December 6, 2002
RESEARCH GROUP SEEKS RATS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amCall it the research rat squad. That's the plan an important industry organization has come up with to combat the wave of scandals that have scarred The Street's research pros...
DILLER EYES BUDGET CUTBACKS TO BOOST SAGGING UNIVERSAL
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amBarry Diller will be putting the microscope to Vivendi Universal's books in Hollywood in the coming weeks. The co-CEO of Vivendi Universal Entertainment has meetings scheduled with several top executives...
GAP GETS EARLY XMAS PRESENT
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThings just keep looking better for The Gap. The retail behemoth has reported better-than-expected monthly sales for the second month in a row - a reversal that comes on the...
MUSIC $ALES SCAM - RETAILERS REPORTING BOGUS ALBUM NUMBERS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amIndependent music retailers are fabricating numbers reported to Nielsen Soundscan, inflating the number of albums sold by music labels such as white-hot Island Def Jam, The Post has learned. It's...
OOPS, BERTELLI DID IT AGAIN: PRADA IPO STALLED TILL 2005
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amPrada's Patrizio Bertelli is not taking any chances. The CEO, who has spouted off one too many times about his company's pending initial public offering, has now said the company...
FLYING TOO LOW - UNITED INEFFICIENCIES HAVE LONG SPELLED DOOM
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amUnited Airlines had it coming. UAL Corp., parent of United, has no one to blame but itself for its financial woes and impending bankruptcy, according to competitors, Wall Street and...
BURGER BATTLE BURNS GOLDEN ARCHES CHIEF
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe hamburger wars just claimed their first casualty. McDonald's Corp.'s Jack Greenberg, the chief executive officer who spent 21 years working under the Golden Arches, will hand over the reins...
STOCKS HIT BY UNITED WOES, RETAIL SALES; DOW DROPS 114
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amJust like the snow, the markets fell steadily yesterday. By the closing bell, snow accumulation on Wall Street was about 4 inches and the Dow Jones industrial average was down...
DIAGEO TRIES TO SETTLE WITH BURGER KING BUYER
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amAs it scrambles to salvage the sale of its troubled Burger King unit, Diageo PLC is considering providing some of the debt to finance a deal, The Post has learned....
TIMELY REVIVAL OF A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amMAN OF LA MANCHAMartin Beck Theatre, 302 W. 45th St. (212) 239-6200. HOW possible nowadays is that impossible dream?Does the cockeyed idealism suggesting that you could actually reach unreachable stars...
STARR REPORT
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amFoster kids benefit from Rowell's kindness "Young and the Restless" star Victoria Rowell will be holding a private screening of the new Denzel Washington movie, "The Antwone Fisher Story," this...
THIS OVERLY FAMILIAR 'EMPIRE' STRIKES OUT
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amEMPIRE Been there, done that.Running time: 95 minutes. Rated R (violence, drugs, profanity). At the Empire, the Orpheum, the Harlem USA, others. THE always interesting John Leguizamo finally takes center...
'ADAPTATION' AN INSIDE JOB
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amADAPTATION 1/2 Clever inside joke.Running time: 114 minutes. Rated R (adult themes, brief violence). At the Lincoln Square, the Empire, the Sunshine. 'ADAPTATION" is another dazzling, idea-crammed, unconventional comedy by...
CHALK ONE UP FOR IRANIAN FILM 'BLACKBOARDS'
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amBLACKBOARDS ½ On the cruel road.In Kurdish, with English subtitles. Running time: 85 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. THE poetic,...
SCI-FI DUD'S OFF-BALANCE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amEQUILIBRIUM Dumb but well-designed sci-fi thriller.Running time: 109 minutes. Rated R (violence). At the Kips Bay, the E Walk, the Village East, others. THERE are almost always clever or innovative...
DEAD TO RIGHTS ; ROBBINS ESTATE FIGHTS FOR 'GYPSY' BILLING
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amBILLING for a Broadway show is often bitterly contested, but most people who angle for a prominent spot in the Playbill are alive.Jerome Robbins isn't, but his estate is locked...
MEET MR. LUCKY ; STAR-MAKER CLIVE DAVIS WAVES HIS MAGIC WAND AGAIN
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amWITH his golden ear, Clive Davis is arguably the most important man in music.Over the years, as grand pooh-bah of Columbia Records, Arista Records and J Records, he's proven his...
'PETER' PANS OUT FOR PLAYWRIGHT
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amPETER AND VANDYAt the Bottle Factory Theatre, 195 E. Third St. Call SmartTix, (212) 206-1515. TWO bright young people meet at college, move to New York and go through a...
WHAT YOUR KIDS WATCH
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTHAT porous, yellow screw-up "SpongeBob SquarePants" still rules the playpen. But he is getting competition from a brand new show about a young kid with an incompetent fairy godmother and...
WHAM-BAMPOP FESTIVAL
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTHE International Pop Overthrow Festival is like speed dating for the rock 'n' roll set. More than 120 indie pop acts perform in 15 shows throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, with...
AXL'S HIRED GUNS COME UP ROSES
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amGUNS N' ROSES WITH Axl Rose as the only original member of Guns N' Roses onstage at Madison Square Garden last night, naysayers might call them Guns N' Posers -...
CRYSTAL MESS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amANALYZE THAT Crass, witless, pointless sequel. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated R (profanity, violence, sex). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Battery Park City, others. 'THIS is garbage," scowls...
I'M IDOL'S SHOULDER TO CRY ON
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amMOST people don't get the second shot at fame that Kristin Holt is getting. Holt, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, will be a regular when the second season of "American...
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE BUNNY RANCH... WHO KNEW WHORES WERE SUCH BORES
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amAmerica Undercover: Cathouse Sunday at 10:20 on HBO one Star * "AMERICA Undercover," one of the best shows on TV, has finally come up with a loser and at the...
MANDY DANDY IN 'SONDHEIM'
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amMANDY PATINKIN CELEBRATING SONDHEIM Henry Miller Theatre, 124 W. 43rd St. (212) 239-6200. Remaining performances: Sunday and Monday nights, through Jan. 6 SOME say Mandy Patinkin is an acquired taste....
ISRAELI'S SHAME - BIZMAN ADMITS STASHING $300M FOR YASSER
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - An Israeli businessman who said he couldn't live with the shame any longer has confessed to illegally transferring $300 million of Palestinian Authority money to Yasser Arafat's secret...
BUDDY DOG-GONE FROM YULE DECOR
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - First Lady Laura Bush yesterday unveiled the White House Christmas decorations starring presidential pets past and present - but Socks and Buddy Clinton got short shrift. The Clintons'...
GOV OWNS UP TO $2B SHORTFALL
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amGov. Pataki yesterday for the first time 'fessed up to a $2 billion budget gap in the current fiscal year - but again insisted the state can solve its woes...
LIZZIE GIVES DEATH DRIVER LEGAL BOOST
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amA Hamptons real-estate broker charged with mowing down and killing a migrant potato picker with her SUV has hired Lizzie Grubman's lawyer after getting a recommendation from an unlikely source...
ADA WHO FIBBED IN SLAY TRIAL QUITS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amA Queens prosecutor has resigned after being demoted by the DA for misleading a judge about the whereabouts of a key witness in a murder case, authorities said yesterday. Claude...
POLS BICKER OVER CHINATOWN AID
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amGov. Pataki and state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver played the blame game yesterday as each tried to explain why Chinatown was passed over for low-tax Empire Zone status. Since Sept....
SACKED SONGMAN HITS RICH WITH ANTI-GAY RAP
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amA former employee of Denise Rich claims the songwriter fired him because he's gay and HIV-positive. Now, Jimmy Hester has filed a complaint with the state human-rights agency against Bill...
JEWS SAY MUSLIM HOLIDAY IS VERY U.N.FAIR TO ISRAEL
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amAs U.N. inspectors hunted for weapons violations in Iraq, U.N. workers in New York took yesterday off for the Muslim holiday Eid Al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of Ramadan. The...
CITY GETS A SNOW BELT
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amWhat a snow job! Mother Nature clobbered the Big Apple with a wind-whipped 7 inches of white stuff yesterday, transforming our streets and sidewalks into a slip-slidin' nightmare. "Winter really...
BROTHER'S LITTLE HELPER - DIET GURU TOUTS PILLS FOR KIDS - JUST LIKE MOM'S
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amHey, kids - now you can take diet pills just like Mommy. The new "Skinny Pill for Kids" is targeted at the chunky 6- to 12-year- old set who can't...
WILDLY WRONG - MORGY'S MISTAKE: REVERSING RIOT CHARGES
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amNONE of it makes sense. * It does not make sense that a jailbird named Mathias Reyes would wait 13 years to claim sole responsibility for the rape and beating...
GOOD OL' BOY STROM TURNS 100
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Strom Thurmond yesterday marked his 100th birthday by kissing hundreds of well-wishers and giving a lusty squeeze to a busty Marilyn Monroe look-alike. "I appreciate all of...
STATE P$YCHS OUT MISS CLEO
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - For years, callers shelled out bucks to hear predictions from Miss Cleo. Now it's Miss Cleo who's paying the big money. Fresh off a $5 million settlement with...
ABC LEGEND ROONE ARLEDGE DIES
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTelevision news and sports legend Roone Arledge died in New York yesterday of complications from cancer. He was 71. Arledge, the chairman of ABC News who also once served as...
CORPSES STAYED IN MORTUARY FOR 1 YR.
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amSome of the bodies found decomposing in an Atlantic City funeral home earlier this week had been there almost a year, an investigator told The Post. Police discovered five rotting...
PATAKI HAS 'GRAVE' WARNING FOR TWU
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amGov. Pataki yesterday threatened the Transport Workers Union with "very grave consequences" if its 34,000 bus and subway workers decide to strike. "A strike is illegal and it has not...
THE MONSTER STORM THAT SLAMMED THE MID-ATLANTIC YESTERDAY LEFT AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE DEAD
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe monster storm that slammed the Mid-Atlantic yesterday left at least 12 people dead and more than 1.5 million utility customers without electricity. Cities including Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia declared...
THE CONFESSIONS OF THE JOGGER 5 DO NOT LIE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTHE first confession came unexpectedly, around 10:30 p.m. on April 19, 1989. Cops had just started picking up dozens of teens they thought were out bullying people in Central Park....
ART CROOK'S A DRIP - POLLOCKS 'TOO HOT' TO FENCE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThese two '30s artworks by abstract painter Jackson Pollock - valued at $1.5 million - have been stolen from a West Side warehouse. The thief who stole two paintings by...
DOWNTOWN BUILD BOSS GAVE GOP KEY BOO$T
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amDowntown development czar John Whitehead gave a whopping $241,000 to the national Republican Party just before the Nov. 5 election, in the crucial final days of the GOP's successful drive...
FRILL 'ER UP: JERRY'S 'PUFF SHIRT' HITS 10G AT AUCTION
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amBidding on the notorious "puffy shirt" worn by Jerry Seinfeld has hit $10,000 - not that there's anything wrong with that. The hideous bit of attire is part of a...
CITY COMPTROLLER WILLIAM THOMPSON ISSUED A REPORT YESTERDAY SHOWING THAT 20 CENTS OF EVERY TAX DOLLAR COLLECTED BY THE CITY WILL BE GOING TO PAY INTEREST ON BONDS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amCity Comptroller William Thompson issued a report yesterday showing that 20 cents of every tax dollar collected by the city will be going to pay interest on bonds by 2006....
RUFF JUSTICE - DOG TOSSER COULD GET 12 YEARS IN PRISON
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amA heartless dog hurler faces up to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to throwing his ex-girlfriend's terrier out a 23rd-floor window to his death and to other charges...
JACKO DOESN'T HAVE A LEG TO TAKE THE STAND ON
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - The King of Pop is falling apart. Michael Jackson called in sick yesterday, complaining of leg pains, and skipped testifying in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought against...
BUSH: WE HAVE PROOF - SAYS INTELLIGENCE SHOWS IRAQ'S LYING ABOUT ARMS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday said President Bush has "solid" evidence that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass murder despite Iraqi denials. The White House refused to spell out...
MOTHERS RELIEVED BUT MELANCHOLY AFTER YEARS OF INJUSTICE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amLinda McCray said she could breathe again. Sharonne Salaam called it a great beginning. But Deloris Wise said her son was a bitter and broken man. The Manhattan District Attorney's...
DETECTIVES BLAST MORGENTHAU REVIEW
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amInvestigators who probed the notorious 1989 Central Park jogger attack charged yesterday that injustice will be served if a Manhattan judge signs off on the district attorney's request to overturn...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amIf they ever launch a show called "America's Dumbest Crooks," Aaron Bell would be the star. After the 19-year-old fast-food cook decided to pull an armed robbery, he hit the...
GOOD TIMES AGAIN FOR SPORTSWRITER
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe dark cloud of censorship hovering over 43rd Street appeared to be dissipating yesterday after The New York Times denied accusations it had gagged two of its sportswriters, while one...
PRIEST-DAD LEFT WHEN GIRLFRIEND OVERDOSED
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amA priest still serving in the Boston Archdiocese illicitly fathered at least two children and walked out on his married lover when she fatally overdosed on drugs, according to files...
DOC: BOATERS ARE SEASICK IN THE HEAD
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amViral outbreaks that have sickened more than 1,000 passengers on four cruise ships in recent weeks are the result of mass hysteria, a mental-health expert said yesterday. "With the very...
PERP STEALS AWAY AFTER COP SLIP-UP
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amFreed after instigating a courtroom foul-up, a Queens man quickly resumed his criminal ways yesterday, stealing two cars - one by assaulting its owner, police said. Christopher Howard, 20 -...
U.S. LOOKS SET TO GO TO WAR
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. military planning intensified for conflict with Iraq yesterday as battleships chugged off to the Mideast, while war games for the region were set to begin and reserves...
ARIEL: AL QAEDA IN GAZA AND LEBANON
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Members of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network have infiltrated the Gaza Strip and Lebanon to target Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday. "We have information about...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * Getting her leg mangled in a snowblower yesterday was scary for 7-year-old Christine Kong - but cops said she came through it bravely."She handled it like a real...
DJ BLASTS BILLBOARD'S KNOCKERS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThey're boobs. That's what Leslie "Radio Chick" Gold was saying yesterday about her bosses after they ordered the removal of a titillating new billboard of her topless - but with...
DOC: SEA SICKNESS A WAVE OF HYSTERIA
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amA series of viral outbreaks that have sickened more than 1,000 passengers on four cruise ships in recent weeks is a direct result of mass hysteria, a mental-health expert said...
34TH PERP FLIES COOP IN ID MIX-UP
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amA man arrested in a stolen car was confused with another prisoner and arraigned on a misdemeanor charge that allowed him to stroll out of Queens Criminal Court free as...
BROADCAST GREAT ARLEDGE DIES OF CANCER AT 71
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTelevision news and sports legend Roone Arledge died in New York yesterday of complications from cancer. He was 71. Arledge, the chairman of ABC News who also once served as...
PREZ: I'VE GOT GOODS ON SADDAM
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday said President Bush has "solid" evidence Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction. The White House refused to spell out its evidence, but that...
U.S. FLEXES MUSCLES: WARSHIPS SHOVE OFF AS SHOWDOWN LOOMS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. military planning intensified for conflict with Iraq yesterday as battleships chugged off to the Mideast, while war games for the region were set to begin and reserves...
OT PENALTY SHOT FOILS RANGERS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amOvertime Flyers 3 Rangers 2 PHILADELPHIA - It was an absurd call, nothing less, even if every Ranger except one was too concerned about keeping his checkbook closed to tell...
LINDROS' WING-DING MIGHT PAY OFF
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Sixteen months after his divorce from this town finally went through, Eric Lindros came back to town with 14 points in 27 games. The boos for him on...
JETS STILL RIDING HIGH ; WILL KEEP PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE BY BUCKING BRONCOS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTHE Jets missed a field goal, fumbled a punt and couldn't stop third-and-long in Oakland Monday night. Still, they had the ball with a chance to win it at the...
THE FAN'S CORNER
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amAh, to be young again. Back in the 1950s, Lorraine Appelman spent a year dancing at the Kit Kat Club, probably breaking the hearts of a number of young gentelmen....
NY'S IMPORT BAN SNARES ; 3 L.I. HUNTERS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTHREE hunters, all from Shelter Island, have been charged with importing three elk carcasses from Wyoming. New York's Dept. of Environmental Conservation and the State Department of Agriculture and Markets...
STARK REALITY: BAD JOB: SIDELINE SCOOP ELUDES MELISSA
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amLISTEN, I know it's among the most difficult assignments in live sports television. If, at day's end, a sideline reporter hasn't completely cashed the opportunity to make a fool of...
BATTERED BEASLEY NURSIN' HEADACHE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES Aaron Beasley played one of his best games as a Jet Monday night in Oakland, but unfortunately his most vivid memory might be the jarring blow to the...
ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT? LIKE HELL!
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amABOUT 10 years ago, toiling for a small newspaper in Arkansas, I was fired by my publisher after writing a column criticizing Frank Broyles, the Arkansas athletic director and a...
DAD VAN GUNDY: SON WILL RISE AGAIN
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amBOSTON - Bill Van Gundy believes his son Jeff would be coaching in the NBA this season - and not working for TNT - if his rights were not still...
SEAN MCDONOUGH SLIDIN' INTO METS' TV BOOTH
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amSean McDonough, highly respected and versatile play-by-play man, will soon be named a member of the Mets' TV team, perhaps replacing Gary Thorne, The Post has learned. McDonough, 40, could...
COLLINS MUST FILL MUTOMBO'S SHOES
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amJason Collins won't wag his finger a la Dikembe Mutombo after blocking a shot. "Maybe I will after I take a charge," the Nets second-year center joked. And that may...
BYRON SEES HARRIS AS KITTLES INSURANCE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES Amid all the fuss of Dikembe Mutombo's wrist surgery and his ensuing four-month leave of absence, Kerry Kittles' stay on the injured list (sprained knee) almost has been...
MCDYESS MIGHT TRY FOLLOWING RICE DIET
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES BOSTON - Antonio McDyess has looked toward 40-year-old Oakland Raiders receiver Jerry Rice as a source of motivation, according to his agent, Andy Miller. In fact, Knicks doctor...
JASON'S TORCH SONG: SEHORN STILL WHINING OVER TITAN TOASTING
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amCornerbacks are like baseball closers. A short memory - the ability to shake off bad performances - is a job prerequisite But anybody who doesn't think the torching Jason Sehorn...
SILENCING A STORM
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amSt. John's took steps yesterday to quell anxieties regarding the ongoing investigation into the alleged assault of swimmer Rachel Seager by basketball player Grady Reynolds. Seager is the sophomore swimmer...
VENTURA SHRUGS OFF $3.5 MILLION PAY CUT
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amOnly those who know Robin Ventura truly will believe him when he says he isn't affected by taking a $3.5 million paycut to stay with the Yankees. "I am not...
GREISEN'S IN 'MIDDLE' OF ACTION
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES One man's breakdown is another man's breakthrough. With Giant middle linebacker Micheal Barrow downgraded to doubtful with a concussion, rookie fifth-round pick Nick Greisen stands to not only...
THANKS TO A MOTHER FOR A WONDERFUL LIFE ; MAMA VECSEY REALLY WAS SOMONE SPECIAL
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amMY father always said my mother would outlive him. He said this repeatedly despite never having missed a day of work due to sickness in my lifetime and my mother...
JETS COUNT ON MARTIN TO CARRY THEM TO PLAYOFFS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe weather outside is frightful and the Jets' running game, at the moment, is hardly delightful. That needs to change Sunday at Giants Stadium, where the 6-6 Jets will play...
ST. JOHN'S LOOKS TO CALM STORM
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amSchool's statement / Page 98 St. John's took steps yesterday to quell anxieties regarding the ongoing investigation into the alleged assault of swimmer Rachel Seager by basketball player Grady Reynolds....
JARVIS' BROTHER DIES AT 64
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amSt. John's coach Mike Jarvis suffered a heartbreaking loss yesterday when his older brother, Richard, died of an apparent heart attack. He was 64. "If it weren't for him, I...
METS GET GLAVINE: 3 YEARS, $35 MILLION ; WILPONS LOCK UP FREE-AGENT LEFTY
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe Mets could live with Tom Glavine going back to the Braves. They could understand him wanting to return home after 18 years in the same organization. Their worst nightmare,...
HEY, YANKS, METS' FRED SOMEONE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTHERE'S a new Boss in town - and he's not living in Tampa. More than anything, last night's dramatic signing of Tom Glavine by the Mets to a three-year deal...
ALL EYE-LES WILL BE ON TUCKER FOR PECA REMATCH
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amTonight, the potentially bloody Darcy Tucker uniform with the target on its back will not be a Halloween costume like the one seen a few weeks back. For almost seven...
5 QUESTIONS FOR CRAIG JAMES
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand caught up with CBS' Craig James. The 41-year-old James calls NFL and college games and leads offseason broadcasting seminars for ex-athletes. Q: On Saturday,...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: MELISSA STARK VS. SUZY KOLBER (AS SIDELINE REPORTERS)
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amFirst off, this isn't a Spectravision special. We're not comparing bodies here. So hold your hormones, this is a contest of sideline skills, not looks. ABC's Melissa Stark is a...
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! SUNDAY'S RB DUEL KEY TO JETS' PLAYOFF HOPES
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amIt is a virtual playoff game featuring a very real truth. With the December winds howling at the Meadowlands, the running game will rule. So Sunday's Jet-Bronco game probably comes...
AIN'T NO HALTIN' WALTON : ESPN-ER IS MAN OF A THOUSAND GIGS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amIf you miss Bill Walton on ESPN, you can catch him on ESPN2 or ESPNews or ESPN Classic or ESPN Radio or ESPN The Magazine or ESPN.com or, soon, ABC...
METS GET GLAVINE : FREE AGENT AGREES TO THREE-YEAR DEAL WORTH $33 MILLION
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe Mets could live with Tom Glavine going back to the Braves. They could understand him wanting to return home. Their worst nightmare, though, was having Glavine pick Philadelphia over...
PENALTY SHOT WRECKS RANGERS
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amOVERTIME Flyers 3 Rangers 2 PHILADELPHIA - An absolutely astonishing penalty-shot call defeated the Rangers here last night. With 36.7 seconds to go, referee Kevin Pollock awarded the shot to...
ERIC MAKES ROOM FOR HOLIK
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - And so it was Eric Lindros winging it last night, No. 88 moving out of the middle to accommodate Bobby Holik's return to the lineup. And it wasn't...
JURY'S STILL OUT ON LINDROS II
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Last night, The House Eric Lindros Built turned on him once more with feeling, just a little less of it with each trip back. Sixteen months after the...
LINDROS II FINALLY SHOWS PROMISE
December 6, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Sixteen months after his final divorce from this town finally went through, Eric Lindros came back to town with 14 points in 27 games. The boos for him...