January 30, 2003
ESCAPE FROM MOLD MANOR: APTS. ON SALE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amRESIDENTS at 515 Park Ave. are fleeing - and listing - their eight-figure luxury lairs after learning about a toxic mold spreading throughout their high-maintenance building. Several of the condo...
WALL STREET'S LATEST RIDDLE: WHAT'S NEXTWAVE WORTH?
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amNEXTWAVE Telecom can't tell you how many shares it has outstanding. And the company doesn't know how many shares will still exist once it gets out of bankruptcy. In fact,...
SEC WEIGHS REGULATION OF MUTUAL FUNDS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amRegulators have mutual funds in their cross-hairs. The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering an idea to create a new regulatory oversight board for the fund industry. A proposal could...
BRING ON THE DIVAS! TOMMY MOTTOLA TO CONDUCT TALENT SEARCH ON VH1
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTommy Mottola has discovered some of the most famous divas of our time. Soon you'll be able to see how he does it - on TV. Mottola is close to...
WHOPPING $45.5B WRITEDOWN
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amIn yet another dramatic confirmation that its mega-merger of two years ago was a failure, AOL Time Warner announced a whopping $45.5 billion writedown yesterday to reflect the decline in...
FEDS SLAP KPMG WITH FRAUD SUIT OVER XEROX
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amKPMG and several partners are being charged by the feds with fraud for allegedly helping Xerox cook its books to inflate profits. Xerox has already paid a $10 million penalty...
MARY-KATE & ASHLEY PUT IN THEIR 2 SCENTS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTwo are better than one. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have inked a deal with Coty to create a pair of fragrances, The Post has learned. Currently being called "Mary-Kate and...
BANKERS SET FOR CABLE IPO: AOL TW PICKS BEAR STEARNS, SOLLY AND DEUTSCHE BANK
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amAfter four months of dog-and-pony shows, AOL Time Warner has finally picked its top bankers for what could be one of the biggest initial public offerings ever: Time Warner Cable....
TED'S TURN ENDS AS AOL TW EXEC
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTed Turner will be taking a lower profile at media giant AOL Time Warner. As if a multibillion-dollar writeoff wasn't drama enough, Dick Parsons, the company's chief executive officer, opened...
MEL LIKELY TO STAY ON AT VIACOM
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amMel Karmazin is set to stay on at Viacom, sources tell The Post. Although a deal has not yet been signed, Karmazin has agreed to a short-term contract extension, sources...
WONDERTWIN POWER TO LAUNCH PAIR OF SCENTS AT WAL-MART
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTwo are better than one. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have inked a deal with Coty to create a pair of fragrances, The Post has learned. Currently being called "Mary-Kate and...
TED STEPS DOWN: TURNER TO LEAVE VICE CHAIRMAN'S SLOT AT AOL TW
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTed Turner will be taking a lower profile at media giant AOL Time Warner. As if a multibillion-dollar writeoff wasn't drama enough, Dick Parsons, the company's chief executive officer, opened...
IT'S MAL-'PRACTICE' ; CREATOR SAYS ABC 'STUPID' TO MAKE SWITCHEROO
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amDAVID E. Kelley - creator of some of TV's most popular up-to-the-moment dramas such as "Ally McBeal" - is going to war against ABC. The modish producer - and husband...
WHO IS THAT DIRTY GIRL...
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWHO are the women in that controversial - but oh-so riveting - Miller Lite "catfight" commercial? If you guessed they were not librarians, you were right. The raven-haired wrestler -...
'ALL IN THE FAMILY' OF THE DRUG TRADE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00am"Kingpin" Sunday night at 10 on WNBC/Ch. 4 1/2 NBC keeps denying that its new limited-run, mucho-hyped series, "Kingpin" about a violent Mexican drug family is the network's answer to...
INTO THE WOOD
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA less well-received Miramax feature with a digitally enhanced nose is getting a second shot at the box office - the studio is opening the Italian-language version of its notorious...
KEEPING UP WITH JONES
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amBLUESY jazz songstress Norah Jones ran away with the charts for the fourth consecutive week, selling 114,280 more copies of "Come Away With Me," according to sales tracker SoundScan. Her...
ONE-WOMAN 'FAMILY' A SINGULAR SENSATION
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amJULIA SWEENEY IN THE FAMILY WAY At the Ars Nova Theater, 511 W. 54 St., through Feb. 22. Call SmartTix, (212) 206-1515. JULIA Sweeney is putting on a very likable...
CBS AD BRINGS 'IDOL' THREAT
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTHE producers of "American Idol" are threatening legal action against CBS and the producers of "Star Search." The potential court battle was sparked by a promotional ad for the CBS...
GRAMMY FEVER ; IT STARTS TONIGHT WITH FREE MUSIC
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTHE Grammys are back in New York - and the city is rolling out the musical red carpet. Grammy fever kicks off tonight at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden,...
YOU'VE GOT MAIL, HOMER!
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amHOMER Simpson is ready to answer your e-mails. Honest. Earlier this month, fans of the show began sending email to Homer at an on-line address - chunkylover53@aol.com - shown during...
WILD CLINGDOM: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FIRST: STALKING THE ELUSIVE BIKINI
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amFORGET the Pyramids: That stately, sand-dusted figure on the National Geographic cover is a babe - and she's wearing nothing but three strategically placed shells. Margaret Mead never looked like...
JUNIOR VOGUE: CALLING ALL WINTOUR WANNABES
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amBRITNEY, where are you? Don't look for the pop princess in the debut issue of Teen Vogue. She gets only scant mention, while pages and pages are devoted to "international...
'SEX BASH' HS KIDS SUSPENDED
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amFour male students at Christ the King HS in Queens - including three athletes - have been suspended amid charges they had sex with an underage female student at a...
DELIVERER OF DOOM ; AL QAEDA'S ONE-LEGGED CHEM EXPERT KEY TO IRAQ'S TOXIC REVENGE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A one-legged Jordanian terrorist is the man the Bush administration believes could be plotting a biological attack on the United States for Saddam Hussein if war with Iraq...
'FREE-RIDE' PROBE EXPANDS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - The state Lobbying Commission yesterday widened its probe of a bribery-linked company after learning the firm put its workers on the staffs of influential lawmakers. Sources said the...
COPS STILL CLUELESS IN HEAD CASE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe head discovered frozen in a Suffolk County pond last week has been identified as that of a black or Hispanic man, 20- to 40-years-old with a mullet haircut. But...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amSome communities are concerned about bank robbers - but a town in Arizona has pricklier problem: cactus thieves. Crooks have snatched 50 of the desert plants, worth up to $150...
ARIEL ELECTS TO PASS ON YASSER
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Re-elected Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday agreed to meet with Egypt's leader - but again rebuffed Yasser Arafat - as he prepared to form a new Israeli government....
BUSH PUSHES RX TO OVERHAUL MEDICARE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday called on members of Congress to reform Medicare by turning it into a health-insurance program just like the one they use. "If it's good enough...
BROADWAY'S NEWEST OPENING
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTheater lovers can now give their regards to Broadway - and get up close and personal with costumes and greasepaint - thanks to a bus tour that kicked off yesterday....
$2B CUTS FOR SCHOOL, MEDICAID
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday proposed a $91 billion state budget that would slash more than $2 billion in Medicaid and school spending while hiking taxes and fees by $1.4...
EX-BEAU'S ARRESTED IN CO-ED ATTACK
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA senior at Hofstra University was arrested yesterday for beating up his ex-girlfriend for more than an hour and threatening her with a knife when she stopped by his dorm...
O'TOOLE NIXES OSCARS' HONOR SYSTEM
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amLegendary screen star Peter O'Toole is balking at showing up at the Oscars to pick up an honorary award, leaving the motion-picture academy with egg on its face. The 70-year-old...
TAKING $TING OUT OF TUITION
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amCity University Chancellor Matthew Goldstein today will propose that tuition be tied to a yearly cost-of-living index to prevent astronomical one-time increases, a source said yesterday. Annual adjustments in tuition...
'BLOODY' BAD FIB ; HELMSLEY MAID'S CLAIM SHOT DOWN
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amReports of Charles Bell's chambers of horror at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel have apparently been greatly exaggerated. The testimony of an attendant - who said she cleaned Bell's room...
PATAKI'S WINTER SALE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amNEW Yorkers scanning this mornings' headlines about Gov. Pataki's "huge" budget cuts surely must be scratching their heads. The governor called for total spending next year of $90.8 billion -...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amMANHATTAN A man was slashed by a mugger in Central Park last night, police said. The 20 year-old victim told cops he was in the park at 60th Street and...
END IS NEAR FOR KEITEL KID CASE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe child-support saga of Harvey Keitel and the California potter who bore his son last year may be coming to a close. Both the actor - star of "Pulp Fiction,"...
COUNCIL 'WHISTLES' NEW TUNE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe City Council yesterday approved a new "whistleblower" protection law for workers who expose their bosses for gross mismanagement or abuse of power. "It means people who stand up and...
SAME OLD STORY: FED MOB-BUSTERS PICKING ON ELDERLY WISEGUYS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amI'M not a gangster, but I fit the profile: I'm over 65 and should be getting Social Security. The mob rat in Peter Gotti's racketeering trial in Brooklyn federal court...
SHHH! NO TELLING LEONA'S GAY 'SECRET'
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTHE jury has no idea. Watching the trial of Leona Helmsley is as bewildering as viewing an NC-17 movie on Nickelodeon: Important stuff is edited for content. In the case...
PAYBACK FOR WELFARE CHEAT
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn landlord and party planner who pleaded guilty to welfare fraud was ordered yesterday to pay more than $30,000 to get out of trouble with the law, authorities said....
PALS MOURN 4 TEENS ; SING SONGS IN THEIR HONOR ON CITY ISLAND
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amSaddened friends of the four boys feared dead in Long Island Sound gathered in front of one of their homes yesterday to celebrate their tragically short lives. Outside of Carlos...
RAPE STATISTICS DEFYING HISTORIC DROP IN CRIME
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe number of rapes continued to soar this month - even as the NYPD was setting up a new division to deal with the increasing wave of sex assaults, The...
2 TONS OF COKE SEIZED
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amFederal agents seized two tons of cocaine and busted four members of a Queens-based drug ring yesterday as they announced the largest narcotics seizure in the city's history. The ring...
GOV'S NUMBERS LEAVE BLOOMBERG IN A CRUNCH
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amGov. Pataki's proposed state spending plan ignores many of the top priorities sought by Mayor Bloomberg to help solve the city's financial crisis. Pataki's budget dramatically cuts aid for city...
POLICE SEEKING MORE SPY POWER TO FIGHT TERROR
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe NYPD asked a federal judge yesterday to lift restrictions on police surveillance in a bid to prevent future terror attacks. The lawyer representing the NYPD, Gail Donoghue, promised the...
KINKY 'JOE' SECRET ; 'MILLIONAIRE' BABE IN FETISH VIDS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amSarah Kozer, one of three finalists on the "Joe Millionaire" TV show, has performed in bondage and foot-fetish videos - and her past may have put her on the fast...
HIV TEACH CUTS DEAL IN BX. KID MOLESTS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amAn HIV-positive former Bronx elementary-school teacher who sexually molested six young students was allowed to plead guilty yesterday to avoid putting the boys through the trauma of a trial. Milton...
NYPD VERY 'BLUE' ; LIEUTENANT TELLS OF 'LEWD' COLLEAGUES
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA police lieutenant suing her former superiors for alleged raunchy behavior compared the narcotics unit where she once worked to a "frat house," where cops guzzled beer, surfed the 'Net...
WTC LANDLORD WINS DOCU-DRAMA
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA federal judge yesterday ordered two of the largest firms battling over the Twin Towers insurance settlement to hand over key documents as evidence in the multibillion-dollar dispute. U.S. District...
MIKE MUST FORM TEAM TO FIGHT PATAKI
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY. GOV. PATAKI'S failure to give Mayor Bloomberg all the money he says he needs to avoid higher taxes and program cuts means only one thing: Bloomberg must build a...
DIM DEMS PLAYING BODY-BAG POLITICS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWHAT on earth are the Democrats up to? It's a tradition that politics stops when America goes to war and everyone gets behind the troops - but some Democrats who...
TEEN EYED IN VAN THEFT
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe teen accused of masterminding a grisly Long Island cemetery body-swiping caper will soon be charged with stealing a church van, police said. Michael Herz, 18, of Patchogue, took the...
AMERICAN DREAM FOR TRAGIC DUO
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amJosephine and Shan Lin came to America to build a better life - and succeeded. They had children, modest wealth and the respect of the Republican Party, thanks to Josephine's...
COP SAVES B'KLYN MOM ; SARGE WOUNDS SUICIDAL GUNMAN
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amAn NYPD sergeant freed a Brooklyn mother from the grasp of her suicidal gun-wielding boyfriend - then shot the assailant after he pointed his weapon at the officer, police said....
MORE PARENTS JOIN SCHOOL SUIT
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amMore than two dozen parents yesterday said they want to join a class-action lawsuit against the city, claiming they were denied the right to transfer their kids out of poorly...
BEAU-SLAY SUSPECT FACES TRIAL
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn woman, who admitted she shot her boyfriend dead during a fight in an SUV over whether she should have an abortion, will get her day in court next...
ICE BLOCKS ARE FERRY BAD NEWS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amIce woes caused by ice floes will curtail NY Waterway ferry service today. Only three of the company's routes will run - Weehawken to West 38th Street, Hoboken to the...
'TERROR' PROTEST HITS MIKE'S RIGHTS PANEL
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe first meeting of Mayor Bloomberg's Human Rights Commission was disrupted last night by several Jewish protesters who claim one of its members is linked to terrorism. Police hauled away...
N.Y. LIABLE FOR FREEING SLAY FIEND
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA judge has ruled that New York state is liable for wrongly releasing a man who subsequently raped and murdered a Long Island mother of three. The ruling Monday by...
BODY TROUBLE ; EXPERT: LACI'S HUBBY NOT TRUTHFUL
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amEmbattled hubby Scott Peterson yesterday tried to convince America he and missing wife Laci had a "glorious" marriage - but his body language undermined his message, an expert says. "He's...
CITARELLA TAKING OVER BALDUCCI'S VILLAGE SITE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amGourmet goodies will be soon back on the shelves of the former Balducci's store in Greenwich Village - Citarella has signed a lease for a branch of its upscale food...
EXECUTED: POLS' PALS SLAIN IN BROOKLYN
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA pioneering Chinese-community activist who raised big bucks for state GOP politicians was found brutally slain with her husband in their Brooklyn co-op, cops said yesterday. Josephine Lin, 65 -...
THE WTC 'FINALISTS' ; PANEL NARROWS IT DOWN TO TWO DESIGN TEAMS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA key group of rebuilding officials yesterday agreed on two architecture teams they'd like to see as finalists in the search for a Ground Zero planner, sources told The Post....
SKELETON CREW HELD SEANCE TO EXORCISE GHOSTS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amSoon after Goth-obsessed Long Island teens partied with skeletal remains snatched from a local cemetery, they returned to the scene of the grisly gala to communicate with the ghosts of...
PEDO-FILES CLEAR ME: PETE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amRock legend Pete Townshend claims he can now prove he's not a pedophile. The Who guitarist said yesterday an Internet watchdog admitted he complained about a child-pornography site. Townshend, 60,...
U.S. WOULD HELP SADDAM LAND EXILE HOME TO AVOID WAR
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said the United States would help Saddam Hussein find exile if it would prevent war. "If he were to leave the country...
MACABRE FINAL ROLE ; GHOULS DUG UP ACTOR
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amElmer Grandin, a distinguished actor in his day, might better have been honored playing the skull in Hamlet than the rotting corpse at some Long Island teens' booze bash. Grandin,...
COPS HUNT FOR AWOL MOM
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amPolice in New Jersey yesterday continued their frantic search for a Korean woman who abandoned her Down-Syndrome afflicted baby boy with his overnight sitter. The mother never returned after dropping...
BOYFRIEND SLAYER SAYS SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENT
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn woman, who admitted she shot her boyfriend dead during a tumultuous breakup, but later took back her guilty plea, will get her day in court next week. Lesa...
NYPD SEEKS MORE SPY POWERS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe NYPD asked a federal judge yesterday to lift restrictions on police surveillance in a bid to prevent future terror attacks. The lawyer representing the NYPD, Gail Donoghue, promised the...
TOWNSHEND: PEDO-FILES CLEAR ME
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amRock legend Pete Townshend claims he can now prove he's not a pedophile. The Who guitarist - who's been struggling to clear his name after being arrested during a British...
'ID THIEF' IN TON OF TROUBLE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe heavyweight "help desk" worker accused of masterminding the biggest ID-theft racket in U.S. history pleaded not guilty yesterday, despite the fact that his alleged partner-in-crime is indicating he's ready...
B'WAY'S NEWEST OPENING
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amTheater lovers can now give their regards to Broadway - and get up close and personal with costumes and greasepaint - thanks to a bus tour that kicked off yesterday....
COLIN POWELL AND HUSSEIN EXILE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said the United States would help Saddam Hussein find a home in exile to avoid war, as the White House stressed that...
STATE OF THE UNION BOOSTS BUSH - AND HIS CASE FOR WAR
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's State of the Union Address connected with Americans and boosted confidence in his Iraq policy, overnight polls showed yesterday. Support for taking military action to oust...
DELIVERER OF DOOM : AL QAEDA'S ONE-LEGGED CHEM EXPER[[U1;U1]]T KEY TO IRAQ'S TOXIC REVENGE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A one-legged Jordanian terrorist is the man the Bush administration believes could be plotting a biological attack on the United States for Saddam Hussein if war with Iraq...
MACABRE FINAL ROLE: GHOULS DUG UP ACTOR
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amElmer Grandin, a distinguished actor in his day, might better have been honored playing the skull in Hamlet than the rotting corpse at some Long Island teens' beer bash. Grandin,...
CITARELLA TAKING OVER BALDUCCI'S SITE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amGourmet goodies will be soon back on the shelves of the former Balducci's store in Greenwich Village - Citarella has signed a lease for a branch of its upscale food...
RUTGERS' 'LUCKY' TREY CRUSHES ORANGEMEN
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amRutgers 68 Syracuse 65 Rutgers hadn't won a game this year, and for most of last night, they couldn't buy a basket for all the money in New Jersey. But...
KNICKS' GAG ISN'T FUNNY: DON'S NOT-SHOTS FALL TO HEAT
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amHeat 82 Knicks 80 MIAMI - It was the Latrell Sprewell of old, as animated as he'd been all season. He was at his mischievous best, alternately glaring and smiling...
GIANTS PLAYING FOR KEEPS ; WANT TO RE-SIGN IKE & OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
January 30, 2003 | 5:00am"I'd love to have him back on this team."JIM FASSEL on Ike Hilliard The Giants have until Feb. 28 to negotiate and sign their own free agents before the open...
DEV DEFENDERS WAGE POINT WAR
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amWith Scott Stevens still turning in another season more than worthy of his selection yesterday as Eastern Conference captain for Sunday's All-Star Game, it seems the torch never really passes...
COED'S MOM ANGRY COURT CASE:
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe mother of Rachel Seager, the alleged victim of an assault by St. John's basketball player Grady Reynolds (above), says the university is 'dragging its heels' in investigating the matter.NY...
'BRUTAL' PAIN DIDN'T STOP TIGER
January 30, 2003 | 5:00am"There were a lot of times when I didn't want to go out there and play because I felt nauseous in my stomach."TIGER WOODS Bad knees, injections and painkillers are...
ISLANDERS WELCOME ; BACK AUCOIN
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe Islander defense got a monumental boost yesterday when Adrian Aucoin participated in the entire practice session at Nassau Coliseum. Aucoin has missed seven games with a groin strain and...
RUTGERS FIGHTS TO SAVE SEASON
January 30, 2003 | 5:00am"We lost our degree of intensity on defense. That's what we have to get back."RUTGERS COACH GARY WATERS PISCATAWAY - Rutgers played host to Syracuse last night mired in a...
MO: METS SHAPING UP WITH VALENTINE GONE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amANYONE expecting the dramatic, that Mo Vaughn would leave a mountain in October and return Jared from Subway in late January, would have been disappointed yesterday when the Mets first...
BURE: OFF MARK
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amPavel Bure emphatically and emotionally last night denied and denounced a story that ran on the front page of a Moscow newspaper yesterday in which he is quoted at length...
RICE'S HICKS NOT SURE IF HE'LL RETURN
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amIt's been four years since Maurice Hicks thought seriously about leaving Rice High School, but now in his ninth season he thinks he may be ready to move on. "People...
ROAD TO PLAYOFFS WILL GET EVEN ROUGHER
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - Until the Knicks start winning on the road, mentioning them as a legit contender for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference is premature. Following their...
SCHOENFELD LIKELY RANGERS COACH
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amBryan Trottier's reign as head coach of the Rangers is over, done after 54 - there's that number, again - games in which he never seemed to quite grasp the...
BRYAN EARNED AX
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amBRYAN Trottier, who had no prior experience running a bench, proved quickly to have no feel for it. He wasn't going to acquire any if Pavel Bure and Brian Leetch...
LOWLY RAMS FALL TO 2-16
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amRhode Island 76Fordham 68 Youth and immaturity bit Fordham again last night in a sloppy, 76-68 loss to Rhode Island that included 58 fouls and 14 free-throw misses by the...
HILL: FORDHAM WON'T FIRE ME
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amRhode Island 76Fordham 68 To say the Fordham Rams have struggled this season is like saying George Bush doesn't really care for Iraq. It's a huge understatement. And when a...
NO LAST THRILL FROM MICHAEL
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe tongue was out, the man was airborne and the crowd sensed redemption. Michael Jordan creates moments and three minutes into the fourth quarter last night, he appeared ready to...
STAR SNUB DRIVES KENYON
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES Kenyon Martin said he was making "a little statement." Well, the sound reverberated throughout Meadowlands Arena last night, off each backboard in every quarter. And the message? "That...
AIR OF FINALITY: NETS GROUND JORDAN IN JERSEY SWAN SONG
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amNets 86 Wizards 78 The Nets' fourth sellout of the season came to see what likely was the final game for Michael Jordan in the Meadowlands. And while Air Jordan's...
FAILURE REACHED ALL LEVELS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amLOU LAMORIELLO had six coaches in his first six years with the Devils and currently is on his fourth in the last four years, so let's not be in too...
HEAPS PRAISE ON NETS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amIt's not Madison Square Garden, where he painted some of his finest masterpieces. It's not Chicago Stadium, where he built a dynasty. It's the Meadowlands. But for 39-year-old Michael Jordan,...
MJ BIDS AIR-WELL TO NJ : JORDAN TAKES HIS FINAL FLIGHT THROUGH THE MEADOWLANDS
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amThe fourth sellout of the season swelled the Meadowlands last night. Yes, the Nets were back from their longest road trip of the season. But that was not why fans...
RILEY SENDING MIXED MESSAGES ABOUT FUTURE
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - You never know what to believe when Pat Riley is involved. Last week, when Riley was in New York, the Heat coach, unsolicited, said Kurt Thomas...
KNICKS HAVE TOUGH ROAD LEFT TO HAUL
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amMIAMI - Until the surprising Knicks start winning consistently on the road, considering them legitimate contenders for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference is premature. After their 4-1 homestand,...
STAR PICK IRKS KENYON
January 30, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES Kenyon Martin can live with being passed over for the All-Star team in the coaches' voting. What is a little tough, he admits, is who made it ahead...