January 24, 2003
WEILL ON GRILL IN $500M BROKERS SUIT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSandy Weill has been ordered to undergo grilling by former brokers around the U.S. who claim he stiffed them for as much as $500 million. Despite a three-year effort by...
EARNINGS? FORGET 'EM - BLAME SLUMP ON FOOTBALL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amForget the economy, earnings, and accounting fraud - stocks are heading South because of football. At least that's what believers in the "Super Bowl" theory of markets would say. The...
BERTELSMANN DIDN'T BITE - AOL TW NOW SEEKING NEW SUITORS FOR BOOK UNIT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amAfter exclusive talks to sell its book division with Bertelsmann AG foundered, AOL Time Warner has been forced to throw the door open to other buyers. Back in November, AOL...
BLENDER GETTING SPUN BY NUMBERS MIX-UP
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amBLENDER, the latest magazine from British publishing maverick Felix Dennis, has been hailed as a hot new title, with a heavy lineup of music reviews in each issue. But how...
LVMH SAYS SALES ROSE 4% IN 2002, TO $13.6B
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amIf you can't get the consumers to come you, take your wares to them. That appears to be the strategy Bernard Arnault's LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is taking to...
MCDONALD'S SHARES FRIED BY FIRST QUARTERLY LOSS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amMcDonald's, the fast-food institution, has hit the skids, posting its first-ever quarterly loss. The maker of Chicken McNuggets and the Big 'n' Tasty burger reported a loss of 27 cents...
FEDS PUSH MERRILL FOR LEADS IN MARTHA CASE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amTo breathe new life into their Martha Stewart insider trading case, federal investigators are hauling in several top people at Merrill Lynch. The giant brokerage traded Stewart's 4,000 shares of...
SEC FORCES MUTUAL FUNDS TO DISCLOSE THEIR PROXY VOTING
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission dealt a blow to the mutual fund industry by voting yesterday to force them to disclose how they vote in proxies. Under current rules, fund...
STARR REPORT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amCh. 2 to the fore with weekend newscast Ch. 2 officially unveiled its new weekend newscast yesterday after weeks of rumor and speculation. The Saturday and Sunday program - a...
OKLAHOMA! STILL A-OK
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amOKLAHOMA! [[At the Gershwin Theater, 222 W. 51st St., (212) 586-6510. ----- THESE days, casts change on Broadway almost as frequently as the guards at Buckingham Palace. Especially at the...
THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amIN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN []Running time: 103 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At Anthology Film Archives, Second Avenue and Second Street, East Village. ----- IN the Mirror of...
SUNDANCE GETS DOWN TO THE ART OF THE DEAL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amJ.LO, Britney and P. Diddy are there, the paparazzi are swarming and "TRL"-like mobs are squealing but beneath the celebrity hoopla, the real business of Sundance continues apace. Though lacking...
MEA CULPA FOR SERVING THE FUHRER
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amBLIND SPOT HITLERS SECRETARY [] Fascinating documentary. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG (adult references). At the Lincoln Plaza, Broadway and 62nd Street. ------ BLIND Spot Hitlers Secretary is not...
DIM & DIMMER
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amDARKNESS FALLS [] Generic, incoherent horror film. Running time: 85 minutes. Rated PG-13 (gruesome images). At the Empire 25, the 84th Street, the Magic Johnson. ------ 'DARKNESS Falls" was formerly...
COSTA-GAVRAS CHRONICLES HOW THE VATICAN SLEPT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amAMEN [] Moderately effective docu-drama. Running time: 130 minutes. Rated R (violence). At the Paris and the Quad. ------- THE veteran director Costa- Gavras, who once embraced controversy in movies...
MEAN ENOUGH TO REPLACE SIMON?
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amWHAT is "American Idol" going to do if its break-out star, meanie two-shoes Simon Cowell, quits the show after the second edition? Cowell, a record-company exec, says he is spreading...
GARAGIOLA DOGGONE FROM WESTMINSTER
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAY it ain't so! Baseball great Joe Garagiola has been dropped as host/announcer for "The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show" on USA Network. Garagiola, 76 - whose average-guy approach to...
HIS MOJO'S WORKIN' - SOUL MAN JAMES BROWN TAKES 'THE NEXT STEP'
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amJAMES Brown has had some incredible titles the Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, Soul Brother No. 1 but the moniker that fits best is The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business....
LOOK, 'MA,' NO FANS - STARS DISS A LIMPING REVIVAL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amWHOOPI Goldberg and Charles "Roc" Dutton must know that ticket sales for their Broadway revival of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" are anemic. How else to explain their bizarre attempt to...
BOOTY-SHAKE SHAKEDOWN
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amPUSSYCAT DOLLS ----- PUSSYCATS even Pussycat Dolls don't come when you call. So it shouldn't have surprised any body that the L.A. girlie show gals didn't get their tails on...
IRISH 'BED,' BLATHER & YAWN
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amBEDBOUNDAt the Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 W. 22 St. Through March 2. Call (212) 727-2737. ------- FATHER and daughter are in bed together in Enda Walsh's "bedbound" (note the chic...
MARTINS THOU FAR FROM SWELL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLETAt the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center; (212) 870-5570. Season runs through March 3. ---- IF it sounds too easy, it probably is. A nightclub ballet...
IDOL'S FAD-TASTIC: IT COULD KO SURVIVOR
January 24, 2003 | 5:00am'AMERICAN Idol" is on its way to becoming a TV phenomenon - as big, maybe even bigger than - "Survivor." Ratings for 'Idol's' second episode show that roughly 25 million...
TEARFUL ATTENDANT HAUNTED BY SICKLY SUITE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSHE cleans hotel rooms for a living. But don't call Khady Kandji a "maid." In exchange for erasing the unspeakable messes of strangers, immigrants like Kandji command $18.50 an hour,...
DEFACE OF EVIL: COPS BUST MUSEUM VANDAL SUSPECT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amA deranged ex-museum worker defaced a famous painting showing George Washington crossing the Delaware by gluing on a fake photo purporting to show the World Trade Center attack, police said....
'MONEYLINE' OF FIRE: LOU DOBBS BACKS WIFE IN GUN GOOF
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amPistol-packing Debi Dobbs didn't know she was carrying heat in her handbag when she headed to Newark Airport with her twins in tow to take a flight to Florida, says...
MAKING THE CASE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amTHE conventional wisdom this week is that George W. Bush is in trouble - that he's suffered "a significant erosion of support," in the words of CNN's John King. Even...
'COLUMBINE' ALERT IN N.Y.
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Schools throughout the state were on high alert yesterday after State Police learned of a "Columbine-type" threat that appears to have been a hoax. A letter sent to...
LEONA'S GROSS GAINS - JURY HEARS OF GORE, FILTH IN GAY FOE'S ROOM
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amIt's torture cleaning Charles Bell's room. That was the claim two Helmsley Park Lane Hotel room attendants leveled in court yesterday, where they testified that bloody towels, an "artificial penis"...
AMERICAN EMBASSY HOSTS POT PARTY
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Leaders of Israel's pro-marijuana party, who may win their first parliament seat in next week's national elections, were unexpectedly invited to the U.S. Embassy yesterday to explain their...
MAYOR MIKE: THE ARBITER OF TASTE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00am"When our natural instincts are to retreat to the comfortable and the familiar, we have to reassert the daring and the creative spirit that differentiates New York from any other...
SCARLET FEVER HITS SCHOOLKIDS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amTwo youngsters at a Brooklyn elementary school have scarlet fever, the Department of Education said yesterday. The two students at PS 398 in Canarsie - a boy and a girl...
YOUNG SON FINDS BODY OF TRAGIC SITCOM STAR NELL CARTER, 54
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amNell Carter, the bubbly, plus-size star of TV's "Gimme a Break!" and Broadway's "Ain't Misbehavin,' " died yesterday at the age of 54. The Tony-winner collapsed in her Beverly Hills...
WOMAN $LAPS BANK IN SEX SUIT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amA Harvard graduate hired by a highly regarded Manhattan bank says she was treated like a sex toy, bombarded daily with lewd comments and physically assaulted by her colleagues, including...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amAn Ohio man who tried to phone a sex-chat line ended up misdialing - and talking dirty to Cleveland's chief of police. Red-faced John Mullen Jr. didn't realize he was...
SENIOR SIBS GET NEW LEASE ON LIFE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amTwo elderly siblings who faced eviction from their childhood home struck a deal with their landlord that will keep them out of the cold and in their cozy abode for...
BONUS BUMMER - WALL ST. PAYOUTS PLUMMET $4.7B
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Wall Street bonuses were down a staggering 37 percent last year, costing lower Manhattan's high-powered execs a gargantuan $4.7 billion. That was the estimate yesterday from state Comptroller...
AN AIR OF SUPREMACY - U.S. PLANS 1,500 DAILY SORTIES TO START WAR
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon is preparing to launch the largest air war in military history in the opening stages of an assault on Iraq, flying as many as 1,500 missions...
CURRY COMBAT - SHUT INDIAN EATERY'S STAFF RIPS 'RACIST' CONDO BOARD
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amLast year, they worked at Nirvana - but now they say they are living in hell. That's what a group of laid-off employees of the Midtown Indian restaurant Nirvana claimed...
END THIS 'HOLE'Y WAR ALREADY: CITY NEEDS NIRVANA
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amIt took just eight months to clear the World Trade Center site. Why is it taking longer to fix a hole in Nirvana's kitchen wall? The board at 30 Central...
INKING ALIEN COULD SEND FLYBOY CRASHING
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe Air Force has charged a New Jersey recruiter with signing up an illegal alien from Canada. Military Technical Sgt. William McCoy, a recruiter assigned to the Hackensack station, has...
ABC TO AIR 'WIFE SWAP' SHOW
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amABC has commissioned a new reality show based on a British hit called "Wife Swap" - but it's not what you think. "Wife Swap" is one of the most popular...
SHRINK'S 'TARGET' SUES HIM FOR $8M
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amA woman has filed an $8 million lawsuit against her Long Island psychiatrist, who allegedly marked her for death after their affair broke up and she threatened to have his...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * Police are offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man (sketch above) who raped a 14-year-old girl in Bushwick. The attack occurred Tuesday...
HENRY K. TO LECTURE TERROR-WARY NYPD
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amFormer U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is expected to touch on subjects ranging from national security and weapons of mass destruction to the looming war in Iraq when he...
TRANSIT WORKERS OK DEAL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amBus and subway workers yesterday approved the deal the Transport Workers Union made with the MTA last month to avert a crippling transit strike. "The contract was ratified by a...
SLASHED GAL GETS WISH TO MEET MAYOR
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSubway-slash survivor Yael Leopold was riding high yesterday when Mayor Bloomberg took time after his State of the City speech to give the spirited student a hero's welcome at City...
PEACEMAKER GOTTI - MOB BRO PETER STEPS IN TO CALM LAWYER SPAT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amReputed mob boss Peter Gotti had a message for sparring lawyers in Brooklyn federal court yesterday: "Let's all be friends." Gotti - who allegedly made a career out of resolving...
TRAIN CONDUCTOR HONORED AT WAKE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amA subway conductor who was killed in a freak accident was remembered at her wake yesterday as someone who "protected riders" every day. Jenell Bennerson, 39, died Saturday when her...
MIKE'S STATE OF THE CITY MESSAGE: I FEEL YOUR PAIN
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's State of the City speech yesterday offered his most empathetic words about the impact of the higher property taxes - apparently in response to critics who say he's...
TOP TWO LETTERMAN PALS LAID OFF
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amDavid Letterman is about to lose two of his favorite neighbors. Mujibur Rahman and Sirajul Islam - the grinning souvenir salesmen whose proximity to the Ed Sullivan Theater led to...
AXIS OF WEASEL - GERMANY AND FRANCE WIMP OUT ON IRAQ; COLIN RAPS FRENCH, GERMAN WIMPS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In a sharp rebuke aimed at France and Germany, Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday lashed out at countries that want to duck a showdown with Iraq, saying...
FINAL ARBITER - PANEL WILL PICK GROUND ZERO DESIGNER
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amA small, unofficial committee has quietly been given responsibility to choose an architect and site plan for Ground Zero, officials said yesterday. The eight-member "steering committee" includes representatives of the...
DEEP FREEZE PUTS FERRY SERVICE ON ICE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe Big Freeze is turning the Hudson River into a giant block of ice - and wreaking havoc with ferry schedules. For the first time in its 16 years, New...
TRIAL BIDS TO PROVE 'DREYFUS AFFAIR'
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amWhat do you get when you cross a 16-year-old Times Square dance-hall girl with a man who would become one of the world's most recognized financial wizards? When that man...
SCHOOLS PULLED OFF 'WORST' LIST
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amTwelve fewer city public schools are in the dreaded Hall of Shame of failing schools, state education officials announced yesterday. Education Commissioner Richard Mills announced that 18 city schools were...
TAXING LESSON FOR TEACHER
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn teacher pleaded guilty to tax evasion yesterday after failing to file returns for four years, the Internal Revenue Service said yesterday. Guillermo Tomas Riley, a teacher at IS...
QUEENS POLS BLAST BLOOMBERG TOLL CALL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amOuter-borough politicos yesterday blasted Mayor Bloomberg's renewed interest in imposing tolls on four East River bridges as bad for the city, bad for traffic and bad for the little guy....
3 ISRAELI SOLDIERS SLAIN IN WEST BANK AMBUSH
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Three Israeli soldiers were shot and killed yesterday near the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron. The attack, near the Jewish settlement of Beit Hagai, came five days...
ANGUISH OF HORROR-HOUSE MOM
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe mother of a 7-year- old boy whose decomposing body was found in a Newark house of horrors broke down and sobbed uncontrollably at a memorial service for the child...
WIDOW MOURNS L.I. MARINE KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe widow of a Marine pilot from Long Island killed in a helicopter crash near the Mexican border said last night her husband started preparing her for his death from...
INKING ILLEGAL ALIEN COULD SEND N.J. FLY BOY CRASHING
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe Air Force has charged a New Jersey recruiter with signing up an illegal alien from Canada for service in the Wild Blue Yonder. Military Technical Sgt. William McCoy, a...
TAXING LESSON FOR CITY TEACH
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn teacher pleaded guilty to tax evasion yesterday after failing to file tax returns for four years, the Internal Revenue Service said yesterday. Guillermo Tomas Riley, a teacher at...
WAKE-UP CALL ON BABY FEEDING
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amIt turns out that not every baby sleeps like a baby. A new study shows that frequent feedings in babies' first week can decrease their chances of sleeping through the...
'COLUMBINE' THREAT PUTS SCHOOLS ON HIGH ALERT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY -Schools throughout the state were on high alert yesterday after State Police learned of a "Columbine-type" threat that appears to have been a hoax. State Police said they learned...
DREYFUS AFFAIR FOES IN COURT DNA DANCE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amWhat do you get when you cross a 16-year-old Times Square dance-hall girl with a man who would become one of the world's greatest financial wizards? When that man is...
'KEEKEE' MAKING PEACOCKS PROUD
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amFor the first time in his life, Keydren "Keekee" Clark is the star. Recruited by St. Peter's College coach Bob Leckie to rejuvenate a putrid Peacock program, the 5-foot-7 Clark...
BOSS STUCK IN MIDDLE ; STEINBRENNER'S HOMETOWN TEAM FACING FRIEND DAVIS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - It's funny how things work out, Tampa Bay's most prominent football fan was saying over the cell phone. You grow up with a team. You watch them...
YANK VP NEWMAN GETS NEW DUTIES
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amWith the blessing of George Steinbrenner, Yankee VP Mark Newman's job description has changed. Newman, a senior VP of baseball operations, will move into a scouting and evaluation role, with...
DON: NELLIE NOT RIGHT FIT FOR EW
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amWith Dallas coming to the Garden tonight, Don Chaney says there are two points he'd like to clear up about Don Nelson's short reign with the Knicks: 1) Nelson was...
SNOW'S IN ISLES' FORECAST
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSnow tonight in Philadelphia. No, not a weather report, but rather a goaltending forecast for the Islanders, as the wounded team prepares to meet the Flyers after having been demolished...
GETTING THEIR KICKS IN - GRAMATICA NOT OUT TO PLAY SUPER-STAR
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - At this time of year, kickers are asked if they ever imagine nailing the game-winning field goal in the Super Bowl. The answer is usually a resounding...
NFL SUPE HAS BAD TASTE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amHOW can they play this year's Super Bowl when they haven't finished last year's? Last February, when Adam Vinatieri's field goal was adjudged to be good, there were two seconds...
INSIDE FLY FISHING
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amTHE world's largest pure fly fishing show comes to our area this weekend for a three-day run at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, N.J. Today through Sunday, this...
BIG EDGE FOR RAIDERS - BEEFY LINEMEN WILL CRUSH BUCS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amTHE question you have to ask yourself as you try to pick a winner in Super Bowl XXXVII is, "Does size matter?" And if it does, how much does it...
DON'T LEAVE HODGES BEHIND
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amNOW IS the time for baseball veterans to stand up for a real veteran, a true American hero. On Feb. 26, we'll find out if Gil Hodges makes it to...
PLAYERS RESPECT 'GODFATHER'
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - To many of the players involved in this Super Bowl, Al Davis, the venerable owner of the Raiders, is a larger-than-life, Elvis-like figure. "Al Davis? C'mon, man....
WAR IS IN THE AIR ; SHOWDOWN LOOMS WITH MILITARY BACKDROP
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Kickoff for Super Bowl XXXVII is fewer than 48 hours away, and the increasing buzz around this city is palpable as game time inches closer to go...
RAIDERS' JANIKOWSKI BOOTS BAD HABITS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Sebastian Janikowski has been kicking as many bad habits as field goals lately. While fans might know the Oakland Raiders' kicker more for his hard- partying reputation,...
TIMEOUT! LET'S BLOW THE WHISTLE ON REFS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amIN the stands or in front of a TV, I'm quick to spot an infraction or a foul and I rarely blow a call or am proved wrong by a...
JETS LET COTTRELL TALK TO 49ERS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - The Jets yesterday granted permission to the 49ers to interview defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell for their vacant head coaching position. The 49ers, who fired Steve Mariucci two...
MCCARDELL SHARES HIS KNOW-HOW
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Tampa Bay has so little collective familiarity with the Super Bowl that Keenan McCardell - who was an injured rookie on Washington's 1991-92 championship club - stands...
ALSTOTT MAKES TAMPA OFFENSE RUN
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - The man knows his limitations. Mike Alstott might prefer to run away from the punishment he routinely takes, but he knows the chase would not be one...
BUC SPEAKS HIGHLY 'BOUT NEWEST 'BOY
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSUPER BOWL CONFIDENTIAL SAN DIEGO - Bucs strength and conditioning coach Johnny Parker was asked by a Dallas writer how he would describe Bill Parcells for people who do not...
BUCS READY TO PLACE IT ON THE LINE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Last Sunday, amid the euphoria of a cramped visitors locker room at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, members of the Buccaneers' offensive line put their meaty arms around...
DEVILS GO DUCK-HUNTING
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe Devils will continue their West Coast swing in Anaheim tonight with a 10:30 (Metro, ABC 770 AM) battle against the Mighty Ducks, and standing in their way will be...
JETS LETTING COTTRELL TALK TO 49ERS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - The Jets yesterday granted permission to the 49ers to interview defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell for their vacant head coaching position. For Cottrell, who received official permission to...
SPIKE HOPS ON LINCOLN'S BANDWAGON
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amJust how hot is Lincoln? Now their courtside resembles Madison Square Garden. Brooklyn native Spike Lee was on hand yesterday as Lincoln routed Coney Island rival Grady, 75-56. "Me and...
FRUSTRATING WEEK HAS HARRIS HURTING
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES OAKLAND - All in all, Lucious Harris has had better weeks. On Tuesday, he was pulled from the Nets' starting lineup, as he knew he would be. Then,...
DEPLETED TIGERS SALVAGE VICTORY
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS: Wadleigh 73 - Justice 70 Robert Thomas has been an impact player all year for Wadleigh. But the biggest impact he made came on Wednesday, when he was...
PURINTON NIXES MINORS MOVE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - Dale Purinton knows his rights under the CBA. And he's chosen to exercise one of them. So, hell, no, he won't go . . . to Hartford for...
'NEW' RANGERS STAY ON A ROLL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - No letdown. Is this a juggernaut or what? The Rangers' fifth win in six games overall - and fourth straight on the road - came at the expense...
UNFLAPPABLE FLORES SCORES - 44 POINTS GIVE JASPERS WIN, MAAC LEAD
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amManhattan 93Fairfield 86 BRIDGEPORT - Mayhem broke out all around Luis Flores last night. Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez was called for a technical foul in the first half of this...
FLORES BLASTS STAGS WITH 44 - WIN CATAPULTS JASPERS TO FIRST IN MAAC
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amManhattan 93 - Fairfield 86 BRIDGEPORT - Mayhem broke out all around Luis Flores last night. Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez was called for a technical foul in the first half...
NO MORE CUPCAKES, THE MAVS ARE HERE
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe Knicks will learn far more about themselves with a win tonight - or a loss for that matter - against Dallas than they have in their modest three-game winning...
WARRIORS FOIL KIDD'S BIG NIGHT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amOAKLAND - On the court for 43 minutes, Jason Kidd tried to lift the Nets to victory. He failed. Then for 20 minutes or so afterwards, he was among the...
PAYBACK TIME FOR LAKE SHOW
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amOAKLAND - Chances are, the Lakers haven't forgotten their trek into New Jersey last month. And chances are even better that they are going to be downright ornery when the...
LUCIOUS WANTED A THREE-WAY CALL
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES OAKLAND - Lucious Harris would have liked an invitation. Not that he could have gone to the NBA's 3-point shootout at All-Star Weekend, but it would have been...
FLORES TAKES MANHATTAN SPOTLIGHT
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amBRIDGEPORT - After Manhattan had defended its MSG Holiday Festival title and Luis Flores secured a place in history by becoming a two-time winner of the MVP trophy, the Jaspers...
COLLISION COURSE: RAIDER 'O' VS. BUC 'D' WILL BE JUST SUPER
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amNever has the No. 1- rated offense faced the No. 1-rated defense in the Super Bowl. Until now. On Sunday, it's the Raiders' Sega attack versus a Buccaneer defense with...
FUNNY BUSINESS AT FOX SPORTS
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThe sign on Fox Sports' door might as well say, "Big names need not apply." With NFL Sunday comedian Jimmy Kimmel off to do a late-night talk show on ABC,...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amJoe Buck vs. Al Michaels (NFL play-by-play) In October, 33-year-old Joe Buck took out Bob Costas in an epic Matchup of baseball play-by-players. Now Buck has his eyes on another...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DICK ENBERG
January 24, 2003 | 5:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with CBS sportscaster Dick Enberg. The 68-year-old Enberg, in his 49th year on the air, has broadcast eight Super Bowls but will watch...