January 7, 2003
PLENTY OF VACANCIES - DILLER'S USA INTERACTIVE TAKES HOTELS.COM HIT
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amShares in Barry Diller's USA Interactive got pummeled yesterday after one of its major subsidiaries cut its financial forecast. Online lodging company Hotels.com, which is 70 percent owned by USAI,...
BUSH LIFTS MARTS - BROAD RALLY BOOSTS DOW 171, NASDAQ JUMPS 34.24
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amCall it the Bush rally. Stocks rocketed higher yesterday in anticipation of a goodie bag of tax cuts from President George W. Bush today. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped...
HOJO'S HOLDOUT TO HIT THE ROAD
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amTIMES Square's nostalgia-drenched HoJo's is doomed. The 50-year-old Howard Johnson eatery at the corner of Broadway and 46th Street, the last surviving remnant of the "old" Times Square, is officially...
CHRYSLER SLAMS DOOR ON MARTHA DEAL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amMartha Stewart's been dumped for a younger, thinner - and more family-focused - woman. Automaker Chrysler will not extend its wide-ranging advertising partnership with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and will...
DIDDY IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR ITTY-BITTY ELEKTRA DEAL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amIt doesn't pay to be Puffy anymore. Sean "P. Diddy" Combs - formerly known as "Puff Daddy" - is in late-stage talks with Warner Music's Elektra Entertainment Group for a...
WEB SALES TOP SHOPS AT HOLIDAY
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amOnline spending far outpaced overall retail gains for the holiday season. Online shoppers spent 24 percent more over the previous year, racking up almost 13.7 billion in sales for the...
MAKE A WISH-STACHE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWHAT is it about the mustache? Unlike goatees, mutton chops, soul patches and most other forms of facial hair, the plain old mustache has retained a singular uncoolness since its...
STARR REPORT
January 7, 2003 | 5:00am'Mole' gets whole; Les takes the stand"Celebrity Mole" lives! Stone Stanley Entertainment said yesterday that the premiere of its "Celebrity Mole" will indeed air tomorrow night on ABC as originally...
'INERTIA' ON THE MOVE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE EXIES "Inertia" [ 1/2] Virgin Records With guitar riffs that flex muscles like Charles Atlas at Wimp Beach, the Exies make their major-label bow with a disc that knows...
OHIO SON REDEEMS SELF WITH LYRICAL SOUND LOOPS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amJOSEPH Arthur, an Akron-raised, New York-based singer/songwriter, looks like a cross between Bob Dylan and Oasis' Noel Gallagher, but he lives more in the electronic age. Live, he creates loops...
WATCH OUT! 'THE SHIELD' JUST GOT EVEN MORE VIOLENT - THIS IS [] TORTURE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00am"The Shield" [ ] Season II premiere Tonight at 10 on FX -------- NOT that anybody's giving out any prizes for it, but "The Shield" is far and away the...
FIELD TRIPS ; NO ALLOWANCE INCREASE (OR PERMISSION SLIP) NEEDED FOR THESE GETAWAYS, SAYS DAVID LANDSEL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amDRIVING RANGEBEING practical people, we're always on the lookout for a bargain. Not to mention a trip we can take without having to blow our entire allotment of vacation days....
WHAT MAKES JUDGE JUDY WORTH $25M A YEAR
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amFORGET about prime-time TV, the real money is in syndication - just ask Judge Judy. Fresh off of inking a new $100 million, four-year contract, the acid-tongued adjudicator proved once...
AVRIL, NELLY READY FOR GRAMMY
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amGRAMMY fever strikes New York with today's early morning announcement of the nominees for the 45th annual music awards, handed out by the National Academy for Recording Arts and Sciences....
CH.11 EATS ITS WORDS ON MEAT
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amCH. 11 has apologized to a Korean couple over a report it aired last year about the alleged human consumption of dog meat in the metropolitan area. In return, Ju...
CHEAP BEHAVIOR
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amNOT interested in an evening filled with scantily clad porn stars? Don't worry, there are plenty of other ways to do Vegas. At the Neon Museum, you can see all...
CURRENTS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amIf you think cruises are expensive, you're only partly right. At certain times you can book a cabin for less than $100 a day. The following fares are per person,...
STRIP TEASE ; THINK BIG AND PLAY HARD AT THE ADULT VIDEO NEWS AWARDS IN VEGAS, ADVISES SARA STEWART
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHIS WEEKENDIT'S the biggest night of the year for those in the biz. Everyone will be dressed in his or her best and waiting anxiously to see who will take...
BUFF, NOT TOUGH: DISCHARGE THE DRILL SERGEANTS - NEW WORKOUTS PUT FUN FIRST
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amHERE'S the best health news since red wine and chocolate became good for you: Six-pack abs are out! That doesn't quite mean love handles are in - but at least...
PATAKI HOPEFUL ON MORE FEDERAL CASH
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki said yesterday he's "hopeful" President Bush will include substantial funds to help bail out New York in the economic stimulus program that Bush will announce today....
CITY WON'T SUE TRANSIT UNION
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe city has dropped a threat to sue the Transport Workers Union for the $5 million it spent putting together a transit strike contingency plan, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The...
W'S GIFT TO N.Y.; GOP CONVENTION PICK ENDS REBUILDING STALL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE Republican Party's decision to stage its 2004 Convention in New York City will doubtless come under withering complaint from Democrats and liberals, who are driven into an almost frenzied...
LIL' RAPPER AVOIDS JAIL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amLil' Cease, the diminutive protégé of raunchy rapper Lil' Kim, ducked jail time yesterday and instead received five years' probation for his role in an August 2001 shooting in Brooklyn....
NYPD FITS FIREGUARDS ON 'DEATH' CRUISERS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe NYPD has stepped up efforts to prevent their Ford Crown Victoria patrol cars from exploding in rear-end collisions by installing safety shields over the car's gas tank, police officials...
'THRILL KILL' PLEA - HOFSTRA TORTURER WILL GET 30 YEARS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amA Long Island college student entered a surprise guilty plea yesterday to drugging, murdering and mutilating his Hofstra University classmate in what prosecutors called a premeditated "thrill killing." The deal,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amAn airline passenger hanged himself in a club-class washroom on a transatlantic flight after a final meal and champagne. Fellow travelers watched in horror as a doctor flying on the...
IT WOULD PAY BIG DIVIDENDS: EXPERTS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWall Street is salivating over the prospect of tax reduction to be announced by President Bush today, especially plans for a dividend tax cut. Economic strategists say the reduction or...
THE GODBROTHER: PETER GOTTI TELLS OF HIS LIFE IN JAIL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amPETER GOTTI left a dank cell in Brooklyn yesterday at 3:30 a.m. and seven hours later walked across the fourth floor of Judge Frederic Block's federal courtroom with a smile...
VICTIM HAD LOST HER NIECE IN ANOTHER ATTACK
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - When her niece was blown up by a car bomber in October, it was the latest shock that life dealt Hannah Haimov and one of the worst -...
NEW JURY FOR PIZZA 'KILLER'
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amProsecutors and defense attorneys yesterday began picking a new jury for the retrial of Mark Rushion, the accused triggerman in a March 2001 shooting death of a Brooklyn pizza deliveryman....
GEPHARDT MAKES 2ND PREZ BID
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Former House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt entered the crowded 2004 presidential race yesterday, charging that President Bush has failed as a leader. "On nearly every issue of importance...
BADLY BURNED FIREMAN GOES HOME A HERO
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amDoctors gave him a 50-50 shot at survival after he was burned in a Queens blaze two months ago - but firefighter Stephen Halliday lived to beat the odds. And...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * A bouncer who was stabbed 25 times while trying to break up a fight at a Hunts Point nightclub was saved by his bulletproof vest, he told...
PICTURE OF OUTRAGE - TEL AVIV TERRORIST POSED BY FAKE WTC SKYLINE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - One of the homicide bombers who killed 22 people in Tel Aviv was identified yesterday as a 22-year-old Palestinian - whose chilling farewell photograph made it look as...
DARING DUBYA FIGURES HE'LL TAKE MANHATTAN
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amANALYSIS WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT Bush's decision to hold the 2004 Republican convention in New York puts Hillary Rodham Clinton's party on the defensive and means he'll really try to win the...
'LULL' LIARS TURN A BLIND EYE TO TERROR THAT WASN'T
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amMUCH of the American media would have you believe the latest homicide bombings in Tel Aviv - which tore life from 22 people and two murderous scum - were the...
GIANT GAME - TV RATINGS IN BIG APPLE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amA wild weekend of wild-card football scored solid TV ratings in the Big Apple - despite a horrific outcome for Giants fans. Although the Giants blew a seemingly insurmountable 24-point...
CHAIRWOMAN DUCKS OUT ON TROUBLED B'KLYN DEMS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amEXCLUSIVE The chairwoman of the deeply divided Brooklyn Democratic organization is set to quit her post - less than two months after the party's treasurer quietly stepped down, The Post...
BRONX TEEN DIES IN GYM CLASS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amA 19-year-old Bronx high school student who dropped dead during gym class yesterday was "laughing and joking" just seconds before he died. Kemario Green was among about 40 Truman HS...
GOV'S PICK LETS GIRLS RULE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday nominated his former deputy counsel to the state's top court - a move that for the first time means the majority of the court will...
MIKE MENDED HIS FENCES TO GRAB GALA
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - One delicate problem that had to be sorted out before Republicans tapped New York for their 2004 convention was Mayor Bloomberg's sometimes rocky relationship with the White House,...
TEACHERS GET MASTER'S EXTENSION
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe state Board of Regents will give some 2,000 uncertified teachers in the city's public schools a one-year reprieve to obtain necessary credentials instead of bouncing them from school. The...
WEATHER'S SNOW BIG DEAL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amThere's more snow coming - but barely enough to shake a shovel at. That's the word from the National Weather Service, which expects a series of light snow flurries to...
FUSSY ARLEN DEMANDS DIVA TREATMENT ON EURO JUNKET
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Arlen Specter spared no expense on a junket last week to Europe and the Middle East - ordering cases of Evian water, a driver, a personal assistant,...
LAWYER LEAPS TO HIS DEATH
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amA prominent Staten Island lawyer with alleged mob ties, severe legal woes and a wife who recently dumped him leaped 10 floors to his death over the weekend. Dennis Peterson,...
GOP'S HISTORIC APPLE PICK: 9/11 SWAYS PARTY TO PUT BUSH BASH HERE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's team made history yesterday by taking the Republican convention to New York for the first time ever - picking the Big Apple over his brother Jeb's...
JOGGER 'REPLAY' STUNNER
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe NYPD secretly re-enacted parts of the infamous Central Park jogger attack last week in hopes of showing that Matias Reyes, whose confession last year led to the release of...
FIND JURORS WHO AREN'T TERRIFIED - NOW THAT'S A TRIAL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00am"The Sopranos" and fear of the mob played heavily into the first day of jury selection at the federal trial for three Gottis - with a federal judge cautioning potential...
MODEL HITS FIGHTER WITH $10M SUIT
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amFormer American Ultimate Fighting champ "The Russian Bear" did some Ursa Major damage to a diminutive Manhattan woman, hitting her so hard it ended her modeling career, a $10 million...
HOUSE OF HORRORS: COPS HUNT DANCER IN TORTURE-SLAY OF BOY, 7
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amNewark cops are hunting for a go-go dancer accused of imprisoning, torturing and starving her three young cousins in a house of horrors - killing one of them. Sherry Murphy,...
IT'S OFFICIAL, THE GIANTS WERE... ROBBED: NFL SAYS PLAYOFF REFS GOT IT WRONG
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWe really wuz robbed! In a stunning admission, the National Football League said yesterday that referees blew the call that sent the Giants to a heartbreaking playoff loss to the...
THUGS IN ATM-STICKUP SPREE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amA pair of robbers are preying on women at ATM machines in Manhattan - and have struck 14 times since October, cops said last night. A $2,000 CrimeStoppers reward is...
BUSH PUSH FOR FAMILY 'VALUE' PLAN
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said the economic plan he's unveiling today - including family tax cuts and an end to taxing stock dividends - is geared to "the working...
$TRIPPING BARE BONES: MAYOR BLAMES NEW 6% SLASH ON COUNCIL COMPROMISE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg delivered more gloomy news to his commissioners yesterday, demanding they chop another 6 percent from their already-depleted budgets to save $814 million. Police, Fire and Education departments were...
ROB PROBE BAGS $5M IN COCAINE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amCops investigating a series of robberies in Queens ended up netting an even bigger fish - a suspect with more than 200 pounds of cocaine in his car, authorities said....
'KIDNAP' MOM NAILED ON RETURN FROM CHINA
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amA woman who allegedly kidnapped her 1-year-old son and fled to her native China after being declared an unfit mother two years ago was arrested as she tried to sneak...
DOCTOR QUITS CLONE TEAM FEARING HOAX
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amThe TV journalist who had agreed to set up DNA tests to either prove or debunk a cult-linked company's claims that it had delivered the world's first human clones, bowed...
FED-UP JUDGE BLASTS WAKSAL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amMartha Stewart's prison-bound pal, Sam Waksal, yesterday got an earful from a judge who threatened to make him stand trial on another batch of fraud charges unless his lawyer quickly...
A TIP THAT 19 MUSLIMS HAD SLIPPED INTO THE UNITED STATES, POSSIBLY TO LAUNCH A HOLIDAY TERROR ATTACK, WAS A HOAX
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amA tip that 19 Muslims had slipped into the United States, possibly to launch a holiday terror attack, was a hoax fabricated by an informant trying to reduce his prison...
WAR PLAN IN HIGH GEAR AS 15,000 TROOPS SAIL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon began revving up the U.S. war machine for an invasion of Iraq yesterday as more than 4,000 Marines left San Diego for the Persian Gulf and...
IT'S 'THE $50M LIE': CONTESTANTS BLAST REALITY SHOW 'JOE'
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amIt may look like a fairy tale on television, but the new show "Joe Millionaire" had no happy endings for several would-be princesses from the New York area. Three women...
IT WAS SO STUPID, I COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amI'LL say this for "Joe Millionaire": It was everything it was cracked up to be. And that means it was as stupid and vacuous as Fox's relentless promo spots indicated...
VICTIM HAD LOST A NIECE TO ANOTHER TERRORIST
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - When her niece was blown up by a car bomber in October it was the latest shock that life dealt Hannah Haimov and one of the worst -...
IRAQ APPEARS CLEAN
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The chief international nuclear weapons inspector said yesterday that Iraq appears clean so far. "We haven't yet seen any smoking gun ... that Iraq has lied in its...
A WEALTH OF LIES : TV'S 'JOE' ADMITS GUILT OVER 'MILLIONAIRE' RUSE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - "Joe Millionaire" star Evan Marriott began to live his TV lie last night - and admitted he has some serious qualms about it. The Fox not-so-reality show...
THIS TERRIER'S A PIT-BULL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amBryan Geffen remembers seeing his first St. Francis Prep basketball game when he was in eighth grade. "They were playing Molloy and I just looked at the way they played...
STU-PID DECISION-MAKING
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - It's becoming more and more apparent Stu Jackson will never be confused with one of the three wise men. Even in this expansive holiday season of miracles, the...
HERE'S HOPING KID GETS IN ; CARTER DESERVES CALL IN HALL VOTING
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amTHINK Hall of Fame for next few minutes and not about that Hall of Shame Giants' loss, the biggest choke in the history of New York sports. Cooperstown will announce...
THESE RAIDERS JUST WON'T BITE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amALAMEDA, Calif. - The Raiders aren't falling for that one, sorry. "I love the Jets!" tackle Lincoln Kennedy chirped. "Some of my best friends are Jets!" guard Frank Middleton sang....
HARD TO BELIEVE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT REPORT CARD QUARTERBACKS: A+ Can't believe a team could lose with Kerry Collins (29 of 43, 342 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT) playing this well. Some special throws and...
SHAUN ON DEFENSIVE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amIt doesn't excuse his actions, and Shaun Williams knows that. It doesn't give the Giants those 15 yards back and Williams knows that too. He also knows this: "I saw...
FASSEL: HOLDER BLEW IT
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amNot only did Matt Allen have options in case of a bad snap, he had specific instructions on what to do. He just didn't follow them. "What he's supposed to...
TOMMY STEELS WILL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - With a win Saturday against the Titans, Tommy Maddox could lead his Steelers to the AFC Championship game. But if this quarterback - who not long ago sold...
LAYDEN MADE DECLERCQ CENTER OF ATTENTION
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amORLANDO - This was before Michael Doleac showed a pulse, before the Dec. 3 deadline expired to use the Knicks' $4.5M injury exception. The Post has learned Knicks GM Scott...
MOON KNOWS ALL TOO WELL HOW JINTS FEEL
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amFormer Oilers quarterback Warren Moon was at Candlestick Sunday calling the Giants-49ers playoff game on radio when he suddenly felt a strong sense of deja vu. Watching the Giants blow...
BROWNS - BAD LOSERS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - After Sunday's 36-33 AFC Wild- Card loss to the Steelers, the Browns proved two things: that they didn't deserve to win the game and - worse - that...
HERM: DON'T BLUE IT
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amHerman Edwards didn't need to look far to find the theme for his message to his players yesterday as they gathered in preparation for Sunday's divisional playoff showdown with the...
NET COACH DALATRI FELT SNAP OF RECOGNITION
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amATLANTA - Nets strength and conditioning coach Rich Dalatri saw the hands. And he knew the most fateful snap of the Giants' season would be bad. Then he learned the...
DIFFERENT STREAKS - EACH NET HAS OWN TAKE ON VICTORY RUN
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amNets 101 - Hawks 94 ATLANTA - The Nets' winning streak meant different things to different people. To Richard Jefferson, it was nice and all but, hey, the end is...
MARA: WE'LL BE OK
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amINSTEAD of being presented with a playbook for a second-round playoff game against the Bucs, a somber group of Giants were given gray plastic trash bags yesterday to collect their...
JETS SHED TEARS FOR BIG BLUE SNAPPER
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES Several Jets expressed sorrow yesterday for Giants long snapper Trey Junkin after his horrible game on Sunday. "I feel bad for him," Jets long snapper James Dearth said....
AMANI: NINERS LACKED CLASS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Not impressed. That's Amani Toomer's take on the 49ers and especially on Terrell Owens, the wild Pro Bowl receiver who incensed the Giants with his antics Sunday as...
NET AIDE FELT SNAP OF RECOGNITION
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amATLANTA - Nets strength and conditioning coach Rich Dalatri saw the hands. And he knew the most fateful snap of the Giants' season would be bad. Then he learned the...
DEVILS NEED 'NIEU' PUNCH
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amAs the Devils' search for scoring turns serious, so does the injury news. They already had decided to pair old partners Jamie Langenbrunner and Joe Nieuwendyk for tonight's game against...
DAY OF DEJECTION
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amSo the NFL apologized to the Giants for a non-call in the closing seconds of their remarkably disastrous 39-38 playoff loss to the 49ers. Great. Now when do the Giants...
MUTOMBO'S HOUSE WOWS TEAMMATES
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES ATLANTA - Richard Jefferson compared it in size to Philips Arena. Lucious Harris grew exhausted walking around it. Yes, Dikembe Mutombo has a nice house here. And as...
METS ARE IN HUNT FOR BARTOLO
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amWhom would the Mets rather have, Shea Hillenbrand or Bartolo Colon? Believe it or not, they may have a choice. What once were talks of a three-way deal with Boston...
ISLANDERS LOOKING TO JUMP PAST PENS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amIt's still right there, the chance for the Islanders to leapfrog the Penguins into playoff position.The Isles could move as high as seventh in the East when they play host...
JUMBLE JIM STRIKES AGAIN; TIKI & STRAHAN GET ASSIST
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Don't do this to yourself. It isn't healthy. It isn't right. Don't blame the Keystone Kops officiating crew that bungled the final six seconds of the Giants'...
THE BIG MAC ATTACK - MCGRADY SLAYS KNICKS IN 4TH
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amMagic 103 - Knicks 100 ORLANDO - Like two gunslingers, a wounded Latrell Sprewell and Tracy McGrady went mano-a-mano in the final minutes and the result shouldn't be surprising. McGrady,...
AN IMPERFECT 10TH - SLOPPY NETS KEEP WIN STREAK ALIVE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amATLANTA - The Nets became a 10 last night. An imperfect 10 to be sure, but a 10 all the same. The Nets' 10th straight victory, an ugly, sloppy 101-94...
LATEST B'WAY BUMMER - RANGER HOME MISERY CONTINUES VS. SENS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amSenators 5 - Rangers 2 The networks previously waited until March to dump the Rangers from their schedule, but not this year. Now, there's no need to wait. And so...
KIDD'S NOT UPSET BY TURNOVERS
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES ATLANTA - Jason Kidd tried to look only at the positive, which was quite a feat considering he had just unleashed 12 turnovers. "I didn't break my record,"...
FASSEL FACES FIVE QUESTIONS OF FIRE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amANATOMY OF A CALAMITY CHASING GARCIA: For nearly three quarters, the Giants had succeeded in their goal of keeping Jeff Garcia in the pocket, a must with such an elusive...
FIVE QUESTIONS UNDER FIRE
January 7, 2003 | 5:00am1. Q: With 3:01 remaining, clinging to a 38-33 lead, you went for a field goal rather than try to seal the game on fourth-and-1 from the 49ers 24-yard line....
BLAME FASSEL! STRAHAN, TIKI ALSO AT FAULT
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Don't do this to yourself. It isn't healthy. It isn't right. Don't blame the officiating crew that bungled the final six seconds of the Giants' 39-38 loss...
Q & A
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amThere's more to Chad Pennington than his presence as the 26-year-old, mop-haired, baby-faced, No. 1-ranked NFL quarterback who's gone 9-4 as the starting quarterback while leading the team to Sunday's...
HILL STILL NUMBERS HIMSELF EW FAN
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ORLANDO - Grant Hill's "33" is already retired at Duke, but it's still unclear if it will go up in the rafters of an NBA arena. He can...
LEETCH RETURN STILL IFFY
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amBrian Leetch was pretty much day-to-day from the moment he took a hard Duvie Westcott slap shot on his left ankle on Dec. 3. For those keeping score at home,...
HILLENBRAND-TO-SHEA WON'T HAPPEN EASILY
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amThere are at least two certainties in baseball: The Mets need someone to play third base, and Expos GM Omar Minaya needs to cut payroll. Whether those two certainties add...
GEFFEN SCORES BIG AT ST. FRAN
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amBryan Geffen remembers seeing his first St. Francis Prep basketball game when he was in eighth grade. "They were playing Molloy and I just looked at the way they played...
MONTCLAIR'S BARBER RARIN' TO GO
January 7, 2003 | 5:00amMontclair's Miki Barber - a national-champion sprinter at South Carolina - sat out last season with a stress fracture. After watching on crutches while her Gamecocks celebrated their first NCAA...