror war. "The bureaucracy problem is...

ROCK ICON DEE DEE RAMONE DEAD AT 49

Dee Dee Ramone, a founding member of the Ramones, was found dead of a possible drug overdose Wednesday night at his home in Hollywood. The bass player was 49. Dee...

HEAVYWEIGHT RIVALS LIGHTWEIGHT PITCHMEN

MEMPHIS, Tenn. IT'S being billed as the highest-grossing fight in history, but even Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis can't unload tickets to tomorrow's showdown at the Memphis Pyramid. With one...

THE BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN - & HERE'S HOW MIKE CAN WIN

MIKE BLOOMBERG has won functional control of an extraordinarily dysfunctional public school system - a wondrous achievement. But now he needs to take a deep breath and hunker down -...

MONICA'S BAWL IN COURT - 'TRAUMATIZED' AFTER JURY-DUTY DUST-UP WITH LAWYER

Monica Lewinsky and lawyers apparently still don't mix - a run-in with an attorney in a Manhattan courthouse yesterday sent the country's most notorious handbag designer home in tears. The...

BLABBING ATTA ASKED FOR FED LOAN

Mohamed Atta asked about security at the World Trade Center and the Dallas Cowboys' stadium - and talked about the destruction of a U.S. city while trying to get a...

BLOOMY MAKING SCHOOL HISTORY - LANDS CONTROL OF ED. BOARD IN DEAL WITH SILVER

After months of intense wrangling, Mayor Bloomberg and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reached a historic agreement yesterday that would give the mayor unprecedented control over the city's public schools. The...

CARNEGIE KILLER BLAMES HIS PARTNER

Admitted Carnegie Deli massacre killer Sean Salley took the stand yesterday - weaving an incredible tale of being taken hostage and forced at gunpoint to join in the robbery-turned-bloodbath above...

DA PUTS HEAT ON INFAMOUS PERV

Prosecutors yesterday presented a new report they say proves that the soon-to-be-paroled molester of Long Island's Katie Beers should have his sex-offender status lifted to the maximum level. Sal Inghilleri...

COPS BUST COUNTERFEIT-CD RING

Cops raided a Harlem building and shut down a counterfeiting operation that produced thousands of illicit CDs and videotapes, including bogus copies of the smash movie hits, "The Sum of...

WINONA SHOPLIFT CHARGES STICK

The judge at Winona Ryder's preliminary hearing yesterday denied a motion to dismiss - or reduce to a misdemeanor - shoplifting charges against the diminutive actress. Los Angeles County Court...

N.Y. FACING $16B DEBT AFTER 9/11

WASHINGTON - New York City is likely to suffer a net loss of up to $16 billion because of the Sept. 11 attacks, a new report shows. A federal study...

W. DIDN'T MAKE HIS CASE ...

PRESIDENT Bush has led the nation largely on the strength of the powerful words he has spoken since Sept. 11. His many speeches have offered Americans hope, reassured them about...

W. ALL BUT ADMITS, 'I WAS WRONG'

WASHINGTON - President Bush's big speech last night stole the spotlight from critics who say 9/11 could have been prevented - but it also adds up to an admission of...

ARCHITECTS CONSTRUCT PLAN FOR 110-STORY 'MEMORIAL' TOWER

Architects hired by the Twin Towers' lease-holder have quietly drawn up plans for a 110-story office tower at Ground Zero - with the top third a symbolic shell of empty...

BUSH SHAKES UP SECURITY - PROPOSES A NEW CABINET POST TO GUARD HOMELAND

WASHINGTON - In a dramatic about-face, President Bush last night urged a bureaucratic shake-up to create a new Cabinet post for homeland security, because "thousands of trained killers are plotting...

DEATH TAPE MAY SPRING 'KILLER'

A Brooklyn man who has spent 15 years in the slammer for a killing he says he didn't commit plans to make a bid for freedom next week - with...

HUBBY HELD IN RAPE HORROR

A Mexican animal handler, enraged that his wife had left him, kidnapped her at knifepoint, drugged her with knockout gas and subjected her to a four-day ordeal of rape and...

CHANDRA LEG BONE IS FOUND

Investigators found what they believe is Chandra Levy's missing left leg bone yesterday in the same Washington park where the rest of her remains were discovered two weeks ago. The...

COPS CAPTURE L.I. 'SHOOTER'

After an all-day manhunt, the Long Island gunman who brazenly shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend and her companion was captured without incident, police said yesterday. Cops said an anonymous tipster...

CARNEGIE SHOT TO HEAD 'NO ACCIDENT'

Jurors in the Carnegie Deli massacre case learned a shocking new fact yesterday - that the barrel of the murder weapon was held smack against Jennifer Stahl's forehead, despite the...

CUOMO LEFT 'SPEECHLESS'

AS POLLS show the Democratic primary race in a dead heat, Andrew Cuomo's campaign staff is being shuffled - with his speechwriter resigning and his spokesperson taking a new job...

NEW TWIST IN 'NET SEX SLAY

The accused killer of a 13-year-old Connecticut girl he met over the Internet knew she was underage when he strangled her during sex, court documents released yesterday say. Saul Dos...

3 DIE IN SEPARATE KILLINGS ON CITY'S NIGHT OF BLOOD

One man was stabbed to death and two were gunned down in a bloody, eight-hour stretch of mayhem that ended early yesterday. The carnage began just after 4 p.m. Wednesday...

WINONA SHOPLIFT CHARGES STICK - JUDGE WON'T AX SHOPLIFTING CASE

The judge at Winona Ryder's preliminary hearing yesterday denied a motion to dismiss - or reduce to a misdemeanor - shoplifting charges against the diminutive actress. Los Angeles County Court...

'SHOPLIFTING' BAG LADY - WINONA LOOKED 'HOMELESS': GUARD

The Beverly Hills security chief who nabbed Winona Ryder on a shoplifting rap testified at her preliminary hearing yesterday that the diminutive thespian came into the posh store looking like...

NIGHT OF CARNAGE IN APPLE AS THREE PEOPLE ARE SLAIN

One man was stabbed to death and two were gunned down in a bloody eight-hour stretch of mayhem that ended early yesterday. The carnage began just after 4 p.m. Wednesday...

CABLEVISION PITCHES 2-YR. YANK SHUTOUT

Don't hold your breath waiting to watch the Yankees on Cablevision this year or next year - or even the year after that. Roger Clemens will be in his 40s...

CABLEVISION PITCHING 2-YEAR YANK SHUTOUT

Don't hold your breath waiting to watch the Yankees on Cablevision this year or next year - or even the year after that. Roger Clemens will be in his 40s...

FOLLOW BOUNCING BALL TO SEE CELEBS

Hoops fans looking to stargaze during the NBA Finals can take next week off - after tonight's game in Los Angeles, the series shifts to the star-dudded confines of northern...

A NEW ERA FOR CITY SCHOOLS

The Post talked with parents of students outside P.S. 41 in the West Village (116 W. 11th St.), asking, "What do you think of Mayor Bloomberg getting control of the...

CLOTHES HORSES TROT OUT IN STYLE

The racetrack isn't the only place to watch elegant creatures in motion at tomorrow's 134th Belmont Stakes. Equestrian-friendly fashionistas use the stands as catwalks - and what fashion shows they...

IT'S A RACE FOR THE AGES

THE moment of destiny - or failure - is at hand. By tomorrow evening, New York will toast a new Triple Crown winner in War Emblem, the first in nearly...

MORNING GLORY WITH U.S. UPSET

WHAT a way to start the day! Up at 4:50 a.m., tiptoe downstairs and turn on ESPN2 to watch powerful Portugal pummel the U.S. World Cuppers, with two of the...

YANKS SET TO SAY HEY TO BONDS

He can be as arrogant as he is talented. In a game swimming in superstars, he is the biggest and brightest. Starting tonight, Barry Bonds will be on the grandest...

$102-MILLION MEN CAN'T SHRUG OFF MOUNTING MEDIOCRITY

ATLANTA - The second-worst team money could buy was swept out of town by a Braves team that used a series rain-shortened to three games to establish themselves as the...

'WHALER-CANES' ARE STILL KELLY'S HEROES

One longshot rooting for another, Jerry Kelly is following the lead of the Carolina Hurricanes. "Whaler-Canes," corrected Kelly, who attended the University of Hartford on a hockey scholarship during the...

DIZZINESS SENDS PIAZZA TO BENCH

MET NOTES ATLANTA - Mike Piazza had a Band-Aid on his left arm late yesterday afternoon, a mark from the two packets of IVs he needed in order to battle...

INJURY KOS PUZZLEMENT

BELMONT NOTES Legendary Hall-of-Fame trainer Allen Jerkens, who was hoping to notch his first Triple Crown race victory with Puzzlement, won't have the chance to kill any giants in tomorrow's...

CAMPS CALM BEFORE STORM

MEMPHIS - The Rumble on the River is rushing towards us and the closer we get to tomorrow night, the more the personalities of the two fighters, and their respective...

NETS KEEPIN' THE FAITH

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - They've gone through a horrifying experience, so the Nets today simply blink, shut their eyes and remind themselves of one very important point: "It's only a...

RAGGEDY NETS GUILTY AS CHARGED

LOS ANGELES - Would the defendants please rise. In a game (and a series) where the Nets had (have) minimal margin for error, O.J., Robert Blake and Roman Polanski have...

MEMPHIS READY, BUT HOLDING ITS BREATH

MEMPHIS - There's clearly a difference in the atmosphere when Mike Tyson enters a room as opposed to Lennox Lewis. When Lewis weighed in at 249 1/4 pounds in the...

ROBERTS ON TOP AT BUICK CLASSIC

Jerry Kelly has intimate knowledge of the feeling that Michael Muehr and Bob Heintz each crave. He's experienced that winning feeling on the PGA Tour. Whether that gives the affable...

FOR ONCE, KIDD TAKES BACK SEAT

EL SEGUNDO - This was an occurrence as rare as Halley's Comet, as uncommon as an errorless Mets game, as unusual as, well, the Nets going into the Finals. Jason...

TROTTIER'S MIND WILL MATTER TO RANGERS

The Rangers will be coached by a guy who refused to be removed from the puck or his intellectual positions. In theory, that is the kind of person you want...

IT'S TIME FOR WAR - ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR FINAL ASSAULT ON CROWN

No prize in thoroughbred racing is more sought after, or less often attained, than the Triple Crown, and the names and silks of its 11 winners are emblazoned on signs...

ROCKET DODGES DUQUETTE BARBS

YANKEE NOTES Roger Clemens didn't want to get into a spitting match with former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette, who was critical of Clemens in a story that appeared Wednesday...

TRAINED EYES LIKE EMBLEM'S CHANCES

The Post hit the backstretch yesterday to find out what some top local horsemen had to say about this Saturday's Belmont Stakes, where War Emblem will attempt to become the...

MAG ISSUE NOT BLACK AND WHITE TO MIFFED KENYON

NET NOTES EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Kenyon Martin grew testy with a wire service reporter who pressed about quotes attributed to him in excerpts from "Dime" magazine. The writer asked...

KIDD & SCOTT WOULD TAKE SHAQ OVER MIKE

LOS ANGELES - Jason Kidd and Byron Scott paid Shaquille O'Neal a compliment of historic proportions yesterday. Both Nets conceded they'd take Shaq over Michael Jordan with the first pick...

METS SWEPT AWAY - BRAVE BEATING KNOCKS AMAZIN'S BELOW .500

ATLANTA - With a $102 million roster, Mets co-owner Fred Wilpon insists he isn't watching a second-division team. But the Mets own a 29-30 record that makes them the ninth-best...

THE BIG GUY'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR NETS

LOS ANGELES - Rookie Jason Collins did the best job on Shaquille O'Neal if you can call it that. Though showing some offensive zip with five points, Jason Collins fouled...

RENEWAL OF RIVALRY ERASES MAC'S PLACE IN YANK LORE

The last out of a Yankees-Giants game also was the most famous out in the history of a rivalry that resumes tonight after a 40-year respite. Bobby Richardson caught Willie...

RETURN CALL FOR DOC?

Dwight Gooden may be taking his first steps back to world of Pinstripes. Gooden met with George Steinbrenner yesterday for the first time since the ex-hurler's Feb. 20 DWI arrest....

MONSTER SHAQ: I'M ON A MISSION

LOS ANGELES - He was so dominant in Game 1 that Shaquille O'Neal has turned Kobe Bryant into a Rick Fox role player. All the talk following yesterday's Laker and...

FOUR-LETTER WORDS HAVE NETS TALKING TO THEMSELVES

NET NOTES LOS ANGELES - The Nets ran into a couple of four-letter words that were their undoing in Game 1. "Shaq" and "Time." And that doesn't even take "Kobe"...

ROGER DODGES DUQUETTE BARBS

YANKEE NOTES Roger Clemens didn't want to get into a spitting match with former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette, who was critical of Clemens in a story that appeared Wednesday...

PREZ RESHUFFLES AFTER LOUSY FIRST DEAL

WASHINGTON - President Bush's big speech last night stole the spotlight from critics who say 9/11 could have been prevented - but it also adds up to an admission of...

BETTOR'S GUIDE TO THE 134TH BELMONT STAKES

(11) MAGIC WEISNER (15-1) Bay colt, by Ameri Valay (Carnivalay), out of Jazema (Bold Forbes) Jockey: Richard Migliore - Belmont Record: (5) 0 0 0 Trainer: Nancy Alberts - Belmont...

WILD THING! - TYSON-LEWIS FIGHT CAPS SATURDAY OF SPORTS MADNESS

Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis, 9 p.m., PPV ----- On what is a spectacular Saturday for sports, the main event will be as much a curiosity show as an atheltic...

5 QUESTIONS FOR BOB NEUMEIER

This week, The Post's Andrew Marchand caught up with NBC handicapper Bob Neumeier. To go along with his racing duties, the 51-year-old Neumeier hosts a sports radio talk show on...

SOCCER ON TV VS. BASEBALL ON TV

Soccer was supposed to be the sport of the '70s, '80 and '90s. It would've been if it was America's sport of the '10s, '20, '30s and so forth. As...

'YES' SAYS 'NO' TO WALDMAN - HER ROLE AS PLAY-BY-PLAYER IS CUT BACK

Unsatisfied with the quality of Suzyn Waldman's play-by-play, YES executive producer John Filipelli has reduced the amount of games Waldman will broadcast the rest of the season. Originally scheduled to...