October 3, 2002
MARIAH WANTS A BUYER FOR HER DOWNTOWN PAD
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amIS Mariah Carey selling her pricey downtown condo? Real estate sources say the songbird is preparing to unload her triplex penthouse perch at TriBeCa's Franklin Tower. The singer paid more...
FEDS MAY CRACK DOWN ON BANKS HOLDING BAD LOANS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amBEWARE of the Shared National Credit Exam. No, this has nothing to do with getting into college. And it isn't your family's share of the national debt. The SNCE is...
FOR SALE, CHEAP: MGM - KERKORIAN READY TO CUT PRICE TO MAKE DEAL
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amKirk Kerkorian, the billionaire who controls Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, wants to sell the legendary studio and is willing to drop his price to land a deal, sources familiar with the matter tell...
STOCKS NEAR I-RAQ BOTTOM - DOW PLUMMETS 183 AS DUBYA GEARS UP FOR WAR
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amSaber-rattling from President Bush snuffed out a rally on Wall Street and turned it into a rout. Markets ended down almost 200 points as investors beat a hasty retreat from...
ALT-WEEKLY TITANS SWAP MARKETS, BY KEITH J. KELLY
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amIt was Black Wednesday for the so-called alternative press yesterday as the two giants of the field - Village Voice Media and New Times - pulled the plugs on, respectively,...
PITT JOINS SPITZER ON WALL ST. SWEEP
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amIn an unprecedented move, SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer are set to agree to work together to craft a broad plan of reforms for...
TINA TAKES MEDIA TITANS TO TASK IN NEW COLUMN
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amTina Brown has finally found her calling: ripping some of the titans of the media and industry - while cuddling up to friends. In the first of her weekly columns...
ROSIE RIPS G+J, PLANS TO SUE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWhile no countersuit has been filed yet, Rosie O'Donnell yesterday lashed back at Gruner + Jahr USA, which on Tuesday filed a $300 million breach of contract lawsuit against O'Donnell...
CABLEVISION BE-RATED BY MOODY'S
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe Dolans yesterday got their firmest nudge yet to fix the cash-flow problems at Cablevision immediately, or else go broke next year. Moody's said Cablevision and other junk-bond rated companies...
LAWMAKERS NAME NAMES IN GOLDMAN IPO PROBE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amLawmakers blew the lid off another white-shoe Wall Street brokerage, alleging Goldman Sachs engaged in crooked practices that handed massive profits to the tony investment bank and its clients. Michael...
FCC NEARS RULES SHIFT OVER MEDIA OWNERSHIP
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amArmed with several studies that make the case for a radical overhaul in the nation's media ownership rules, Federal Communications Commission chief Michael Powell told Wall Street yesterday to expect...
FCC'S POWELL: OWNERSHIP RULES DUE FOR VOTE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amArmed with several studies that make the case for a radical overhaul in the nation's media ownership rules, Federal Communications Commission chief Michael Powell told Wall Street yesterday to expect...
MOODY'S PUTS CABLEVISION IN RATINGS DOGHOUSE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe Dolans yesterday got their firmest nudge yet to fix the cash-flow problems at Cablevision immediately, or else go broke next year. Moody's said Cablevision and other junk-bond rated companies...
TINA TAKES TITANS TO TASK
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amTina Brown has finally found her calling: ripping some of the giants of the media and industry while cuddling up to friends. In the first of her weekly columns for...
DREAMY TALE OF MIDEAST
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amFRONTIERS OF DREAMS AND FEARS Running time: 56 minutes. Not rated (war images). At Anthology Film Archives, Second Avenue and Second Street, with "Area K" (52 minutes). HERE'S a rarity:...
SHIRLEY, YOU JEST
October 3, 2002 | 4:00am"Hell on Heels:The Battle of Mary Kay" Sunday night at 9 on WCBS/Ch. 2 ½ SUNDAY night's TV flick, "Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay" is the polar...
ABC CABLE-READY TO MERGE WITH CNN
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amDISNEY chief Michael Eisner has outlined a major alignment of ABC and three of its sister cable channels yesterday that significantly smooths the way for a proposed merger between ABC...
A SHINING LITE: J.T., JEWEL, RAITT LEAD VARIETY SHOW
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amONE NIGHTWITH LITE IF you were a kid in the late '60s or early '70s, you lived in a lucky time when music wasn't stratified, pigeonholed and labeled. You could...
RAYMOND'S BROTHER AS 'THE GREAT ONE'
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amBRAD Garrett has already accomplished something Jackie Gleason never did - win an Emmy. Garrett, who will play "The Great One" in the upcoming (Oct. 13) CBS biopic "Gleason," won...
MEX FLICK FLAK
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA controversial Mexican film about a newly ordained priest who seduces a 16-year-old girl is headed to New York.Carlos Carrera's "El Crimen del Padre Amaro" will be released here Nov....
YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A BAD 'SOPRANOS'? WHY I OUGHTA...
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA lot of loose talk is going around that this week's "Sopranos" episode wasn't up to the show's usual standards. And I just can't believe my ears. I loved every...
LOUNGE-ING AROUND: OLD PLACES PUT ON NEW FACES
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amEVERYWHERE you look lately, there's another new lounge - usually, an old place that's undergone a major facelift. These 10 spots have the best buzz in town: * LINK: (formerly...
LES FINI : LEGENDARY MUSICAL WILL CLOSE AFTER 16 YEARS ON B'WAY
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe astonishing success of "Les Miserables" - it has grossed $390 million on Broadway and $1.8 billion worldwide - helped transform the theater business in the United States. 'LES Miserables"...
CABLEVISION DROPS TV GUIDE CHANNEL
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amCABLEVISION is going TV Guide-less. In what appears to be a cost-cutting move, the media giant is ditching the TV Guide Channel and replacing it with an alternative service, Zap2it....
STARR REPORT
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amDienst, Ch. 4 rock with jailhouse sitdown "Extraordinary" is the word used by Ch. 4 reporter Jonathan Dienst to describe the impact of his jailhouse interview with David Chang, serving...
CAR PLOWS INTO JAYWALK DOC, 91
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA 91-year-old doctor was critically injured yesterday crossing a street on the Upper West Side, police said. Dr. Deborah Elking, of West End Avenue, was attempting to cross Broadway at...
BODY SLAMMED - 2 WOMEN WRESTLERS: NO ABUSE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA pair of knockout female wrestlers "put the boots" to Nicole Bass from the witness stand yesterday, accusing the massive body builder of lying in her sexual-harassment lawsuit against her...
LAWYER GUILTY IN COLOMBIA COKE DEAL
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan criminal lawyer pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to being involved in an elaborate cocaine-for-weapons scheme with Colombian terrorists. Richard Canton copped to two conspiracy charges for negotiating...
N.Y. POLS' NEW PITCH FOR 9/11 $$
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA group of New York City lawmakers has introduced congressional legislation seeking reimbursement of tax revenue lost as a direct result of the Sept. 11 attacks - money that could...
LANDLORD SLAIN OVER EVICTION
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA man being evicted from his basement apartment in Brooklyn yesterday killed the woman with whom he argued over nonpayment of rent, police charged. Andrew Goddard, 20, was charged with...
COP'S ON-DUTY INJURY IS 'HELL'
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA police sergeant on duty in Times Square was struck by a hit-run motorcyclist who had been part of an overflow crowd of Hells Angels attending a book signing by...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA silver sapphire ring lost 14 years ago in Florida has been found in a Vienna sewer. Dawn Hazlett of Cape Coral can't explain how it ended up 6,000 miles...
TORRICELLI LUCKS OUT
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amSOON-to-be former Sen. Bob Torricelli is a lucky man. How so? In a matter of months, New Jersey's senior senator went from being a lock for serving a second term...
IT PAYS (AND YOU PAY) TO GET AN EDUCATION
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amNew York state has many universities that rate an "A" in education - but most flunk in affordability. That's the word from the New York Public Interest Research Group, which...
THE GREAT ELECTION HEIST
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amFRANK Hague would have loved it. Somewhere, the ghost of the longtime Jersey City Democratic boss - who famously declared, "I am the law!" - is looking down (or, more...
RAW ROOKIE STEPS UP TO BAT AGAINST KITCHEN QUEEN
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWith his nails bitten raw, Wall Street rookie Douglas Faneuil yesterday came face to face with the storm whipped up by his decision to testify against the queen of good...
DESPERATE DEMS CIRCLE THE WAGONS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Top Democrats yesterday were using words like "disaster," "very serious" and "near fatal" to describe the damage to Carl McCall's campaign. And many privately expressed the fear that...
EX-COLLEGE EXEC JAILED
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amManhattan College's former financial-aid director went to jail yesterday for helping himself to about $160,000 in phony student loans. Raymond Krull, 34, was sentenced in White Plains federal court to...
BRUISER BUSTED IN EX'S DEATH
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA hulking ex-con was arrested on murder charges yesterday after he fatally stabbed and beat his 24-year-old ex-girlfriend in her East New York apartment as her 6-year-old son slept in...
A PARTY AT WAR WITH SELF OVER HOW TO COPE WITH W.
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Democratic Party has come down with a bad case of schizophrenia and it's not just about Iraq - it's about how to cope with President Bush's popularity and the...
SCHUMER'S NEW TRAIN OF THOUGHT
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amSen. Charles Schumer is backing off his wish that a pot of federal money for lower Manhattan go only to a "Grand Central Station" downtown instead of a string of...
PEW-TRID PERV TOUR - ST. PAT'S DUO HAD SEX ALL OVER CITY
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amAn alleged deviant sex act in St. Patrick's Cathedral was apparently just the climax of one couple's three-hour public sex parade through the Big Apple - an epidermis-exposing escapade that...
BLOOMY $OUNDS OFF ON NOISE POLLUTION
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amShhhhhh! Mayor Bloomberg launched a new crackdown on noise yesterday after 93,000 complaints flooded the Police Department's quality-of-life hot line in the first nine months of the year from New...
MAYOR SACKED SMOKER
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday not only defended the firing of a top housing official caught on an extended smoke break - but declared defiantly that he was the one who ordered...
CARL 'SORRY' FOR WRITING WRONGS - RELEASES 58 NEW FILES FROM RÉSUMÉ SCANDAL
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amCarl McCall yesterday apologized for writing letters in which he mixed state business with the résumés of family members - and he released 58 additional letters that sought jobs for...
LOOPY LAWYER GAVE SANE ADVICE: COURT
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA man who pleaded guilty to murder on the advice of his mentally ill lawyer is not entitled to a trial, an appeals court has ruled. Isaias Lopez had asked...
MIKE MULLS $LASHING NYPD
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday he won't rule out reducing the size of the police force, noting the city's budget crisis will force every agency to do "more with less." But...
JOB ACTION SPREAD FAR AND WIDE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amCall it "Carl McCall's Employment Agency." From an elevator operator in his Albany office to his own wife, McCall forwarded résumés to a wide array of officials, including President Clinton...
BRATTON NAMED NEW L.A. POLICE CHIEF
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Former NYPD Commissioner William Bratton, who oversaw an unprecedented drop in Big Apple crime, will be presented this morning as Mayor Jim Hahn's pick to be Los...
N.J. COURT HANDS DEMS BALLOT WIN
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats won the first round of the New Jersey election fiasco as the state's highest court ruled, 7-0, that former Sen. Frank Lautenberg can replace Sen. Robert Torricelli...
RUDY & JUDI ARE WEDDING PLANNERS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWedding bells will soon be ringing for Rudy Giuliani and gal pal Judith Nathan, the newly divorced former mayor said yesterday. "Judith and I are going to get married," said...
MARTHA'S GOOSE GETTING COOKED - HER RECIPE FOR DISASTER BEGAN WITH A TIP: FEDS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amMartha Stewart was put on high boil yesterday as investigators circled the embattled empress and laid out for the first time her suspected role in the ImClone insider-trading scandal. During...
14TH ST. SNIPER PANIC - EX-COP BUSTED AS TEACHER IS SHOT
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA former NYPD cop, bounced off the force for drugs, sprayed Stuyvesant Town with bullets from his apartment window yesterday - holding scores of officers at bay and wounding a...
JURY SAYS EX-SCHOOL OFFICIAL NO LION THIEF
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA former school construction supervisor, accused of stealing two lion gargoyles from a Brooklyn elementary school, came out a king yesterday as a federal jury acquitted him. "I'm happy that...
BONANNO NO-NO'S: FEDS TAKE DOWN 11 IN RACKETS ROUNDUP
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe feds busted 11 Bonanno crime-family members and associates yesterday, including the reputed acting underboss, Richard Cantarella. Cantarella, 58, of Staten Island, was charged with 15 counts of racketeering, including...
JUDGE: PROTECT CARTEL CANARY'S KIN
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA federal judge came to the aid of an informant who says five relatives in Colombia were murdered by a drug cartel because of his testimony -siding with prosecutors in...
MOM BUTCHERED BY HER EX: COPS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA Yonkers man killed the mother of his child and methodically used a razor and a meat cleaver to hack her body into small pieces - which he and a...
MET TALKS TO DA ABOUT POT 'PLOT'
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amMet pitcher Grant Roberts, who was seen in a newspaper photo last month smoking marijuana, met with Queens prosecutors yesterday over a possible extortion plot. Met groupie Jodi Turner is...
E-NANIGANS AT B'KLYN HS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA hacker managed to access a high-school principal's e-mail and send obscene messages in his name, it was disclosed yesterday. "The matter is under investigation," said Education Department spokeswoman Margie...
'TRYST' RAP FOR TEACHER: SHE BEDDED MALE CATHOLIC-SCHOOL TEEN: DA
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA teacher at a Catholic high school has been charged with having an affair with a 16-year-old male student - conducted at a string of motels in The Bronx. Mildred...
BIZARRE NORTH KOREA 'SPY' ROMANCE : RUNAWAY GI WEDS JAPAN KIDNAP GIRL
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amThree decades ago, in a slice of Cold War intrigue worthy of a spy novel, a U.S. Army sergeant defected to North Korea while serving in South Korea. Yesterday, a...
PHILIPPINES BOMB KILLS GI
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A U.S. Special Forces commando was killed and another injured yesterday in a powerful terrorist bomb blast outside a karaoke bar in the southern Philippines. A terrorist, believed...
WTC SUIT VS. CITY GETS OK
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA legal action that charges the city's negligence is partially to blame for the collapse of 7World Trade Center can go forward, a judge said yesterday. The action by Con...
ISRAEL: MONEY MAN FOR BOMBERS' KIN ARRESTED
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli agents, disguised as Arabs, yesterday arrested the head of a West Bank guerrilla group that transferred Iraqi money to families of homicide bombers, authorities said. Rakad Salem...
NIGHT DELIVERIES CAN SOLVE TRAFFIC WOES
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amMAYOR Mike Bloomberg's blitz on traffic violations is as right as his crusade against smoking is wrong. Let's forget the smoking issue until Oct. 10, when the mayor takes the...
DEMS IN TURMOIL AFTER BUSH DEAL
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said force against Iraq may be "unavoidable" as he struck a deal with House Democrats that ensures overwhelming support for a resolution against Saddam Hussein...
STUDY ALTERS PENILE CODE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA British study has bent the maxim that men with big feet have big penises. Researchers at University College London measured 104 men and found no correlation between foot size...
GABBY GREEN GANG GOES POST-AL AT THE TRUTH
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amNEW York City told Mark Green to disappear a year ago - and not a moment too soon. But there he was again yesterday - alongside the irritatingly irrelevant Betsy...
2 BIG BOOSTS FOR PATAKI: SCHULMAN AND TORRE JOIN PARADE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki picked up another Democratic endorsement yesterday, this time from former Queens Borough President Claire Schulman. "We face extraordinary challenges, and Gov. Pataki has the experience to...
OK FOR WTC 7 LAWSUIT
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amA legal action that charges the city's negligence is partially to blame for the collapse of 7World Trade Center can go forward, a judge said yesterday. The action by Con...
ANAHEIM MAKING BELIEVERS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amAURA and mystique took a night off. The Angels won the late innings while the Yanks merely teased at yet another stirring October event. Orlando Hernandez, who had retired 12...
PERCIVAL SEETHES, THEN SAVES
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amTroy Percival looked peeved. He shook his head. He shrugged his shoulders. He crouched down. Disgust resonated across his whole face. In the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium last night,...
SORIANO'S PATIENCE PAYS OFF
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWe are watching a superstar mature before our eyes. Alfonso Soriano has dazzled us with his bat speed and foot speed. He's astounded us with the power he can generate...
HALOS & TROY TIE YANKS IN KNOT: ANGEL HRS ROCK EL DUQUE: PERCIVAL GETS FOUR-OUT SAVE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 2 Angels 8 Yankees 6 Mike Scioscia was one night too late. If the Angels' manager had brought in bullet-throwing Troy Percival in the eighth inning of Game 1...
GLAUS ONLY EXCITED ABOUT WINNING
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amTroy Glaus isn't an emotional man - it seems to take a lot before his expression will change. But a slight smile emerged when a reporter inquired if he'd planned...
TROY BESTS JETER IN KEY SHOWDOWN
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amTwo money players faced each other with the bases loaded last night in the bottom of the eighth with two away in Game 2 of the ALDS. Troy Percival, one...
A HELL NIGHT FOR PETTITTE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amSo much for Andy Pettitte being a more rested and therefore stronger pitcher this postseason. So much for Joe Torre saying this is the best pitching staff he ever took...
ON 2ND THOUGHT ... SCIOSCIA TAPS TROY IN 8TH
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amFUNNYMAN Mike Scioscia opened last night's pregame news conference by asking with a smile, "Before we get started, who would have brought [Troy] Percival in [Tuesday] night? "Give me a...
DEVS EXPOSE ALBELIN
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amDevils GM Lou Lamoriello will likely lose defenseman Tommy Albelin in tomorrow's waiver draft to avoid the less-likely risk of seeing center Steve Guolla claimed. Albelin, 38, is one of...
ISLES ARE GETTING PUNCHY
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe summer mission for GM Mike Milbury was to make his team tougher, grittier and harder-working than last year's edition. By the beginning of camp it was apparent that the...
MUTOMBO'S FEELING THAT LOVIN' TOUCH
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES He has been called The Fly Swatter, Mt. Mutombo and the Defensive Player of the Year. Now the Nets might have a different nickname for their new center:...
D'BACKS: BUCK A PERFECT FIT FOR FLUSHING
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Matt Williams said Buck Showalter's reputation for micromanaging and clashing with veterans is "blown out of proportion." In fact, Williams didn't hesitate giving his former Diamondbacks manager a...
CHESTER READY TO RUMBLE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amName the boxing capitals of the world. New York, Las Vegas, Atlantic City? Yes to all those. How about West Virginia? Not so much. But on November 9, DiBella Entertainment...
KERRY CAN RUN UNDER THE RADAR
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amRemember those good old Laker teams with Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy? They had that other guy at shooting guard ... Byron Scott. With Jason Kidd and Dikembe...
HERM'S SNUB ANGERS JONES
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES The first hint of acrimony inside the walls of Weeb Ewbank Hall has reared its ugly head and altered the harmony of the Herman Edwards era. At it...
BRADWAY'S IN CROSS HAIRS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe heat from this ghastly three-game losing streak is becoming uncomfortable for everyone involved with the Jets. With some lineup alterations by coach Herman Edwards entering Sunday's must-win game against...
FASSEL PARES JINT PLAYBOOK
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amFirst things first. It was reported in The Post and elsewhere that Giant coach Jim Fassel wanted to take a knee at the end of the first half in Arizona...
RANDOLPH FEELS 'GOOD' ABOUT TIGERS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWillie Randolph has done this dance before, so when he interviewed yesterday for the Tiger managerial job he's experienced enough to know if he has a chance to get the...
KURT'S HAPPIER ON COURT THAN IN ONE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amCHARLESTON - For the first time in days, Knicks center Kurt Thomas felt "free." He posted up Todd Lindeman for a neat turnaround jumper. He ran the College of Charleston...
KNICKS TO SPREWELL: STAY HOME
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLESTON - The Knicks have ordered Latrell Sprewell to stay home. In an attempt to send a message to Sprewell for not informing them of his right-hand injury...
YES, VA. - BROOKLYN HOOP STAR'S ON WAY
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amLots of kids have summer jobs. Few jobs are as productive as the one Gary Forbes had the past few months. The 6-foot-5 Forbes toured the country, playing in various...
V'S SUCCESSOR WALKING INTO A HORNETS' NEST
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amDON'T feel bad for Bobby Valentine, gone as manager of the Mets. Feel bad for the man stupid enough to replace him. There are only 30 of these jobs, they...
ACCORSI TAKES PASS ON FASSEL CRITIQUE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Never one to shy away from a risk or an opinion, Giants GM Ernie Accorsi did not wish to weigh in on Jim Fassel's performance in Sunday's 21-7...
BOBBY: REY, FONZ WILL BE OUT, TOO ; SAYS MORE MOVES ARE COMING
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amAfter lighting into Met GM Steve Phillips, Bobby Valentine said he is not the only one who won't be back at Shea Stadium next season. Valentine revealed yesterday he doesn't...
JUSTICE PADS POSTSEASON STATS
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amOAKLAND - David Justice's three-run, fourth-inning triple and third-inning single, in his all-time record 109th postseason game, allowed him to pass Reggie Jackson for second (behind Bernie Williams) on the...
LEFT-COAST LAUGHER ; MASTERFUL MULDER & BIG STICKS REV UP A'S
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 2 Athletics 9 Twins 1 OAKLAND - By the time these A's either win their first playoff series in three tries or tag themselves as perennial postseason flops, manager...
GILLIC: SWEET LOU STAYING IN SEATTLE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amMets executives have held lengthy meetings over the past two days to form a massive master list of about 100 candidates to replace Bobby Valentine, with the hope of trimming...
WHITE WOBBLES, WON'T FALL DOWN
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amALDS NOTEBOOK Having watched Rondell White launch a fifth inning homer to right-center in Game 1 of the ALDS, Joe Torre was headed for a dilemma about who would play...
FOES' FLUBS AID YANK 'MAGIC'
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amYOU can call it magic if you want, but the Yankees' October success has as much to do with talent and repetitive opponent brain lock as it does with magic....
A REAL TWIN KILLING: MULDER, CHAVEZ GET A'S KICKIN' ONCE MORE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 2 Athletics 9 Twins 1 OAKLAND - By the time the A's either win their first playoff series in three tries over three years or become tagged as great...
GILLICK: SWEET LOU STAYING IN SEATTLE
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amSeattle GM Pat Gillick said yesterday that Lou Piniella will manage the Mariners next season, not the Mets. "He's under contract through 2003 and he will be our manager," Gillick...
SCIOSCIA SHOWN THE BRONX: REGULAR-SEASON TACTIC FAILS HERE IN OCTOBER
October 3, 2002 | 4:00amWhen Bernie Williams took Brendan Donnelly into the right-field bleachers in the eighth inning Tuesday night, the Angels had postseason experience. Prior to the start of the ALDS, much was...