January 10, 2003
ANOTHER NYSE MESS ; LISTING FEE HIKE HAS COMPANIES THREATENING EXIT
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amRebellion is brewing at the New York Stock Exchange. Outraged by a spike in annual listing fees at the Big Board, companies including Federated Stores, Delta and AMR Corp. are...
GOOD TECH NEWS LIFTS DOW 180
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amIn the absence of any real earnings news, investors turned their attention to profit predictions and got a bullish signal from SAP AG, a top software company that raised its...
BELNICK'S $14M LOAN 'ORDINARY'
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTyco's former top lawyer is trying to wiggle out of his indictment by telling a Manhattan judge that it was in the "ordinary course of business" when he borrowed $14...
RIGAS ASKS FOR FRIENDLY JURY POOL
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amAdelphia founder John Rigas wants the folks back home in Pennsylvania to serve as jurors at his corporate fraud trial, rather than a bunch of hard-nosed New Yorkers. Lawyers for...
NAKED TRUTH: SALES UP AT ABERCROMBIE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amSkin sells. Abercrombie & Fitch, the teen retailer notorious for its racy quarterly catalogs, said its profits will be better than expected for the fourth quarter. The company's stock spiked...
IT'S 'SONY-NARA' AS MOTTOLA JUMPS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTommy Mottola stunned the music world yesterday by announcing he'll step down from the top job at Sony Music to start his own record label. Mottola, whose own celebrity has...
HUEY FLIGHTS OUT OF TIME: BUDGET-CUTTING CEO MOORE MAY GROUND EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amHAS John Huey had his wings clipped? The high-flying editorial director of Time Inc. had been flying down to his $1 million home on Sullivan's Island, off South Carolina, over...
UNEMPLOYED PITTMAN, PUSHED OUT AT AOL, COULD BE SUCCESSOR
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTommy Mottola's exit may mean Bob Pittman will rejoin the world of the employed. Mottola, who stepped down as head of Sony Music, will be replaced by a person from...
DILLER BETS A HUNCH ON AN EARTHQUAKE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amBarry Diller, known for his keen hunches, is preparing for a big earthquake if it strikes his Universal movie studio. He's convinced his boss, Jean-Rene Fourtou at Vivendi Universal in...
GADZOOKS CUTS MALE TEEN LINE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amIn a move to stop the red ink, Gadzooks is cutting out men. The teen retailer is making a last-ditch effort to turn itself around by concentrating its efforts on...
WACHOVIA, PRU APPEAR NEAR DEAL
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWachovia Corp. is sending signals to its top brokerage executives that a deal to merge with Prudential Financial's securities unit may be just around the corner, The Post has learned....
DILLER INSURES STUDIO AGAINST EARTHQUAKES
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amBarry Diller, known for his keen hunches, is preparing for a big earthquake if it strikes his Universal movie studio. He's convinced his boss Jean-Rene Fourtou at Vivendi Universal in...
GADZOOKS CUTS BACK
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amIn a move to stop the red ink, Gadzooks is cutting out men. The teen retailer is making a last ditch effort to turn itself around by concentrating its efforts...
GOODMAN PROVES HE CAN PRODUCE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTARTUFFE The Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theater, 227 W. 42nd St. (212) 719-1300. HYPOCRISY will never go out of style, and so neither will Moliere's rambunctious comedy,...
STARR REPORT
January 10, 2003 | 5:00am'Shield' grabs hold of viewers (and Katey) Katey Sagal says she's got a new boyfriend - but she's not naming names. The "8 Simple Rules" co-star tells the February issue...
JUST STICK WITH THIS BELGIAN WAFFLE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE SON Father knows best.In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 103 minutes. Not rated (adult situations). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Quad. THE real star of "The Son"...
MONSTER MASH
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWXIII 1/2 JAPANESE anime can be a thrilling visual experience, as shown by the recent "Spirited Away."The animated sci-fi adventure "WXIII," however, lacks such excitement, although its solid story makes...
FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA year ago, Rebecca Knight and her pal Karen England were singing for spare change in the piazza of London's famed Covent Garden. Both have classically trained voices, but it...
'DARKO' VICTORY ; CULT HIT STILL GOING STRONG
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amEXACTLY a year ago tomorrow, the sci-fi fantasy "Donnie Darko" made its debut as a midnight movie at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater. Twelve months later, Richard Kelly's flick -...
THE 'MAME' EVENT: LEADING LADY A-LIST EYED FOR REVIVAL
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWHO can coax those blues right out of the horn?Christine Baranski? Catherine Zeta-Jones? Glenn Close? All those ladies are on a list, sitting on Jerry Herman's desk in Beverly Hills,...
LOVE TRIANGLE BACKFIRES ON BACHELOR NO.1
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amHERE'S a story behind "The Bachelor" you'll never see on TV. The first "Bachelor," Alex Michel - who snubbed "Bachelorette" Trista Rehn for a younger woman at the end of...
JUST SOME GOOD DIRTY FUN
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amFIRST came "Urinetown," then "Debbie Does Dallas." Now make way for "The Joys of Sex," the latest titillatingly titled show to leap from the Fringe to off-Broadway. "Sex" - which...
'DANCE FEVER' BUSTS A MOVE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHAT '80s disco show "Dance Fever" just might boogie back to TV. Television legend Merv Griffin said yesterday that he plans to bring the show back - but won't say...
TV'S NEW POLITICAL FANTASY . . . A SENATOR WHO HATES POLITICS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00am"MISTER STERLING" Tonight at 8 on NBC/Ch. 4 * * * THE most far-fetched things seem to happen to young Bill Sterling in tonight's premiere of "Mister Sterling" on NBC....
LOVE IN THE ARIA ; 'LA BOHEME' ISN'T THE ONLY SONG IN TOWN
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amIF you saw Baz Luhrmann's "La Boheme" and liked what you heard - or if you can't get a ticket and want to know what the fuss is about -...
ROMANCE ON THE ROCKS: 'JUST MARRIED' A WEDDING BELL SNOOZE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amJUST MARRIED ½ Harmless filler. Running time: 94 minutes. Rated PG-13 (mildly vulgar humor). At the Empire, the Chelsea, the Village East, others. THE ads for the sitcomish, stereotypical and...
CURSE OF THE KENNEDYS GOES ON
January 10, 2003 | 5:00am"America's Prince: The JFK Jr. Story" Sunday at 8 on TBS 0 stars SEVERAL months before JFK Jr. died, I was having breakfast with three women friends in a diner...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA Mafia hitman charged with a double murder came up a novel alibi. "I am not the murderer . . . because that day, I was killing someone else," Salvatore...
SEX-RAP 'BEAUTY' HEIR SKIPS OUT ON TRIAL
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - A federal judge yesterday issued an arrest warrant for the heir to the Max Factor cosmetics empire, who vanished while on trial for allegedly drugging and raping...
WTC MEMORIAL DESIGNER OPEN TO PIT CHANGE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amFaced with criticism from residents and relatives of World Trade Center victims, architect Daniel Libeskind said he'd be willing to alter his design's signature element - the open hole he...
SCHWARZ WIFE GETS BORO JOB
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe wife of disgraced ex-cop Charles Schwarz has joined the Staten Island borough president's office as a $28,000-a-year press office aide, officials said yesterday. Andra Schwarz, a paralegal, gave up...
ARIEL ZAPPED IN MIDDLE OF TV CONFERENCE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday declared he was willing to be grilled by police in a mushrooming corruption scandal - but his live press conference was abruptly...
SHILLING FOR A PARTNER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amIF you were among the reading millions intrepid enough to reach Page B4 of the Times last Friday, you ran into a blizzard of puffery for a new apartment building...
CAR HITS COP ON L.I.E.
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA Suffolk County highway cop was hit by a drugged-up driver. Officer Matthew Decoteau was treated for neck injuries and released. The driver, Robert Scimeca, 36, of Malverne, L.I., slammed...
TERROR HOAXER CHARGED AS FORGER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amAn accused passport forger who duped the FBI into hunting for five non-existent Arab men smuggled in from Canada was charged yesterday with running a phony documents scheme. Michael John...
CHILLING POISON PLOT SUSPECTED
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The seven Algerians - including two teenagers - arrested in London with possession of the poison ricin may have been part of a new al Qaeda plot to...
DUBYA DAZZLES THE OPPOSITION
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amIN his spanking new bestseller, "The Right Man," David Frum captures as no one has before him the peculiar leadership qualities of the president for whom he wrote speeches for...
B-1S SWARM TO GULF - BOMBER FLEET BEEFS UP ANTI-SADDAM FORCE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Air Force is dispatching two dozen B-1 strategic bombers to the Persian Gulf this week to add significant firepower to the already formidable force assembling for possible...
OLD WISEGUY PLEADS 'SICK'
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amAn old mobster who shook down a Queens businessman for $200,000 yesterday dodged sentencing for another month after his lawyers told a judge that the 80-year-old wiseguy has fatal throat...
'BLACKFACE' ATT'Y PLAYS DIALLO CARD
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe lawyer for a cop fired for appearing in blackface on a racist parade float grilled former Police Commissioner Howard Safir yesterday over his handling of the tragic Amadou Diallo...
BIG MIKE'S FAT FIGHT WON'T BUST BIG MAC
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe city plans to launch a program to crack down on childhood obesity - but Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday he isn't looking to put McDonald's out of business. A program...
U.N. 'DIPLO-BASHER' WON'T LEAVE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amPakistan's embattled U.N. ambassador said yesterday he's not going anywhere - even though Washington asked Pakistan to strip his diplomatic immunity so he can face domestic-violence charges in Manhattan. "My...
COPS CUT CRIME IN TROUBLE SPOTS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00am"Operation Impact" is living up to its name, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday, claiming the crime rate tumbled an astonishing 50 percent in high-crime areas over the weekend. The...
L.I. TEACHER ARRESTED IN TEEN-GIRL FONDLE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA Long Island science teacher and track coach was arrested yesterday on charges of fondling a 16-year-old former student, authorities said yesterday. John Vodicka, 36, was also charged with sending...
AIRPORT PARKING JUST GOT E-ZIER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amYou can now use your E-ZPass to pay for parking at area airports, the Port Authority said yesterday. E-ZPass Plus - which allows drivers to pay for non-toll transactions -...
'$HEL' GAME SHOCK ; EX-POL LEFFLER CHARGED IN SCAM
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amEx-City Councilman Sheldon Leffler, a former fixture at City Hall, yesterday was charged with 13 counts of illegal fund-raising in his failed campaign for Queens borough president in 2001. Authorities...
KILLER CRASH ON CANAL - WOMAN DIES, 8 HURT AS MERCEDES SLAMS STORE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA woman was killed and eight other people were injured when a car jumped a curb on Canal Street and crashed into a store, authorities said. They said the gray...
MAN TRIES TO TORCH SYNAGOGUE: COPS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA 22-year-old Bosnian Muslim allegedly doused the door of a Brooklyn synagogue with gallons of gas during a rampage yesterday, but was arrested before he could set it on fire....
PREZ TAKES TAX PLAN TO THE PEOPLE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday met with a bunch of middle-class families to talk about what his $674 billion tax cut will do for them and accused critics of playing...
SPITZER-BLITZED POL EYED AS FED JUDGE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amIn a reward for one of Gov. Pataki's political allies, President Bush is considering a federal judgeship for the Latina who ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general on Pataki's ticket...
BRONX DA BITES 'PHONY' DENTIST
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA Queens man has been arrested and charged with impersonating a dentist after allegedly treating hundreds of patients in The Bronx and giving out prescriptions without a license. José Luis...
PSYCHO ANALYST - DOC HIRED PATIENT IN PLOT TO KILL ANOTHER: DA
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA soft-spoken Long Island shrink, driven into a murderous rage when an affair with a female patient went sour, solicited another patient to help him get a gun and silencer...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE BRONX Three armed men were arrested yesterday for robbing two security officers making a payroll drop, and cops are hunting for a fourth suspect. At 2 p.m. on Jan....
JUDGE'S JUSTICE IS BLIND FURY
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE judge's titanic temper tantrum erupted without warning. "I am the judge! I have a robe!" Manhattan federal court Judge John Sprizzo ranted in court yesterday at a lawyer who'd...
PUSH TO OVERHAUL LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amCity Council members yesterday proposed a plan that would replace 32 elected community school boards with newly appointed advisory panels - selected by them and the borough presidents. The nine-member...
OUT FROM HER HOLE ; GO-GO GAL NAILED BY TIPSTER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amFugitive go-go dancer Sherry Murphy - wanted in the Newark House of Horrors child-abuse case - was arrested yesterday in a stranger's basement apartment, where she had been hiding out...
MAFIA BOSS NAILED - CREW TIED TO 1981 'DONNIE BRASCO' SLAY
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe last of the city's mob bosses has been pinched. The feds yesterday arrested reputed Bonanno boss Joseph Massino and his three top associates, charging them with murder, racketeering and...
ALL 'OUT' FOR LEONA - GAY STAFF STANDING BY HER IN BIAS SUIT
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe Queen of Mean is turning into the Princess of Wails - Leona Helmsley says she's "shocked and hurt" by allegations she's biased against gays. "The Helmsley Organization never -...
MOTTOLA IS SONY'S WALK MAN
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTommy Mottola stepped down yesterday from his longtime perch as head of Sony Music. The larger-than-life Mottola, who signed songbird Mariah Carey and also married and divorced her, left to...
SPECIAL-ED BUS ESCORTS IN JEOPARDY
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe city's largest school-bus company is no longer required to provide monitors on its vehicles, a development that could imperil the safety of thousands of special-education students. Bankruptcy Court Judge...
IRAQ'S HIDE-&-SNEAK HAS U.N. FOOLED FOR NOW
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix reported yesterday he hasn't found any "smoking guns" in Iraq, but the White House said Saddam Hussein is good at hiding weapons....
ARSON CHIEF WARY OF FIRE MARSHAL CUTS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe chairman of the state's Arson Board has sent a letter to Mayor Bloomberg warning against cuts in fire marshal jobs. "While we remain sensitive to the fiscal needs city...
FIRED DUO SUE OVER 'PERV' PROF
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTwo computer techies say they were canned from their jobs at New York Law School because they blew the whistle on an allegedly perverted professor's child-porn collection. Dorothea Perry and...
FALL OF THE LAST GODFATHER - FEDS BUST DON AND CREW IN '81 SLAY OF 'DONNIE BRASCO' CONFIDANT
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe last of the city's mob bosses has been pinched. The feds yesterday arrested reputed Bonanno boss Joseph Massino and his three top associates, charging them with murder, racketeering and...
25G REWARD SET FOR CLUES TO CAPE COD WRITER-SLAY
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA year after former New York fashion writer Christa Worthington was found stabbed to death inside her home in Cape Cod, stumped cops yesterday announced a reward to help find...
SCHOOL BIG BUSTED ON KID-SEX RAP
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe superintendent of Middletown city schools has been charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old male high-school student, police said yesterday. Robert Sigler Jr., 54, the father of five grown children,...
SPYING FEDS MADE HIM A FILM STAR
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amReputed Bonanno crime family boss Joseph Massino has long evaded the FBI - but the feds say that didn't stop them from capturing his incriminating moments on film. Throughout the...
DEATH ON CANAL ; WOMAN KILLED, 7 HURT AS CAR SLAMS STORE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA woman was killed and seven people were injured when a car jumped a curb on Canal Street and crashed into a store - apparently because of a stuck accelerator,...
MAFIA BOSS NAILED: CREW TIED TO 1981 'DONNIE BRASCO' SLAY
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe last of the city's mob bosses has been pinched. The feds yesterday arrested reputed Bonanno boss Joseph Massino and his three top associates, charging them with murder, racketeering and...
'FAKE' DENTIST FEELS LAW'S BITE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA Queens man has been arrested and charged with impersonating a dentist after allegedly treating hundreds of patients in The Bronx and giving out prescriptions without a license. Jose Luis...
ARIEL ZAPPED : PLUG PULLED IN MIDDLE OF HIS TV DEFENSE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday declared he was willing to be grilled by police in a mushrooming corruption scandal - but his live press conference was abruptly...
EX-TA WORKER IN $500 SLAP
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amA former Transit Authority employee was fined $500 yesterday after being accused of violating restrictions placed on workers after they leave a state job, the state's Ethics Commission said. Thomas...
SPORTS SHORTS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amGOLF: Furyk, Els lead MercedesJim Furyk felt right at home in the Mercedes Championships in Kapalua, Hawaii, where he polished off a 9-under 64 just 300 yards from his house...
JETS FEEL AT HOME ; WILL CONQUER HISTORY IN FAMILIAR VISIT TO OAKLAND
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHIS is the only week of any NFL season when you're better off letting history make your picks for you. That's because since 1990, when the league went to the...
DEVS OUT TO CAGE PANTHERS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWhat used to be a certain two points for opponents of the Panthers has now become an almost certain trip to overtime against Mike Keenan's team, whom the Devils face...
EAGLES-FALCS: BATTLE OF PLAYMAKERS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Eagles, turned away in the NFC title game a year ago, pre-anointed as the NFL's Next from the time the Rams butted out with an 0-5 start,...
DOLAN SINGING PAYROLL BLUES
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Call them the $133 million Knicks. That's how much owner James Dolan is expected to spend payroll-wise - luxury tax included - on a team likely bound for...
JETS RETURN FIRE ; RAIDER'S REMARKS ON SPECIAL TEAMS KICK IT UP NOTCH
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amAs Sunday's AFC divisional playoff showdown between the Jets and Raiders inched closer to dramatic reality this week, there's been a steady stream of cocky, bulletin-board material traveling from Oakland...
NAMATH AND KLECKO WANT 'JETS STADIUM'
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amIt was electric and raucous inside Giants Stadium last Sunday when the 12th Man cheered the Jets past the Colts. But it's still Giants Stadium. Not Jets Stadium. Giants Stadium....
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amCOME on now, snap out of it. If we can extricate ourselves from the anguish and ashes of Sunday's Giant game, we can be far better for it. For example,...
CAMBY'S ANXIOUS FOR GARDEN RETURN
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Marcus Camby's Denver debut is approaching but he is hoping the Nuggets deal him by the Feb. 20 trading deadline. Before Camby leaves Denver, however, he...
WOODY PROUD OF JETS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe owner of the franchise is pinching himself over his young franchise quarterback, Chad Pennington. "I think everybody's awestruck by how successful and how poised ... I think it comes...
AGELESS AND TIMELESS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amALAMEDA, Calif. - You'll be happy to know this: Jerry Rice still gets nervous before a playoff game. He still hears the samba playing in his stomach, feels jitterbugs slam-dancing...
RICE: MCDYESS ON RIGHT TRACK
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amALAMEDA, Calif. - Jerry Rice cautioned Antonio McDyess that he has "a lot of tears, a lot of pain, a lot of long sleepless nights" ahead of him on his...
RICE HAS RECIPE FOR RAIDER WIN
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amALAMEDA, Calif. - Jerry Rice issued a six-word challenge yesterday to Jets cornerbacks: Hit me with your best shot. One of Rice's worst late-season games was on Dec. 15 when...
SAMPLE: JETS CAN BE SUPER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amJohnny Sample, a standout for the Jets in Bowl III, was talking while Herman Edwards listened on the other end of the telephone. Sample told Edwards the Jets are going...
PRESSURE CAN'T GET HALL DOWN
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe weight of a team's season and a kicker's legacy can tilt on one attempt. Despite all this, the kicker is supposed to just focus on knocking the ball through...
RAIDERS COULD BE SCRAMBLING FOR COVER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES Santana Moss believes the Jets have a chance to take advantage of an ailing Raider secondary Sunday with both starting corners nursing injuries. Raider starting CB Charles Woodson,...
SLOAN KEEPS JAZZ HITTING RIGHT NOTES
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amSUBJECT: Jazz Still Making Melodious Music. Surf the standings and tell me how many teams possess more talent than Jerry Sloan's precision workforce. No, wait. Let's make it simpler, how...
FORBES CARRIES THE ROCK
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amFar Rock. 59B. Channel 51 Basketball runs in Richard Forbes' family. His older brother Joseph played at Cardozo, so it shouldn't be a surprise that Richard is now considered one...
SPORTSMEN'S GROUP TARGETS ANTI-HUNTERS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance is preparing to launch two nationwide legislative campaigns that may prove to be the largest steps yet taken to bring about the ultimate defeat of the...
TRASH TALK KICKS IN ; ANGRY JETS RESPOND TO RAIDER'S REMARKS
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amAs Sunday's AFC divisional playoff showdown between the Jets and Raiders inched closer to dramatic reality this week, there's been a steady stream of cocky, bulletin-board material traveling from Oakland...
SHOCKEY IN HOT WATER: 49ER DAD: ICE FOLLY NOT OVER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe game was disastrous enough. The aftermath keeps getting worse. A father whose two young sons were hit with water and ice by Jeremy Shockey in the first quarter of...
WILLIAMS, STOUTMIRE FINED
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amHe apologized for his actions in the last minute of Sunday's historic 39-38 playoff loss to the 49ers, but that wasn't the end of the matter for Giants strong safety...
OH, BIBBY! IT'S NO FUN FOR KIDD
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThere was Mike Bibby and there was Jason Kidd. And last night, there was no comparison. Bibby, Sacramento's 24-year-old wunderkind point guard, didn't just outplay his mentor in the Kings'...
ISLES ON EMPTY
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amFlyers 4Islanders 0 Peter Laviolette didn't want his team reading in the papers this week how good it is. He need not worry. With a chance to move within seven...
CHILDS FINDS SPOT ON ACTIVE ROSTER
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES This wait might be even tougher for Chris Childs. He was activated from the injury list yesterday, having been officially out of service since pre-season to get into...
CHASING GODZILLA ; NEW YANK MATSUI PLAYS HIDE & SEEK AFTER NYC ARRIVAL
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amDespite extraordinary security efforts by Yankees officials, there was a Godzilla sighting in Manhattan last night. Hideki Matsui, the Japanese slugger who recently agreed to a three-year, $21-million contract with...
NETS SUFFER NIGHTMARE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amKings 118Nets 82 So, the Kings rolled into the Meadowlands last night in a possible preview of the NBA Finals with the Nets. Put it this way, if the Finals...
SHINJO FRONT AND CENTER IN MET PLAN
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amApparently the Mets aren't convinced Roger Cedeno will play center field after all. The club is in negotiations regarding a one-year contract with former Met Tsuyoshi Shinjo, who presumably would...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DARYL JOHNSTON
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with Fox football analyst Daryl Johnston, the ex-Cowboy who will call the Eagles-Falcons playoff game tomorrow night. Q: Which teams are going to...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amSteve Young vs. Dan Marino (As studio analysts) There's something just too perfect about ESPN's Steve Young. It sometimes seems as if he were made in a factory. He's the...
GET RICH, QUICK! STOPPING GANNON MEANS BIG PAYOFF FOR JETS'
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amAt 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, Raider quarterback Rich Gannon looms between the Jets and the Super Bowl. Simply, the Jets on Sunday must get Gannon before he gets them. If...
HE'S JUST MORT-IFIED - ESPN-ER DENIES ROLE IN TUNA-JONES MARRIAGE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amChris Mortensen, ESPN's NFL insider, says he did not pass Bill Parcells' phone number on to Cowboy owner Jerry Jones - starting the process that eventually made Parcells (Mortensen's now-former...
BATES GIVES ISLES LIFT
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe running joke is that any injury dealing with a player's groin is never minor. When it comes to hockey, it's the worst thing to have wrong with you this...
RANGER'S DEBUT IS A REAL TRIPP
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWhat a long, strange Tripp it's been - to the NHL, that is. "Of everyone, I think maybe I appreciate this the most because I never thought it would happen,"...
NETS TRY TO KEEP EYE ON THE PRIZE
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amOK, so Nets-Kings last night wasn't life and death. Although it was pretty darn close if not even more important. At least according to the hype. Not since the wheel...
METS CENTER EYES ON SHINJO
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amApparently the Mets aren't convinced Roger Cedeno will play center field after all. The club is in negotiations regarding a one-year contract with former Met Tsuyoshi Shinjo, who presumably would...
GODZILLA ESCAPES!
January 10, 2003 | 5:00amWelcome to New York, Hideki Matsui. Please come out of hiding. In his first official move as a Yankee, the Japanese slugger somehow managed to elude about 150 disappointed media...